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Deadly malaria outbreak hits Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is currently grappling with a deadly malaria outbreak, with a recent report from an international organisation warning that the country's ability to contain fatalities has been severely hampe...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:09hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Elephantiasis outbreak hits Zimbabwe
The government has been urged to take swift action following an outbreak of elephantiasis in Mashonaland West province. Elephantiasis, a parasitic disease affecting the lymph nodes and vessels, is spr...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:22hrs | 10555 | by Staff reporter
Trio steal Mnangagwa's fish
Three Plumtree men are in trouble after they were caught poaching fish at a Presidential input garden.Welcome Mkothamo (42), Pardon Ndlovu (30) and Isco Ndlovu (28) were dragged to Plumtree ma...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Minor (14) drowns while fishing
A 14-year-old boy drowned while fishing at a dam in Bindura on Friday afternoon.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Milton Mundembe said Rauph Nyamunga of Choma village, Chief Musana in Bi...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 19:06hrs | | by Desmond Nleya
Shock as male cat births triplets
IN a rather stranger than fiction story, villagers in the Mpoki area in Gokwe were left in shock and disgust after a male cat recently gave birth to three surprise kittens, in a case the community has...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Spirit medium dies at 'Little Njelele'
A SPIRIT medium died after he was stung by a swarm of bees at a shrine in Tsholotsho where rain-makers, popularly known as ihosana, had gathered for some traditional rituals.Mr Milton Tshuma (...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Ana leaves a trail of destruction
An estimated 300 households in Mutasa and Nyanga districts in Manicaland province are in need of assistance after their homes were damaged by Cyclone Ana last week.Many parts of the country ex...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:22hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Ana hits Zimbabwe
THE country's Department of Civil Protection (DCP) has set up 394 evacuation centres in Manicaland province to deal with the impact of Cyclone Ana, amid reports that parts of Mutasa and Chimanimani di...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:47hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Anglican Bishop retires
The Rt Rev Godfrey Taonezvi, the founding bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Masvingo has retired.He bid farewell to serving and retired bishops, friends and tens of congregants at a mass held ...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:16hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Thunderstorms expected
Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms are expected across the country tomorrow, as more moisture is drifting into the country from Zambia.The weather is going to be mostly cloudy and w...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:41hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
MSD warns of heat wave, thunderstorms
THE Meteorological Services Department has issued a heatwave warning, saying temperatures are set to further soar today before the country gets rains, starting with isolated thunderstoms in the southe...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mosquitoes give Bulawayo residents sleepless nights
HOVERING seamlessly at ear level with a persistent and incommodious whine, mosquitoes leave you with bites that subsequently lead to itchy and puffy welts.With their slender segmented body, a ...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe removed from TB highly burdened countries
ZIMBABWE is among five countries in the world which have halved Aids-related deaths in the past three decades and was also recently removed from the list of 30 TB highly burdened countries worldwide. ...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nyau dancer hangs self with mosquito net
A Guruve based Nyau dancer Adam Kanyandura committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree with a mosquito net after his wife barred him from attending a Nyau dance on Sunday.Mashonaland Centra...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 15:55hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Another Zimbabwean survivor tells of horrific scenes in Cabo Delgado
A brief background of PalmaPalma is a coastal town located far north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It is very close to the Tanzanian boarder, 20 kilometres away.Since the dis...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bulawayo safe from malaria
THE BULAWAYO City health department says the heavy rains that recently pounded the city have assisted in disrupting the breeding cycles of mosquitos, which makes the city safe from malaria.Cit...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Who are the actual NGO beneficiaries?
