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State-of-the-art Covid-19 equipment for Mpilo, UBH
FOUR central hospitals including Mpilo and United Bulawayo Hospitals are set to receive state-of-the-art equipment including intensive care unit (ICU) monitors and emergency ventilators to help fight ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 263 | by Staff reporter
Rapper Cal_Vin killed in Bulawayo hit and run incident
Rapper Cal_Vin has died aged 35.The Bulawayo-born singer was run over by a car at around 11.30PM on Saturday after watching a football match on TV at a bar near his home in Luveve, his family ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 14:23hrs | 4389 | by Staff reporter
Wife finds used condoms in hubby pocket
A Bulawayo man apparently needs some cutting-edge tips on how to destroy evidence of cheating.The call to leave no evidence of sex behind comes after he failed to keep his sex habits to himsel...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 18:46hrs | 4194 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital in dialysis kits crisis
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo is reportedly facing an acute shortage of dialysis kits, resulting in long queues at its renal unit.Hospital acting clinical director Xolani Ndlovu confirmed...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:53hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Man glasses wife with beer bottle for going to party
IN a fit of rage, a Makokoba man allegedly stabbed his wife with an empty broken beer bottle for "disrespecting" him by defying his orders not to attend a party in the same neighbourhood. It's...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 08:51hrs | 3260 | by Staff Reporter
Mpilo Hospital faces acute shortage of dialysis kits
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo is reportedly facing an acute shortage of dialysis kits, resulting in long queues at its renalunit.Hospital acting clinical director Xolani Ndlovu confir...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:44hrs | 312 | by Staff Reporter
Woman collapses and dies on busy Bulawayo street
A woman collapsed and died suddenly on a busy Bulawayo street on Monday.The unidentified woman had just walked out of a shop close to the Tredgold Magistrates Court at about 2PM when she slump...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:14hrs | 3860 | by Staff reporter
Man kills co-tenant
A MAN from Bulawayo allegedly severely assaulted his co-tenant until he fainted, rushed him to hospital where he pretended to be his next of kin and disappeared when doctors called and informed him th...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:39hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
Opening date for Ekusileni
EKUSILENI Medical Centre in Bulawayo will finally open its doors to members of the public on November 30 with a 50-bed capacity amid revelations that the institution is now ready to admit Covid-19 pat...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:27hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Missing teen found hanging four days later
A 17-YEAR-OLD Nkulumane suburb boy was found hanging from the roof of his father's bedroom after he had gone missing for four days. Kholo Jamela was reportedly under investigation after allege...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 1642 | by Staff reporter
Relief for Mpilo cancer patients
GOVERNMENT has approved the release of US$55 000 towards repair of malfunctioning cancer machines at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo.This was confirmed by Health and Child Care deputy minis...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:04hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga speaks on public private partnerships
GOVERNMENT is providing an enabling environment for public private partnerships in infrastructural development which will result in the attainment of Government's vision 2030. This was said by...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:44hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana sign MoU on convicts
CABINET has approved two Memoranda of Understanding between Zimbabwe and Botswana that will see citizens convicted in either country opting to serve their sentences in their home country. In a...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:53hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
'My health is more important than you' Chamisa's Bulawayo Councillor tells residents
Bulawayo's Ward 14 Councillor Macdonald Venus Chunga has told residents that his health is important than the work of the council, according to a communication availed to this reporter by the resident...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 20:02hrs | 4976 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Moyo grovels at Chiwenga
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo heaped praise on VicePresident Constantino Chiwenga, describing him as the most suitable person to run the Health ministry despite fears that he was militarising th...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 21:44hrs | 8154 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tours Bulawayo hospitals
GOVERNMENT has pledged to release €55 000 to fix radiotherapy machines for cancer patients at Mpilo Central Hospital, as well as $56 million for the completion of the installation of lifts and renov...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Man falls to his death
A FILABUSI man fell to his death off a moving vehicle while a man from Gwanda died after a vehicle he was travelling in overturned in two separate incidences.Matabeleland South acting provinci...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 22:26hrs | 2249 | by Staff reporter
NetOne, TelOne refurbish Mpilo Hospital ward
STATE-RUN telecommunications companies NetOne and TelOne yesterday unveiled a refurbished wing at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo as part of their corporate social responsibility project to capacit...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo registry office reopens
THE Government has okayed the re-opening of the Registrar-General's Office which will see more than 6 199 children born during the Covid-19 lockdown access birth certificates in Bulawayo.Despi...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | 5374 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt promises 200 000 new houses by 2023
At least 200 000 new houses will be constructed by 2023, while apartments that are unfit for human habitation will be rebuilt and informal settlements revamped as part of a raft of measures to overhau...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:40hrs | 240 | by Staff Reporter
Mpilo cardiac ward in sorry state
THE cardiac ward at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo has virtually collapsed, posing a huge threat to the many patients living with heart complications referred to the southern region's biggest referral hos...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:49hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over woman
A GWANDA man has been arrested for allegedly ganging up with two accomplices, who are still at large, and beat up a man to death in a dispute over a woman.Alfred Moyo (21) from Guyu area was n...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:01hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital nurse dies of Covid-19
MPILO Central Hospital has lost a nurse to Covid-19 who died at the institution last week. Sister Pretty Mpala (36) from Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo tested positive posthumously and was buried on F...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:24hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs estranged wife seven times
A BULAWAYO soldier followed his estranged wife to her family home where he allegedly fatally stabbed her seven times and in the process ripping open her stomach using a kitchen knife after she refused...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:33hrs | 2220 | by Staff reporter
Schoolboy (17) 'commits suicide'
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy from Nkayi in Matabeleland North allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Mafela Primary School in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb. Mpilo Khumalo's body was ...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 00:04hrs | 3157 | by Staff Reporter
