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Brace for 3rd wave, says experts
MEDICAL experts yesterday warned that the country might be hit by a third wave of COVID-19 following Monday's relaxation of lockdown restrictions with winter approaching, and at a time new variants of...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:33hrs | 3176 | by Staff reporter
Corruption in Zimbabwe fueled by ZANU PF's 'tichingotonga' mentality of a leadership that believes will never leave power
After waking up early in the morning to chop firewood for cooking, in the middle of a low-density suburb - as there has not been any electricity supply in our area for the past two days - there is not...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 14:08hrs | 689 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Cleric calls for home-grown COVID-19 vaccine
APOSTOLIC Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) leader Johannes Ndanga has called on government to capacitate local researchers to develop a home-grown COVID-19 vaccine to cut the country's import bill...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:47hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans celebrated a wrong move
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed power in 2017, he promised to change the political landscape in Zimbabwe through implementing good policies, listening to the people and respecting human righ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1091 | by Leonard Koni
Social media falsehoods on Minister Mutsvangwa shocking
Social media was abuzz and awash with photographs of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa with her late brother Mr Daniel Parirenyatwa.They were ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 16:25hrs | 2286 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mutsvangwas: Is Monica cheating on Chris?
Once again Social Media was abuzz and awash with photographs of honourable senator Monica Mutsvangwa with a man the social media could not identify. They then made innuendos that the man could have be...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 10:44hrs | 2790 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Business executives are sounding decidedly upbeat in Zimbabwe
Business executives are sounding decidedly upbeat in Zimbabwe, a sea change from the pessimism they've expressed through two decades of economic mismanagement and institutional decay.The south...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 09:07hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to get 100 MW solar plant
POWER generation in the country and more significantly in Bulawayo is set to increase after it has emerged that British investors have partnered a local company to set up solar fields that will genera...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 07:46hrs | 611 | by Staff Reporter
Private media torments minister Mutsvangwa with falsehoods
Once again Social Media was abuzz and awash with photographs of honourable senetor Monica Mutsvangwa with a man the social media could not identify. They then made innuendos that the man could have be...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:37hrs | 1265 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
No COVID-19 jab, no jobs, says Mnangagwa
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a coterie of punitive measures designed to coerce citizens to undergo COVID-19 vaccination following a low uptake of the jab since the launch of the programme...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:39hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
Doctors give thumbs up to vaccination
Zimbabwean doctors, who are part of the frontline workers inoculated with their first doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine say it is safe and encouraged others to get the jab. Speaking to r...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:26hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Minister blames poor grade 7 results on sanctions, covid-19, etc.; all except real cause, Zanu PF
Zimbabwe's Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cain Mathema, blamed sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries, corona virus and striking teachers for this year's poor Grade 7 ex...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:39hrs | 504 | by Nomusa Garikai
'It is not from the benevolence of corrupt and vote-rigging politicians we expect our dinner' to paraphrase A Smith
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest (profit). We address ourselves not to their humanit...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 13:11hrs | 542 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe mulls mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba says Zimbabwe could consider mandatory inoculation against COVID-19 following resistance from some sections of the population. Zimbabwe rolled out the...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:55hrs | 2818 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now a failed State
OUR Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa.Mr President, l address you on behalf of workers of Zimbabwe who are suffering and disillusioned.I also address you in my own capacity as a citiz...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 1276 | by Peter Mutasa
New Maisha Health product enables patients to consult doctors remotely
Maisha Health, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe's health insurance unit, has rolled out a digital platform that allows patients to consult doctors remotely.The Maisha Telemedicine platform will colle...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 17:08hrs | 363 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe vaccination drive moves a gear up
THE Covid-19 vaccination drive will move a gear up today following the delivery of doses to all the provinces and districts at the weekend. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sat...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:33hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Demystifying COVID-19 Vaccines: The Truth
We are consumed by the desire to herald the truth in the age of increased information and knowledge. For this reason, we would like to demystify some dangerous misinformation that is being peddled by ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1509 | by Oliver Dube and Dr Stanley Maphosa
The bane of deadbeat intellectuals
Talent seems to come with more than its fair share of baggage.Most often than not, gifted personalities belong to a pantheon of living gods that wow the world during their time in the limeligh...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 83 | by Bishop Lazarus
Health experts hail lockdown decision
HEALTH experts yesterday backed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to extend the lockdown by two weeks, saying it is still a necessary tool to flatten the Covid-19 curve.This comes after Mnan...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 19:51hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu defends Zanu-PF COVID-19-era meetings
ZANU-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu yesterday quashed criticism by the main opposition party, MDC Alliance that the ruling party was holding meetings and internal elections in total defi...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:34hrs | 2297 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt threatens more restrictions
GOVERNMENT yesterday warned citizens to brace for more movement restrictions in light of the highly fatal and fast-spreading South African variant of the COVID-19 virus, which now constitutes 61% of n...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2817 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's push for Chamisa to join Polad a nullity
YOUR Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa.In my self-opinionated response to a recent media report where Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu said MDC Alliance president Nelson Chami...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1486 | by Paddington Japajapa
Polad removed soldiers from the streets
IT was the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) and not COVID-19 that caused the removal of soldiers from the streetsThe presence of soldiers on our streets had become a permanent feature followi...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 07:30hrs | 2970 | by ZimSentinel
Chinese doctors to help administer Covid-19 vaccines
Chinese medical doctors are in Zimbabwe to help local personnel to effectively administer the Covid-19 vaccine brought from the Asian country yesterday as the two Republics continue to exploit the goo...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe medical professionals not trained to administer COVID-19 jabs
MEDICAL professionals yesterday said they still had not been trained on how to administer the COVID-19 vaccines despite the country expecting its first batch today, a consignment of 200 000 doses of t...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:16hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
'Don't open border with SA' Zimbabwe doctors fear impact of covid-19 variant
Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights (ZDHR) have advised the government not to open land borders with South Africa when it reviews the current lockdown.The end of the extended lockdown coincides ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:03hrs | 1482 | by Staff reporter
Soft drinks strike Zimbabwean musician with blindness
HARARE - FAMED for fronting some of the most popular music genres in the country, Bob Nyabinde has claimed that his decades old addiction to soft drinks rendered him blind.The popular Zimbabwe...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 17:07hrs | 7749 | by Ropafadzo Mapimhidze
Zimbabwe's herbalists, doctors unite thwarting non-communicable diseases
HARARE - With government's research confirming that 80 percent of Zimbabweans consult herbalists prior to visiting hospitals, the country's Ministry of Health has shifted to partnering traditional hea...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 16:56hrs | 752 | by Ropafadzo Mapimhidze
The weaponisation of Covid-19 in Zanu-PF factional wars
A new deadly political threatTHERE is a new and dangerous security threat in Zimbabwe's politically dysfunctional post-November 2017 military state, under an increasingly factionalised Zanu-PF...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:50hrs | 328 | by Jonathan Moyo
Mpilo Covid-19 testing lab issuing fake certificates?
