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Private hospitals demand up to US$700 fees
SOME PRIVATE health institutions are demanding as much as US$700 deposit and up to US$250 per night for patients admitted, making falling ill an economic nightmare for the majority.A survey by...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1260 | by Staff Reporter
BCC shoots down 24-hr clinic call
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has insisted that it is not in a position to open 24-hour clinics despite residents' calls for council-run health institutions to operate round the clock.Propon...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 15:53hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for 'serial land fraudster'
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for an allegedly serial land fraudster who pretended to be a village head and sold plots and residential stands to home seekers in Kensington on the outskirt...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 01:20hrs | 2268 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets General Electric officials
President Mnangagwa yesterday met officials from US industrial giant, General Electric (GE), who have expressed a strong commitment to supply medical equipment for the country's major hospitals includ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:17hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hires second United States public relations firm for $1 million
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, battling to end Zimbabwe's international isolation, has recruited a second public relations firm in the United States at a cost of US$1 million per year.Documents...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 08:57hrs | 4380 | by ZimLive
Armed robbers raid city gold dealer
SIX suspected armed robbers pounced on a house in Bulawayo's city centre and brutally attacked four people with machetes, leaving them for dead before getting away with US$6 687, RTGS$1 000, five gram...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 07:59hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Growing up in Bulawayo: Chronicles of a colourful childhood
Bulawayo celebrated 125 years of existence as a city last week. That should be put out there because there are those who believe that the authorities misfired since King Lobengula established it some ...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 10:26hrs | 3383 | by Lenox Lizwi Mhlanga
Cop arrested after high speed chase
A POLICE officer, who allegedly led a heist at former Gwanda mayor, Knowledge Ndlovu's Ettrick Mine and allegedly stole gold ore worth thousands of United States dollars, was reportedly arrested after...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1751 | by Staff reporter
Cop runs for dear life as mob bays for his blood
A POLICE officer on Wednesday fled for dear life as an angry mob bayed for his blood after an illegal money changer he was chasing was knocked down by a car near Tredgold Building in Bulawayo. ...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1238 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital doctor's house gutted by fire
PROPERTY worth thousands of dollars was reduced to ashes after a doctor's residence was gutted by fire at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo. It is suspected that the fire was caused by a heater which...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 07:55hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mpilo hospital doctors' residence gutted by fire
Reports coming from Mpilo Central Hospital indicate that doctors' residence was gutted by fire around Wednesday midnight....Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 09:51hrs | 2731 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Haulage truck carrying cobalt overturns, killing one
One person died, while several others were injured on Monday when a South Africa-bound haulage truck carrying bags of cobalt veered off the road, overturned and landed on its roof at the 60km peg alon...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:11hrs | 1888 | by Staff reporter
Chief Binga dies
CHIEF Binga of Binga District in Matabeleland North has died. He was 74. Born Siakateya Siakulya Gasita, Chief Binga died at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo on Wednesday last ...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Diploma in Midwifery intake
Applications are invited from Registered General Nurses who have at least two (2) years post graduate experience to train as Midwives in September 2019. Entry requirements: Appli...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 19:06hrs | 2322 | by Staff reporter
UK's Impilo Revival fundraises for Bulawayo hospitals
A United Kingdom-based Charity organization, Impilo Revival, is hosting a fundraising event to build a storage unit where all donated essential life saving medical equipment and medicines destined for...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 15:26hrs | 2591 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man 'drinks' self to death
A MAN from Bulawayo has been found dead outside a bar in Nkulumane suburb and it is suspected that he succumbed to excessive consumption of alcohol and the cold.Bloodwell Gurure (32) was...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1932 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs nephew 6 times in cellphone charger row
A MAN from Bulawayo has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed his nephew six times over a cell phone charger. Benjamin Akimu (47) from Sauerstown suburb appeared in cou...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:08hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Government deploys 37 doctors to Mpilo Hospital
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has availed 37 junior doctors to address a critical shortage of doctors at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo. According to officials, the hospital ...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:07hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Pirate taxi rams tree, 3 dead
TWO people died on the spot while another one succumbed to injuries while admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital after a pirating Toyota Wish they were travelling in veered off the road and hit a tree nea...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:33hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
China drills boreholes in Matobo
CHINA is drilling at least 21 boreholes in the dry Matobo district to alleviate water shortages that have ravaged the district for a long time.Matobo Rural District Council CEO Elvis Sibanda c...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1470 | by Staff reporter
Dog-mauled woman learns to walk again
THE Bulawayo woman who was mauled by her landlord's dogs in West Somerton, Bulawayo in March is learning to walk again, after responding positively to treatment in India. In a video posted by ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:23hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Woman eaten by dogs learns to walk again
THE Bulawayo woman who was mauled by her landlord's dogs in West Somerton, Bulawayo in March is learning to walk again, after responding positively to treatment in India. In a video posted by ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:18hrs | 177 | by Staff Reporter
Mpilo requires an additional 82 doctors
MPILO Central Hospital is facing a critical shortage of doctors amid fears that this may cause unnecessary deaths at the health institution which requires an additional 82 medical practitioners to ope...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:31hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Funding for Zimbabwe's healthcare now dire
The country's healthcare system has become unsustainable in the face of serious funding challenges and for the umpteenth time, Zimbabweans have to brace for yet another gruelling round of increases in...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:06hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Galen House Medical Centre founder dies
PROMINENT medical practitioner and former Bulawayo City Council councillor, Dr Garry Ferguson, who founded Galen House and Medical Centre in the city, has died. He was 89. Dr Ferguson ...Published: 22 May 2019 at 00:22hrs | 2575 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launch POLAD, arch - "African solution" to bad governance - bury our heads in the sand, insane
