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Police summon more Zapu leaders over hospital demo
POLICE in Plumtree, Matabeleland South, on Tuesday summoned more Zapu leaders on charges of holding an unsanctioned demonstration at the Catholic-run St Anne's Brunapeg Hospital recently.Zapu ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 587 | by Staff reporter
Equipment boost for Mpilo Hospital
MPILO Central Hospital yesterday unveiled medical equipment, which include infant incubators, a mobile X-ray machine, radiant warmers, sourced from India by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The in...Published: 14 hrs ago | 157 | by Staff reporter
Expectant mothers overwhelm Mpilo's maternity wing
MPILO Central Hospital's maternity wing is overwhelmed by numbers of expectant mothers seeking its services thereby compromising service delivery. The hospital is attending to an average of 20...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:00hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo 'shona' nurses graduate under police guard
Mpilo Central Hospital held its nurses graduation and prize giving day under the protection of police at the Bulawayo Large City Hall Wednesday to thwart off any interference from members of the publi...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 19:53hrs | 5175 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU leadership arrested for demanding jobs for locals
ZAPU leadership were Tuesday summoned by Plumtree police for shutting down St Anne's Nursing School in Brunapeg, Mangwe following the recruitment of non-locals at the hospital.Last week, a gro...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:10hrs | 2447 | by Lulu Brenda Harris
Bully (16) stabs boy thrice over protection fee
A 16-year-old bully from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly stabbing another boy thrice with an Okapi knife demanding money that he said was a protection fee in the neighbourhood. ...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:05hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland North remains without provincial hospital
MATABELELAND North Provincial Medical Director Dr Purgie Chimberengwa has appealed to Government to urgently complete construction of Lupane Provincial Hospital as the province faces a critical shorta...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Zapu condemns police clampdown
Zapu has condemned an alleged police clampdown against villagers in Mangwe after the community staged a protest against the alleged unfair recruitment of student nurses at Brunapeg Hospitals.T...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Zapu activists arrested
ZAPU activists, who on Tuesday forced the temporary closure of the Catholic mission-run St Anne's Brunapeg Nursing School in Mangwe, Matabeleland South province, protesting alleged unfair recruitment ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
Man 'beats up' wife to death over infidelity
A BULAWAYO man has been arrested for allegedly fatally assaulting his wife with an electric cable and a log accusing her of having an extra-marital affair. Mike Nyoni (24) of Pumula South subu...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:36hrs | 3514 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU shuts down St Anne's hospital nursing school
Opposition political party, ZAPU, Tuesday forced the temporary shutdown of the St Anne`s Mission Hospital nursing school in Matabeleland South following an outcry from villagers that locals were being...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 19:43hrs | 3158 | by Staff reporter
MDC leader to assist Ndebeles get recruited at Mpilo hospital
MDC Youth Assembly official Discent Collins Bajila has announced that he has launched a program that is aimed at developing a database of qualified citizens of Matabeleland and Midlands who will...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 10:31hrs | 2927 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe trainee medical registrars boycott final exams
DOZENS of University of Zimbabwe (UZ) postgraduate medical registrars, Monday boycotted their end of course examinations claiming they missed out on crucial practical lessons due to the ongoing strike...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 21:45hrs | 2756 | by newzimbabwe
15 years jail for pupil rape teacher
A TEACHER at Premier High School in Bulawayo has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old pupil that he was coaching English extra lessons. Shadreck Kantsholo (47) from Pu...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1437 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt accused of tribalism over nurses saga
The government has been accused of perpetuating tribalism through the recruitment of student nurses from outside Matabeleland for training at major hospitals in the region.Bulawayo residents h...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:48hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo situation critical: Doctors
The Zimbabwe Senior Doctors Association (ZSDA) has said the situation at Mpilo Hospital was far from normal as most doctors were on strike.Responding to sentiments by Clinical Director Dr Solw...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:36hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Govt official stokes fire for minister
WOMEN Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development minister Sithembiso Nyoni has come under fire after an official in her ministry said Matabeleland North people were "unemployable"....Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:41hrs | 3926 | by Staff reporter
