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DO not put your suffering or sickness to waste. Your greatest template on just how to conduct yourself both in health and in hardship and adversity is none other than Jesus Christ.Is not our g...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 498 | by Zii Masiye
Bulawayo on typhoid alert
BULAWAYO is recording an increase in diarrhoea cases, which is blamed on water shortages and contaminated water among other reasons as city fathers expressed fear of a typhoid outbreak.Since M...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:12hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
2020: A not so rosy year for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents say that the year 2020 must be quickly forgotten as they experienced several misfortunes that include incessant water shortages, and other threats the city such as being declared a ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:04hrs | 101 | by Nqobani Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's govt warns of COVID-19 second wave
THE Health and Child Care ministry yesterday warned of an upsurge in COVID-19 cases during the festive season due to complacency after the number of positive cases surged in the past few weeks....Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:17hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders police to 'invoke corona lockdown laws'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered police to tighten lockdown restrictions during the festive season, as authorities strive to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country.At the same time...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:49hrs | 4321 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo shelves water shedding
THE Bulawayo City Council will this week temporarily shelve its excruciating water shedding programme to allow residents to enjoy the festive holiday.The city has been failing to supply adequa...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis ravages Bulawayo
Women carry the burden of collecting water for households...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1011 | by Brezhnev Malaba
Stolen ambulance belonged to BCC, driver faces disciplinary action
AN ambulance which was stolen in Bulawayo on November 7 and later found abandoned in the city centre belonged to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), it has emerged.On November 10, it was reported...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:41hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Prison ordered to provide inmates with water
The High Court has ordered Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to supply 60 litres of water daily to every prisoner and also supply inmates with the water containers to arrest the spread ...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:19hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Harare Central Prison
A DIARRHOEA outbreak has hit Harare Central Prison, which houses an estimated 100 inmates at a time holding cells have no running water. Clean water has reportedly been scarce at the prison, a...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:08hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Chikurubi Prison boss admits to overcrowding
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has admitted that there is overcrowding at Chikurubi Maximum Prison after lawyers yesterday visited the prison following an order by High Court ju...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:47hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
'Massive diarrhoea outbreak at Chikurubi'
AN INMATE at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison (Chikurubi) has launched an urgent High Court application in which he wants authorities to deal with diarrhoea, hepatitis B and tuberculosis outbreaks at...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:40hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Stand up for sit down - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 21st November 2020
World Toilet Day on Friday made a bigger splash than this month's third anniversary of the overthrow of Mugabe.Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights called on the Mnangagwa government to ensure th...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 07:33hrs | 1073 | by ZimVigil
Zanu-PF bigwig in poisoning scare
Zanu-PF commissar Victor Matemadanda is recuperating after he fell seriously ill amid suspicious that he was poisoned at a ruling party event a week ago.Matemadanda was taken ill after attendi...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:03hrs | 6275 | by Staff reporter
Toilet saves family from violent storm
GWANDA villager Absalom Sibanda says his seven-member family survived a recent violent storm by hiding in a toilet.The storm, which flattened the family's house, pounded Gwanda's ward 1 area in Matabe...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:22hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Chikurubi in dire water situation
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court, challenging the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to provide water and medication to inmat...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:30hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea kills 13 people in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has recorded an increase in diarrhoea cases, which have claimed 13 lives, and remains on high alert for a typhoid outbreak as the city continues to facewater problems.The water pr...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | 1349 | by Staff reporter
Health catastrophe looms in Zimbabwe cities
MILLIONS of Zimbabweans are staring a health catastrophe in the face owing to a shambolic management of sewer systems by urban local authorities, an investigative audit by Auditor-General Mildred Chir...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:55hrs | 1391 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea hits Bulawayo
MORE than 1 300 Bulawayo residents have been treated for diarrhoea since July this year with reports that cases are still on the rise owing to erratic water supplies. The city recorded its fir...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa eases Bulawayo water crisis with 13,7 megalitres
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has started pumping water to Bulawayo from the Epping Forest project delivering 13,7 megalitres on Wednesday night in a major breakthrough towards easing ...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 07:22hrs | 2245 | by Staff reporter
Gringo appeals for help after suffering relapse
Veteran comedian Lazarus Boora, known by his legion of fans as Gringo, has fallen sick again after failing to raise money for medication.Gringo, who turned 47 last month, is battling tesnel or...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 12:56hrs | 3511 | by Staff reportetr
Typhoid resurfaces in Harare
HARARE City Council yesterday confirmed four cases of typhoid amid fears grew that the numbers could be more because of a chronic water shortage in the capital.The city has faced perennial wat...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1644 | by Staff writer
Inside Bulawayo's worsening water crisis
It is 6am on a Saturday and residents of Sizinda, a poor suburb in Bulawayo, have begun their desperate hunt for water.The taps at home dried up three months ago.Water has become a dai...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:32hrs | 1357 | by Staff reporter
Luveve residents demand resignation of councillors
LUVEVE residents are up in arms with councillor for ward 16, Febby Msipha, whom they want to recall for failing to resolve the area's water crisis.However, the councillor said the water crisis...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:24hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea spikes as Bulawayo water crisis deepens
BULAWAYO is recording a spike in diarrhoea cases in the middle of a deepening water crisis where most suburbs are receiving water for about 12 hours in a week. Mzilikazi, Magwegwe and Luveve c...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, Chiwenga sued over prison conditions
