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Robbery victims clash with Sangoma claiming to send bees to recover stolen goods
Two robbery victims have confronted a Ruwa-based sangoma, Sekuru Muzura, after his claimed supernatural method of sending bees to recover stolen property failed to deliver results.A Concession...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:20hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's traditional healers take to TikTok
WEARING a stylish black leather jacket and a red blouse, a denim sun hat covering her dreadlocked head, Gogo Mafirakureva goes live on TikTok.In just the first few minutes of her livestream, a...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 18:01hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Africa's biggest challenge is getting an honest workforce
I used to criticise African companies like Dangote Group who hire so many Indians while there are many unemployed Africans, but now I understand their painful decision.The biggest challenge in...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 20:14hrs | 4 | by Karim KONE
Businessman accused of abusing court system
A Harare businessman James Landon has been accused of abusing the criminal justice system after he filed a theft of trust property report against a consultant whom he gave a motor vehicle for services...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters exploit Zimbabweans seeking UK health and care jobs
When Zimbabwean mother-of-four Eunice Sinoya enrolled in a first aid course near the capital Harare, she was lured by the college's promise of a job in Britain's care sector. But more than a year on, ...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:57hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to appease security forces
TREASURY has allocated 18% of the national budget to the security sector, ZW$10.8 trillion (US$1.9 billion), which is a large amount in peacetime, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa moves to appease the ...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Unlocking Green Energy Funding: A Closer Look at KOB Business Solutions' Unique Approach
In a world that is increasingly embracing sustainability and environmental consciousness, the need for green energy projects is more critical than ever. KOB Business Solutions, a company established i...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 08:04hrs | 2 | by Nicholas Ncube
Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda on traditional healer hit list
Zimbabwean is currently embroiled in a bitter verbal dispute with a South African traditional healer who claims that the Zimbabwean reneged on promises to pay for services rendered during a cour...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 07:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Storm over Black Elisha's one-on-one charges
DOES the Christian community believe that divine blessings are monetary, or if you don't have money God won't be able to teach or heal you through his prophet?These are just some of the questi...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Murder charges for killer dog owners
A COMMUNITY in Southview Park, Harare, is living in mortal fear of vicious dogs belonging to a family that recently moved into the neighbourhood. Some, if not most, properties in the suburb are not ga...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga confronted over Zimbabwe's nurses' mass exodus
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga was confronted by legislators in Parliament yesterday over the mass exodus of nurses and other health professionals as well underfunding of the health sector....Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa having sleepless nights
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is sweating over continued price hikes of basic commodities as inflation ravages the economy.Speaking during the burial of national hero Major General (Rtd) Sikhul...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
1 748% hike in hospital fees
GOVERNMENT has hiked user fees at public hospitals by 1 748%, prompting analysts to warn of an upsurge in home deaths.New adult and children consultation fees have been pegged at US$12 and US$...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga announces PSMAS bailout
Struggling medical insurance company Premier Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) will receive a government bailout to clear its debts and improve its balance sheet, vice president Constantino Chiwenga said on...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under pressure as drug abuse cases spike
GOVERNMENT is under intense pressure to establish rehabilitation centres accessible to ordinary drug users owing to the growing demand of people in need of professional mental health care.An i...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 prophets jailed for stock theft
TWO self-styled prophets from a Zionist church in Tsholotsho and a villager from Dete in Hwange have been jailed for nine years each for stocktheft.Promise Vundla (33) and Hawkins Sibanda (47)...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 17:23hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA claim being denied health care
HUMAN rights organisations are concerned about policy changes affecting immigrants since the Gauteng health department gazetted them in June last year and issued a circular in May 2020.Accordi...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 18:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Doctors profiteer from COVID-19 patients
SOME medical practitioners in collusion with private health facilities are reportedly reaping off COVID-19 patients by charging extortionate fees for treatment, NewsDay reported.This followed ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Admission fees into Covid-19 wards exorbitant
PUBLIC hospitals where ordinary Zimbabweans go to for survival are charging as much as RTGS $10 000, an equivalent of US$100, for admission into their Covid-19 wards, an amount of money that very few ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
2nd diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has recorded a second diarrhoea outbreak within four months as almost 100 cases mainly affecting children have been reported in the densely populated high-density suburb of Mzilikazi and surr...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:21hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Health consultation fee shoots up to ZW$1 800
The National Physicians Association of Zimbabwe (NaPAZ) has revealed the new fees effecting from the 26th of June 2019. In a statement issued on Wednesday the association said: In light of the...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 10:36hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo council faces shortage of ambulances
BULAWAYO City Council is only left with a fleet of nine ambulances out of the required 21, compromising health delivery in the city, the latest council minutes have shown.Councillor Silas Chig...Published: 10 May 2019 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Shocking rot at Zimbabwe hospitals
PATIENTS are spending several days waiting for treatment at the country's poorly resourced public hospitals and many are dying prematurely due to lack of drugs, an investigation has revealed.A...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hospital fees skyrocket
ZIMBABWE has been plunged into yet another health crisis as hospital fees have sharply risen, well beyond the affordability of most citizens, with most private health institutions now demanding paymen...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:49hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga health sojourn an embarrassment
