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Chiwenga ex-wife's health troubles worsen
Marry Mubaiwa's health troubles have worsened, with doctors recently amputating her left leg in an effort to save her from a severe ailment affecting her limbs. The ex-wife of Vice-President Constanti...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 13:26hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ex-wife's leg amputated
Mary Mubaiwa, the ex-wife of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, recently underwent the amputation of her left leg due to severe health complications. Her condition, diagnosed with acute lymphoedema ...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:48hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
10 free clinics for disabled, war vets
Kadoma-based businessman Mr Jimayi Muduvuri has constructed 10 clinics across the country where the disabled and war veterans will receive free treatment.The gesture is in honour of the financ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 23:36hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wedding was a political statement
HIGH-PROFILE weddings, especially those of the rich, famous and powerful - very important persons (VIPs) - are renowned worldwide for their grandeur, luxury and vibrant celebrations.These ausp...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:26hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes the risk by sidelining army in polls
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken a huge political risk by sidelining the military - which has kept Zanu-PF in power directly since 2000 - from his dicey intelligency-driven presidential election...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi snake bite victim gets artificial limb
LEONARD Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe has come to the rescue of a 16-year-old Nkayi girl who crawls to school following the amputation of her leg after she was bitten by a snake in 2016.Leonard...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Killers must be amputated'
SOME citizens feel that the death penalty should be revoked, but are proposing a gory punishment of having murderers amputated.This came out during public consultations on the death penalty by...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mary Mubaiwa wishes Chiwenga and new wife 'all the happiness in the world'
Marry Mubaiwa, the glamorous former wife of Zimbabwean Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, has broken her silence after her acquittal by a Harare magistrate last week on charges of assaulting her chi...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife steps out after amputation
Marry Mubaiwa made her first public appearance after her right arm was amputated on Monday, showing up in a Harare court where her lawyers protested delays in prosecuting her on money laundering charg...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 19:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Jumbo, croc attack victim seeks help
A BINGA man who miraculously survived an elephant and crocodile attack that left him clinging onto the straws of life is appealing for financial assistance to enable him to undergo further treatment o...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex herbs a hit at Hlanganani Expo
THE Chesvingo Karanga Village stand proved to be a hit at the just ended Sanganani/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo in Bulawayo as most exhibitors, particularly men, flocked to the stand to buy sex...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 19:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mahachi applies for discharge
WARRIORS midfielder Kudakwashe Mahachi's lawyer has applied for him to be discharged on the charges of attempting to kill his four-year-old son arguing that the three "key" witnesses who testified in ...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Another court blow for Chiwenga's ex-wife
HIGH Court judge Justice Owen Tagu has dismissed an application by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa seeking permission to travel to South Africa for possible amputation of h...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ex-wife battles life-threatening lymphoedema
Marry Mubaiwa's family has shelved a scheduled amputation process on her forearm with faint hopes of a miraculous recovery by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's troubled ex-wife.Mubaiwa bat...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 23:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife alive but critically ill
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa is alive but in a critical condition that has prompted her family to seek a second medical opinion.Last week, she refused to...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donkey bites, swallows Bikita woman's finger
In a bizarre incident that has left the community tongue-tied, a Bikita woman recently lost her finger after it was bitten and chewed by a donkey in Munatsi village, ward 31 of Bikita.It is re...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 19:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sought Magaisa's support after coup?
Chiwenga chases Schroeder's record - The Lord of RingsZIMBABWEAN Vice-President retired General Constantino Chiwenga seems to be chasing former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's record in seri...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mahachi left in the cold
SOUTH African Premiership side SuperSport United have indicated they will not renew troubled Zimbabwe international Kuda Mahachi's contract when it expires at the end of this month.Mahachi was...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 17:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Human rights group petition Mnangagwa over Mary Chiwenga case
Human Rights activists under the Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe, in the United Kingdom have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to ...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 06:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's wife challenged over Mary Mubaiwa plight
FIRST Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa has been challenged to intervene and help Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife get the medical assistance.Described as critically ill by her doctor...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Shock as negligence by hospital staff leads to baby's leg amputation
AUTHORITIES at the state-run Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have landed themselves in trouble after a newly born baby had her leg amputated less than one month after being born.Zimbabwe Lawye...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 08:43hrs | 12 | by Stephen Jakes
Mubaiwa family laments as Chiwenga wife's health deteriorates
THE family of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa say they are in agony as the health of the former top model deteriorates at a time she is being denied her passport to ...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife faces amputation
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa has been admitted at a private hospital in Harare where her hand could be amputated as her condition had worsened.This was re...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Marry Mubaiwa's right arm to be amputated
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa is in a life-threatening condition in hospital and will have her right arm right arm amputated due to a severe sepsis syndrome charac...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 14:22hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Living between a rock & hard surface - Brenda Manyoni Narrates her Story!
