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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: 8 hrs ago | 491 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers kill businessman, steal US$4 500
POLICE have launched a manhunt for five armed robbers who pounced on two businessmen in Headlands, shot them and left them nursing injuries before getting away with US$4 500, groceries and a vehicle....Published: 8 hrs ago | 1330 | by Staff reporter
'Nkayi district hospital mortuary not functioning for 13 years'
NKAYI District Hospital mortuary in Matabeleland North province has reportedly not been functional for close to 13 years following equipment breakdown.The hospital is in ward 29 in Nkayi distr...Published: 8 hrs ago | 162 | by Staff reporter
SA unrest cuts off Zimbabwe supply chains
THE manufacturing sector is in disarray following violent clashes in South Africa in recent weeks, which have affected the supply of critical raw materials.The Confederation of Zimbabwe Indust...Published: 8 hrs ago | 379 | by Staff reporter
Demand for Covid-19 jabs overwhelms Gweru nurses
GWERU City Council has 31 vacant positions for nurses at its clinics, a development that has contributed to delays in the mass vaccination drive in the Midlands Capital. Council clinics serve ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 100 | by Staff reporter
Body viewing claims five people
Five villagers from Lower Gweru succumbed to Covid 19 after attending a funeral service and conducted body viewing of a deceased person from the village who had died in South Africa of the virus last ...Published: 24 hrs ago | 5703 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
62 die of Covid-19 in a day in Zimbabwe
THE country recorded 62 more deaths and 2 705 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24-hour reporting cycle.All cases are local transmissions.The country has recorded 91 120 cases and 2 809 d...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 16:07hrs | 1218 | by Staff reporter
Its not sanctions but corruption hitting Zimbabwe
The 2017 Coup was for ZANU PF political bigwigs who felt that they were being outclassed in joining the gravy train of looting the country dry.The coup was just like fielding a reserve side of...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 15:47hrs | 672 | by Leonard Koni
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 | 2980 | by Staff reporter
Letter to the people of Zimbabwe
Pamusoroi Dzimbabwe.Allow me on behalf of my president, the NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT, and the nation of Zimbabwe, to convey our deepest of sympathies and apology, to the Ndebele nation, and a...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:36hrs | 742 | by Julius Machingura
Kwekwe deputy mayor dies
KWEKWE deputy mayor Shadreck Tobaiwa has died.Tobaiwa who also once served as the mayor of Kwekwe between 20082013 is believed to have succumbed to Covid-19 complications.Kwekwe Mayor ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:18hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
First Zina president Clarah Nondo dies
THE first president of the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) Clara Nondo, has died.She was 81.She died at the Avenues Clinic in Harare.Zina president Enoch Dongo confirmed Non...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:55hrs | 1405 | by Staff reporter
5 die of Covid-19 after attending funeral
Five villagers from Lower Gweru under Chief Sogwala have died of Covid-19 in a space of a week after attending a funeral service for a relative who had succumbed to the virus. According to the local l...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:44hrs | 830 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's ally dies
The late vice president Joshua Nkomo's ally Steady Kakora Mhindurwa has died.He was 90.Mhundurwa's son Edward confirmed the dea...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 19:03hrs | 4705 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Govt to increase hospital beds capacity for Covid-19 patients
The Ministry of Health and Child Care is set to increase the bedding capacity at hospitals in Bulawayo and Harare in response to an increase in Covid-19 patients in need of hospitalisation.The...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 18:52hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe extends Covid-19 vaccination to private sector
Health experts have welcomed the move by the government to extend the Covid-19 vaccination campaign to the private sector saying it would speed up the uptake of the vaccine.As part of the cond...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 17:41hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Abednico Ncube battles Covid-19
Matabeleland South Provincial Affairs Minister Abednico Ncube and several top civil servants in the province have gone into isolation after testing positive for Covid-19.Ncube was conspicuous ...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 16:16hrs | 2438 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 third wave takes toll on Zimbabwe
The third wave of Covid-19 infections has continued to take its toll on Zimbabwe, increasing the number of active cases to 27 513 as of yesterday.The Ministry of Health and Child Care daily si...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 16:12hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
United States imported COVID-19 vaccines into Zimbabwe to 'checkmate Zanu-PF?
