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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: 23 hrs ago | 265 | by Staff reporter
UBH refurb behind schedule
UNITED Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) acting chief executive officer Narcacius Dzvanga has revealed that the refurbishment of the city's main COVID-19 facility was running behind schedule and it might not b...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Pupils expose teacher's affair
A BULAWAYO-based married teacher who had an affair with his neighbour was exposed by his pupils who were discussing his cheating ways without noticing the presence of his wife. The pupils had ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:17hrs | 2268 | 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
Makanda Dynamos move divides Highlanders opinion
HIGHLANDERS' fans have reacted with mixed feelings following the decision by out of contract striker Tinashe Makanda to sign for bitter rivals Dynamos. Makanda, who joined Bosso in 2018 after ...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1925 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga says his life was saved at UBH
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's visit to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) last Friday rekindled memories of how his life was saved at the institution after he ruptured his appendix 37 years a...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 5224 | 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
It is hard being poor in Zimbabwe
IT is an early and hot Sunday morning in Mbare's Majubheki area, Harare. A thick cloud of flies buzzes over filthy plates that are heaped in an outside sink because residents have not accessed water f...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:31hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Help Mildred Nkomo go to university
An intelligent girl Mildred Nkomo from St Paul's in Gidubhu-area Komba Lupane District. Mildred Nkomo got 11 O's, 3 A's, 5 B's and 3 C's and obtained 12 points in Sciences at A'level. Her situ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 10:44hrs | 4294 | by T. Nyoni
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
Thambolenyoka was hurt to leave military life
WE continue our interview with Tennyson Mlobi Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu who during the post-independence conflict operated as a dissident and was known as Thambolenyoka. However, during the war of liberati...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 4924 | 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
Matabeleland hospitals management accused of abusing local drawn staff
HOSPITAL across Matabeleland region who have management from Mashonaland are reportedly to be rocked by serious tribalism and nepotism with the management being accused of abusing most local drawn mem...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 14:06hrs | 1781 | by Stephen Jakes
Thambolenyoka speaks about war experiences
THE mere mention of the name, Thambolenyoka, who operated as a dissident in the districts of Matabeleland South in the 80s during the post-independence disturbances used to send shivers down the spine...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1684 | 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 | 1579 | by Staff reporter
Indian Premier League set to take place in UAE between September and November.
Indian Premier League 2020 to take place in UAEThe Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have worked in tandem with the tournament organisers and Ind...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 20:34hrs | 139 | by Staff writer
Mount Darwin pedophile jailed
A Mount Darwin pedophile was sentenced to 16 years in jail by Bindura regional magistrate Amos Mubhobho who for raping a 12 year old girl twice in the fie...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 22:28hrs | 2517 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man rapes neighbour in garden
A man from Bwazi Monoz village, Chitsungo is in serious trouble after he allegedly raped his neighbour at a vegetable garden.Rafien Mat...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 20:44hrs | 5577 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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
Villagers arrest transformer thieves
VILLAGERS at Dillion farm, Shamva teamed up and effected citizen arrest on three Harare suspected Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), transformer thieves.The ma...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 07:43hrs | 2471 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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
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
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
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
Highlanders seek free use of BF
HIGHLANDERS could play their first two home league matches at Barbourfields Stadium for free when the season eventually starts if the Bulawayo City Council's finance and development sub-committee has ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:09hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Lavish party from hell triggers Covid-19 panic after two deaths
THE Bulawayo City Health Department has instituted an investigation after claims that a dozen of people who attended a lavish and wild birthday party thrown by a city socialite and businessman last mo...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:38hrs | 4170 | by Staff Reporter
Maid assaults employer with pot after being warned of wasting food
A WOMAN from Mkoba three in Gweru has appeared in court for assaulting her employer with a pot after being warned of wasting food.Ngonidzashe Bulandina (24) was not asked to plead to physical ...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:01hrs | 784 | by Stephen Jakes
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
FUNDRAISER: Pumula's Geshom Ndlovu needs £2 000 for tumour operation
Mthwakazi Queens UK is running a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for Pumula South's Geshom Ndlovu who needs funds to be operated to remove the tumour that has grown on his left jaw. Of the £...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 07:57hrs | 587 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe must be vigilant on dealing with Covid --19: WILD
