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Zimbabwe air ambulance service saves 67 lives since launch
Since its launch in August 2024, the Government's new air ambulance service, operated by Russian company HeliDrive, has saved the lives of 67 patients, including 21 children aged 17 and under. The ser...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 07:54hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital’s lab gains international certification
The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening Zimbabwe’s healthcare system, with an annual investment exceeding US$200 million aimed at improving health outcomes across the countr...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 19:35hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings: Where from and possible outcomes
IT'S 42 years now since a dark cloud of Gukurahundi engulfed Matabeleland and parts of Midlands provinces, in which the Zanu-PF government, then led by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, unleashed No...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 09:19hrs | 358 | by Silas Nkala
Chiwenga tells Zanu-PF members to be loyal to the party
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has cautioned Zanu-PF party members against falling into the traps of self-serving personality cults, personal power struggles, and factionalism.In a speech...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 10:51hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe law allows jailed mothers can stay with children
Attorney-General Virginia Mabiza clarified that Zimbabwean law permits incarcerated mothers to keep their infants with them in prison. This statement came in response to an image circulated on X (form...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 10:52hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt happy with mismatch in deployment of ECD teachers
The article below was published by the government controlled Chronicle 2 years ago but Shona supremacists are today firing Ministers for implementing the same policy....Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 09:35hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Rampage killer back in court
A POPULAR Kwekwe businessman who went on a rampage killing seven people in 2021, has once again been arraigned before the courts this time facing criminal insult and assault charges.Thubelihle...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notre Dame High School student raises $15,000 in goods for Zimbabwe children
A Notre Dame High School student came up with a plan to help orphanages and foster homes in Zimbabwe this summer.Now, at the completion of his fundraiser, the results have been far greater tha...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 21:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ngidlaliswe amatope mina?
Reading Edward GibbonWhere is God bakithi?Edward Gibbon is no writer for easy readers. Yet he is so important to Britain's governing myth. No wonder why every British-born Prime Minist...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:21hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Zimbabwe will cause political instability in Southern Africa
Without modicum of doubt, failure to run the economy and political affairs of the Zimbabwe government due to over four decades of unfettered large scale looting, corruption, economic mismanagement, Ma...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 22:12hrs | | by Israel Dube
Mwonzora to compensate land reform displaced farm employees
OPPOSITION MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora says he will compensate black farm workers who lost their jobs when Zanu-PF embarked on a land reform programme if he is elected as president on August 23....Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Modi donates toilets to school
BULAWAYO South legislator Raj Modi has donated a toilet block to Greenfield Primary School's infants' department. The toilet block was built at a cost of US$35 000 by the Raj Modi Foundat...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 17:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners 'invade' retail space reserved for Zimbabweans
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have been allocating retail licenses to foreigners in contravention of the law, investigations have established.Retail space in the capital Harare is now dominated by In...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Africa: Embattling a Continent
When the IMF goes to warSo the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff has decided to grant Ukraine some whooping USD15,6 billion?Ukraine is at war with Russia.A war funded and...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 12:59hrs | | by Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Another ploy of rewriting history by the Zanu-PF regime
Greetings to all! FROM THEMTHWAKAZI LIBERATION FRONT PRESIDENTDR CHURCHILL MP...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 15:13hrs | 3 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Paul Kagame: Cruel Betrayal of Matebeleland
In the first week of September 2022, Emmerson Munangagwa visited the Rwanda Genocide Memorial while he was attending a continental African Green Revolution Forum Conference in that country. Many peopl...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 08:56hrs | | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Community rejects non-Ndebele speaking teachers
The Silobela community has rejected non-Ndebele speaking teachers deployed by the government to take early childhood development classes in Donsa-Donsa, a predominately Ndebele area.Donsa Coun...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nurse aide certificate rescues thousands from Zimbabwe poverty
THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans, mostly healthcare workers, are leaving Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom in search of greener pastures at a time many locals are struggling to cope with the country's relentles...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 19:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
80% infants unregistered, says ZimStat
ONLY 19% of infants were registered at birth in the last 12 months prior to the 2022 census, Zimbabwe National Statistic Agency (ZimStat) preliminary results on fertility show.This means that ...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suicidal woman dumps baby and sets house on fire
POLICE in Mashonaland Central have arrested a 22-year-old Bindura woman who attempted to kill herself by setting her bedroom hut ablaze after dumping her 1 year 1-month-old baby in a mining pit....Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 12:32hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Comesa panics over Tiger Brands toxic products
THE 21-member Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) bloc raced to forestall a regional health crisis on Friday, as it emerged that one of South Africa's biggest firms had recalled a s...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Remembering gukurahundi genocide
The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 8 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Zimbabwe's urban poor turn to "Car Supermarkets" to survive inflation
Sheila Gava forages the trunk of a stranger's Nissan car for dried tuna, Kellogg's biscuits and a bottle of canola oil."I've not stepped foot inside a high-street supermarket in three years," ...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
'HIV mothers can breastfeed their babies'
FAITH Karuru (not her real name) was infected with HIV by her boyfriend, who fled to South Africa after committing a crime seven years ago."I discovered I was HIV positive when I went to regis...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mahere affair with married man allegations take a new twist
