Harare Central Hospital Guards Assault Nurses Protesting CEO’s US$87 000 Car,Yet No Drugs For Patients

January 26, 2016 Local News   Harare Central Hospital security guards yesterday assaulted several nurses who were demonstrating against chief executive officer Mrs Peggy Zvavamwe’s purchasing of her service vehicle, ahead of the hospital critical operations. The nurses were saying that the shortage of medicines and sundries was hindering their work, and the hospital management unleashed the security guards on them. Mrs Zvavamwe recently bought a Jeep Cherokee for US$87 000 raised from patients which…

Read More

Mpilo Central Hospital In Crisis With Only 15 Out Of A required 60 Doctors

Mpilo Central Hospital In Crisis With Only 15 Out Of A required  60  Doctors

MPILO Central Hospital is facing an acute shortage of senior doctors that include specialists, a situation that threatens the operations of the southern region’s biggest referral hospital. The health institution is dependent on junior doctors to carry out most surgical operations thereby compromising healthcare standards. Apart from serving Bulawayo, Mpilo is a referral hospital for Midlands, Masvingo, Matabeleland North and South provinces. The hospital’s clinical director Dr Solwayo Ngwenya said Mpilo Central Hospital which has…

Read More

Air Zimbabwe In Mid Air Scare, Navigation System Malfunctions

 AIR Zimbabwe passengers travelling from Harare to Bulawayo had a scare after the plane lost signals and spent 45 minutes randomly circulating in the air.The incident happened today. Said one passenger Tyna Rufurwadzo, “This Airline is more or less the same with Munhenzva buses. “After 45mins of hovering, the co-pilot informed us that the navigator lost its signal and we have to come back to Harare International Airport”. It is not clear how the pilot…

Read More

Prominent Kadoma Businesswoman, Lodges & Night Clubs Owner, Dies In Accident

Prominent Kadoma Businesswoman, Lodges & Night Clubs Owner, Dies In Accident

PROMINENT Kadoma businesswoman and socialite, Lorraine Mashanyare, died on Saturday when a Nissan NP300 she was driving collided head on with a Freightliner haulage truck. The accident occurred at around 2AM at the 196, 5 km peg along the Harare-Bulawayo road near Sable Chemical Industries turn off in Kwekwe. Mashanyare, 50, of 8 Jacaranda Drive, Eiffel Flats in Kadoma, was heading towards Kwekwe when the accident occurred. Police sources said on approaching the 196 km…

Read More

‘The Zimbabwean Ambassador To Tanzania, A Retired Army Major-General In Farm Grab Saga’

‘The Zimbabwean Ambassador To Tanzania, A Retired Army Major-General  In Farm Grab Saga’

Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Tanzania Edzai Chimonyo is moving to grab a farm from a Mutare company asserting he is the rightful owner. In his court papers, Chimonyo cited Matansuka (Private) Limited and Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora as respondents. The retired army major-general wants a court order evicting Matansuka (Private) Limited from Sub-division 1 of Lot 1 of Fangudu Farm in Mutare. Matansuka is a major regional trader of selected commodity fruit and vegetable lines, with…

Read More

‘Mugabe Is Used By The Devil To Clamp Down On Dissenters’ -Defiant Pastor Patrick Mugadza

‘Mugabe Is Used By The Devil  To Clamp Down On Dissenters’ -Defiant Pastor Patrick Mugadza

REMNANT CHUCRH’s Pastor Patrick Mugadza who was arrested to demonstrating against President Robert Mugabe has made sensational claims that the president and his government are being used by the devil to clamp down on dissenting voices. Mugadza came to prominence after he was arrested for demonstrating against President Robert Mugabe at the annual Zanu PF party conference which was held in Victoria Falls last December. He spent the Christmas holidays in detention and came out…

Read More

Mugabe Hauled To Con-court ‘ December 22,- Not A National Holiday, But Zanu PF/ Zapu Party Unity Day’

Mugabe Hauled To Con-court ‘ December 22,- Not A National Holiday, But Zanu PF/ Zapu Party Unity Day’

MDC-T Chitungwiza MP Alexio Musundire and civic activists Tinomudaishe Chinyoka and Coliwe Mufaki have taken President Robert Mugabe to the Constitutional Court challenging the constitutionality of declaring December 22 a national holiday. The three, who filed their papers last Friday, argue that December 22 was not a national holiday, but a commemoration of a unity between two political parties Zanu and-PF-Zapu. The day was set aside to celebrate the signing of the 1987 Unity Accord…

Read More

Gvt Bans Street Or Door Adminstration/ Dispersal Of Alternative, Complementary Or Traditional Medicines

Gvt Bans Street Or Door Adminstration/ Dispersal Of Alternative, Complementary Or Traditional Medicines

The government has banned door-to-door and street-selling of herbal medicines and put in place stringent measures to ensure people are not exposed to dangerous products. The selling of herbal medicines is on the rise in the country. Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) spokesperson Richard Rukwata said distribution of the medicines without authorisation from the authority constituted a criminal offence. Rukwata said anyone selling complementary medicines should submit an application for authorisation before March 12,…

Read More

Harare City Council Releases Tight Water Rationing Schedule

Harare City Council Releases Tight Water Rationing Schedule

  Zimbabwe is facing a terrible period with dams now running close to minimum usable level water flow. Harare city council forewarned the public about forth coming water rationing schemes. As promised, the water rationing regime has arrived and Harare City council has released the schedule which will cover residential areas  as from the 23rd of  January up until  the  31st of  May 2016. The areas that will suffer this water rationing scheme include Mufakose, Inkomo,…

Read More

‘Hotel Resident,VP Mphoko’s Entourage Of 29 & Relatives To Mugabe Via S.Africa, Dubai, Austria Round Trip’

‘Hotel Resident,VP Mphoko’s Entourage Of 29  & Relatives To Mugabe Via S.Africa, Dubai, Austria Round Trip’

Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko took with him an entourage of 29 people – including relatives, on taxpayers’ funds – on a two week visit to the Far East to meet with President Robert Mugabe, who is expected back from his annual vacation today. This comes at a time when government is struggling to pay a 500,000 strong workforce while more than 105 of the country’s population faces hunger. Sources said that Mphoko together with his…

Read More
1 688 689 690 691 692 747