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Traditional healers drug, kidnap and rape client
Two self-styled spiritual healers allegedly drugged, kidnapped and took turns to rape a woman who had visited their shrine for help. The court heard that the woman lost her mobile phone to thi...Published: 4 hrs ago | 216 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health system in intensive care
The country's health system has reached alarming levels as major referral hospitals have reached their lowest rate of service delivery.During a tour of Harare Central Hospital on Wednesday, Ne...Published: 20 hrs ago | 407 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe details sanctions impact on health
Illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries must be removed as they are not targeted but are affecting ordinary people, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo has said. In an in...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:04hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Ex-police officer fined for possessing drugs
A FORMER Bulawayo police officer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $300 after he was found in possession of dagga and unregistered medicines. Samuel Tambooneyi (30), who was ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:01hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
Feminism has become Satanism designed to destroy African Families by the West
For any institution to work, there must be a leader to head that institution and this also applies to the institution called a home. In any institution, if the leader is weakened, the institution will...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:48hrs | 42 | by Rayton Dzimiri
Defiant doctors face censure
THE Health Service Board (HSB) is likely to commence disciplinary hearings against all doctors who ignored the last Friday's Labour Court ruling ordering them to return to work within 48 hours. ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
The MDC's chequered stewardship of our urban areas
The MDC's chequered stewardship of our urban areasNobleman RunyangaThe opposition party, the MDC cut its teeth into elections in 2000. Since then it has been winning almost the same lo...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 11:55hrs | 993 | by Nobleman Runyanga
A historical lesson for Kembo Mohadi. #1987 Unity Accord and its demise in 2009.
Whilst the Zimbabwean economy dovetails under mismanagement by ZANU PF government, while millions are at the verge of starvation, while there seems to be no reprieve in sight for the cash, crisis, ene...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 09:27hrs | 9620 | by Iphithule Maphosa
SA taxi associations terrorising Zimbabwean immigrants in Pretoria
"We are living in fear. We do not know when they will strike next," says Ashley Johnson.Johnson, a Zimbabwean living in Pretoria, is nursing wounds after being attacked last week at a shop by ...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:43hrs | 1270 | by Kimberly Mutandiro, GroundUp
Zimbabwe hit by STIs, drug shortages
Zimbabwe has been hit by the double whammy of rising sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and serious shortages of drugs to treat them - derailing, in the process, the government's fight against HIV...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:02hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
'Abducted' Zimbabwe doctor now receiving treatment from a safe house
A Zimbabwean doctor, Peter Magombeyi, who was abducted last month in the country's capital, dumped a few days later outside Harare and hospitalized in South Africa, is now receiving treatment from a s...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:41hrs | 2464 | by Staff reporter
Church woman caught selling cannabis
A JOHANE masowe apostolic Bindura woman was slapped with a $400 fine yesterday by a Bindura magistrate after she was convicted of selling 75 sachets of dagga.Laiza Mtyida (45) of the Johane ma...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1149 | by Simbarashe Sithole
65% of patients mentally unstable in Bulawayo?
AT least 65 percent of patients that are attended to in Bulawayo suffer from some form of mental disorder with drugs, among other issues, cited as a major cause of the problem.Health experts t...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:46hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to ratify business agreement with UK
Zimbabwe has begun the process of ratifying a bilateral trade agreement signed with Britain, as Harare moves to fully join other countries lined up by London, in its economic link plan under the Brexi...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Hospital has no ICU, drugs
HWANGE district's biggest referral health institution, Victoria Falls Hospital, is running without emergency facilities and basic medication, a development which is compromising service delivery in th...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:31hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, region
Sanctions have led to the drying up of traditional sources of external finance from the International Financial Institutions (IFIs), with the country receiving no support from the African Development ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:26hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Are austerity measures only meant for the poor?
