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Harare partners Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health and Child Care and the City of Harare's Health Department have partnered to integrate mental health screening and counselling into primary health care services, a move aimed at ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 70 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's poor women bear more children than the rich
A landmark report released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has shed light on disparities in fertility rates among Zimbabwean women, revealing that poorer women tend to have significantly...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:26hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces fertility decline
Zimbabwe is witnessing a steady decline in fertility rates as more citizens struggle to achieve their reproductive goals, a trend that mirrors global patterns highlighted in the 2024 State of the Worl...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:09hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
40% of deaths in Zimbabwe caused by non-communicable diseases
About 40 percent of all deaths recorded in Zimbabwe in 2024 were caused by Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), including cancers, cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, and chronic respiratory illnesses, ...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 20:39hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe assures continued ARV availability
The government has reassured the public that antiretroviral (ARV) medicines will remain accessible to all who need them through the end of 2025, with plans already underway to secure supplies for the ...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 15:53hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe steps up fight against HIV stigma
Zimbabwe is intensifying efforts to tackle HIV-related stigma following alarming new data indicating a rise in the number of people facing discrimination because of their HIV status.The renewe...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:21hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt equips 25 rural hospitals with medical equipment
The Government has distributed anaesthetic and digital X-ray machines to 25 rural district hospitals across Zimbabwe as part of a broader initiative to enhance healthcare service delivery in remote ar...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 06:15hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pledges swift action on nurses' grievances
In a proactive move to address escalating concerns within Zimbabwe's public healthcare system, the Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Douglas Mombeshora, on Friday visited Parirenyatwa Group of Hos...Published: 17 May 2025 at 14:17hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe assures steady ARV supply amid US funding cuts
Health and Child Care Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora has moved to dispel growing fears over antiretroviral (ARV) drug shortages, assuring the nation that Zimbabwe has adequate supplies to meet n...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:20hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Minister of Health offside
Zimbabwe's Deputy Minister of Health Sleiman Timios Kwidini, a former nurse, told Parliament recently that Zimbabwean people utilising public hospitals are extremely satisfied with the treatment they ...Published: 12 May 2025 at 19:28hrs | 588 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe allays fears of ARV shortages
The Government has assured Zimbabweans that the country has adequate stocks of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), following concerns about potential shortages after reports that the United States Governmen...Published: 10 Apr 2025 at 08:58hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Air ambulances for Bulawayo, Matebeleland North
The Government has allocated Bulawayo and Matabeleland North provinces three helicopters as Zimbabwe begins to roll out its first-ever air ambulance service after taking delivery of 18 helicopters fro...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:33hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
'Stay at home if you have flu-like symptoms'
The Ministry of Health and Child Care in Zimbabwe has assured the public that the recent surge in influenza-like illness cases is not linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. Health Minister Dr Do...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese medical team to conduct free cataract surgeries in Zimbabwe
THE Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Douglas Mombeshora signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Zhou Ding to conduct free cataract surgery in the country....Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No cholera vacines for Matebeleland
The country has achieved 90 percent coverage of the cholera vaccine in hotspot areas as Zimbabwe is poised to remove cholera as a public health threat in the next few months on the back of a decline i...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cholera vaccination begins today in Zimbabwe
ALL is set for the start of the Oral Cholera Vaccination (OVC) rollout today, with a target of reaching over 800 000 people in hotspots countrywide.This is the first phase of the vaccine rollo...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cholera vaccinations start next week
A TOTAL of 153 active cholera treatment centres have been set up across the country to curb the spread of the water-borne disease as cases continue to surge with the Ministry of Health and Child Care ...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council has failed to remove vendors
HARARE City Council has admitted failure to remove vendors from the streets as instructed by the Government amid a Cholera outbreak that is ravaging Zimbabwe.Today, the Government met the medi...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt steps in to fix Harare mess
The GOVERNMENT has stepped in to restore sanity in the capital, Harare, by supplying potable water and rolling out a major clean-up campaign to curb the spread of cholera.Thirty-six trucks hav...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:35hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries preliminary results out
RESULTS for the Zanu-PF primary elections are still trickling in, with a mixed bag of young Turks and the old guard sailing through.The results are however, still subject to confirmation by th...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
A2 farmers evicted
Some A2 farmers in Goromonzi have been evicted from the land allocated to them in 2007 and are now living in the open.The farmers were issued with offer letters by former Minister of Lands and...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 15:46hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primary poll winners list out
Zanu-PF yesterday announced the official list of candidates who will contest the forthcoming National Assembly elections on the ruling party's ticket. The results reflect a renewal of the party after ...Published: 03 May 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Race for Zanu-PF ticket hots up
Zanu-PF members interested in contesting in the May 5 primary elections have begun submitting their curricula vitae (CVS) across the country ahead of today's deadline. By last night, some members were...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks eviction of white farmer
THE High Court has provisionally blocked the eviction of Beitbridge commercial farmer Mr George Watson and his mother from their farm in Gwanda district.The ruling by Bulawayo High Court judge...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loyalists face the music
THE Zanu-PF leadership in various provinces yesterday joined calls for the elevation of First Lady Dr Amai Grace Mugabe to be one of the party's two Vice Presidents.The provinces also recommen...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 05:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
