{"id":16170,"date":"2019-11-30T22:01:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T20:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=16170"},"modified":"2019-11-30T22:01:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T20:01:48","slug":"just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: VP Chiwenga urges striking doctors to report for duty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Retired General, Vice President Constantino <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constantino_Chiwenga\">Chiwenga<\/a> has thanked Zimbabweans for praying for him during the time he was not well. He was speaking this Saturday in Wedza during his homecoming mass.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president said he is ready to work to ensure positive development in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing family members, the local community and other invited guests at the homecoming mass held at his rural home, Vice President Chiwenga said he is back to contribute to Zimbabwe\u2019s economic recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will leave no stone unturned as we thrive to make Zimbabwe tick. Zimbabwe will never be the same again,\u201d said the Vice President.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked President Emmerson Mnangagwa for his brotherly love during his illness and appealed to striking doctors to take advantage of the moratorium and report for duty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank the President for being there for me. I also urge striking doctors to go back to work and save lives,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mashonaland East Minister of State; Apolonia Munzverengwi and Chief Svosve also thanked all Zimbabweans for their prayers during Vice President Chiwenga\u2019s illness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you Zimbabweans for your prayers during the difficult period, \u201csaid Munzverengwi.<\/p>\n<p>As the people of Wedza we thank everyone who played a part during Vp Chiwenga\u2019s illness may God bless you,\u201d said Chief Svosve<\/p>\n<p>Rtd General Chiwenga returned home last Saturday from China where he was receiving treatment for the past four months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired General, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has thanked Zimbabweans for praying for him during the time he was not well. He was speaking this Saturday in Wedza during his homecoming mass. The vice president said he is ready to work to ensure positive development in the country. Addressing family members, the local community and other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[471,104,31],"class_list":{"0":"post-16170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-china","10":"tag-chiwenga","11":"tag-mnangagwa"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>JUST IN: VP Chiwenga urges striking doctors to report for duty - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Retired General, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has thanked Zimbabweans for praying for him during the time he was not well\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JUST IN: VP Chiwenga urges striking doctors to report for duty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Retired General, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has thanked Zimbabweans for praying for him during the time he was not well\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-30T20:01:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/Vice-President-Constantino-Chiwenga.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty\",\"name\":\"JUST IN: VP Chiwenga urges striking doctors to report for duty - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/Vice-President-Constantino-Chiwenga.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-30T20:01:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-30T20:01:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\"},\"description\":\"Retired General, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has thanked Zimbabweans for praying for him during the time he was not well\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/Vice-President-Constantino-Chiwenga.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/Vice-President-Constantino-Chiwenga.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"JUST IN: VP Chiwenga urges striking doctors to report for duty\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"JUST IN: VP Chiwenga urges striking doctors to report for duty - zimbabwe","description":"Retired General, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has thanked Zimbabweans for praying for him during the time he was not well","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"JUST IN: VP Chiwenga urges striking doctors to report for duty","og_description":"Retired General, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has thanked Zimbabweans for praying for him during the time he was not well","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2019-11-30T20:01:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/Vice-President-Constantino-Chiwenga.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty","name":"JUST IN: VP Chiwenga urges striking doctors to report for duty - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/Vice-President-Constantino-Chiwenga.jpg","datePublished":"2019-11-30T20:01:48+00:00","dateModified":"2019-11-30T20:01:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4"},"description":"Retired General, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has thanked Zimbabweans for praying for him during the time he was not well","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/Vice-President-Constantino-Chiwenga.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/Vice-President-Constantino-Chiwenga.jpg","width":600,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/just-in-vp-chiwenga-urges-striking-doctors-to-report-for-duty#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"JUST IN: VP Chiwenga urges striking doctors to report for duty"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}