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Academic fraud of satanic proportions exposed in Harare
Former top manager at the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE), Florence Chimbumu, who was exposed recently for using fake certificates when only a single Ordinary Level pass could be certif...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 2655 | by Staff reporter
The tale of a captured judiciary
THE year 2020 did not see any major judicial decisions, but was replete with prolonged postponement of trials.At one time, chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi threatened to sit on a Sunday for...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:08hrs | 766 | by Miriam Mangwaya
Minister blames COVID-19 for spike in drugs prices
HEALTH stakeholders from the pharmaceutical industry have called on the country to seriously consider local production of medicines as medical costs and drugs continue to skyrocket.This came o...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Judge orders Chiwenga's ailing wife to appear in court
HIGH Court judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero yesterday ordered ailing Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa to appear before him in person so that he assesses her wounds be...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:43hrs | 2890 | by Staff reporter
'Soldiers marching on empty tummies'
PARLIAMENT has exposed government for its failure to address the plight of soldiers by not providing essentials that include medical aid and allowances, as well as adequate food rations, resulting in ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1248 | by Staff reporter
Only 10% of Zimbabweans on medical aid
INSURANCE and Pensions Commission (Ipec) commissioner Grace Muradzikwa says medical cover in the country is not working for the majority of Zimbabweans.Only one in 10 Zimbabweans have medical ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:46hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Senior manager lived large with one O-Level
The former top operations manager at the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (Zimche), Mrs Florence Chimbunu, who was exposed recently for using allegedly fake certificates when only a single O-Leve...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:22hrs | 1498 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gazettes Mphoko's benefits
President Mnangagwa last week gazetted benefits for spouses of former presidents and vice presidents that have served the country since 1987. The benefits are contained in Statutory Instrument...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | 3145 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 generates numerous scams
COVID-19 scams have included supposed cures, fake testing sites and counterfeit personal protective equipment (PPE), Dr Katlego Mothudi, managing director of the Board of Healthcare Funders, a regiona...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 12:46hrs | 653 | by Agencies
Outcry over steep medical aid subscriptions
MEDICAL aid companies are in the eye of a storm as policyholders are accusing them of ripping them off through drastic increases in contributions, most of which are wiping out their salaries.D...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Medical aid companies ripping policyholders off
MEDICAL aid companies are in the eye of a storm as policyholders are accusing them of ripping them off through drastic increases in contributions, most of which are wiping out their salaries.D...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:00hrs | 535 | by Staff Reporter
'Medical aid societies should accommodate low income earners'
THE Ministry of Health has challenged medical aid societies to structure their products in such a way that they are affordable to low-income earners, as healthcare costs continue to rise beyond the re...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:23hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean tycoon in messy divorce
A Zimbabwe-born millionaire-cum-politician has been held in contempt of court for owing about 1323 000 in child maintenance in a divorce settlement matter. The man, who cannot be named to prot...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 20:03hrs | 3468 | by Staff reporter
Zifa bans 2 officials
ZIFA has banned two of its officials in Masvingo for five years and ordered them to pay back over US$5 000 to four Ghanaian players whom they swindled after promising them employment at a "highly-payi...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:30hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Poverty fighting...our generational struggle
Every generation has its own unique Struggle to fight for without shame or apology. Born Free from Colonial rule we are chained by Poverty. We have no jobs and by 2030 when we are in our 50s, unable t...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 18:00hrs | 328 | by Lynnette Tendayi Mudehwe
Mnangagwa impose curfew to contain covid-19 - madness, need nurses and PPE not soldiers and guns
I have listened to President Mnangagwa's address to the nation three times and still failed to understand what understand the purpose. Yes, the number of corona virus cases have increased significantl...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1079 | by Nomusa Garikai
Lancet Lab workers down tools
LANCET Clinical Laboratories employees yesterday staged a sit-in at their workplace over poor remuneration, demanding salaries in United States dollars or the black market rate equivalent.Thei...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's administration fails to recover looted funds
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has failed to recover funds looted by chief executive officers (CEOs) of 13 State enterprises and parastatals (SEPs) who were taking home an aggregated US...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:29hrs | 1878 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a fresh start and a people's government!
