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The year Spanish Influenza attacked Rhodesia
The Spanish Flu epidemic struck Rhodesia in early October, 1918, being introduced into the country by passengers arriving from South Africa by train. It spread quickly in all the urban centres before ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 499 | by Jonathan Waters
Health workers get allowances raise
On-call, night duty and standby allowances for public sector health workers have been raised by between 60 percent and 100 percent with effect from January, with the Covid-19 risk allowances, in three...Published: 10 hrs ago | 414 | by Staff reporter
Unfolding challenges of Muteswa's domestic abuse: Trials & tribulations of single women in Zimbabwe and the law of Karma!
What Chantelle Muteswa is currently going through and the amount of emotional challenges and humiliations she must cope with is just unimaginable by common sense. In her case, common sense is no longe...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1345 | by Nomazulu Thata
Kasukuwere's movement offers solution to fighting Coronavirus
Tyson Wabantu Movement has issued a statement urging the government of the day to implement tough measures in fighting the dreaded Wuhan virus that seen positive cases rise to nine in Zimbabwe. ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 10:28hrs | 2246 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Wilkins reopens after refurbishment
Zimbabwe's main COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre, Wilkins Hospital, will reopen its doors to the public at the weekend following a US$500 000 upgrade initiated by the Chinese business community...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:58hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Illegitimate Mnangagwa, illegitimate Chamisa: Country legit?
BY now, the entire nation is aware of the folly of appointing a retired club DJ to be the man in charge of a whole country's healthcare system.It should have been obvious to any self-respecting leader...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:53hrs | 3331 | by Muckraker
Nurses desert Wilkins
NURSES at the country's main Covid-19 isolation centre, Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital, are resigning as morale hits rock bottom in the crucial health sector, which is in the frontline of Zimbab...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:51hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
BCC clinics overwhelmed as hospitals' OPDs close
BULAWAYO City Council clinics are overwhelmed with patients after the city's central hospitals closed their Out Patients Departments (OPDs) and started attending to emergency cases only. ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo CEO Mabandi transferred
GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect removed Mr Leonard Mabandi as chief executive officer for Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo. Mr Mabandi was appointed Mpilo Central Hospital boss in 2015 ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:24hrs | 2469 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus to push Zimbabwe to the brink?
With Zimbabwe's health-care sector crippled by a strike by doctors and nurses, underfunding and years of general neglect, fears are growing that Covid-19 will hit the troubled country very hard....Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:20hrs | 222 | by Financial Mail
10 Zimbabwean nationals arrested while travelling to PE farm for work
The fate of 10 undocumented Zimbabwean migrants, who were locked up in Graaff-Reinet, is in the hands of the department of home affairs.The Zimbabweans were en-route to Port Elizabeth when the...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 17:18hrs | 21965 | by Staff reporter
UK coronavirus deaths jump by 563, the HIGHEST daily increase so far
Daily coronavirus-related deaths have reached an all-time high in the UK - 563 - to take the total number of fatalities to 2,352, according to new figures published by the Department of Health and Soc...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 17:10hrs | 1361 | by Staff reporter
Corporate Zim unites in the fight against Covid-19
WHILE the coronavirus pandemic has exposed mankind to one of the worst disease outbreaks in modern times, it is also bringing out the best in people.With global giants such as Alibaba, Roche a...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 11:13hrs | 514 | by Robin Mungate
Students stand in for striking nurses
STUDENT nurses at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have been commandeered to replace nurses who went on strike last week demanding COVID-19 risk allowances and personal protective equipment."Ou...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:52hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Nurses who tested positive to COVID-19 at Parirenyatwa, false allegations
Parirenyatwa group of hospitals public relations office has dismissed allegations that some of their nurses tested possitive to the deadly COVID-19.In a statement seen by Bulawayo24.com the ho...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 18:18hrs | 2306 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Ezra Sibanda pleads with doctors and nurses not to abandon patients
A journalists and former Radio Zimbabwe Presenter Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has made a passionate plea with nurses and doctors not to abandon patients just because of Covid 19 saying not all pat...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 13:43hrs | 472 | by Stephen Jakes
MLF launches Mthwakazi sovereign fund
