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Khupe barred from Polad
THE MDC has directed its interim president Thokozani Khupe to stop being part of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) until she gets the mandate from the party's congress....Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:03hrs | 12406 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has cannot buy covid-19 test kits, PPE, etc. but is squandering US$ 100m on pointless by-elections
"The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) would like to inform the public that is has lifted with immediate effect the suspension of electoral activities with immediate effect the suspension of elector...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 08:16hrs | 809 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
UMC donates to 25 schools in Mutasa
MINISTRY of primary and secondary education got a shot in the arm ahead of schools reopening as United Methodist Church (UMC) donated personal protective equipment (PPE) and hygiene materials to 25 sc...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 11:24hrs | 824 | by Own Correspondent
Zimbabwe coming apart at the seams
In Zimbabwe, pregnant women are left alone in hospitals to give birth, taps have run dry in major urban centers, infrastructure has all but collapsed and more than half the population needs food aid....Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1189 | by Staff reporter
Private schools reopen
PRIVATE schools reopened yesterday for the Cambridge examination classes with the generality of them adhering to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education's mandatory Standard Operating Procedur...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
$600m availed for schools reopening
A TOTAL of $600 million has been set aside by the Government for disbursement to needy schools to improve sanitation and enable them to reopen safely without risking a spike in Covid-19 infections. ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:09hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Fake abductions: New tool for regime change
Politics and the desire for power can be so consuming. The regime change agenda, which dates to two decades ago, has been so vitriolic, stymied the developmental agenda, lately making Zimbabwe a house...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 524 | by Emmanuel Murema
Storm over farm invasion
A RUWA commercial farmer lost his farm on Friday after a government official evicted him with the help of the police.Martin Grobler, whose Protea Valley Farm is situated about 40km east of Har...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1519 | by Staff reporter
Student nurses hold strip party at hospital
A group of female student nurses at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has been detained for a week as punishment after it held what authorities said was a wild striptease party in one of the hostels...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
Fake abduction: a new tool for regime change
Politics and the desire for power can be so consuming. The regime change ideological rhetoric which dates two decades ago, has been so vitriolic, so illocal and so ominous to the developmental agenda ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 10:58hrs | 2704 | by Emmanuel Murema
'Medical aid societies should accommodate low income earners'
THE Ministry of Health has challenged medical aid societies to structure their products in such a way that they are affordable to low-income earners, as healthcare costs continue to rise beyond the re...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:23hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe striking terribly hard in death
LAST week marked the first anniversary of the death of Robert Gabriel Mugabe, independent Zimbabwe's first president. Arguably one of the world's most shrewd and controversial politicians, the "larger...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1693 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must not pin hope on ANC
THE African National Congress (ANC) has dispatched a six-member delegation of its national executive committee to have bilateral discussions with the leadership of Zanu-PF. The world of former liberat...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:10hrs | 504 | by Phillan Zamchiya
Delta Beverages donate to prison inmates
DELTA Corporations, a multi-national beverages company yesterday donated uniforms and sanitary wear worth $200 000 to the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to improve the welfare of fe...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:53hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
'As we move forward, let's transform our work ethics' argue Chiwenga - until end vote rigging culture, going nowhere
"As we move forward and face the future with courage, the expectation of government is that the work ethics and work culture within the Ministry of Health and Child Care undergo deep transformation," ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:39hrs | 2071 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
25 MPs test positive for Covid-19
Twenty-five MPs tested positive for Covid-19 in tests done last week, but nine had already tested positive four weeks ago and have been counted as recovered, leading MPs to worry that anti-body presen...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | 1644 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 measures relaxed
Returning residents tested within 48 hours before their return have since last Friday been allowed to self-quarantine at home if that test was negative rather than stay in a quarantine centre while th...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1850 | by Staff reporter
New normal in schools
TEACHERS and learners should brace for a new normal ahead of schools reopening and forget customs such as hugs, handshakes and sharing of desks as they used to. Break and lunch time will be st...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
'I won 2018 elections, there is no crisis' insists Mnangagwa - rigged hence existential crisis
"I wish to unequivocally state that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe as elections were held in July 2018 and a winner was declared in terms of the country's Constitution," stated Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 07:53hrs | 461 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Covid-19: Workers leave hospital construction project
A huge number of workers working towards rehabilitation of Mvurwi hospital, which was declared a provincial Covid-19 isolation centre have left the job lamenting poor remuneration.Bulawayo24.c...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 11:10hrs | 3437 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu PF finally heed WHO clarion call and ramp up covid-19 tests - but only to protest ruling elite
As 3/9/2020 Zimbabwe has 40 new cases total 6 678 no new deaths total 206. Carried out 1095 PCR test, Bulawayo 76, Harare 925 and Manicaland 94 and zero everywhere else.The are a total...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:40hrs | 2565 | by Wilbert Mukori
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 | 1747 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools to reopen on September 28
Schools reopen on September 28 for Zimsec examination classes with the exams starting on December 1, Cabinet decided yesterday. Cambridge examination classes can start a fortnight earlier, on ...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1225 | by Staff reporter
'Much fewer tests (602) done today' - nonsense that's Zanu PF strategy, fewer tests lower covid-19 cases
As of today 30 August 2020 Zimbabwe had 6 new cases of covid-19 bring the total of confirmed cases to 6 412. There have bee zero deaths and so the total death rate remains at 196. "Much fewer t...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 07:20hrs | 592 | by Nomusa Garikai
Beerhall turned into hospital
Tatenda Tavern in Chitungwiza's Unit H suburb is to be converted into an infectious diseases hospital, not just for the present Covid-19 pandemic, but to give the town its own facility for any other d...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:00hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Role of government and Matabeleland Collective under scrutiny
For decades, successive Zanu-PF governments have attempted to introduce developmental and political programmes in Matabeleland without consulting the locals. In all instances these programmes ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 11:01hrs | 736 | by Lovemore Moyo