A corrupt network involving some laboratory staff working at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory and some doctors at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo have been illegally selling Covid-19 ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:53hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Doctors fear Covid variant outbreak if Zimbabwe opens border with SA
Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights (ZDHR) have advised the government not to open land borders with SA when it reviews the current lockdown.The end of the extended lockdown coincides with SA's ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 20:26hrs | 1275 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe frets as SA opens borders
ZIMBABWE is yet to make a decision on the opening of its borders for international travel, with authorities saying they would be guided by the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country.The ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:50hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
Can we use ZUMBANI A traditional medicine for treatment of COVID19?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultu...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 966 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 statistics could be highly misleading
ZIMBABWE'S Covid-19 statistics could be highly misleading due to the health ministry's derelict of duty which has seen some sub-standard test kits finding the way on the market.These defective...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:13hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Mr President open Ekusileni Hospital - People are Dying
In June 2018, ahead of the July 2018 general elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the government had engaged the Indian Sharda Group of Institutions (SGI) to operate the health facil...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 19:14hrs | 1093 | by Dr Edwin Moyo
Doctors accuse Zanu PF of concealing covid-19 statistics - should and must demand accountability
"Health professionals have accused government of allegedly concealing COVID-19 statistics in the country to give the impression that the virulent disease was under control at a time it has ballooned o...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 16:52hrs | 1586 | by Wilbert Mukori
Lockdown defiance rife in Matabeleland South
THERE is widespread defiance of lockdown regulations in most parts of Matabeleland South province, a development that health authorities and police say is worrisome. Areas such as Gwanda, Mbal...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:58hrs | 2126 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt concealing COVID-19 statistics'
HEALTH professionals have accused government of allegedly concealing COVID-19 statistics in the country to give the impression that the virulent disease was under control at a time it has ballooned ou...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:37hrs | 2494 | by Staff reporter
All qualified nurses hired
All 849 qualified nurses listed with the Health Services Board as not in employment have now been hired by the Government along with available doctors and environmental health technicians to boost the...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF warms to Zimbabwe talks
AS THE country's politics continues to mature, a powerful Zanu-PF bigwig says he is open to the ruling party meeting leading opposition figures outside the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), if that w...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 18:52hrs | 6742 | by Staff reporter
'Wonder COVID-19 drug' Ivermectin works through inhibiting viral replication: Dr Stone
THE issue of Covid-19 treatment drugs has lately hogged the limelight after some medical practitioners raised the red flag over treatment claims by their colleague, Jackie Stone, describing her assert...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:06hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs come face-to-face with Zimbabwe's crippled healthcare system
ON January 20, Zimbabweans were shocked to hear the news of the death of Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo, the latest government official to succumb to Covid-19.The 61-year-old, who rose...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:58hrs | 1744 | by Staff reporter
'Fake doctor' treats Bulawayo patients
A CLINICAL officer at Mpilo Central Hospital has been arrested for allegedly masquerading as a doctor to patients at his private practice in the city centre. Police arrested Watson Mpala (67) ...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:55hrs | 991 | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Chamisa continues to reach out to Mnangagwa
THE ruling Zanu-PF and opposition parties continue to reach out to each other, raising further hope that the necessary and much-talked about formal national dialogue involving all key stakeholders wil...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 19:44hrs | 3166 | by Staff reporter
Fight over new Covid drug
Doctors are divided over the use of Ivermectin with some saying that its use could be lethal while others are saying its worth trying. This comes after Government granted the College of Primar...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | 2783 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa financier airlifted to China after testing Covid-19 positive, claims Jonathan Moyo
CONTROVERSIAL Zimbabwe business mogul and co-advisor to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, is reported to have been airlifted to China Thursday morning for emergency treatment after te...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:15hrs | 8898 | by Staff reporter
Panicky Mnangagwa gives nod to controversial Covid-19 drug
JOLTED into action by the tragic loss of four ministers, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has approved mass importation of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to battle Covid-19.Covid-...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:12hrs | 2679 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe approves anti-parasitic COVID-19 drug
GOVERNMENT has approved mass importation of the veterinary anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, as it battles the second wave of COVID-19 infections which have rattled President Emmerson Mnangagwa's admin...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:58hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans now opting for traditional remedies
AS Zimbabwe continues to record an increase in Covid-19 cases and deaths, many people, especially those in the country's informal sector, are contemplating downgrading on funeral and medical aid cover...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:46hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
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