White farmer fights eviction
BEITBRIDGE commercial farmer Mr George Watson and his mother have taken the State to court challenging their impending eviction from Double O Ranch in Gwanda District.Mr Watson and his ailing ...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe slams sellouts
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday took a swipe at some beneficiaries of the Land Reform Programme, including some traditional leaders who are leasing out farms to former white farmers describing them as sell...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to release 99-year leases for commercial farms
Government will issue 99-year leases as soon as an individual gets approval to occupy commercial farm land to enable farmers to access funding.Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Douglas ...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Speedy release of 99-year leases
Government will issue 99-year leases as soon as an individual gets approval to occupy commercial farm land to enable farmers to access funding.Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Douglas ...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe eats humble pie, withdraws offer letters targeting BIPPA farms
The Government on Friday said it was withdrawing 64 offer letters covering nearly 10 000 hectares of land that had been allocated to local farmers on plantations protected under the Bilateral Investme...Published: 03 Oct 2017 at 16:21hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Farmers told to pay rentals or move out
Government has urged farmers, who benefited from the land reform programme to pay rentals or make way for other Zimbabweans willing to be productive.This was said by Lands and Rural Resettleme...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Japan hands over Harare street map to Surveyor General's Dept
The Department of Surveyor General (DSG) has not been able to produce new maps over the last 30 years, let alone update those already in existence due to resource constraints coupled with brain drain,...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe land tenure systems under review
The Zimbabwe Land Commission is reviewing all land tenure systems in the country to ensure they promote investment and security of tenure. This is contained in the 2016 Zimbabwe Land Commission annual...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Election dates Mugabe’s prerogative,' says Chombo
President Mugabe has the prerogative to declare any date in 2018 for elections and Zanu-PF party should start preparations ahead of such a proclamation to win resoundingly, national secretary for Admi...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's govt, Banks row over farmers' 99-year leases
A ROW has erupted between local financial institutions and Government over the bankability of 99-year leases, which had been primed as the solution for farmers to unlock credit from banks.This...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe repossessing farms from unproductive beneficiaries'
Government is repossessing farms from unproductive land reform beneficiaries and redistributing them to land-hungry Zimbabweans to optimise agricultural production.The Lands and Rural Resettle...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare's digital map updated
The government in partnership with the Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA), has completed the first phase of the latest digital map of Greater Harare which is expected to replace the...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 18:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government repossessing land from A2 farmers
THE Government has started repossessing land from A2 farmers who have failed to take up the land they were allocated amid indications that at least 24 farmers in Matabeleland North have been serve...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government is updating its land reform database, fallow land up for grabs
Government is updating its land reform database through evaluation and marking of boundaries using a global positioning system, while reallocating underutilised land, a Cabinet Minister has said....Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 11:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, war vets meeting on cards
WAR veterans will soon meet their Patron, President Mugabe, to review the historic engagement with the Head of State and Government last year where issues affecting freedom fighters and Zanu-PF we...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 08:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Min Mombeshora’s father finally gets chieftainship
The biological father of the Minister of Lands and Rural Resettlement Dr Douglas Mombeshora has finally got an area to preside over as a chief following a resolution made during a meeting of all chief...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 04:57hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
Veteran politician Peter Chanetsa to be buried at National Heroes Acre
Veteran politician Peter Chanetsa who suffered a fatal heart failure at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals on Monday will be buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.The former Mashonaland We...Published: 07 Jan 2017 at 09:08hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa toasts 'enemy' US
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has hailed the relationship between Zimbabwe and the United States in the fight against HIV and Aids despite their political differences. He said the US gover...Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe proposes changes in citizenship clause
THE Minister of Home Affairs Dr Ignatius Chombo is proposing to amend citizenship clauses in the Constitution as part of legislation reforms.If the constitutional amendment is adopted, thi...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko refutes claims he summoned team investigating Jonathan Moyo
Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, has dismissed reports that he summoned Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) commissioners after the Professor Jonathan Moyo's ZIMDEF saga, saying the claim...Published: 14 Oct 2016 at 15:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP connive with a white farmer
Blessed Runesu, Zanu-PF legislator for Sanyati is reported to have connived with a white farmer, Mr Antony Livaditakis, to block the Government from taking over the latter's farm after it had been...Published: 18 Sep 2016 at 10:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Stay off ex-Zanu PF members' farms'
ZANU-PF'S leadership in Masvingo has warned party youths against invading farms belonging to former party members saying every Zimbabwean is entitled to land. This comes in the wake of reports of the ...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 15:58hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Mugabe blasts Kasukuwere for selling land to Prophet Magaya
President Mugabe yesterday blasted Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere for reportedly selling land earmarked for Harare youths to Prophet Walter Magaya and ...Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Felex Share
Illegal settlers given ultimatum
THE Government has given squatters nine days to vacate illegal rural settlements or risk being evicted and prosecuted.In a statement yesterday, the Minister of Lands and Rural Resettlement Dr ...Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 06:52hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
99-year farm leases bankable in Sept
Ninety-nine-year farm leases could become acceptable as legal title for bank loan applications next month, with infrastructure like farmhouses usable as collateral.The development will boost l...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 08:30hrs | | by Livingstone Marufu
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