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has threatened to sue online publication Kukurigo if it does not retract an article alleging she is having an affair with top businessma...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 21:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
CCC: A Triple Legacy for Zimbabwe
Dying for European perspectiveAMUSING if it was not tragic. The European Union, EU, has granted Ukraine candidate status. It's a remote stage along a very long continuum to eventual EU&n...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Jamwanda
Import licences on seven grocery items removed
The government has removed import licences for seven commodities as more measures to contain prices and increase product availability continue to be unveiled.The new measures, which were revea...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Easter Holiday death toll hits 45
The holiday traffic death toll yesterday rose to 45 after two more people died in another crash at Masenyane area along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway.One more passenger from the Chimanim...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisons reintroduce family week
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) is set to reintroduce family week as part of efforts to successfully reintegrate incarcerated inmates into society.Family week had been sus...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Dont re-ignite gukurahundi', Mnangagwa threatens Matabeles with second genocide
"As we give space to our traditional leaders to lead processes of reconciliation and repair, we should guard against those negative elements which aim to re-ignite frozen differences to throw us back ...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 09:48hrs | 6 | by Israel Dube
Pupils shun teen vaccination programme
BULAWAYO health officials say some pupils are resisting to be vaccinated in the ongoing vaccination programme targeting teenagers aged 16 and 17, a challenge blamed on parents and guardians' vaccinati...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's brother evicts families from Insingiza Farm
Hundreds of families were yesterday evicted from Insingiza Farm in the Mapunga area on the outskirts of Bindura, owned by expelled former Zanu-PF provincial chairperson Dickson Mafios and his half-bro...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's first female pediatric cardiologist
A pediatric cardiac centre opened this week at Mpilo Central Hospital to cater for children suffering from heart ailments and is headed by a history-maker, Zimbabwe's first female pediatric cardiologi...Published: 02 Oct 2021 at 15:36hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Cross border bus operators continue to smuggle travellers
GREEDY and selfish cross border bus operators are placing the lives of many at risk as they continue to smuggle travellers from neighbouring countries.This is in direct violation of Covid-19 l...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Operator of impounded bus to appear in court
A public transporter whose bus was recently impounded in Marondera for operating illegally in violation of the Covid-19 lockdown regulations, will soon appear in court as investigations have been comp...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pregnant women can use PrEP- study
PREGNANT women who are HIV negative can use the Dapivirine ring and oral Truvada as a means to prevent HIV infection in the last stages of their pregnancies, a recent study has revealed.It is ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 07:30hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Robbers force children out of stolen vehicle
A 31-year-old Glen View man lost his gold Toyota Corolla Bubble and US$200 cash to armed robbers who forced out his two children sitting in the car at their home on Tuesday night. The man had ...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Emirates increases flights to Harare and Lusaka
Emirates has said it will increase flights from four to five times a week to Harare and Lusaka starting June this year in response to growing passenger demand for air travel.In a statement, th...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 15:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
China introduces anal swabs to screen COVID-19 infections
BEIJING - Some Chinese cities are using samples taken from the anus to detect potential COVID-19 infections as China steps up screening to make sure no potential carrier of the new coronavirus is miss...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 10:11hrs | | by Reuters
Shelters in Limpopo overwhelmed by stranded Zimbabweans
Shelters for displaced foreign nationals in and around Musina, Limpopo, say they are overwhelmed with requests to take in stranded Zimbabweans.The Beitbridge Border Post has experienced heavy ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Panic strikes Zimbabwe schools
PANIC has gripped the country's education sector as schools and other learning institutions battle to deal with the lethal coronavirus, amid fears of a second wave of the pandemic, the Daily News repo...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers strike continuing, school heads overwhelmed
THE final phase of the re-opening of public schools countrywide got off to a rocky start yesterday, with many teachers failing to turn up for work — forcing some overwhelmed school heads to send lea...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 19:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the cult of mediocrity in Zimbabwe politics
ZIMBABWE has finally arrived at its Idi Amin moment in history.This is a moment where the vulgar, obscene and grotesque performances of leaders get tragically normalised. It is a true "gods mu...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
Soldier kills Beitbridge worshipper
A MEMBER of the Zimbabwe National Army Beitbridge 1 Independent Company at dusk on Saturday allegedly fatally shot a worshipper at a prayer site close to their camp in the border town.Two of t...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South has highest child starvation rates
ONLY 36 percent of nursing mothers from Gwanda district adhere to exclusive breastfeeding for their new born babies amid reports that Matebeleland South province has the country's highest starvation r...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Living Your Purpose - book review
LIVING YOUR PURPOSEBook review by Brian MaregedzeVOLUME 1, FRANK NYAMUNDERO, ISBN: 978-0-620-69214, 2017Printed by: Media EssentialsCover Design: Media magnet advertising"I bel...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 19:23hrs | | by Brian Maregedze
Top 15 Robert Mugabe's killing methods
The top 15 favourite killing methods used by Mugabe's North Korean trained Army brigade. The brigade was commanded by the current minister of Agriculture Perence Shiri(notoriously known as the Black J...Published: 31 May 2019 at 06:53hrs | | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Cyclone Kenneth cannot be avoided but can be prepared for
Southern Africa has been ravaged by a wave of cyclones at a proportion never experienced before. preparing for a cyclone can start before there is an immediate threat.The aftermath of Cyclone Idai wer...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 00:51hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
HIV used to cure babies in America
Reports from the United States of America indicate that its scientists have used the deadly HIV to make a gene therapy that has cured about eight infants of severe combined immunodeficiency known as t...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 14:00hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Four of the seven Zimbabweans burnt alive in South Africans laid to rest
More than 1000 mourners, including some South Africans attended the burial in Sanyati Zimbabwe of the four of the slain Zimbabweans. Each mourner had his-or her own profound reasons for being ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 19:22hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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