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said Zimbabwe needs a fresh start and a people's government after the Zanu PF government has successively failed to ruin the country for 40 years now."Zi...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 10:03hrs | 1778 | by Stephen Jakes
Minister pleads with citizens not to shun own currency
ZIMBABWEANS have been urged to shun economic saboteurs who want to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle that National Hero Stanley Nleya and his colleagues bitterly fought to achieve. ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
Nurses strike continues
THE strike by nurses at Bulawayo's two major hospitals entered day two yesterday with a handful of the health workers reporting for work.Nurses at Mpilo Central Hospital and United Bulawayo Ho...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:09hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Nleya and Sadza
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent his condolence message following the death of liberation war veteran and ZIPRA Commander, Stanely Nleya. He has also extended his deepest condolences to the Sadza...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 19:46hrs | 1212 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 breakthrough drug dexamethasone is made in SA
The newly-discovered coronavirus breakthrough drug dexamethasone is produced and readily available in South Africa, giving hope amid a surge in both infections and deaths.The drug was already ...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 14:03hrs | 3355 | by Busisani Ncube
Zanu-PF MP demands to be sent us to foreign hospitals
A Zanu-PF MP has demanded a special dispensation for legislators to be treated outside the country saying some of them are sick and failing to get adequate treatment in Zimbabwe. Murewa West M...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:55hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
Cimas announces cover for COVID-19 positive members
Cimas Medical Aid Society has announced that it will provide any of its members who test positive for COVID-19 with medical aid cover for subsequent treatment and clearance tests at the end of their t...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:45hrs | 701 | by Agencies
'Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF neglected Sikhosana'
THE late Zanu-PF politburo member and acting Bulawayo provincial chairperson Absolom Sikhosana died a pauper with well-wishers only chipping in two days before his death to pay for his prescribed medi...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:57hrs | 8029 | by Staff reporter
Mater Dei opens COVID-19 centre
THE Catholic Church-run Mater Dei Hospital is reopening as a COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre and will be Bulawayo's only fully equipped institution to handle coronavirus patients.The M...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
NUST student defrauds CIMAS
A MOBILE banking transaction alert message gave away a National University of Science and Technology (NUST) student who had allegedly stolen more than US$6 000 from Cimas Medical Aid Society which hol...Published: 07 May 2020 at 16:37hrs | 1349 | by Staff reporter
Latest on reports that Chamisa's MDC has not paid workers
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has refuted allegations that it has failed to pay its workers for a number of months.Writing on micro-blogging site Twitter on Friday, MDC Secretary-General Charlton...Published: 01 May 2020 at 19:34hrs | 3030 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Liberty Holdings terminates Zimbabwe insurance product
SOUTH African financial services group Liberty Holdings Limited has terminated its Liberty Blue cover in Zimbabwe with effect from June 30 2020 due to harsh economic conditions in the country....Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:31hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are not the problem in South Africa, Big business is
While studying at the University of Cape Town in 1997, I discovered the presence of "gaps" in the South African labour market. Sometimes my friends Credence, Fair, Chi and I would catch a ta...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 08:17hrs | 15856 | by Tafi Mhaka
AHFoZ donates PPE to Health Ministry in fight against COVID 19
The Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) today (Thursday) handed over to the Ministry of Health and Childcare more than $1,6 million worth of personal protective equipment (PPE), alco...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 14:25hrs | 279 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa foreign trips bleed Treasury
FOREIGN jaunts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his administration officials plus rising public service salaries continue to weigh heavily on Treasury, which saw it overspend by over $1 billion, go...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
Jaure lifts DeMbare spirits
Dynamos captain Partson Jaure provided his club with a major lift after he left hospital to continue his recovery from injuries suffered in a road accident at home.Jaure is expected to get bac...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:02hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sets up Pandemic National Disaster Fund