The government of Zimbabwe imposed austerity measures on the citizenry of Zimbabwe a year ago and since their inception they have caused untold suffering to the people of Zimbabwe and have send many i...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 08:06hrs | 897 | by Terrence Wuragu
Woman dies after giving birth to triplets
A HWANGE woman died after giving birth to triplets at a remote and under-resourced hospital.According to officials, the woman (name withheld), bled to death after travelling over 400km from St...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1416 | by Staff reporter
May the last person to leave, turn off the lights
ONE of the questions that I ask myself daily is: Is there a point to this?I have to be honest, I feel defeated and I wonder if there is any hope that this country's fortunes will improve anyti...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:50hrs | 392 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Chamisa to comment on church's election suspension proposal
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has confirmed receiving a proposal from the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHoCD) on Tuesday arguing for a suspension of electoral contestations in Zimbabwe for s...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 19:48hrs | 2841 | by Staff reporter
Churches want Zimbabwe to suspend polls for 7 years
THE Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) have called for a suspension of elections for seven years to pave way for political and economic reforms under a new structure which will come fro...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 11:12hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Doctors lament 'dead' hospital services
Doctors are being forced to watch their patients die from avoidable conditions as fundamentals for safe provision of healthcare are not in place.In a shocking revelation, senior doctors said t...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:03hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Medical Marijuana: Taking The Market By Storm
Pot, Weed, Blunt, Joint, MJ, Ganja, Hemp, or only Marijuana. A plant that was proven to inhibit medicinal properties that can cure different illnesses and ...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 06:23hrs | 667 | by Staff Writer
Striking doctors dig in
ZIMBABWE'S health crisis continues to slide down the precipice, with doctors at public hospitals yesterday vowing to extend their industrial action, promising to report for duty today, but not giving ...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:32hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC pushes for ministers' arrest
MDC is pushing for the arrest of deputy Defence minister Victor Matemadanda and his Health counterpart Obadiah Moyo on allegations of abuse of office in connection with the distribution of medicines i...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:01hrs | 2672 | by Staff reporter
UK firm begins cannabis farming in Zimbabwe
A United Kingdom (UK)-based medicinal cannabis firm, Eco Equity has begun work on its first state-of-the-art greenhouse here in preparation for the cultivation of cannabis (mbanje) for health purposes...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:19hrs | 175 | by newzimbabwe
Govt, Nust in child ARVs study
GOVERNMENT and the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) have embarked on a study to improve the provision of anti-retroviral treatment (ART) for children. The Ministry of Healt...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
MSU, Zupco seal bus deal
The Midlands State University (MSU) has sealed a deal with ZUPCO to have a bus that plies the town - Senga route for students only.Students are expected to produce their school identity cards ...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 19:52hrs | 1144 | by Staff reporter
What are behavioral disorders and how can they be managed?
We often hear people talk of behavioral disorders but most of those around us have no idea what they are. This article seeks to demystify and equip parents and guardians with the basic knowledge on ho...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 15:53hrs | 295 | by Temba Munsaka
SA a destination of choice for ailing Zimbabweans
THE move by the leader of a union representing Zimbabwean medical doctors to seek specialist treatment outside the country is the latest testament of the collapse of Zimbabwe's once-vibrant health sec...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 07:36hrs | 279 | by CAJ News
Chamisa rubbishes Mnangagwa SONA
Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa has said Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of The Nation Address is meaningless and devoid of key matters affecting the people of Zimbabwe."A SONA...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 12:48hrs | 1077 | by Staff reporter
'Put strict regulatory laws on medical drugs'
SUBSTANDARD and falsified medicines are filtering into Africa due to weak regulatory systems, Health minister Obadiah Moyo has said.Speaking at the official opening of the Scientific Conferenc...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions - when poor citizens become collateral damage
MS Nosizo Ncube is a 74-year-old widow who lives in a village tucked in the remote Nkayi district, a little far from modern civilisation. She has been in and out of hospital with asthma and swollen le...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:37hrs | 329 | by Vincent Gono
Mbanje growing law gazetted
GOVERNMENT has regularised the growing, processing and supply of industrial hemp (Cannabis) by farmers across the country for industrial purposes. Industrial hemp is from the plant species Cannabis sa...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 06:58hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
'Righteous' cop jailed
A POLICE Constable who recently opened up on corruption in the police force and tendered his resignation, has been sent to jail for communicating with the media without authority. Authorities ...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 06:54hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt losing Aids battle
The government's fight against the HIV/Aids pandemic continues to falter due to the country's worsening economic rot, which has left at least one million people on antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) in dange...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Good start, bad and sad end: The story of Robert Gabriel Mugabe
It did not have to end this way. It is a story that started well but ended badly. Mugabe was poised to be greater than Mandela or Gandhi. Outside and inside Zimbabwe, Mugabe was revered and considered...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2826 | by Lovemore Gurajena Sibanda PhD
Why is Mnangagwa's govt panicking?
