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Bussed Zanu-PF supporters excites Mnangagwa
President Emerson Mnangagwa praised Mashonaland East province on Saturday for mobilising the largest gathering, so far, of ruling Zanu-PF supporters for his presidential election rally at Mutawatawa i...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 18:02hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
DCCs to strengthen Zanu-PF?
First Secretary and President of Zanu-PF, Emmerson Mnangagwa has said District Coordinating Committee (DCC) structures are meant to strengthen the party's coordinating systems and provide a useful veh...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF DCC hopefuls submit CVs
ZANU-PF members have been called upon to take the process of electing District Coordinating Committee (DCC) members seriously and ensure that they choose people who will further push the party to pros...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo spills more beans on Mnangagwa
Exiled former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has written a Twitter thread exposing how President Emmerson Mnangagwa led his allies in stealing Treasury Bonds through various bogus projects i...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 13:18hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
State case against Dr Parirenyatwa crumbles
The state's case against former Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa is faltering.This follows one of the key state witnesses and former Natpharm board chairperson Dr Goerge Wa...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
New dispensation rejects corruption
The advent of the new dispensation in November 2017 has seen a new impetus in the fight against the scourge of corruption. Right beginning with his inauguration speech on 24 November 2017, President M...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 12:25hrs | 13 | by Bevan Musoko
The new dispensation a replica of Mugabe era
The narrative of the November coup which ushered in President Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot be white washed and will remain in the Zimbabwe's history.I now plead with the indulgence of...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 08:48hrs | 3 | by Leonard Koni
Govt budgets $1,5m for free dialysis
Government has set aside $1,5 million to bankroll costs associated with renal treatment following its recent policy on free dialysis in all public health institutions, Health and Child Care Minister D...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents to get water treatment pills
GOVERNMENT says it is providing water treatment pills to every household in Gweru as a matter of urgency to contain the typhoid outbreak, which has so far killed five people in the city. The m...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Modi donates ambulance
PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman and Zanu-PF aspiring Member of Parliament for Bulawayo South, Raj Modi yesterday donated a state-of-the-art ambulance to the communities of Sizinda and Tshabalala....Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls medicinal cannabis pilot programme
Government is planning to carry out a medicinal cannabis pilot programme following the legalisation for the production of the plant in April this year.The legalisation of the production of mar...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 12:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
First ever radiology centre opens in Zimbabwe
The first Diagnostic Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Centre has been commissioned in Harare and is expected to improve healthcare provision in Zimbabwe as well as save valuable foreign ...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 11:05hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Dr Dumisani Ndlovu opens state of the art radiology centre
The first Diagnostic Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Centre has been commissioned in Harare and is expected to improve healthcare provision in Zimbabwe as well as save valuable foreign ...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 19:12hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri loses breast, airlifted for special treatment
MINISTER of Water, Environment and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, who was injured in a bomb blast at White City Stadium has been airlifted to South Africa for reconstruction surgery after ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 08:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni to open before year end
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has made a spirited commitment to open Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo before year end saying he is going to make sure nothing will stand on the way of his efforts to bring fr...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
41 people injured in Mnangagwa blast
Forty-one people were injured in a blast at White City Stadium in Bulawayo yesterday afternoon soon after President Mnangagwa addressed a Zanu-PF campaign rally.President Mnangagwa was not inj...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni Medical Centre to open before year end
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has made a spirited commitment to open Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo before year end saying he is going to make sure nothing will stand on the way of his efforts to bring fr...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mixed views on Schweppes sweeteners
SCHWEPPES Zimbabwe Limited has added three artificial sweeteners to the Mazoe concentrated drinks which are feared to cause cancer and brain cell damage among other diseases, if consumed in large quan...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches 'HIV prevention' pill
Government last week launched the pre-exposure prophylaxis strategy (PrEP), which is meant to reduce the risk of contracting HIV. Speaking at the "Million Men Circumcised" celebrations a...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:04hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Dr David Parirenyatwa elected WHO assembly president
HEALTH and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa was yesterday elected the World health Organisation (WHO) 71st Assembly president, a position he will hold until next year.Dr Parirenyatwa ...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smoking mbanje/ cannabis remains illegal
The use of cannabis, also known as hemp or mbanje, for recreational purposes is still illegal in Zimbabwe and the thrust for legalising its production is specifically for medicinal and industrial purp...Published: 03 May 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
First Lady committed to fight cancer
The First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa says cancer has become a serious health challenge in the world with Zimbabwe being no exception.Addressing thousands of women at the AFM International Wo...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 15:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T hand behind nurses strike
Opposition politicians conspired with the leadership of the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) to embark on a strike that led to thousands of health professionals losing their jobs last week, it has e...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 09:52hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Unemployed nurses throng hospitals
Unemployed qualified nurses yesterday thronged central hospitals seeking admission into the public health sector after the Health Services Board invited applications on Wednesday. Government on Tuesda...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt addresses striking nurses' concerns