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has launched a Mthwakazi sovereign fund for the liberation struggle to establish a federal republic.In a statement MLF President Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza said ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 08:25hrs | 556 | by Stephen Jakes
Peter Ndlovu tells Zimbabweans to stay home
Zimbabwean legendary footballer and former national team captain Peter Ndlovu has called on the country to heed calls of a 21 day lockdown by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus....Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 18:51hrs | 2486 | by Moyo Roy
Zimbabweans flee to rural areas
THOUSANDS of food insecure families in Harare and other cities and towns yesterday flocked to their rural homes after failing to stock up enough food supplies to last them until the end of the 21-day ...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:30hrs | 2765 | by Staff reporter
Nurses association urges members to report for duty
The Zimbabwe Nurses Association has called off plans to withdrew labour and have advised its membership to report for work with effect from today following response to some of its concerns by Governme...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:07hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
What 21 days of Lockdown will likely Mean for the Zimbabwean Populace
To curb the spread of the coronavirus President Emmerson Mnangagwa imposed a 21 days lockdown of Zimbabwe which is to come into effect on Monday 30, March.The measure has been applauded by man...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 23:21hrs | 3621 | by Prince Njagu
Zimbabweans fear 'starving in their own homes' during lockdown
Zimbabweans braced on Sunday for a three-week lock-down to curb the spread of the coronavirus which has killed one person so far and infected six others, and for many the lockdown means tough times ah...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 19:55hrs | 1499 | by AFP
Re-equipping hospitals a top priority, says Nigel Chanakira
Prominent banker Nigel Chanakira recently featured on the growing platform In Conversation with Trevor to share the story about his rise in the banking sector from working for the Reserve Bank of Zimb...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:37hrs | 1494 | by Staff reporter
Denial, stigma threaten fight against Covid-19
Stigma, peddling of fake news and myths threaten to be one of the biggest stumbling blocks to the effective handling of the coronavirus pandemic with many people in Zimbabwe still to take the outbreak...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:37hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa preaches Covid-19 unity
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa believes the outbreak of the coronavirus gives Zimbabweans an opportunity to bury their differences as they fight the pandemic.The coronavirus disease, which is also ...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 11:21hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Government-led lockdown not enough for Zimbabwe’s fight against Coronavirus
It took a while for the Zimbabwean government to meaningfully respond to the Covid19 pandemic, better late than never.Now that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has decreed that there shall be a 21...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 10:36hrs | 802 | by Edzai Zvobwo
Majority Of Residents Ignorant on Covid 19 - HRT
Covid 19 is undoubtedly a global pandemic but residents in Zimbabwe's capital confess ignorance on preventing it's spread.Owing to lack of information, they are starved in that regard....Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 08:57hrs | 242 | by Takudzwa Mutonho
A Zimbabwean's story Coronavirus: What's it like to be treated for COVID-19 in A FOREIGN LAND
A Zimbabwean man who was rushed into intensive care after contracting COVID-19 has opened up on how his ordeal began when he started feeling the funny symptoms which turned into a collapsed lung....Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1297 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
NGOs shut down
CIVIL society organisations, the National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (Nango) and Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) have shut their offices down as they intensify efforts t...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:58hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa offers fresh support to health-care workers
ZIMBABWE tycoon Strive Masiyiwa is offering renewed support for the country's health-care workers days after services were cut back because of a lack of protective equipment to deal with the coronavir...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:34hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
'Health workers turn away patients'
FEAR and ignorance have led healthcare workers at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo to neglect patients that suffer from other ailments, as they now believe that every ill person who walks through th...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:30hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Health workers are the frontline soldiers against COVID-19. Let's protect them
The COVID-19 or the new Corona Virus is different. In this virus we have an enemy which is invisible and sometimes deadly, and the task is harder.About a century ago the Spanish flu pandemic k...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 19:29hrs | 676 | by Siddharth Chatterjee and Mutahi Kagwe
WATCH: Mphoko exposes United Bulawayo Hospitals
Senior Zimbabwean doctor Siduduzo Mphoko has posted a video on social media showing the United Bulawayo Hospitals empty without any doctor or nurse on site. Mphoko lamented the situation ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 12:23hrs | 4597 | by Mandla Ndlovu
