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2 Royal baLozi graves in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Bulawayo's Athlone Cemetery is the oldest formal graveyard in the modern city, being established in December 1893 in the vicinity of what was known as White Man's Camp. There are many significant pers...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 11:12hrs | 965 | by Paul Hubbard, Independent Researcher, Bulawayo
Zimbabwe receives 1 million cholera vaccines, none for Matebeleland
ZIMBABWE will this week take delivery of a consignment of close to one million cholera vaccines ahead of the commencement of a vaccination campaign targeted at other regions except Matebeleland which ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Masuku award courts controversy
HUMAN rights defenders and activists in Matebeleland have expressed outrage after Zanu-PF Matebeleland North provincial chairperson Richard Moyo was conferred with the Lookout Masuku Consistency Award...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Lookout Masuku: An exceptional, patriotic fighter
SOME of the greatest wars in history were not only won through the competency of soldiers on the battlefield, but through the astute leadership of the men and women engaged in the fighting. Th...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Walter Muchinguri
'Chief Ndiweni could be poisoned in prison'
THE opposition Zapu party says it feared controversial Ntabazinduna chief and fierce government critic, Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni could be poisoned in jail.Ndiweni was jailed 18 months by Bulaw...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:27hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Typhoid vaccine campaign begins in Harare
A major typhoid vaccination campaign begins today in Harare to tackle a drug-resistant outbreak of the disease.The campaign aims to vaccinate 325,000 people in nine suburbs of Zimbabwe's capit...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 22:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru's NPP loses its leader
Joice Mujuru led National People's Party (NPP) has lost one of its founding members, Mthulisi Clifford Lute Moyo.Moyo passed on at Edenville Hospital, Johannesburg in South Africa after a shor...Published: 25 May 2018 at 14:57hrs | | by Ntando Dube
Zimbabwe on WHO listeriosis watch list
ZIMBABWE is among the 16 African nations chosen by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to provide support for preparedness and response to a possible listeriosis outbreak in Africa.The disease...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe must not import listeriosis'
It is easy to accept that the people who have opened tuckshops all over Zimbabwe are simply enterprising individuals who want to fend for their families. But these outlets could be breeding ground for...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:18hrs | 10 | by Shamiso Yikoniko
Zimbabwe bans cold meat imports from SA
Government has banned importation of cold meats into the country mainly from South Africa following an outbreak of a bacteria, Listeria, which causes food borne disease. Listeria has been traced to co...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teenagers kill drunkard
FOUR teenagers from Mhondoro are standing accused of teaming up with two other men to assault a drunken man leading to his death.Gif Bello, 18, Tawanda Nyamadzapasi, 17, Tafadzwa Muzambi, 17 a...Published: 31 May 2017 at 16:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'300 Zimbabwean nationals die in SA monthly'
More than 300 bodies of Zimbabweans who die in South Africa are repatriated home every month, with the number of locals who died in that country having increased to nearly 4 000 for the whole of l...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Black market for ARVs booms
MASVINGO - Of recent, there has been an upsurge in the availability of life prolonging Anti-Retroviral drugs on the black market. The drugs are acquired from hospital and private pharmacies through sh...Published: 05 Jan 2017 at 14:59hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
'Joshua Nkomo averted civil war in Zimbabwe
ZAPU president Dr Dumiso Dabengwa says the late national hero and former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's unwavering commitment to unity in the face of treachery is the main reason why Zimbabwe did not g...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 16:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC mourns its Chief of Protocol
Welshman Ncube led MDC has been plunged into mourning over the sudden death of one of their fierce youthful supporters- Kelvin Meluleki Dupute.Dupute, widely known as Chief of Protocol died on...Published: 05 Apr 2016 at 11:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Two Zimbabweans in typhoid scare in SA
TWO Zimbabwean women aged 38 and 27 have been diagnosed with typhoid in Johannesburg bringing to seven confirmed cases.The health department said the new cases - a 38-year-old and a 27-y...Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 12:52hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
881 dead bodies repatriated from South Africa
A TOTAL of 881 bodies of Zimbabweans have been repatriated from South Africa in the past three months, the country's consul-general to South Africa, Batiraishe Mukonoweshuro, said yesterday.Th...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 06:47hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
1 418 Zimbabwean dead bodies repatriated from SA
A total of 1,418 bodies of Zimbabweans were repatriated from South Africa between January and June this year, an official said yesterday.Zimbabwe's consul-general to South Africa, Batiraishe ...Published: 07 Jul 2015 at 08:11hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Daiton Somanje dies
Renowned Sungura musician, Daiton Somanje, who co-founded Pengaudzoke with his young brother, Josphat has died.Daiton's eldest son, Faheem Somanje confirmed the death.The 'Tsaona' hit...Published: 08 Apr 2015 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Meaning of Ebola - Eradicate Billions Of Lazy Africans - Video