INHUMAN conditions at the country's prisons have been exposed in a court application by human rights lobby group, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and a former inmate, Taurai Mbewe who are seeking ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1381 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea rocks Queens Park
BULAWAYO'S Queens Park suburb has recorded diarrhoea cases as more suburbs register outbreaks of the disease which claimed 13 lives in Luveve in July and infected nearly 2 000 people.Water sho...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Another diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has recorded a second diarrhoea outbreak within four months as almost 100 cases mainly affecting children have been reported in the densely populated high-density suburb of Mzilikazi and surr...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 09:56hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
2nd diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has recorded a second diarrhoea outbreak within four months as almost 100 cases mainly affecting children have been reported in the densely populated high-density suburb of Mzilikazi and surr...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:21hrs | 855 | by Staff Reporter
Urgent Funding Appeal for Bulawayo Boreholes Drilling Project
The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) hereby makes an urgent public funding appeal via Gofun...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 19:26hrs | 802 | by 1893 Bayethe Board of Directors
Bulawayo dams were decommissioned owing to low water levels
THE Bulawayo City Council said it decommissioned its three supply dams due to dwindling water levels, contrary to reports that it was because of siltation.Early this year, council decommission...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:32hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
City fathers under fire over water
SOME former Bulawayo councillors say the current council leadership cannnot escape blame for the grave water shortages in the city amid accusations the local authority is failing to manage the limited...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:45hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council admits pumping bacteria-infected water
BULAWAYO City Council has admitted that residents could be receiving bacteria infected water, but said this was not life-threatening.This came after residents last week complained of receiving...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors frets over recurrent sewer pipe bursts
BULAWAYO councillors have appealed for central government intervention into the recurrent sewer pipe bursts which have been blamed on lack of adequate water to flush the sludge.Debating the is...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:22hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises funds for Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to release funds for Bulawayo to address its perennial water challenges.According to the latest Bulawayo City Council minutes, Mnangagwa wants an end ...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:10hrs | 2337 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fails to service 2 000 pre-sale stands
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is failing to service more than 2 000 pre-sale residential stands that were bought more than two years ago. The local authority in 2012 introduced a scheme to ...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | 1822 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis puts residents' health at risk in Bulawayo
"YOU'LL get water when it's available," Bulawayo City Council officials loosely told residents recently after struggling to stick to the six-day water shedding schedule put in place to manage the dwin...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 23:59hrs | 1853 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa pledges IDs for Gukurahundi genocide victims
GOVERNMENT has committed itself to immediately roll out a process of issuing identity documents to victims of Gukurahundi who were rendered stateless by government-sanctioned mass killings.Pre...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
EMA sues BCC over raw sewage
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has taken the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to court for failing to upgrade its water treatment plants and sewer systems, which has resulted in raw sewage flowi...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:22hrs | 228 | by Satff reporter
Zanu PF eager to repeat Gukurahundi: ZAPU's comment on Mutsvangwa's provocative words to Catholic Bishop Conference Pastoral Let
Zanu PF eager to repeat Gukurahundi: ZAPU's comment on Zimbabwe Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa's provocative words to Catholic Bishop Conference Pastoral Lette...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 11:46hrs | 1570 | by Iphithule Maphosa
'Mutsvangwa 'anti-Ndebele' diatribe stokes tribal hatred'
OPPOSITION Zapu says recent angry remarks against Catholic bishops by Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa were capable of stoking tribal tensions in the country.Party spokesperson Iphithule...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 08:31hrs | 3121 | by newzimbabwe
ZANU PF eager to repeat Gukurahundi genocide
The mother party, concerned by the need for equality of the Zimbabwean people, respect of their constitutional and natural rights, as well as the need for a peaceful co existence of its citizens, is c...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 16:09hrs | 4561 | by Iphithule Maphosa
MDC led Bulawayo Council in fire-fighting mode
THE Bulawayo City Council has adopted a draft communications policy as it seeks to improve its image after attracting the anger of ratepayers over alleged corruption involving city fathers and local g...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:50hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo city blames KSB pumps
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has approved plans to decommission KSB pumps at its waterworks after investigations showed that they posed a risk to the quality and water security of the city.This...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:57hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Vandals worsen Bulawayo water woes
BULAWAYO'S water woes got worse on Friday after thieves vandalised Zesa powerlines at Inyankuni Dam Booster Station, cutting off supplies to the water pump.The city is currently on a six-day w...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:59hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Luveve residents hit back at BCC
RESIDENTs in Luveve, Bulawayo have castigated the city council for claiming that the typhoid and dysentery that recently hit the suburb has now being contained, with fewer cases being recorded in the ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:10hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water crisis persists
THE dwindling water levels at the Bulawayo city's supply dams has crippled the pumping of both raw and clean water to the Criterion Raw Water and Tuli Clear Water reservoirs.This was said by t...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:07hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland central not serious about COVID 19 preparedness
I am based in Mash Central Mazowe district and would like to raise my concern about COVID-19 suspects handling, testing and reporting.Mash central is being reported as one of provinces with low ...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 08:53hrs | 329 | by Worried Glendale Member
Zimbabwe records 100% spike in pellagra cases
ZIMBABWE has recorded a sharp increase in pellagra cases, with 831 cases registered between January and May 2020, a 100% increase from 400 over the same period last year.Pellagra is a serious cond...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1074 | by Staff reporter
BCC has no money to fix ageing water, sewer systems
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday said it did not have the funds to urgently address the issue of water contamination in Luveve and surrounding suburbs, which resulted in the loss of 13 lives and ...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 08:35hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
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