A reflection on Nkirote, a woman from a small village in Kenya, and James, a country director of an NGO.The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than $1.90 a day. I have often ...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 18:50hrs | 1 | by @NGOsceptic
Afro-Sino economic relations in the 21st Century: Mixed Reactions and Misinterpretations
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National U...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:21hrs | 21 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Met Dept warns of flash floods
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned the public to take necessary precautions as it anticipates heavy rains that could cause flash flooding in certain areas across the country....Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man kills boy, cooks head
In a grisly incident, a man from Matova village under Chief Zimuto in the Gokomere area, yesterday murdered his brother's nine-year-old son before cutting off his head and boiling it in a pot....Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 21:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Met Dept warns of countrywide flooding
FLASH FLOODS are expected countrywide this week as the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of thunderstorms and heavy rains. The department advised resumption of insecticide sp...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo reels under mosquito menace
THE hot weather, Bulawayo's water crisis and the city's failure to spray breeding spaces has resulted in what residents say is the worst mosquito crisis in recent years. As soon as the sun set...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mine scavenger axed on the head in fight for loot
A 35-YEAR-OLD man from Ngozi Mine in Bulawayo has been arrested for axing his neighbour on the head over a mosquito net they had picked up from a dumpsite. Mr Clement Zulu (39) was injured aft...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK based Zim group raises money for Cyclone Idai through British Red Cross
Zimbabwe Leeds Community (ZLC) group have raised over £500 to help support communities in Zimbabwe after the tragic events of Cyclone Idai at the beginning of March in Zimbabwe and Mozambique....Published: 20 May 2019 at 12:31hrs | | by Tidi Kwidini
Mnangagwa's UAE trip funder revealed
The ZANU PF Secretary for Youth Affairs Lewis Matutu has disputed allegations that the trip undertaken by President Emmerson Mnangagwa using an expensive jet recently to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Victoria Falls tour operators dispatch helicopters, rafters to Chimanimani
SHEARWATER Adventures and Chikopokopo Tour Operators in Victoria Falls have dispatched two six-seater long-range helicopters and water rafters to cyclone-ravaged Chimanimani to help in rescue operatio...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe comes to terms with grim scale of damage
ZIMBABWEANS are slowly coming to full terms with the horrific scale of devastation that Cyclone Idai wreaked in the country — amid confirmation late yesterday that torrential rains and landfalls had...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai kills 31, several displaced
At least 31 people have died in Manicaland's Chimanimani district as homes and bridges were swept away by a tropical storm that began on Friday.There are fears that the death toll is much high...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sets up 3 250 polling stations
Zanu-PF has set up 3 250 polling stations ahead of its primary elections tomorrow and is ready to ensure that the polls are conducted freely, a senior party member has said. In an interview wi...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:21hrs | 5 | by SYtaff reporter
ZANU PF supporters break into party offices, steal mosquito net
Two Mbire ZANU PF supporters were hauled at Guruve magistrate court facing unlawful entry and theft charges, inclusive of the party cell registers.Edward Bvure (30) and George Makombe (30) ple...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 12:59hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
What's choking Kariba?
In the previous instalment Laiton Kandawire looked at overfishing and how fisheries authorities in both Zimbabwe and Zambia agreed to impose a Full Moon non-fishing ban of at least seven days to comba...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 17:09hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire and Oliver Samboko
U.S., AU collaborate to boost Zim’s anti- malaria efforts
A senior United States Embassy official says her government is providing funding support to Africa University to boost its capacity to support Zimbabwe’s anti-malaria efforts.“In 201...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Injiva robs neighbour to raise bus fare to return to SA
A 29-YEAR-OLD injiva who stole household property worth more than $13 000 from his elderly neighbour to raise bus fare to return to South Africa, was yesterday sentenced to one year imprisonment....Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupils help Tsholotsho flood victims