Accident victim's body unclaimed at Mpilo mortuary
THE body of a 23-year-old man has been stuck at Mpilo Central Hospital mortuary for more than two months after police failed to locate his relatives. Mr Hilton Nkiwane was hit by a car in Mpop...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:37hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo hospital shuts down outpatients...patients risks dying
The Zimbabwe Senior Hospitals Doctors Association has condemned has issued a statement informing the public to disregard reports published by state media that Mpilo hospital was functionin...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 09:24hrs | 4572 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fresh jobs scandal rocks Mpilo
The Mpilo Hospital board is investigating the circumstances surrounding the alleged imposition of principal nursing officer (PNO) by the government while interviews were being held to fill the vacant ...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:57hrs | 3910 | by Staff reporter
We won't watch people die, says Mpilo boss
MPILO Central Hospital Clinical Director Dr Solwayo Ngwenya has said his staff will continue to attend to patients seeking medical services despite the ongoing strike by some doctors.In an int...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Doctors' strike spares Mpilo cancer section
THE two-month-long doctors' strike has not affected the cancer screening section at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, a development which has brought relief to cancer patients.In an intervie...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Khami Road crash kills 3
THREE people died, two of them relatives to the late national hero Sikhanyiso Ndlovu when the vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned along Khami Road. Brother to th...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
How the Zimbabwean government has side-lined the people of Matabeleland
In Zimbabwe if your surname does not sound a particular way, one does not have a chance of success in life. The discrimination in Zimbabwe has been embedded and entrenched in every structure and pract...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 15:32hrs | 3394 | by Thulani Nkala
Zapu, MRP fight over Mpilo protests
SECESSIONIST Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) and the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) have accused the opposition Zapu of hijacking and personalising protests over unfair recruitment o...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
Shona nurses e-recruitment decentralised
THE Government has decentralised the nurse recruitment system, a development that will see central and provincial hospitals, with effect from next year, selecting applicants.Health and Child C...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:38hrs | 1669 | by Staff reporter
Moyo shoots down e-recruitment claims after recruiting only shona nurses
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has shot down claims circulating on social media that it has reversed the use of e-recruitment for nurses following an incident that occurred in Bulawayo on Monda...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:32hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
'No reversal in nurses recruitment process'
Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Obadiah Moyo said the recruitment of nurses will not be reversed because the process was done in a transparent manner. Speaking in an interview with the st...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 20:06hrs | 3511 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MRP demands fair nursing training recruitment opportunities at local hospitals
Today we went to Mpilo Hospital on a fact finding mission, with just two questions for the management, who were represented by the public relations office particularly Mr Ozias Ndlovu who collected ou...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 14:22hrs | 2104 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Govt buckles to Zapu pressure
The government has buckled top pressure from a demonstration by Zapu at Mpilo hospital this week over recruitment of student nurses and reversed its decision to centralise the electronic selection pro...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 11:10hrs | 3084 | by Ndou Paul
Caps United resorts to violence after losing to Chicken Inn
Chicken Inn 1-0 Caps United CAPS United failed to stomach defeat at the hands of title rivals Chicken Inn and resorted to violence in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League encounter at Barbourfields St...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 09:25hrs | 2700 | by Staff Reporter
Shona nurses recruitment controversy - Mpilo Hospital under siege
Mpilo Central Hospital's School of Nursing was temporarily shut down on Monday when activists from the opposition party and hundreds of people looking for a career in nursing thronged the institution....Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 11:36hrs | 1635 | by ZimLive
Temba Mliswa appeals to Mnangagwa's government
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has appealed to the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to dialogue with doctors and find a lasting solution to the strike that has been happening for m...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:55hrs | 10763 | by Mandla Ndlovu
440 nurses undergo early cancer detection training
A NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisation catering for children with cancer and operates from Bulawayo and Harare, Kidzcan, has started a pilot cancer screening training project in Harare and Chitungwiza target...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:20hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo shona nurse recruitees list came direct from Harare
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube yesterday castigated peddlers of fake news after scores of people gathered at Mpilo Central Hospital, responding to social media messages that there w...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 3542 | by Staff reporter
Player collapses during soccer match
THE Bulawayo football fraternity has been plunged into mourning following the untimely death of 18-year-old Talen Vision defender Cedric Dube, who collapsed during a league match and was pronounced de...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds stage sit-in at Mpilo Hospital over shona nurses recruitment
Hundreds of people thronged Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, Monday, with the hope of being recruited as student nurses following the controversial recruitment of nurses a week ago where locals from Matabe...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:48hrs | 2893 | by Staff reporter
Zapu, MRP clash over Nurses recruitment
Members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) and ZAPU traded barbs during a sit-in at Mpilo Hospital over the controversial recruitment of trainee nurses, with the former accusing ZAPU of 'selling ou...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:47hrs | 2342 | by Staff reporter
Zapu plots sit-in at Mpilo, UBH over shona student nurses
THE opposition Zapu party has vowed to go ahead with its planned sit-in at Mpilo Central Hospital and United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) nursing school today in protest over unfair enrolment of student n...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU is fighting institutional marginalisation and Zimbabwean state scorched earth policy
Whereas on Thursday the 17th and Friday the 18th meetings were held at Mpilo Hospital administration between Zimbabwe African People's Union ZAPU and Mpilo Hospital public relations office,Whe...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:41hrs | 205 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Thokozani Khupe speaks on cancer
BREAST cancer survivor and politician, Dr Thokozani Khupe says the Government through the Ministry of Health and Child Care should build more cancer treatment facilities in all wards so as to increase...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 08:05hrs | 2341 | by Staff Reporter
Bogus CIO serial fraudster remanded in custody
A SERIAL fraudster who allegedly masqueraded as a top Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer and a close security aide to President Emmerson Mnangagwa before duping Ingwebu Breweries of 375 l...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1721 | by Staff reporter
The day Oskido cried for Sikhonjwa
KALAWA Jazmee supremo Oskido yesterday revealed how he cried when he saw comedian Babongile Sikhonjwa lying banged up at Bulawayo's Mpilo Central Hospital after his near fatal accident in 2014. ...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1748 | by Staff reporter
Woman escapes jail after bashing hubby over beer
A WOMAN from Bulawayo escaped jail for bashing her husband with an iron rod in a fight over five litres of alcohol that she had consumed. Rosemary Ndlovu (20) from Pumula suburb struck Mr Bukh...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:04hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele nursing students deliberately failed?
We have been inundated with calls and messages from the public following the Mpilo tribal fiasco. A lot of people have expressed gratitude and many thanks to Team MRP for standing up for them. Accordi...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:49hrs | 193 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Woman bashes hubby with iron rod over beer
A WOMAN from Bulawayo escaped jail for bashing her husband with an iron rod in a fight over five litres of alcohol that she had consumed.Rosemary Ndlovu (20) from Pumula suburb struck Mr Bukho...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 15:24hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Peace-maker stabbed to death
A MAN was stabbed to death while attempting to restrain his suspected murderer from stabbing another man during a dispute. Bhekimpilo Dlamini (27) of Vukuzenzele Village in Filabusi was not as...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:51hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Man tries to kill three children to spite wife
A MAN from Bulawayo allegedly poisoned himself and his three children to spite his wife who had left him for another man. Chelesani Sibanda (34) yesterday told a court that he did not want to ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
World class women's clinic for Bulawayo
MPILO Central Hospital is set to have the first stillbirth prevention clinic in sub-Saharan Africa under a special scheme to address high numbers of stillbirths in the country. The hospital is...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:20hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland civic groups threaten to disrupt nurses' training
A GROUPING of civic groups, under the banner Matebeleland Collective (MC), has threatened to disrupt nurse training lessons at Mpilo and United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) to force government to address ...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:53hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
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