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Sanctions devastate rural communities
RURAL communities are among the worst areas affected by illegal sanctions as the embargo has led to limited opportunities for communities increasing poverty levels.Studies have shown that the ...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:35hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Abusive teacher pleads guilty, blames toothache
A HARARE school teacher who last week caused a social media stir after he was filmed brutally bashing a Lower Sixth student pleaded guilty to assault charges when he appeared in court on Saturday....Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1840 | by Staff reporter
Who remembers Ben Kofi?
Fabisch, Sunday Chidzambwa, Peter Ndhlovu, Benjani and Konjera. Not forgetting the mercurial Francis Shonhai, Kaitano Tembo and Dumisan Mpofu the defence bulwark of our Warriors of the glorious past. ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:10hrs | 989 | by Tondorindo. Chinehasha.
Gweru to maintain water rationing
GWERU City Council (GCC) says it will maintain its rationing regime as part of efforts to conserve the water because of a low water table in its catchment areas.This was said by GCC spokespers...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Farmer kills self in an inferno
A 59-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe based female farmer died yesterday after she was overwhelmed by a veld fire she had started in land clearing.The woman who was identified by the police as Borna died on ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 18:52hrs | 1949 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Chiweshe
Bulawayo grave diggers overwhelmed
GRAVE diggers at Bulawayo cemeteries are overwhelmed and the council has proposed that mourners do the back-filling of the graves while it recruits more staff.According to the latest council m...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 709 | 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 | 1641 | by Staff reporter
Pepsi plans massive Zimbabwe expansion
ZIMBABWE'S fast-growing beverages maker, Varun Beverages said it planned to expand its operations in the country despite commissioning a US$12 million water bottling plant at its Harare operation on W...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:05hrs | 1624 | by Staff reporter
PepsiCo commissions a US$12 million water bottling plant in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S fastest growing beverages maker, Varun Beverages announced a massive expansion strategy on Wednesday, as it commissioned a US$12 million water bottling plant at its Harare operation....Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:02hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Bona does not know secrete relationship between Mugabe and Mnangagwa: Nor has she Zezuru powers to recite Nyakasikana rituals
Bloggers go overdrive in wanting to make much awaited narratives become facts overnight. Bona cannot make holly cries of Zezuru-Nyakasikana to prevent her father from exhumation and be interred in the...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:26hrs | 5497 | by Nomazulu Thata
Makokoba sewage crisis overwhelms council
BUlAWAYO has a catchy tagline of aspiring a smart, transformative city by 2024.With just under three years to the set date, plummeting service delivery levels in virtually all townships might ...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:45hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Politicians caught in some 'situations'
That the United States has changed dramatically in the last 20 years is no longer in dispute. What we know is that their world is upside down, what is, is not what should be, and what should be, is no...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:53hrs | 926 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Consultant testifies in Chivayo case
AN engineering consultant yesterday told the court that he is the one who recommended former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje to provide consultancy services to business...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
'Covid 19 is spreading in school like wild fire, 2 weeks after reopening' - risking all for 3% pass rate
Health care, education and everything else affecting the ordinary people have been neglected by Robert Mugabe and now by Emmerson Mnangagwa and the consequences are there for all to see, especially no...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:28hrs | 1939 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Bureaux de change start selling US dollars to public
BUREAUX de change yesterday started selling foreign currency to ordinary walk-in customers as per the resolutions of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe monetary policy committee MPC) meeting last month to promo...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:19hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Zupco needs more buses, kombis
BULAWAYO is in need of 47 buses and 35 kombis to address public transport challenges in light of Covid-19 which requires commuters to maintain social distancing. This was said by the represent...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:20hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Residents fume over raw sewage spilling into homes
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo's oldest and most populous suburb, Makokoba, are up in arms with the city council for failing to attend to burst sewer pipes which are now discharging raw sewage into their house...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe industry defies odds, hits 95% capacity'
ZIMBABWE'S industries have emerged from the crossfire of Covid-19-induced lockdowns and forex shortages to extend a bounce-back registered since the second quarter of this year, central bank chief Joh...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe begs US for talks on sanctions
THE Zimbabwean government has pleaded for a meeting with United States Senate officials, in a bid to push for sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and members of his administration to be lif...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 07:11hrs | 4076 | by Staff reporter
ABC of knowing Mbudziyadhura munyaya dzematongerwo enyika
Not many zealous seemingly political Zimbabweans know @daddyhope, better called Mbudziyadhura. Let me measure for you the depth of his political convictions and what sets him hissing. I will do so fro...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 19:38hrs | 1429 | by Jamwanda
Potraz sweats over tariff hike
ZIMBABWE'S telecommunications regulator is combing through tariff hike proposals put forward by operators to strike a balance between protecting hard-pressed consumers and securing the viability of an...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:03hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
US$1 billion steel plant ready for take off
SEVERAL arms of Government in the Midlands Province say they are ready to smoothen the way for the birth of the US$1 billion Mvuma steel plant expected to be commissioned next year.Set to be A...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:48hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Daily vaccinations hit record high 100 000
The national vaccination programme on Tuesday managed to give more than 100 000 jabs in a single day, showing the acceleration of the programme, but Zimbabweans need to grab the opportunities since th...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:29hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni Medical Centre opens for severe COVID-19 cases
BULAWAYO'S Ekusileni Medical Centre, the brainchild of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo, has begun admitting severe COVID-19 cases.The facility was reopened last month, with two patients, ...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:52hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean deportees get reprieve from UK legislators
Two United Kingdom legislators have weighed in their support expressing displeasure on the manner the recent deportations of Zimbabweans was handled by the United Kingdom government. Legislato...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 08:09hrs | 3133 | by Staff reporter
Town clerk candidates stampede at healer's shrine
SOME of the 43 candidates eyeing Mutare City Council town clerk's position are reportedly making nocturnal visits to a local traditional healer in a desperate bid to enhance their chances, NewsDay rep...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:22hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Zambians: Who do you think you are?
