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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: 5 hrs ago | 686 | 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 | 2022 | by Staff reporter
Body mix-up at hospital fuels confusion
An 80-year-old Alaska man who died from Covid-19 complications was reburied yesterday following a mix-up of dead bodies at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital mortuary.The mix-up happened after a fun...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:50hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Auxillia calls for end to infertility stigmatisation
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has called for a culture shift to curb stigma around infertility, which affects women more than their male counterparts.Speaking during the first annual summit wi...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:43hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Man invades Mnangagwa residency to tel him of a dream
A 27-year-old man from Shamva appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of trespassing at State House demanding to see the President saying he wanted to tell him a dream. Isaac T...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:28hrs | 4337 | by Staff reporter
WHO exposes Zimbabwe's COVID-19 figures
ZIMBABWE has been adjudged among top 10 African countries with the highest number of COVID19-related deaths even though the country has the least number of cumulative cases.A recent World Heal...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:49hrs | 3639 | by Staff reporter
Government set to expedite construction at Mpilo
GOVERNMENT is set to expedite the construction of infrastructure in health facilities in order to ensure improved health care services. Speaking yesterday during a tour to assess progress on t...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:38hrs | 86 | 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 | 4110 | by Staff reporter
Health Services Act very oppressive, says doctors
MEDICAL doctors yesterday blasted the newly-gazetted amendments to the Health Services Act saying the proposed law was very oppressive as it contained stringent measures that bar them from engaging in...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
'Suspect everyone as Covid-19 risk person'
TREAT everyone as a potential Covid-19 risk, avoid hugs and handshakes, trust nobody, a Covid-19 Delta variant survivor has said. After travelling to Mashonaland West province on a business trip on Sa...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:38hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
Doctors, nurses banned from striking
DOCTORS and nurses working in public health institutions will no longer be allowed to go on strike for an uninterrupted period spanning more than three days under proposed changes to the Health Servic...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:00hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Children not safe from Covid-19: Experts
CHILDREN in the country are said to be increasingly getting vulnerable to Covid-19 as infections continue to soar with the virus killing thousands, medical experts have warned.This followed re...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:24hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean business tycoon says Ivermectin saved his life
West Properties chairman Ken Sharpe on Friday donated US$50,000 to government for the purchase of Ivermectin, saying he and his wife only escaped death thanks to the drug after they contracted the Cov...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:43hrs | 3864 | by Staff reporter
Teachers reject 'measly' pay hike
TEACHERS have rejected the 45% to 50% salary increment that government has offered them, saying it was inadequate as it will result in the lowest-paid teacher earning $28 600 against a poverty datum l...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:02hrs | 1451 | by Staff reporter
As COVID-19 spreads, Zimbabweans rush to get a jab
Simanga Musarurwa, a 57-year old mother of six, was reluctant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine. But then, tragedy struck nearby."My neighbour and some people I know from my neighbourhood got i...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:29hrs | 1264 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni assessment results not yet out
EKUSILENI Medical Centre, the brainchild of the late VicePresident Joshua Nkomo, still awaits results for the assessment that was recently done by the Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe (HPAZ) t...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:01hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Maisha Health Fund launches convenient, phone-based medical aid registration via USSD
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe's health insurance unit, Maisha Health Fund, has launched an innovative and convenient way to register for medical aid cover through the mobile phone. The service, wh...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 17:33hrs | 217 | by Agencies
Mpilo Hospital operations crippled
More than 60 doctors and nurses at Mpilo Central Hospital are in isolation after testing positive to Covid-19, a development that has crippled health care service delivery at the hospital. The...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1902 | by Staff reporter
'Lockdowns without social grants won't work'
THE extension of level 4 lockdown by President Emmerson Mnangagwa without providing fundamentals such as social safety nets would continue forcing citizens to breach the prescribed safety regulations ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:16hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni Medical Centre opening to be decided today
THE decision on the opening of Ekusileni Medical Centre will be made today when an inspection team from the Health Professions Authority (HPA) presents a report on its findings following an assessment...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 07:28hrs | 650 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's daily Covid-19 vaccinations hit record high
ZIMBABWE ramped up daily Covid-19 vaccinations to a record as the government pins its hope on a faster rollout to help the economy recover from its second contraction into two years.On Thursda...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 16:09hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is 3 months behind COVID-19'
LOCAL health experts yesterday noted that Zimbabwe was three months behind the ever-mutating COVID-19 virus, and suggested that the best brains were now required to tame the tide.This came as ...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:58hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
Woman dumps hubby, confesses child's paternity
A Budiriro woman ditched her husband of nine years claiming he was not responsible for their two-year-old baby.Primrose Mwamuka, 32, reportedly took her belongings in the absence of her husband Ta...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 20:01hrs | 1739 | by Staff reporter
PSL launches vaccination drive
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) will make an aggressive push for player vaccinations in order to entice the government to lift the ban on the game.On Friday, the Chibuku Super Cup was thrown i...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:29hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
WHO warns on 'Covid-19 drug'
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has distanced itself from the distribution of the Ivermectin drug locally.Ivermectin, a drug used to treat parasite infections, was approved to treat Covid-...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:34hrs | 1799 | by Staff reporter
Binga villagers cry foul over hospital
For specialist health services, villagers in Siabuwa, Binga North in Matabeleland North province are forced to travel 250km to St Luke's hospital in Lupane.And in extreme circumstances, they a...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:15hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
No jab, no COVID-19 allowance, govt tells frontline workers
GOVERNMENT has threatened to withhold CoVID-19 insurance payouts to its frontline workers who are not vaccinated before July 14.Last year, government said it would take care of civil servants ...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:02hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Nurses join teachers burn payslips in protest