REPORTS that hundreds of disgruntled Zimbabweans in South Africa yesterday demonstrated outside a hospital in that country, where Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is reportedly receiving medical at...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:47hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday
Medical practitioners propose steep US$ charges
Zimbabweans should brace for new tariffs from the medical practitioners after a leaked document showed proposed charges pegged in United States dollars.The document, which was widely circulate...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZINATHA wants to be included on medical aid
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (ZINATHA) have appealed to be paid through medical aid facilities and cushion them from the current cash shortages. Speaking at...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Private hospitals demand co-payments
Patients on medical aid seeking treatment at private hospitals are now required to pay co-payments following an increase by at least 20 percent on all medical costs by some institutions, The Herald re...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The continuous aggression in the unmaking of African religion
African religion continues to suffer violence and aggression in the post-colonial era in the hands of its own target beneficiaries! (Matthew 11:12). And it is them that must rise and save it by force ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 15:58hrs | 28 | by Reginald T. Gola
Patients fight striking nurses
There was chaos at Chitungwiza Central Hospital yesterday as patients manhandled striking nurses, demanding that they be attended to since they had paid consultation fees.Nurses embarked on a ...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Health a thing of the past
When the term human right is mentioned, our basic instinct immediately associates it with freedom.This is relatively correct but in actuality the term human right is supposedly aimed at the go...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 15:47hrs | | by Daniel Itai
'Free access health care for vulnerable groups'
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has sent out circulars to all government run health institutions instructing that high risk groups should be exempted from paying user fees.On the first o...Published: 30 Dec 2017 at 17:35hrs | | by Staff Regard
Two court officials up for abuse of office
TWO Rusape-based court officials allegedly duped relatives of an accused person of money and goods after promising them that they had the capacity to release him from custody. The two, Oliver ...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 09:25hrs | 2 | by Straff Reporter
Mpilo doctors exposed
MPILO Central Hospital doctors have been exposed for allegedly attempting to swindle a disabled breast cancer patient by demanding $10 000 for an operation to remove her breasts.The same docto...Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sangoma unleashes snakes on ‘patient'
In a spine-chilling episode, a traditional healer allegedly inflicted incisions on his patient with a razor blade and sucked the blood, before unleashing snakes to also suck the blood in a cleansi...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Blesser bonked me mahala!'
THE girl thought sex would get her a laptop.But she's still offline, and said: "THE BLESSER BONKED ME MAHALA!"These bitter words came from Masego Tselapedi (20) from Rustenbu...Published: 24 Oct 2016 at 09:44hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko demands axing of corrupt hospital staff
VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday said corrupt officials at public hospitals such as Mpilo Central Hospital and the United Bulawayo Hospitals must be fired for fleecing patients....Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko exposes himself on corruption
Corrupt hospital bosses should be fired immediately as they are sabotaging government, Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has said.Mphoko claims hospitals are packed with professional thieves a...Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Mary Charamba
HIV+ people petition Chimene over viral load tests
MANICALAND Provincial Affairs minister Mandiitawepi Chimene yesterday refused to accept a petition from people living with HIV and Aids, who were demonstrating in Mutare for not being able to acce...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 10:06hrs | 1 | by staff reporter
'Dr Parirenyatwa sleeping on duty'
Following the tiff between doctors and medical aid societies, the Zimbabwe Medical Association has laid the blame on Health and Child Care Minister, Dr David Parirenyatwa. Zima had threatened ...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 16:02hrs | | by Shamiso Yikoniko
Footprints give away thieves
TWO ZIMUNYA burglars who broke into three houses in the location were arrested after police traced their footprints from the crime scenes straight to their hideout.The pair has since appeared ...Published: 14 Jun 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Tendai Gukutikwa
'We can raise the dead but...' witch hunters claim
A gang of Binga witch hunters claim to have powers to raise the dead on condition that one would have died to witchcraft.The leader of the group - Baba Maponga has been calling...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Health centres in a deplorable state- HRT
Harare Residents Trust has claimed that most health centres were in a deplorable state despite the country having competent personnel."Services at local health centres are mostly d...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Health and Environment deplorable in Harare
Harare Residents Trust has expressed concern that health services at local health centres are mostly deplorable yet it is common knowledge that Zimbabwe and the City of Harare in particular have some ...Published: 19 Mar 2016 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Debt collector swindles client
A debt collector with Bherebhende Law Chambers has appeared in court accused of swindling a client out of $13 000. Sarah Hwingiri of 124 Samora Machel Avenue in Harare appeared before Hara...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Fumgai Lupande
NSSA audit unearths shady property deals
Pensioners could have been prejudiced of millions of dollars through shady property deals by previous management at the National Social Security Authority. Information obtained by The Herald B...Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 05:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP wants birth control for men
Shamva South MP, Joseph Mapiki (Zanu-PF) had people who attended a meeting of MPs and Population Services Zimbabwe (PSZ) officials on family planning in Nyanga (Monday) in stitches, when he suggested ...Published: 29 Nov 2015 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
We supply Magaya with anointing oil, Malawi traditional healers say
Two Malawian traditional healers have claimed that they have a contract to supply Prophet Walter Magaya with popular anointing oil.Chibagali Bagga Kalumbi aged 35 and Nasir Namampetiwa (...Published: 17 Nov 2015 at 11:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Woman loses £32,000 to traditional healers in bid to win back boyfriend
A Harare woman lost $32 000 to two Malawian traditional healers while trying to win back her boyfriend. Chibagali Bagga Kalumbi (35) and Nasir Stizz Namampetiwa (34) appeared before Harare mag...Published: 14 Sep 2015 at 23:29hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Zimbabwean sangomas a hit in South Africa
WITH traditional medicines fast growing popular in today's world it would come as no surprise to witness and experience a surge in numbers of traditional healers.Today, while Zimbabwe is flood...Published: 09 Aug 2015 at 09:28hrs | 17 | by Peter Matika
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