Dear Zambians, What has gone wrong with you dear Zambians, curiously our neighbours north of us? Are you slipping over to those countries north of the Mediterranean and elsewhere who practice ...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 15:44hrs | 26603 | by Nomazulu Thata
Black capitalists and new colonisers
The promises of liberation have not been met and polls show persistent discontent with the Mnangagwa government.The Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers' Union...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 09:25hrs | 1553 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Polyclinics demanding payment for COVID-19 vaccines?
The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) has exposed some Polyclinics for conducting corrupt activities, as they are demanding money from people seeking to be vaccinated against COVID-19.Speaking thro...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 18:35hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
GMAZ happy with Mthuli Ncube and Mangudya
THE grain milling industry has hailed 2021 mid-term fiscal and monetary policies presented by authorities, underscoring that the twin policies would foster price and exchange rate stability, at a time...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 11:02hrs | 2215 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe struggles with surge in Covid-19 burials?
A group of women sing hymns at the cemetery in Harare as undertakers, dressed in Covid-19 protective gear, gently lower a white casket into the grave."This world is not our home," they sing, a...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 07:45hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 fourth wave imminent'
HEALTH experts have warned that Zimbabwe faces a fourth wave of deadly COVID-19 virus if the country fails to get more people inoculated, and that a third jab might be needed to help fight off emergin...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:39hrs | 1552 | by Staff reporter
House sale scandal rocks council
A Harare City Council junior employee in the housing department, who is on suspension over allegations of abuse of office and corrupt parcelling out of stands, has become the owner of an expensive low...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Polad overwhelmed by influx of applicants
THE Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) secretariat has revealed it is overwhelmed by an influx of applications from unknown parties requesting to join the platform following the issuing of vehicles to ...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 16:14hrs | 1735 | by Staff reporter
Shocking bills for Covid-19 patients
Most private hospitals offering Covid-19 treatment are turning the pandemic into an economic and psychological nightmare for patients, with some of the institutions charging admission fees of up to US...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo sets up COVID-19 centre for minors
AUTHORITIES at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo have started converting a children's unit at the institution to a COVID-19 treatment centre for minors amid a surge in the number of children contract...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:28hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Mat South Covid-19 centres overwhelmed
MATABELELAND South Provincial Medical Director Rudo Chikodzore has said Covid 19 institutions have inadequate space to accommodate all the cases and they are full.Chikodzore said they haven't ...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 14:58hrs | 786 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo suspends burials as grave-digging machine breaks down
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has suspended burials at the Athlone West cemetery due to a breakdown of a grave-digging machine.Council sources told New Zimbabwe.com that following the breakd...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 08:05hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
Harare faces grave diggers, nurses crisis
HARARE City Council has been hard hit by a shortage of grave diggers with the few remaining at the local authority's eight cemeteries overwhelmed as they are burying at least 40 people per day....Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:26hrs | 1258 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 crisis: Can corporate leaders stand up and be counted!
Zimbabwe has undergone several crises over the years and each time disaster strikes, citizens have been known to put aside their differences - real or imagined - to put out the fire. It is thr...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 20:21hrs | 111 | by Nathan Chikara
Army to embark on mass vaccination of Bulawayo residents
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) is set to embark on four-day mass vaccination of Bulawayo residents as part of the military's community outreach programme.The outreach programme will be held...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 11:39hrs | 2396 | by Staff reporter
Catholic nuns seize control of US$2m Covid-19 project
CATHOLIC Church nuns, through Sisters of the Little Company of Mary (LCM), owners of St. Anne's Hospital in Harare, have acrimoniously seized control of the refurbished health facility's Covid-19 cent...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:38hrs | 2259 | by Staff reporter
Demand for graves surges in Gweru
THERE has been a surge in demand for graves in the city of Gweru amid indications that from January to date, 65 people have been buried at council cemeteries compared to 45 the whole of last year. ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
BCC suspends burials at Athlone after excavator breaks down
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has suspended burials at Athlone cemetery after the excavator used digging graves broke down, sources have said.Athlone cemetery is situated just after Northend...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 19:17hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe funeral parlours warn of mass graves
FUNERAL service providers have indicated that they are overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths and warned that the country could be forced to bury deceased citizens in mass graves if the upward trend of new in...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:51hrs | 5371 | by Staff reporter
Residents declare take over from police
Bulawayo residents have declared that they are taking over the role of policing the city from the Zimbabwe Republic Police due to the ineptitude of law enforcement agents who in most cases complain of...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 14:50hrs | 3021 | by Stephen Jakes
Chinamasa did not misfire on the army relations
The oppositionMDC and some parts of the Media have been lambasting the ZANU PF acting National Political Commissair cde Patrick Chinamasa for stating that the army works hand in hand with the ZA...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 2355 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
RBZ forex auction system overwhelmed
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s foreign currency auction system is overwhelmed as it struggles to meet growing demand, leading to a two-month delay in payment of successful bids.This has ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:29hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Top doctor comes up with 'must-have' Covid-19 cocktail to reduce severe illness
As the Health Ministry is overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients requiring admission in public health and private hospitals, a leading medical practitioner F Mamvura has come up with a proposal termed The...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1514 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals overwhelmed
MEDICAL practitioners have urged government to consider establishing makeshift health centres for COVID-19 admissions as the country's health institutions are inundated with severe cases needing hospi...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:26hrs | 4141 | by Staff reporter
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