DISGRUNTLED nurses working at public hospitals have joined hands with teachers to register their displeasure over poor working conditions in a campaign dubbed "Burn The Fraud".The virtual "Bur...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 07:14hrs | 5366 | by Staff Reporter
COVID-19: 3rd wave takes hold
ZIMBABWE is facing crunch time in its battle to curb rising COVID-19 infections and deaths as the third wave grips the country, medical experts said yesterday. This comes after the World Healt...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:12hrs | 4198 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo rebuilds doctors' residence
THE Government has started refurbishing burnt and dilapidated doctors' residences at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo. Stakeholders that include Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and Zimbabwe Prisons and...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:02hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa chucked out of Parly for calling Ziyambi 'murderer'
NORTON MP Temba Mliswa was Wednesday chucked out of the NationalAssembly after alleging Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi had visited traditional and faith healers with the aim of killing....Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:07hrs | 1983 | by Staff reporter
USAID withdraws funding to four CSOs... and demand leadership renewal to replace looters of funds
The United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has reportedly blacklisted and withdrew funding to four Civil Society Organisation (CSOs) after investigations ...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 19:14hrs | 3948 | by Political Reporter
'Mnangagwa worse than apartheid South Africa'
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Commemorates Soweto Massacre which took place on 16 June 1976 in South Africa during apartheid regime.While commemorating the day, the Youth Assembly said Mnangagwa...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | 2173 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Chiwenga defends 'reckless' ministers
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has defended the continued defiance of COVID-19 regulations by ministers at a time when the government has put in place a strict COVID-19 measur...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:31hrs | 3794 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new tool against dissent
THE incarceration at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison and delayed acquittal of two opposition activists by the Supreme Court last week is symptomatic of Zanu-PF's desperate attempt to weaponise the l...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:18hrs | 1292 | by Staff reporter
Loga's assistants turn against each other
TONDERAI Ndiraya and Lloyd Chitembwe have spent a considerable amount of time together plotting the downfall of opponents. The duo are partners when it comes to the Warriors, where they are as...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:30hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Racism storm hits top Zimbabwe school
PARENTS of children at Hellenic Academy in Harare have raised racism allegations against the school authorities.They told NewsDay that as a result, one of the "racist" teachers had since been ...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1908 | by Staff reporter
Panic as Zimbabwe COVID-19 cases surge
GOVERNMENT yesterday called for more vigilance amid rising cases of COVID-19, with health experts expressing concern over government priorities after it spurned a single dose vaccine manufactured by U...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:23hrs | 3451 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts Kwekwe Hospital staff quarters
Kwekwe General Hospital doctors and staff members escaped unharmed after their quarters caught fire in the early hours of today.Nine families, including doctors, physiotherapist, nurses and an...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 19:44hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
OK rescues distressed Mpilo Hospital doctors
LEADING retailer OK Zimbabwe has donated grocery vouchers worth $50 000 to each of the over 30 Mpilo Central Hospital doctors whose property was destroyed when their block of flats recently went up in...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:45hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
After ED was shown where colonialists hanged Ndebele warriors, was he also shown where Ndebele-speakers were massacred by Zim re
I do not know whether I can ever reiterate this point enough - history is a total accumulation of past events, which can never, and should never, be cherry-picked, or narrated selectively - such that,...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:30hrs | 685 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Private doctors charge US$40 for COVID-19 jab
SOME private medical doctors are reportedly charging fees for citizens to get the COVID19 jab, a development which health experts yesterday said was likely to trigger profiteering in the country's vac...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:12hrs | 890 | by Staff reporter
Govt to expedite repairs at Mpilo hospital
GOVERNMENT will expedite the reconstruction of Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' residence in Bulawayo that was gutted by fire and the upgrade will meet contemporary designs that take into account disas...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:11hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
If we want Zimbabwean youth to register to vote, then include a 'None of the above' option on ballot paper!
I am always intrigued, and oftentimes bemused, witnessing the concerted efforts by many sections of Zimbabwean's society, in their energetic attempts in urging the country's youth to register to vote....Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 20:10hrs | 446 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa, Chamisa rush to assist stranded Mpilo doctors
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has committed $287 million towards the construction of new accommodation for doctors at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after their living quarters wer...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:43hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says doctors, nurses deserve better
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said doctors and nurses in the country deserve the highest quality working conditions and support, hence Government's swift move to rehabilitate doctors' quarters that we...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo 'loved me dearly', says Masiyiwa
ZIMBABWEAN billionaire and Econet Wireless founder, Mr Strive Masiyiwa, says he still remembers how the late veteran nationalist and Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo loved him and how he contribute...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:04hrs | 1492 | by Staff reporter
Govt avails $287m for Mpilo reconstruction
Government has pledged $287 million towards the reconstruction of three doctors' quarters that were burnt down at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, leaving healthcare workers with no accommodation a...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:03hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa reveals what inspired him to start the Joshua Nkomo Scholarship Trust
Pan-African businessman and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa recounts what inspired him and his wife to start an education Trust that been. supporting gifted and talented students for 21 years.W...Published: 31 May 2021 at 15:32hrs | 2260 | by Staff Reporter
Stanbic Bank's donation pays off as number of births shoots up by 100 % at Sally Mugabe Maternity Hospital
The number of caesarean operations at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital Maternity wing has shot up by 100 percent following the renovation and re-equipping of theatre 1 by financial services institution, ...Published: 31 May 2021 at 14:01hrs | 565 | by Agencies
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