The government has acknowledged the nurses' grievances as genuine and valid following representations by the nursing staff through the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA), and the subsequent running me...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 13:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Patients in agony across Zimbabwe
THOUSANDS of patients in Government medical institutions continue waiting in agony for doctors, as the strike by medical professionals enters its 25th day today.Yesterday, scores of patients -...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Doctors turn down Mnagnagwa's offer
Striking junior doctors have turned down Government's offer to increase their on call allowances by 50 percent, calling for further engagement. In a statement issued yesterday in response to Governmen...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi order doctors to go back to work
Government has ordered striking junior doctors to return to work following its final offer reviewing conditions of service for health services' staff.This comes as the situation in the public ...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko under spotlight again
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko allegedly abused his office, ordering senior Government officials to ignore procedure and grant his relatives and associates favours during his short-lived sti...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: The morning after
The unprecedented military intervention brought euphoria to the masses they gave their future to the crocodile, I had believed in since childhood. Questions are still asked does the alligator ha...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:36hrs | | by Simplisio Muvunde
Mnangagwa pledges to reopen Ekusileni Hospital
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to work towards the reopening of Ekusileni Hospital in Bulawayo in the shortest possible time.The health institution which was closed a few months afte...Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Female condoms uptake remains low due to misconceptions'
More than140 million condoms were distributed in Zimbabwe in 2017 but the uptake of the female condom remains low due to misconceptions.Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa rec...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister appoints new Mpilo board
HEALTH and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has appointed a seven-member Mpilo Central Hospital board tasked with reviving the institution's health standards.Dr Parirenyatwa on Wednes...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpilo doctors go on strike
DOCTORS at some hospitals including Mpilo Central Hospital yesterday embarked on a strike defying the Minister of Health Child Care Dr David Parirenyatwa who had warned against taking industrial actio...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister threaten doctors against going on strike
DOCTORS at public health institutions who are planning to go on strike will be sabotaging Government which is trying to rebuild the country, the Minister of Health and Child Care Dr David Parirenyatwa...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt lifts freeze on recruitment of doctors
GOVERNMENT has agreed to lift the freeze on the recruitment of doctors and availed $10 million to buy vehicles after the medical practitioners petitioned it over a number of grievances.In a no...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stop using 'bedroom' herbs, warns Mnangagwa
The First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has warned women against using sex enhancing herbs in or on their privates to please their husbands, saying it was one of the reasons why cases of cervical cancer wer...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'No to hate speech'
Zimbabweans should shun negative traits like hate speech and embrace love to drive national unity and development, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.He singled out benevolence that flouris...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 07:04hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
'Harare is not safe,' says Minister
MINISTER of Health and Child Care Dr David Parirenyatwa has called on local authorities to join hands in the fight against cholera.Dr Parirenyatwa said the burden should not be left on the sho...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 13:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe scores another HIV first
Zimbabwe is the first country in the world to use the latest medical technology in HIV infant diagnosis and viral load testing, The Herald can reveal.Speaking after the training of certified l...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministry releases $7.6M to assist govt health institutions countrywide
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has released $7.6 million to the Health Development Fund (HDF) to purchase essential medicines and equipment for Government health institutions countrywide....Published: 06 Jan 2018 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Blood prices slashed
Government has slashed the price of blood at Government health institutions to $50 a pint with effect from today, following the injection of a $4,2 million subsidy from the Health Levy, Health and Chi...Published: 01 Jan 2018 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'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
Life expectancy in Zimbabwe shoots up, HIV infection drop
LIFE expectancy in the country has shot up from 37 years to 59 while a significant drop in new HIV infections has been recorded, raising hopes that the country is on course to achieving its ambitious ...Published: 27 Dec 2017 at 07:29hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's health advisor dies
Health Advisor to the President and Cabinet Dr Timothy Stamps has died.He was 81.Dr Stamps, who is the former Minister of Health and Child Care, died yesterday afternoon at Borrowdale ...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally disowns controversial Facebook page
Businessman Mr Energy Mutodi has disowned the Facebook page on which two Cabinet ministers - Dr Sydney Sekeramayi and Dr David Parirenyatwa - were accused of poisoning Vice President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt subsidises blood prices
A pint of blood in Zimbabwe will from this week go down to at least US$80 following introduction of a State subsidy to cushion patients.The price applies to both public and private hospitals w...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Minister blames Harare for typhoid
Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa on Wednesday attributed the recent outbreak on typhoid at Matapi Flats in Mbare to Harare City Council's failure to provide essential services to r...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to tap into Aids levy to fight cancer scourge
GOVERNMENT will now use resources mobilised through the Aids levy to fight the cancer scourge that continues to ravage society.It is estimated that 7 000 Zimbabweans are diagnosed of cancer ev...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpilo battles to fix radiography machine
CANCER patients who have been relying on Mpilo Central Hospital's cancer unit for radiotherapy risk falling into a relapse as they have been defaulting on treatment after the unit's radiography machin...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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