Women's Institute for Leadership Development - WILD, Zimbabwe has urged Zimbabwe to be now vigilant in dealing with the Covid 19 as the disease is escalating its toll."Now is the time for the ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 11:18hrs | 1187 | by Stephen Jakes
'We don't want Covid-19 cases' says hospital - and it paid dearly for its foolishness
The Zimbabwe authorities have not been testing for covid-19 as aggressively as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended repeatedly, especially among the local community. And now it is emerg...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:45hrs | 2273 | by Wilbert Mukori
UBH reviews user fees upwards
THE United Bulawayo Hospitals have reviewed its user fees upwards the fees ranges from between $250 to $15 000.The development comes at a time when the government recently increased civil serv...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:21hrs | 989 | by Stephen Jakes
Covid-19: 18 UBH health workers test positive
EIGHTEEN health personnel working in the same ward at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) have tested positive for Covid-19 after allegedly attending to an infected patient, The Chronicle reported....Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1921 | by Staff Reporter
Give Us Confidence Cde President
Dear Cde President, I know chances of you reading this letter are next to zero but all the same I write to you on the basis of you being "a listening President". Cde President it is crystal cl...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 18:24hrs | 3373 | by Munya Shumba
General Philip Valerio Sibanda salutes hero Nleya
Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda yesterday described national hero Stanley Nleya as a humble, dedicated and selfless cadre who contributed immensely to the liberation o...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:04hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
National hero Nleya's burial set for Wednesday
NATIONAL hero Stanley Nleya will be buried at the National Heroes' Acre on Wednesday and not on Tuesday as earlier reported. Nleya (72), described as a true soldier, died on Tuesday at the Uni...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 death toll rises
A 79-year-old woman from Bulawayo succumbed to Covid-19 on Saturday bringing Zimbabwe's cumulative deaths to six. Bulawayo also recorded two new Covid-19 cases which brings the city's total re...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Nurses strike continues
THE strike by nurses at Bulawayo's two major hospitals entered day two yesterday with a handful of the health workers reporting for work.Nurses at Mpilo Central Hospital and United Bulawayo Ho...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:09hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso junior speaks on his military training
WE continue our interview with Clarence Tshuma aka Shungu Moyo, one of the several Highlanders junior players who left the country in 1976 to join the armed struggle in Zambia.Today, Tshuma co...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:08hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Man hospitalised after being stabbed over girlfriend
A Matopo man is in hospital after he was attacked in a dispute over a girlfriend.Washington Sibanda (28) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Tinashe Tashaya charged with attempted murder....Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 09:55hrs | 747 | by Stephen Jakes
Police arrest striking nurses
POLICE yesterday arrested health and general workers at Victoria Chitepo Hospital in Mutare as nurses and some doctors deserted major hospitals across the country following a call by their unions to d...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 2030 | by Staff reporter
Stanley Nleya declared a national hero
Stanley Nleya who died on Tuesday has been declared a national hero.Nleya was one of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army's (ZIPRA) commanders during the war of independence. His pseudo na...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 16:58hrs | 1929 | by Staff reporter
UBH female patient tests positive for Coronavirus
Online publication CITE has reported that a female patient who is admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has tested positive for Covid-19, with health officials saying measures were being tak...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 17:23hrs | 1499 | by Staff Reporter
PHOTOS: Bulawayo doctors and nurses engage in mass protests
Health practitioners at United Bulawayo Hospitals have engaged in a mass demonstration demanding to be paid a decent wage. The doctors and nurses carried placards with messages written: I want...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 10:12hrs | 7287 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Liberation war stalwart Nleya dies
ONE of Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) stalwarts, Stanley Nleya has died. Nleya whose guerilla name was Elish Gagisa died on Tuesday at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) due to ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
6-man robbery gang released on bail
THE High Court has released on bail a gang of six men that allegedly attacked five small-scale miners with machetes and metal bars before robbing them of gold and over $23 000, all in one day. ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:13hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Stepfather up in court for rape
A MAN from Emhlangeni in Bulawayo has appeared in court facing charges of raping a 14-year-old daughter on several occasion after being caught red handed ...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 12:33hrs | 1924 | by Stephen Jakes
Black lives should matter
Black lives have never mattered to African leaders since time in memorial except in cases when they sought to raise self profiles. We have seen in Africa itself, where ostensibly blacks originate, Afr...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 13:59hrs | 710 | by MLF
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