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African 'Dead Aid' will stop within 5 years: Part Two
In part one I concentrated on Dr. Dambisa's "Dead Aid" book she passionately wrote in 2009 highlighting the need for Africa to shift its focus away from foreign Aid and instead, seeking solutions that...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 10:12hrs | 878 | by Nomazulu Thata
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 | 965 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'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 | 2491 | by Staff reporter
Public hospitals' Covid-19 testing shambolic
CLAIMS by government that public health institutions have the capacity to handle all Covid-19 cases in the country and that they were also equipped to conduct mass screening, including testing for the...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:39hrs | 225 | 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 | 990 | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Larry Mavima recovers from Covid-19
A dark cloud has been hovering over the country and Government as freedom fighters, ministers, captains of industry, revered academics and top Government officials have been losing the battle to Covid...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1980 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo fights 'false' rape allegations by modelling agency boss
Former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo on Monday pushed back against "false and outrageous" allegations that he raped a former model and beauty pageant organiser over a decade ago.State media r...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:53hrs | 3486 | by Staff reporter
Rare skin disease hits Zimbabwe
SYMPTOMS upon first exposure to sunlight: Freckling on sun-exposed areas. Dry skin. Pimples resembling blisters develop into spider web-like vessels and eventually dark brown tumours.If your c...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:37hrs | 8001 | by Staff reporter
Runaway inflation, Covid-19 fuel rise in malaria cases in north-eastern Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE has made giant strides in malaria control, but runaway inflation coupled with the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic may derail progress made in the last 17 years - moving the country away from ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:15hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Higherlife Foundation hands over maternal health medical equipment
Harare, Zimbabwe. December 10, 2020 - Through a generous investment from ELMA Philanthropies, Higherlife Foundation yesterday (Dec 10) commenced the handover of maternal health medical equipment to se...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 15:54hrs | 217 | by Agencies
Medical practitioners come to Gringo's aid
THE plight of the ailing popular actor and comedian Lazarus "Gringo" Boora has touched the hearts of members of the Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association (MDPPZA) who have d...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1871 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi wants non-Ndebele administrators thrown out of Matebeleland
FIREBRAND pro-Matebeleland pressure group, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has demanded the immediate departure of a number of individuals of Shona origin who are now in charge of administrative functi...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | 2228 | by Staff reporter
Infertility: A shared responsibility
Being a parent is a desired part of adult identity in most societies. For many couples, the inability to bear children is a tragedy. The conflux of personal, interpersonal, social, and religious expec...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 12:01hrs | 1285 | by Heaven Munyuki
Chamisa's MP detained at remand prison
A HARARE magistrate has sent Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe (MDC Alliance) to prison for two weeks to enable two government doctors to assess her mental condition after she failed to attend tri...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:10hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Cop sues for $1m over disposed cyst
A POLICE detective is suing the Gwanda Provincial Hospital for nearly $1 million after a nurse at the health facility disposed of an ovarian cyst removed from her body without sending it for laborator...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:51hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
2 doctors to examine Mamombe's fitness
Two neutral doctors will examine MDC Alliance activist Joana Mamombe to determine her fitness to stand trial, a Harare magistrate ruled yesterday. Mrs Bianca Makwande ruled that Mamombe be exa...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:48hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
'Mamombe should undergo mental exam'
THE State yesterday indicated that it wants MDC-Alliance member, Joana Mamombe, to be examined by two Government doctors to ascertain her mental condition after her doctor indicated that she was suffe...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1524 | by Staff reporter
Woman sues Choppies
A BULAWAYO woman who tripped after stepping on a slippery floor while shopping at a local Choppies Supermarket has taken the shop owners to court demanding $3,5 million in damages for pain, suffering ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Chadwick Boseman dies of colon cancer at 43
US actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for playing Black Panther in the hit Marvel superhero franchise, has died of cancer aged 43.He died at home in Los Angeles with his wife and family by his...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2991 | by BBC
COVID-19: TB Joshua 'heals' Zimbabwean member of parliament
A Zimbabwean Member of Parliament, Dr Ruth Labode, was among those who 'received healing' from COVID-19 during an online prayer session on TB Joshua's Emmanuel TV on Sunday 16th August 2020.Dr...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 12:34hrs | 4676 | by Staff Reporter
Cancel African public debts, ethics committees of African scientists must be formed
The International Coalition Against the Coronavirus (ICAC) Africa has demanded the cancellation of African public debts and establishment of the ethics committees of African scientists before an...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 07:19hrs | 143 | by Stephen Jakes
A selfish proliteriate, a voracious educated elite and a rapacious ruling class - The opiate numbing Zimbabwe
Wrote in 1943, Karl Marx's celebrated dictum, "religion is the opium of the people," entered popular lexicon and according to Rosie Blau ,still resonates with 4,5 billion people the world over who ide...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 23:10hrs | 1795 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
Men urged to have sex 21 times a month to avoid prostate cancer
THE Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) has urged Zimbabwean men to have sex at least 21 times per month to reduce chances of getting prostate cancer.At a press conference by the National Aid...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:48hrs | 9699 | by newzimbabwe
Typhoid outbreak in Bulawayo
TESTS done at private laboratories to ascertain the cause of 12 deaths and illness to more than 1 500 residents of Luveve in Bulawayo have revealed that they suffered from typhoid and dysentery....Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:24hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Insights into Mangudya's era of fibs, fiddling
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya (pictured) says he has been praying for Zimbabweans to understand economics. Zimbabweans, in turn, have been making the same prayers - for him.T...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1318 | by newZWire
US praises Zimbabwe
THE coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc world-wide with countries such as the United States (US) being one of the most affected. Zimbabwe has so far recorded over 50 confirmed cases, 18 ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:09hrs | 3387 | by Staff reporter
UK invests £20 million to fight Coronavirus in Africa
The United Kingdom has reported that it will invest up to £20 million in the African Union's new ‘African Union Covid19 Response Fund' to tackle coronavirus and save lives making the UK the largest...Published: 20 May 2020 at 13:02hrs | 785 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Covid-19 shifts attention from other health services
In a few days time, Langa Mthethwa will be due for a visit at Mpilo Central Hospital to get her Jadelle removed. The implant contraception has helped ensure she does not have unplanned pregnancies as ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
There is no cure for COVID-19: Traditional healers
PRESIDENT of the Traditional Medicines Practices Council (TMPC) Friday Chisanyu has cautioned against herbalists and traditional healers who were claiming to have herbs that cure COVID-19.The ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1351 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt speaks on rapid testing kits, temperatures
NO ONE will be allowed to sell invalidated Covid-19 rapid diagnostic test kits, while temperatures which show readings above 38 degrees Celsius during screening are considered abnormal and will necess...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:09hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's 'essential' staff member tests positive for Covid-19
An "essential staff" member within the presidency has tested positive for Covid-19.The presidency made the announcement on Wednesday, saying that public and staff access to the Union Buildings...Published: 06 May 2020 at 15:28hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 testing expands to local clinics
MORE health centres in Bulawayo and Harare, including clinics, have started Rapid Diagnosis Tests (RDT) for Covid-19, a programme that will be spread to all provinces. The RDT is done to scree...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:07hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
4th COVID-19 death triggers contact hunt
An 82-year-old woman from Mhondoro died from Covid-19 yesterday morning triggering a search for potential contacts since she was in almost total isolation at her homestead. Covid-19 has been c...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 07:42hrs | 1278 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cases confined in single cluster
In Bulawayo all, but one Covid-19 transmissions are connected to the first patient, an elderly man infected by a British visitor and who died in hospital before receiving pathology results. Ha...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 07:33hrs | 2630 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 lockdown: Coercing the poor, coddling the rich?