PUPILS from Eveline High School in Bulawayo yesterday donated clothes, food, blankets and stationery to Tsholotsho floods victims.The pupils, who are members of the school's Dreams Club ma...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gains made in fight against malaria
Africa is finally making headway in its decades-long fight against malaria The World Health Organization (WHO) announced in December 2015 that the glob...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 22:12hrs | 5 | by Amelia Tan
Renamo a Security Threat to Zimbabwe
Recently Zimbabweans were alarmed by claims that Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) is training some misguided Zimbabweans to embark on acts of banditry in their peaceful country. One, Jeff Judah...Published: 21 Oct 2016 at 15:31hrs | 1 | by Chadzimura Mhute
United States, Global Fund distribute 1.7 million nets to prevent malaria in Zimbabwe
The United States government and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (Global Fund) supported distribution of 1,785,000 long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) to communities at ris...Published: 19 Oct 2016 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Nine die of malaria, 425 cases reported
NINE people died of malaria in the northern regions by Wednesday last week while 425 cases have been reported, said health minster Bernard Haufiku.The Namibian reported that Haufiku was speaki...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chinese govt donates anti-poaching equipment
The Chinese government has donated vehicles and equipment worth US$2 million to the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority to enhance wildlife conservation efforts in the country....Published: 11 Dec 2015 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mbanje paddler caught with 62kgs at around 3 am
A 32-YEAR-OLD Chipinge mbanje paddler was nabbed with 62kgs of the illegal stuff at around 3am.Solomon Nkomo Gezi of Kushinga Village, Chief Musikavanhu in Chipinge appeared before Chipinge m...Published: 29 May 2015 at 09:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man sjamboks, chokes wife over mosquitoes net
A BULAWAYO man allegedly assaulted his wife with a sjambok all over the body before strangling her for sleeping without a mosquito net.Mandla Nkomo, 26, of Pumula South suburb, allegedly arriv...Published: 03 Apr 2015 at 08:03hrs | | by Nokusa Masuku
Boy (5) kills 3-year-old neighbour
A five-year-old Bulawayo boy allegedly killed his three-year-old neighbour by striking him on the head with a piece of wire, splattering bits of his brain on the ground.Police spokesperson fo...Published: 12 Mar 2014 at 20:16hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Chombo's Address to Senate on Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam Disaster
TOKWE/MUKORSI DISASTER THE MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND NATIONAL HOUSING (DR. CHOMBO)Madam President and hon. members of this ...Published: 15 Feb 2014 at 08:23hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Illicit romp goes awry, hubby hacks wife to death
A Bulawayo man allegedly hacked his wife with an axe on the cheeks, arm, leg and cracked open her skull, spilling her brains, after he caught her having sex with a boyfriend.Mandlenkosi Ncube,...Published: 04 Feb 2014 at 06:35hrs | | by Court Reporter
Malaria wreaks havoc rural areas
HURUNGWE - Half the population of Zimbabwe is at risk of being infected with the third most common illness, malaria, which has wreaked havoc in communal areas.Speaking at commemorations to mar...Published: 01 Dec 2013 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Manicaland records highest number of malaria cases
MANICALAND has recorded the highest number of malaria cases this year contributing 51 percent of the national figures, a senior Government official has said.Addressing health personnel drawn ...Published: 07 Nov 2013 at 19:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Shakira gives birth to a baby boy
Singer Shakira gave birth to her first child, a boy, on Tuesday in Barcelona, the Colombian pop star said on her website.The "Hips Don't Lie" singer and her boyfriend, the Spanish soccer pla...Published: 23 Jan 2013 at 13:52hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Land Rover South Africa and Kingsley Holgate United Against Malaria
Humanitarian adventurer Kingsley Holgate is using adventure to combat malaria and improve and save lives throughout Africa. His humanitarian adventures – man...Published: 25 Apr 2012 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Lesley Sutton
Norwegian Minister of Health visits Tanzania
OSLO, Norway - To improve the health of mothers and newborn babies is the goal for a special partnership between Tanzania and Norway. This week the Norwegian Minister of Health, Ms Anne-Grete Str√Ã...Published: 05 Jan 2012 at 05:50hrs | | by African Press Organization (APO)
655,000 people died from Malaria in 2010, 91% from Africa: WHO
Malaria caused the death of an estimated 655,000 people last year, with 86 percent of victims children aged under five, World Health Organisation figures showed on Tuesday. The figure marked a five pe...Published: 14 Dec 2011 at 13:15hrs | | by -
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