A video alleging conspiracy on Ebola transmission has surfaced on youtube. We do hereby give you facts from UN regarding the Ebola virus. But before you go through the facts, watch the video b...Published: 20 Oct 2014 at 14:31hrs | | by ebola
There is no Ebola in Zimbabwe, says govt official
HEALTH and Child Welfare Minister David Parirenyatwa yesterday revealed that the country was free from the Ebola epidemic sweeping across West African countries.Parirenyatwa revealed this ...Published: 04 Oct 2014 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Ministerial Statement: Issue of Ebola Cases in Zimbabwe
MINISTERIAL STATEMENT: ISSUE OF EBOLA CASES IN ZIMBABWETHE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE (DR.DAVID PARIRENYATWA):Mr. Speaker Sir, I would li...Published: 22 Sep 2014 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
UZ students squatting like rats
It's difficult to imagine: 38 university students sharing a four-bedroomed house in Harare's plush Mt Pleasant suburb, something which poses health risks and psychological problems resulting from over...Published: 05 Sep 2014 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ban contraceptives, they are killing productive women says Mudede
Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede has urged Government to ban contraceptives which he claims have negative side-effects on women's health.In an interview with the Herald on Monday, Mudede said ...Published: 15 Jul 2014 at 03:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean born hip hop star making waves abroad - Video
Zimbabwean born Lawrence Sean Sibanda, also known as Dragg, or Sean S, is making waves in the United Kingdom.Dragg is an up and coming hip hop/rap artist based in Kingston Upon Hull UK si...Published: 23 Jun 2014 at 11:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim woman collapses, dies preparing for son's memorial service in UK
A UK-based Zimbabwean woman who lost her son a few days before Christmas, collapsed and died on New Year's Day in Birmingham while while preparing for her son's memorial service.According to N...Published: 02 Jan 2014 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T activist who died in custody 'could have survived': Relative
The family of the late MDC-T activist Rebecca Mafukeni, who died in remand custody this week have told NewsDay that they believe if she had received treatment early enough she would have survived...Published: 14 Aug 2013 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Paul Mambo laid to rest at his rural home
Scores of mourners thronged the Mambo homestead in Mpande village some 135 km west of Beitbridge town to bid farewell to Sunday News editor Paul Mambo (46) who succumbed to meningitis at Mater D...Published: 24 Jul 2013 at 16:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Paul Mambo mourned by hundreds
Hundreds of relatives, friends and colleagues from the journalism fraternity yesterday attended a funeral service for the Sunday News Editor Paul Mambo who died in Bulawayo on Saturday. Mambo ...Published: 24 Jul 2013 at 04:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Paul Mambo to be buried tomorrow in Beitbridge
SUNDAY News editor Paul Mambo who died on Saturday will be buried at his rural home in Beitbridge tomorrow.Mambo (46) whose journalism career spanned 19 years, succumbed to meningitis at Mate...Published: 23 Jul 2013 at 04:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sunday News Editor Paul Mambo dies
SUNDAY News editor Paul Mambo has died. He was 46. Mambo, whose journalism career spans 19 years, died at Mater Dei Hospital on Saturday evening at about 7 pm after succumbing to meningitis. F...Published: 22 Jul 2013 at 03:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
African children being used as lab rats in medical experiments
NaturalNews - Parents of dozens of African children severely injured by a combination meningitis vaccine known as MenAfriVac are demanding answers following a recent declaration by government officia...Published: 17 Jun 2013 at 15:55hrs | | by Jonathan Benson,
Govt launches Immunisation week
The 2012 measles and polio immunisation days and vitamin A supplementation programme has been launched in Harare this Monday.Government is targeting to vaccinate over 1,9 million children acro...Published: 19 Jun 2012 at 04:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to introduce two new vaccines
Government is set to introduce two new vaccines which prevent pneumonia and meningitis this June, a move expected to change the immunisation schedule from six weeks going onwards.The introduct...Published: 12 Apr 2012 at 21:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZBC's Chiyangwa dies at 38
ZBC executive driver, Tadeo Tapiwa Chiyangwa has died at 38, the Zbc News reported.Family spokesperson, Tinashe Chiyangwa said his brother died on Wednesday at his homestead in Juru Growth ...Published: 26 Jan 2012 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hubby finds wife sleeping with a pastor
AN injiva from Lower Gweru who recently caught his wife allegedly being intimate with a Baptist Church pastor has reported the case at the Chief's court.The injiva, Mr Sikhosana Khumbulani (32...Published: 21 Dec 2011 at 22:33hrs | 1 | by staff reporter
SA Man with contagious meningitis on the run
Pretoria - A man with highly contagious meningococcal meningitis has absconded from Mamelodi Hospital outside Pretoria, the Gauteng health and social development department said on Wednesday.H...Published: 21 Dec 2011 at 22:33hrs | | by Moyo Roy
WikiLeaks: African kids as guinea pigs to test new drugs
The world's biggest pharmaceutical company hired investigators to unearth evidence of corruption against the Nigerian attorney general in order to persuade him to drop legal action over a controversi...Published: 10 Dec 2010 at 04:56hrs | | by Gurdian
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