"We are grateful that the leadership of Zimbabwe has established the dialogue voluntarily," commented Mphakama Mbete, SA Ambassador to Zimbabwe, at the official launch of Political Actors Dialogue (PO...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:48hrs | 1713 | by Wilbert Mukori
Girl axed in love triangle
A 14-YEAR-OLD girl from Tsholotsho is lucky to be alive after she was savagely attacked with an axe in the stomach and left with intestines protruding by one of her boyfriends in a suspected love tria...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:09hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Cop dies in car accident
A POLICE officer died on the spot while another passenger was injured in a car accident along Airport road in Bulawayo's Romney Park suburb yesterday.The police officer, Brian Mpandla (29), wh...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:05hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital sets up register for people with ambiguous genitalia
MPILO Central Hospital has initiated a register for people with ambiguous genitalia in a bid to help them deal with the issue and avoid future psycho-social problems they may encounter regarding sexua...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:49hrs | 1658 | by Staff reporter
Iyasa dancer Soso dies
ONE of the founding members of award-winning dance group Iyasa, Sonia "Soso" Mbaya, has died. Soso died yesterday afternoon at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo following a severe asthma atta...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:49hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
US doctors conduct free operations
UNITED States (US) based doctors yesterday started free cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo and commended Government for its reception of foreign health practiti...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:16hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
2 court officials die in accident
TWO court officials from Hwange Magistrates' Court died on the spot while others were injured after a vehicle they were travelling in burst its tyre and veered off the road along the Bulawayo-Victoria...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:54hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbery suspects arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two men suspected to be part of a gang that shot, robbed and assaulted residents in Tshabalala and Nkulumane suburbs last weekend. The gang is said to be on th...Published: 02 May 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1545 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions affect Mpilo and Parirenyatwa hospitals
The Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services says sanctions are the reason behind government's failure to repair the three radiotherapy machines in Mpilo and Parirenyatwa hospitals....Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 15:47hrs | 865 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cancer treatment at Mpilo, Parirenyatwa hospitals compromised
Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals has stopped offering radiotherapy services after all its three cancer treatment machines broke down while unconfirmed reports indicate Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo also f...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 18:56hrs | 1292 | by Staff Reporter
Major shake-up in govt hospitals
A MAJOR shake-up is underway in the country's biggest referral hospitals as Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo begins to flex his muscles following his appointment in September last year....Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 11:33hrs | 3998 | by Staff reporter
Two war veterans die
TWO liberation war heroes, Prichard Ndlovu and Allen Tshuma have died. Ndlovu whose liberation war name was Chaka Dlamini died aged 64 on April 20 at his Nkulumane home. He will be laid to res...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
19 injured in Luveve Road pile-up
NINETEEN people were injured in a three- vehicle pile-up accident near Entumbane Shopping Complex in Bulawayo yesterday. The pile-up occurred when a Toyota Quantum headed towards Luveve suburb...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:08hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has failed to revive economy and Gono to take over in 2020 - he too will fail, guaranteed
Zanu-PF hardliners are in panic mode and for good reasons, the economic meltdown is in overdrive! The country's de fact local currency the Real Time Gross Settlement Dollar (RTGS$) has been losing mor...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 09:04hrs | 6165 | by Wilbert Mukori
Killer shebeen queen kept in jail
A BULAWAYO shebeen queen who allegedly stabbed and killed a man from Zvishavane in Pumula East suburb has appeared in court for routine remand.Sithembiso Mzizi (54) allegedly smashed a beer bo...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1396 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos FC hooligans slammed
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has lashed out at Dynamos FC hooligans for hurling missiles onto the pitch after failing to stomach their 2-0 defeat to Chicken Inn in a Castle Lager Premier...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Eating soil, a pregnancy craving that can kill . . .
The smell of soil after light rains is divine. I like to think of it as the smell of nature, pure and fresh. Many women experience iron deficiency during pregnancy and subsequently develop a craving f...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:12hrs | 1078 | by Andile Tshuma
Teenage armed robber killed over loot sharing
A TEENAGER from Old Pumula suburb in Bulawayo who was stabbed to death in an incident that left his friend hospitalised, was part of a syndicate of armed robbers who turned on each other after rowing ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:27hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo doctor 'steals' drugs
A DOCTOR at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo has appeared in court for allegedly stealing drugs worth $110 from the hospital theatre while on duty. Emmanuel Mucheni (33) yesterday appeared b...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:26hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Facing national challenges: None but ourselves
In mid-March Zimbabwe together with Malawi and Mozambique fell victim to the violent and destructive Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds of people and left thousands displaced in these three southern A...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 15:31hrs | 332 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Facing national challenges: None but ourselves
In mid-March Zimbabwe together with Malawi and Mozambique fell victim to the violent and destructive Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds of people and left thousands displaced in these three southern A...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:17hrs | 145 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Woman burnt by husband
A 32-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman suffered serious facial burns when she was allegedly doused with paraffin and methylated spirit before being set alight by her husband when he discovered that she wa...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:05hrs | 2210 | by Staff reporter
Woman, mum, jump from fire-gutted first floor flat
A woman from Sizinda suburb in Bulawayo threw her six-month-old baby and jumped together with her mother from their first floor room when it caught fire at Sizinda Flats yesterday morning. The...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 07:55hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Cops raid Pumula, 81 arrests recorded
A MAJOR police operation in Bulawayo's Pumula suburb targeting shebeens and drug peddlers has resulted in the arrest of one murder suspect and 80 others for various offences. The crackdown fol...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:22hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Stabbings leave 2 dead, one battles for life in hospital
TWO people from Old Pumula suburb in Bulawayo died within a 300 metre radius in two separate incidents of knife crime yesterday while a teenager is battling for life in hospital after being stabbed. ...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:01hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
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