Zimbabwe, facing a wave of new Covid-19 infections and a slow vaccination campaign, will only accept Chinese, Indian and Russian vaccines under the global vaccine distribution scheme COVAX, a spokesma...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 10:31hrs | 3453 | by Staff reporter
Vashandiri Vashe: A Zhombe musical group rocking national gospel charts
ZHOMBE hardly makes it to national news headlines. Since the days of Learnmore Jongwe who died nearly 20 years ago, it's rare to find a Zhombe story on radio or in national newspapers unless it's to d...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 10:23hrs | 858 | by Felix Chiroro
Villagers call for door-to-door Covid-19 vaccine campaign
Tsholotsho villagers have called for a door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination campaign as most of them are failing to access vaccination centres in the district due to long distances.These views ca...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 09:31hrs | 455 | 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 | 1242 | by Staff reporter
'Late contact tracing behind surge in Kwekwe Covid-19 cases'
KWEKWE residents have lodged a complaint with mayor Angelina Kasipo over late Covid-19 contact tracing by health authorities, which has resulted in more family members getting infected at home....Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:05hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
IOM rescues stranded illegal migrants
ABOUT 100 Malawians stranded in Beitbridge were recently rescued by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) which facilitated their safe return to their country.Zimbabwe has for yea...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:50hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
No jab, no job for Zimbabwe's public service staff
All civil servants should now be vaccinated with Government boosting national vaccine supplies through an order of 1,5 million doses expected this week and another 1 million on Sunday, backing up the ...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:44hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Chief Tshovani dies
Long-serving Chiredzi paramount chief, Chief Tshovani has succumbed to Covid-19-related complications this morning.Chief Tshovani (75), born Hlaisi Mundau died this morning at Colin Saunders H...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1505 | by Staff writer
Ex-senior Police officer succumbs to Covid 19
Former senior police officer, Assistant Commissioner Leslie Maninge has died.Asst Comm Maninge succumbed to Covid 19 on Sunday night, his son, Prince, confirmed today. He said mourners were ga...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1144 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa in army boss appointment clash with Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga are on a new collision course over the appointment of the next Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander, with retired Lieutenant-Gene...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 11:17hrs | 9361 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi embarks on Zanu-PF national tour
AT a time the government has banned public gatherings to stem a surge in Covid-19 infections at a time Zimbabwe is battling the third wave, Zanu-PF second secretary Kembo Mohadi has begun a countrywid...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 11:16hrs | 1447 | by Staff reporter
5 family members perish in SA horror crash
A FAMILY in Entumbane, Bulawayo is mourning the death of five of its members in a horrific accident which claimed six people on Saturday in Polokwane, South Africa. Of the six, four are siblings from ...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:12hrs | 1453 | by Staff reporter
Shortage of staff slows Bulawayo mass vaccination
A SHORTAGE of health workers is dampening the mass vaccination drive in Bulawayo as centres are being overwhelmed resulting in some residents being turned away. Under the mass vaccination exer...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:12hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe respects rights of citizens, claims Shava
Covid19 containment measures are not an attempt by the Government to curtail the rights of its citizens, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Ambassador Frederick Shava has said. He was sp...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:09hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Govt introduces forced vaccination for civil servants
IN ORDER to curtail new Covid19 infections and deaths, Government has, with immediate effect, ordered all civil servants to be vaccinated, while unvaccinated workers have been banned from boarding bus...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:07hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1813 | by Staff reporter
Violent storms in South Africa will not stop: a chance for new Zimbabwe Republic
A new republic we are talking about is not renewing Zanu or does it mean placing our hope and aspirations on MDC-Alliance, currently the only viable opposition, as the hope for our future. In any misf...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 19:37hrs | 2792 | by Nomazulu Thata
Covid will kill thousands more, says Prof Ngwenya
A BULAWAYO-based health expert and medical Doctor Solwayo Ngwenya has warned that the only panacea to COVID -19 pandemic is behavior change.He added that vaccinations alone are not a sol...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 15:02hrs | 4445 | by Staff reporter
Violent scenes unmasked the facade of South Africa's rainbow nation
With the country mopping up following violent protests in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the country finds itself divided not only by class but also among racial lines as tensions ran high in some communi...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 14:21hrs | 1834 | by Manyane Manyane, Karabo Ngoepe, Mzilikazi Wa Afrika
Families of apartheid victims call for FW de Klerk to face law for involvement
With the National Prosecuting Authority having recently committed a new specialist unit to probe apartheid-era atrocities dating from the 1960s to the 1980s, family members of apartheid victims have c...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 11:37hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Teachers want continued assessment abandoned
TEACHERS have urged government and the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) to set aside the implementation of Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA) because of disruptions caused b...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 10:03hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe internet service providers widening digital divide
The cost of internet bandwidth in Zimbabwe during Covid-19 has created an inequality that will only be improved through policy formulation and enhancement, a MISA Zimbabwe Multi-stakeholder engagement...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:47hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Displaced Chipinge families flee to Mozambique
SCORES of displaced Chisumbanje and Chinyamukwakwa villagers in Chipinge, are reported to have resettled in neighbouring Mozambique, after losing their ancestral land to Green Fuel Pvt Ltd.Bus...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | 1448 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma is not to blame for South Africa's mess
At the time of going to press, over 100 people had been killed and hundreds hospitalised after riots and protests related to the imprisonment of former South African president Jacob Zuma.Don't...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:06hrs | 778 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zanu-PF provincial chairperson dies
ZANU-PF Matabeleland South provincial chairperson Rabelani Choeni has died.He was 71. Choeni died at his rural home in Malusungani in Beitbridge District on Friday due to Covid-19 related comp...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:00hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
City to ban mourners
THE Bulawayo City Council will soon introduce a policy to ban mourners from attending burials at its cemeteries as concerns grow that gatherings at funerals and burials were becoming Covid-19 super sp...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:59hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Messy wrangle erupts over late General Mugoba's estate
A MESSY Family wrangle has erupted over the sharing of property of the late former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) chief of staff, major general Trust Mugoba, with some family members accusing the live-i...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:56hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF has no future,' says Jonathan Moyo
Exiled former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says the majority of Zimbabweans neither belong to nor do they support Zanu-PF and it was "existing on borrowed time; because it has no future".On ...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 19:21hrs | 2198 | by Staff reporter
Who is the next ZNA commander?
Zanu-PF internal political dynamics are expected to play out when President Emmerson Mnangagwa appoints the new Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander following the death of Edzai Absolom Chanyuka Chi...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:30hrs | 6079 | by Staff reporter
When South Africa sneezes Zimbabwe catches a cold
HISTORY tells us we owe it to Klemens von Metternich, the distinguished 19th-century Austrian statesman and diplomat, one of the most famous phrases about the global economy and its dynamics.I...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:25hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from SA social unrest
THE turmoil in South Africa following the recent jailing of former president Jacob Zuma and subsequent social unrest characterised by rioting and looting for many other reasons - including deprivation...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:24hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Undocumented citizens to get COVID-19 jab
GOVERNMENT has ordered the vaccination of undocumented residents amid soaring COVID-19 infections and deaths.National identity documents were a mandatory requirement for one to get their jabs,...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 07:57hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
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