Lockdown brews teen pregnancies
The prolonged period of inactivity spawned by the Covid-19-induced lockdown, which began on March 30, is brewing cases of juvenile delinquency, with a local organisation reporting a 60 percent rise in...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | 533 | by Tendai Chara and Veronica Gwaze
'No one shall die on my journey to State House' - many have died already and for nothing, MDC sold-out
"No Zimbabwean must die because of politics. I receive calls from some supporters saying President Chamisa please give us the signal (to start street protests). I will never allow a single a person to...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 07:34hrs | 8654 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Hospital admissions down to 15%
SERVICE delivery at public hospitals has plummeted to alarming levels with admissions down to between 15 and 20% as doctors and nurses continue with their industrial action for better working conditio...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 19:37hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Let's celebrate Mnangagwa's positives: Mohadi
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has chided Zimbabweans for believing "negative" narratives being peddled by the country's "detractors" instead of celebrating several "positive" developments brought about ...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:34hrs | 1832 | by Staff reporter
ANC piles pressure on Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
SOUTH Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), is reportedly mobilising liberation movements in the Sadc region to pile pressure on Zanu-PF over rampant state-sponsored human rights...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:27hrs | 13231 | by Staff reporter
'Give Mnangagwa credit'
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has expressed concern over how Zimbabweans were failing to appreciate the ‘sterling' efforts of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in resuscitating "the nearly dead health deli...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1781 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions fuelling corruption in Zimbabwe'
THE challenges bedevilling the country's economy due to the illegal sanctions imposed on the country by some western nations have been cited as the major cause of corruption in Zimbabwe.Addres...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 20:40hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions, corruption twin evils'
ILLEGAL sanctions imposed on the country by some Western nations are fuelling corruption as they have incapacitated both Government and the private sector from providing competitive salaries therefore...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:05hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
We following WHO guidelines in fighting covid-19" says Minister - but only to save chefs' lives
"Sadly, I too tested positive for the Covid-19 virus. This virus is real and we need to fight it by following the guidelines that our Government has given us which is in line with the WHO regulations,...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 20:35hrs | 1431 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa will never solve any substantive Gukurahundi matters - a cynical divide and rule
"The Government will also start issuing birth certificates to children of some of the people who were killed during the disturbances and have been failing to get the documents and death certificates o...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 09:14hrs | 2049 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe Minister recovers after testing Covid-19 positive
LANDS, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Vangelis Peter Haritatos who was recently on self-isolation after testing positive to Covid-19, has returned to work after rec...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:09hrs | 3161 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's 'idiotic street woman' defends work done by Ramaphosa envoys to Zimbabwe
Head of International Relations within the ANC, Lindiwe Zulu has defended the work done by the special envoys President Cyril Ramaphosa recently deployed to Zimbabwe.Former cabinet minister Sy...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 15:53hrs | 2027 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 5 745 confirmed covid-19 cases is an artful aberration with humongous penalty to follow
"There were 102 new covid-19 cases and one death in the country bring the total to 5 745 confirmed cases and 151 deaths," reported Ministry of Health and Child Care.The people of Zimbabwe like...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 20:19hrs | 1588 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe govt intransigence self-destructive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa administration's intransigence towards overtures by the African Union (AU) and various civic organisations to urgently address Zimbabwe's drawn out political and economic ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:58hrs | 632 | by Golden Maunganidze
Is foreign currency market stabilising?
It has been nine weeks since the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) reintroduced the managed float interbank foreign currency trading system. The resumption was meant to establish a formal market under wh...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:56hrs | 909 | by Respect Gwenzi
Mohadi in mid-air chopper scare
A MILITARY helicopter carrying Vice-President Kembo Mohadi was yesterday forced to abort landing at the Josiah Tungamirai Airbase, formerly Thornhill in Gweru and return to Harare under unclear circum...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:47hrs | 4739 | by Staff reporter
Sidojiwe Hostels: A Covid-19 time bomb
Built for bachelors who worked in Bulawayo's Belmont industrial area in the 1950s, the now-derelict and crowded Sidojiwe Hostels are a ticking time bomb for disease outbreaks in the city including the...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:32hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's crowded cities struggle to defend against Covid-19
LETWIN Moleni and her two children live with two other families in Chitungwiza, a dense dormitory town outside Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. They have no running water and share a bathroom.When ...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:51hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
Express lane for public transport
ZIMBABWE'S RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) Cabinet received from the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs, Honourable OCZ Muchinguri Kashiri, chairperson of the Ad Hoc Inter-Min...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reviews lockdown curfew
THE government has relaxed business closing hours and announced that immigrants who have tested negative for #Covid-19 will no longer be detained upon arrival in the country.Information Public...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 20:56hrs | 19640 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs to stop justifying repression
ON August 14, 2020,Southern Africa Development Community's organ on politics, defence and security co-operation's virtual meeting was an eyeopener, and had one major takeaway for the people of Zimbabw...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 21:35hrs | 185 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
US sees embarrassing UN defeat over Iran arms embargo proposal
The US has suffered a humiliating defeat at the United Nations as its proposal to extend an arms embargo on Iran won support from only the Dominican Republic at the security council vote.The U...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 21:24hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among African countries to start testing for COVID-19 antibodies
Seven African countries will start administering coronavirus antibody tests from next week, a regional body said on Thursday, as part of efforts to understand the extent of the outbreak on the contine...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 16:59hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo CBD Covid-19 hotspot
BULAWAYO'S city centre has been named among the city's Covid-19 hotspots as the city looks for alternative isolation centres to accommodate those who cannot self-isolate at home. Council on Wednesday ...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 16:56hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
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