Government has established the Zimbabwe Covid-19 National Disaster Fund to enable citizens and other well-wishers to contribute towards the fight against the deadly virus which has killed nearly 50 00...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 13:12hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube releases $500 million for Covid-19 fight
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube says government has released ZWL$500 million to fight against COVID-19, and is ready to attend to further requests on this issue. In addition, Ncube said Tre...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 19:02hrs | 3094 | by Moyo Roy
First train with medical supplies for Europe leaves Wuhan
Beijing has resumed its railway freight service between Wuhan and Europe by delivering medical aid to Germany as authorities work to lift strict quarantine measures after the number of new cases Covid...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 09:51hrs | 1701 | by Staff reporter
Cimas takes measures to protect staff, members from Covid-19
Cimas Medical Aid Society has taken drastic measures to safeguard its staff from possible Covid-19 infection and has issued guidelines to its members on what to do to minimise the risk of infection....Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 10:01hrs | 701 | by Agencies
Mater Dei, Masca set up COVID-19 wing
THE Medical Aid Society of Southern Africa (Masca) is leading an initiative to capacitate Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo to establish an isolation and treatment wing for coronavirus patients.M...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:44hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
ZORORO MAKAMBA's case: Doctors and hospitals tell patients: Show us the money before treatment
Doctors and hospitals are increasingly asking patients to pay up front for treatment regardless of the condition of the patient. Considering the state of our hospitals the ministry of Health must do m...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 14:21hrs | 4573 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa has failed public hospitals
THE deplorable state of public healthcare in Zimbabwe shows how the government got its priorities wrong resulting in thousands of people dying from curable diseases.Public healthcare is now in...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1461 | by Upenyu Shayai
Mnangagwa should stand up to war veterans
ZIMBABWE'S war veterans have demanded high government office posts and want legislators in both the National Assembly and Senate to sing the national anthem before the beginning of each parliamentary ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:41hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's messy second divorce
BUSINESSMAN Phillip Chiyangwa, was yesterday slapped with two lawsuits, one from his wife of 26 years Saniso Katerere filing for divorce and the other from estranged girlfriend Pamela Rusere dem...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 12:14hrs | 2593 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa in messy second divorce
ZANU-PF legislator and flamboyant businessman, Phillip Chiyangwa, has been dragged to court by his ex-wife, Saniso Katerere who is demanding half share of his wealth plus maintenance and child support...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 06:13hrs | 9267 | by Staff reporter
Worker exploitation spikes: Trade unionist
FORMER Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) regional officer Percy Mcijo has lamented the high levels of exploitation of government and private sector workers by employers taking advantage of econ...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 12:38hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Self censorship: The bane of Zimbabwe journalism
One of the major criticisms we get as Zimbabwean journalists is that we do not do enough to cover the big stories and major on the minors, a fair criticism but that sometimes is bereft of context....Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 05:52hrs | 260 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Balancing your baby and your finances! Budgeting tips for new parents
Taking care of your finances is a full-time job; more so with the arrival of a newborn baby. And, although babies are a bundle of joy, things can get expensive quickly, leading to feelings of overwhel...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 09:42hrs | 852 | by Staff Writer
Govt bleeding us, says ZBC
STATE broadcaster, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) yesterday told Parliament that government's numerous programmes were draining its coffers, resulting in the current financial crisis....Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1649 | by Staff reporter
Workers resist retrenchment
Lowveld sugarcane-growing giant Tongaat Hulett Limited Zimbabwe workers are resisting the company's plans to lay off about 500 employees, arguing that it should retrench senior employees, who earn a l...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:11hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Cimas CEO advocates B2B relationships over tariffs
Medical aid societies need to pursue B2B engagements , where they approach individual health service providers to negotiate agreed prices, Cimas Medical Aid Society chief executive officer Vulin...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:15hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
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