More Zimbabwe health workers go on strike
MEDICAL personnel at the privately run Avenues Clinic in Harare downed tools yesterday in protest over lack of personal protective equipment in the wake of the deadly coronavirus.There are sus...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:45hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Scores throng Beitbridge border ahead of lockdown
SOUTH AFRICA failed to close its border at midnight on Thursday as droves of Zimbabweans resident in that country thronged the Beitbridge border post to return home involuntarily.Thousands of ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:44hrs | 2579 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health workers demand $10 000 a month
Frontline health workers are appealing for a $10 000 risk allowance per month, as they battle Covid-19, which has affected five people in Zimbabwe so far. The proposal is for the allowance to ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:31hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Man jumps 10 floors to his death
A 29-YEAR-OLD man allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the 10th floor building in Harare's Central Business District (CBD), the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed yesterday.Police...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 15:41hrs | 3788 | by Staff reporter
Olinda Chapel donates 10 000 masks to Zimbabwe
UK-based Zimbabwean businesswoman and socialite, Olinda Chapel has donated 10 000 disposable face masks to Zimbabwe.The donation was made through her Olinda Chapel Foundation."The Olin...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 15:14hrs | 2947 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confirms fifth COVID-19 case
Zimbabwe now has five coronavirus cases (COVID-19), with only one fatality still recorded, the Health ministry has announced.But the staggering statistic is that the country has only carried o...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 12:03hrs | 2185 | by Staff reporter
EcoSure moves to help capacitate doctors and nurses amid COVID-19 pandemic
As Zimbabwe - along with the rest of the world - battles the COVID-19 Corona virus global pandemic, EcoSure has announced plans to immediately support the country's national health delivery system by ...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 09:58hrs | 1166 | by Agencies
Travelling Zimbabweans in Corona horror
As the country struggles to deal with the deadly coronavirus at home, the government has now also been forced to rescue 107 Zimbabweans who are being detained by Tanzanian authorities in Dar es S...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 08:21hrs | 4253 | by Staff reporter
Wilkins hospital shuts down
ZIMBABWE's largest referral centre for COVID-19 cases, Wilkins Hospital in Harare, was shut down yesterday to "allow for further renovations", but medical staff at the health institution said the clos...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:46hrs | 3255 | by Staff reporter
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 | 758 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 fears hit Kwekwe General Hospital
UNCERTAINTY has gripped Kwekwe General Hospital after a nurse at the institution reportedly visited her COVID-19-positive husband in Portugal last month, returned home and assumed her duties at the he...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1397 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei upgrades 2 COVID-19 treatment centres
FUEL mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei has embarked on a project to upgrade St Anne's Hospital and jailed rapist and businessman Munyaradzi Kereke's state-of-the-art Rock Foundation Medical Hospital in Harare...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:43hrs | 2018 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sends workers home
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday ordered a partial lockdown for government and Zanu-PF workers, saying only a third should report for duty while others stay at home as part of efforts to combat ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:15hrs | 8490 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Mutare patient tests negative
One of the two suspected cases of Covid-19 in Mutare has tested negative while results for the second patient are expected to come in tomorrow.Samples collected from the two were sent to Harar...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:14hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe catches coronavirus cold
Zimbabwe's economy has started catching a cold over the coronavirus, as major industries and some of the country's recreational facilities have started closing down, and taking responsive measures to ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:34hrs | 3935 | by Staff reporter
Council refutes negligence over COVID-19 fatality
The Harare City Council (HCC) has refuted allegations from the Makamba family which insinuate that Zororo Makamba, the first casualty of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Zimbabwe died due to lac...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 18:24hrs | 755 | by Daniel Itai
Mnangagwa's govt officials take measures to avoid contracting lethal disease
IN AN unprecedented development, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, and his ministers held their weekly Cabinet meeting in a tent at State House yesterday, after it emerged that the late broadcas...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:19hrs | 1443 | by Staff reporter
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