From the perspective of reducing the negative public health effects of the coronavirus, national lockdowns will almost certainly - if adhered to - reduce the number of coronavirus transmissions while ...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 22:21hrs | 933 | by Seán Muller
Toying with people's lives
IMMORALITY really knows no bounds.As the country grapples to contain the coronavirus, opportunists are taking the crisis as a gold-paved pathway to fortune, even if it comes at the cost of hum...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 247 | by Prince Mushawevato and Emmanuel Kafe
Premature death of independence
BITRHDAYS are important days in one's life. They are observed to mark the passage of time, reflecting on achievements of the past year and recreating new dreams to carry one through the new year. Or c...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:40hrs | 271 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
7 year old boy dies in bed with mother
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that an infant passed away when he was sleeping on the same bed with his mother sometime this mother. According to the police details in Nkayi, the m...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 13:04hrs | 18774 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo police officers sent home after contact with self-isolation breach Covid-19 nurse
Panic has gripped Hillside Police Station in Bulawayo after a nurse aide who should have been in self-isolation at home went to the station to resolve a dispute with her tenant.The 52-year-old...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 14:21hrs | 2444 | by Agency staff
Recovered Covid-19 patient ready to raise awareness
Zimbabwe's only Covid-19 recovered patient is willing to work with Government and other stakeholders in raising awareness, after going through a patch of stigma and discrimination on his road to recov...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:12hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 preparedness & response plan implementation
The COVID-19 pandemic was first reported in Wuhan, China, on 31st December 2019, and was declared a public health emergency of international concern on January 30th, 2020. The disease has since spread...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 12:07hrs | 422 | by Dr Henry Madzorera - Secretary for Health and Child Welfare, MDC-A
Bulawayo Covid-19 death family tells of catalogue of medical errors
PERTH, Australia - Out of genuine concern for all Zimbabweans, we wish to share the following account of our father's untimely death in the hope we might just save one life.Our father Ian Hysl...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 21:30hrs | 6446 | by Sharon Fury
'No traditional healer approved to treat coronavirus'
GOVERNMENT has said that it only recognises scientifically proven and evidence-based remedies for coronavirus (Covid-19) but will not stop people from seeking assistance from traditional medical pract...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
5 Common eating disorders in women everyone should know about
Eating disorders are a group of psychological conditions that are associated with an unhealthy relationship with food. Most of these eating disorders are associated with poor self-esteem and distorted...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 11:45hrs | 1516 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe coronavirus victim died 'alone and scared'
Cooped up in an isolation ward, a young Zimbabwean man who had been diagnosed with Covid-19, pleaded with his family for help.Thirty-year-old Zororo Makamba was "alone and scared", according t...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:21hrs | 2444 | by Shingai Nyoka BBC News
Government-led lockdown not enough for Zimbabwe’s fight against Coronavirus
It took a while for the Zimbabwean government to meaningfully respond to the Covid19 pandemic, better late than never.Now that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has decreed that there shall be a 21...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 10:36hrs | 974 | by Edzai Zvobwo
'Health workers turn away patients'
FEAR and ignorance have led healthcare workers at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo to neglect patients that suffer from other ailments, as they now believe that every ill person who walks through th...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:30hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
National Coronavirus statistics not representing real infection rate
The World Health Organization (WHO), in its bid to quell fake news and the associated pandemonium, has instituted measures to make sure that correct information around Covid19 is distributed from cred...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 14:02hrs | 1458 | by Edzai Zvobwo
Chinese woman dies of coronavirus in Zimbabwe
A woman who died on Friday after being flagged as a potential coronavirus patient was a Chinese national, the government admitted on Sunday after persistent questions from ZimLive.Health minis...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 19:05hrs | 5977 | by Staff reporter
TB-related deaths increase in Bulawayo
THE City of Bulawayo has recorded an increase in the number of tuberculosis (TB) and TB-related deaths at its clinics.According to the latest council minutes, in January this year the local au...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 13:21hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
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