When we were kids, we used to enjoy a certain joke, in which a bus was stopped at a checkpoint, where police officers started searching all the bags in the luggage compartment, when they came across o...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1291 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Anti-graft prosecutor calls for stiffer penalties
Presidential anti-corruption special prosecution unit head Tabani Mpofu has called for stiffer penalties on people convicted of graft in order to effectively deal with the scourge, which he said is co...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
In your wildest imagination did you ever envisage Zim would have a reincarnation of the devil Mugabe in Mnangagwa?
The removal of Mugabe was an unexpected early Christmas present in November 2017.We threw away our differences as we cheered the removal of one of Africa's dictators who had brought Zimbabwe on its kn...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 06:50hrs | 125 | by AT Kadada
'Mnangagwa must intervene on price madness'
ZANU-PF loyalist and Bulawayo United Residents Association (BURA) chairperson Winos Dube has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to intervene and arrest the prices madness prevailing in the country...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 20:07hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe govt to create 6 600 health facilities'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says a total of 6 600 health posts will be constructed over the next five years in government's political declaration to commit to universal health coverage.Mnanga...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 06:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
US diplomats pressure Harvard to rescind Mnangagwa's health award
A group of retired US diplomats and civil society leaders has penned a letter of protest to Harvard University, after Auxillia Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe's first lady, picked up an award for contributions to...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 21:32hrs | 3329 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans take anti-sanctions drive to UNGA
Walking along a dusty and rainfall-damaged gravel road which has not been attended to for nearly two decades deep in Chikomba District, Mbuya Mhizha makes her way to Gokomere Clinic to have her troubl...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 19:17hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
THROWBACK: Emmanuel TV Releases 'Confession' Of Man Who Arrested TB Joshua For Drug Trafficking!
Nigerian cleric TB Joshua has released a 20-year-old clip showing the 'confession' of a man who claimed to be one of the officers who arrested him in 1996 on the accusation of drug dealing. ...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 06:29hrs | 13991 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Zimbabwe govt panicky reaction to Dr Magombeyi abduction raises more questions
When we were kids, we used to enjoy a certain joke, in which a bus was stopped at a checkpoint, where police officers started searching all the bags in the luggage compartment, when they came across o...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 06:36hrs | 3499 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
What good is 95% literacy without common sense to stop Mugabe madness
"The record is mixed, at best. No doubt he (Mugabe) gave black Zimbabweans dignity, pride and opportunity. In the early days of independence, we built a new school every day, every district got a hosp...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 08:09hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
When the government chooses to be the third force
The reports by the government that there is a third force operating in Zimbabwe are just fat lies and can be dismissed with all costs.Doctors in Zimbabwe have been going on industrial action f...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 13:59hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Moving on from Mugabe era
BEING in Harare in the past two weeks has been quite an experience. The Robert Mugabe era has finally closed after his death in Singapore on September 6, even through he is yet to be buried.Bu...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:32hrs | 300 | by Eddie Cross
507 Nigerians leave South Africa
A total of 507 Nigerians have left the neighbouring South Africa due to xenophobic attacks that swept across the country in the past weeks. A private airline Air Peace Mercy volunteered to fly...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 13:42hrs | 2692 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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