NRZ urged to reintroduce commuter trains
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has been called upon to re-introduce commuter trains to help ease transport challenges in Bulawayo, with commuters at times being forced to walk to and from tow...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 08:51hrs | 380 | by Staff Reporter
Machete gang attacks guard, gets away with loaded firearm
POLICE in Umguza, Matebelaland North province have launched a manhunt for a six-member machete gang that attacked and killed a security guard at Arda Balu Estate before they went off with his .303 ser...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:28hrs | 860 | 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 | 324 | by Staff reporter
Thieves steal 7 television sets at UBH private ward
THIEVES broke into the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) and stole seven plasma television sets that were mounted at the health facility's private ward. The thieves are said to have taken advant...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:25hrs | 258 | 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: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:25hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates one million bricks
SEVERAL schools in Matabeleland North will benefit from a presidential donation of one million bricks meant for the construction of educational infrastructure in the province.During a two day ...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 19:09hrs | 2577 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead along highway
A MAN from Nkayi in Matabeleland North was on Monday found lying dead along the Victoria Falls-Bulawayo road in Nyamandlovu, shortly after he was discharged from Mpilo Central Hospital where he was ad...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 16:14hrs | 2332 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa COVID-19 centre over-stretched
PARIRENYATWA Hospital's COVID-19 centre has been overwhelmed by the number of confirmed cases since the beginning of last month when the centre started operating, a situation blamed on lack of equipme...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 07:10hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Essential service workers get subsidised mealie-meal
LOCAL milling company, Brainman Investments, yesterday took subsidised roller meal to essential service workers at three Bulawayo public hospitals and a police station after realising they have not be...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:33hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 wrecks Mpilo Hospital
OVER 40 staffers at the opportunistic infection (OI) clinic at Mpilo Central Hospital have reportedly tested positive to COVID-19."COVID-19 cases among staff are out of control," said one of t...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:57hrs | 1345 | by Staff reporter
UBH still open to members of the public
MEMBERS of the public in need of medical attention can still access services at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) but only those who test Covid-19 positive will be admitted with those suffering from oth...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:50hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records second highest Covid-19 deaths
BULAWAYO province now has the second highest number of Covid-19 deaths which are more than a quarter of the national average. On Tuesday, the city recorded its 21st death after a 22-year-old m...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:04hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Juvenile on the run after killing mate
MATABELELAND North police have launched a manhunt for a juvenile who fatally assaulted a colleague with a knobkerrie after misunderstanding arose between them over a soccer match.Matabeleland ...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 08:33hrs | 912 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's Covid-19+ cases surpass 4 000
THE number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Zimbabwe has surpassed 4 000, taking 12 days to double since July 22. According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care, by Monday, 4 075 people had ...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:09hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates coal to 5 Matabeleland hospitals
Five hospitals in the Matabeleland region yesterday recieved 2 000 tonnes of coal donated by President Mnangagwa for cooking and other hospital operations. Beneficiaries include Mpilo Central ...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:09hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
10 more succumb to Covid-19 in one day in ZImbabwe
Ten more Covid-19 deaths were reported yesterday, the second highest daily toll after 12 passed on last Thursday, taking the death toll to 80 while 154 new cases were confirmed, all local infections, ...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:05hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF cannot celebrate blocking July protests, given worsening economy, it is when, not if, for next protests
There is no doubt that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his cronies will view the nonevent July 31st Street Protests as a political victory. But if the truth be told, this is not even a Pyrrhic victor...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 19:56hrs | 2718 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Local transmissions constitute 95% of Bulawayo Covid-19 cases
LOCAL Covid-19 transmissions have risen alarmingly in the country, constituting more than 70 percent of all cases, while they make up 94,5 percent of Bulawayo's infections. This comes at a tim...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:50hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Essential service workers bemoan delays at checkpoints
ESSENTIAL service workers in Bulawayo using Zupco buses to report to work have expressed concern over delays at police checkpoints, where some of them have even been allegedly assaulted by soldiers de...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:02hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Dead granny (99) in graveyard 'resurrection'
A 99-year-old granny from Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North left villagers shocked after she moved her body just as she was about to be buried. Mrs Nkazanyana Ncube from Kwine village under Chief...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:46hrs | 2034 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's Covid-19 hotspot suburbs revealed
FOUR high-density suburbs have been singled out the hotspots of the Covid-19 pandemic in Bulawayo, with authorities hinting that considerations were being put in place to introduce stiffer lockdown me...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:58hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
66 positive Covid-19 cases at Bulawayo Prison
FORTY-THREE inmates and 23 prison officers at Bulawayo Prison have tested positive for Covid-19 amid reports that cases are on the increase in the city. Bulawayo has recorded 36 new Covid-19 c...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:02hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Police tighten lockdown regulations
POLICE have started tightening lockdown regulations especially in major cities with 1 000 people having been arrested in two days for flouting measures that were put in place to deal with rising cases...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:19hrs | 2099 | by Staff reporter
From herdboy to professor
WHEN Solwayo Ngwenya was herding goats, cows and donkeys in rural Lupane in the 1970s, never did he imagine that one day he would be a celebrated obstetrician. But on Monday he was appointed a full ti...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 08:42hrs | 2852 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 epicentre shifts to Bulawayo
THE Covid-19 epicentre has shifted from Harare to Bulawayo with health experts warning that Matabeleland provinces are under heightened threat due to their proximity to South Africa, Africa's epicentr...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 08:41hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
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