The quagmire that Brenda Manyoni (25) is living through is terribly deplorable. Brenda says she does not 'understand' how, her nylon skirt caught fire when she was just five. The girl reports that she...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 13:46hrs | | by Dumisani Mawere
Hospital amputates wrong leg
AN Austrian hospital has amputated the wrong leg of a patient, blaming human error for what it called a "tragic mistake".The elderly patient is suffering from many illnesses, the Freistadt Cli...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:48hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Man's leg amputated after fight over woman
A SHURUGWI-based artisanal miner had his left leg amputated after rivals brutally axed him in a suspected love triangle. Mr Simon Vingirayia court heardlost consciousness as blood gushed from ...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe sees rising number of strokes
With the economy of landlocked southern African country Zimbabwe in shambles, the cases of frequent strokes fueled by diabetes and hypertension are rising like an epidemic.To add insult to inj...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:49hrs | 7 | by Jeffrey Moyo
Attack leads to man's arm amputation
TWO men from Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb allegedly stabbed and assaulted a 23-year-old man for allegedly urinating in public and his arm was amputated due to serious injuries he suffered in the attack...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police brutality victim compensated 9 years on
A HARARE man, who was shot several times on both legs by the police in a case of mistaken identity during an investigation into the theft of a motor vehicle in 2010, has finally been paid ZWL$21 000 i...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Newborn's toe amputated in mysterious circumstances
A BULAWAYO couple is up in arms with United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) authorities after discovering that their newborn baby's middle toe had been amputated soon after birth.Ngoni Madzinga told ...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council penalised over vehicle spikes
HIGH Court judge Justice Pisirai Kwenda has ordered the City of Harare to pay $35 000 plus R138 256 to a Harare pedestrian, who was knocked down by a commuter omnibus whose driver was attempting to ev...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why is Zimbabwe in this situation, God of Zimbabwe where are you?
Sanctions are normally described as International relations: Punitive or restrictive measures taken, usually by several countries in concert, to pressure a country to change its certain policies. Econ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:09hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa bombing victims send SOS
TWO people who were injured after a Zanu-PF rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo was bombed weeks before the July 30 elections are appealing for assistance to settle medical bills and school fees f...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans being bribed
It's sad to see the downtrodden citizens that live in poverty throughout a five-year term without the government doing anything meaningful to better their lives, only to emerge a few weeks before the ...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 19:10hrs | | by Zenzo Siziba
Cops shoot miner, flee the scene
A suspected artisanal miner was reportedly shot by members of the police at Old Motana mine in Matebeleland last night, Bulawayo24.com has learnt.According to an eye witness, Dumisani Ndlovu o...Published: 18 May 2018 at 13:08hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zverekwi back in training
DETERMINED not to be weighed down by adversity, injured CAPS United defender Hardlife Zvirekwi yesterday had his first training session after a month on the sidelines recovering from a horror accident...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man nearly crushed to death by train
A drunk ODZI man, who slept on the Harare-Mutare railway line recently believing he had arrived home, is lucky to be alive after a goods train crushed his legs.Manicaland Police spokesperson I...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 16:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zvirekwi's left hand amputated
A medical expert has given hope to Caps United skipper Hardlife Zvirekwi that his playing career may not be over after his left hand was amputated just after the wrist following a road traffic acciden...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
6-yr-old amputee seeks help
The future of a six-year-old girl from Chibuwe in Chipinge, whose leg was amputated when she was only six months old, looks bleak without public support as she walks four kilometres to and from school...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 21:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman lose hand due to medical negligence
A DZIVARESEKWA woman reportedly lost her hand due to a medical negligence at Mbuya Nehanda Maternity Hospital after she was left with a tourniquet for days.Netsai Matibe, 43, who had been tran...Published: 15 Jul 2017 at 15:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
NSSA opens Bulawayo rehabilitation centre to public
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has opened its Bulawayo Rehabilitation Centre to the public with immediate effect after operating for over 40 years as a facility for only contributors to...Published: 23 May 2017 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kereke apologises to Gono, not to girl he raped
FORMER Zanu-PF National Assembly representative for Bikita West Munyaradzi Kereke has "unreservedly" apologised to former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono for tarnishing his image by m...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZANU PF Satan's organisation on earth - PDP
People's Democratic Party (PDP) Harare Province Secretary For Information and Publicity Nqobizitha Dumakude Khumalo has described the ruling Zanu PF as Satan's organisation operating physical on this ...Published: 05 Dec 2016 at 04:11hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Gwanda Hospital not to blame for toddler amputation
Following recent reports in the media on allegations of gross negligence by nurses at Gwanda Hospital children's ward which resulted in a one month old baby having to have a hand amputated, the Gwanda...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 06:50hrs | | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
2 women savagely beaten by boyfriends
Two women were severely beaten and left for dead by their boyfriends in two separate incidents in Gweru's Mkoba high density suburbs....Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 13:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpilo hospital wrong injection amputee dies
A MATOBO man who had his arm amputated after he was given a wrong injection at Mpilo Central Hospital, has died.Austin Ndlovu, 63, of Bhazhe area died on December 23 at his rural home, a week ...Published: 29 Dec 2015 at 08:46hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Mpilo cancer patient gets wrong injection, arm rots, amputated
A MAN has had his arm amputated after a nurse at Mpilo Central Hospital allegedly gave him a wrong injection which caused it to rot.The hospital has admitted wrong-doing and performed the ampu...Published: 18 Nov 2015 at 05:16hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Woman blames doctors over grandson's death
A BULAWAYO woman yesterday told an inquest that negligent doctors at Mpilo Central Hospital caused the death of her three-weeks old grandson.Speaking during the ongoing inquest on the death ...Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 04:54hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Makokoba Healthcare Initiative helps young man get wheelchair after amputation
The family of 28-year-old Tafirei Mhlanga, from Mashame, Gokwe, are grateful to Simba "Sporo " Nyakudziwanza a former Amazulu player for linking up Makokoba Health Care Initiative and Sharon O'conne...Published: 04 Dec 2014 at 21:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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