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Mthuli's budget a drop in the ocean
The 2020 budget is out but the future of the country still looks all gloom and not inspiring at all.The budget lacks clarity and is full of deception, lies and falsehoods. After austerity meas...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1210 | by Leonard Koni
Gweru residents plot siege on council offices
RESIDENTS from Gweru's Mkoba and Woodlands Park high-density suburbs have threatened to protest against the city council's failure to provide water to ratepayers and deal with its dumpsite, which is s...Published: 9 hrs ago | 178 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners tussle in nasty turf wars
CONFEDERATION of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) president, Denford Mutashu says fights for business control among foreign companies in Zimbabwe was affecting investment prospects in the retail sector....Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:27hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Hospital official up for ARV drugs theft
MVURWI District Hospital administrator Florence Makombe is in soup after she allegedly tried to steal a box of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs which were kept at her office due to lack of storage space at ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:23hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Doctors' absence prolongs patients' suffering
ORDINARY citizens whose pockets are not deep enough to afford private medical care continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing stand-off between medical doctors — who have been on industrial action fo...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should revitalise traditional medicine
CLAIMS by Zimbabwean - and generally African - men and women to have found cures for complex diseases and medical conditions have often been dismissed as maverick, unscientific or outright fake....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:37hrs | 103 | by Vincent Gono
Mpilo situation critical: Doctors
The Zimbabwe Senior Doctors Association (ZSDA) has said the situation at Mpilo Hospital was far from normal as most doctors were on strike.Responding to sentiments by Clinical Director Dr Solw...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:36hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
All set for stable Zimdollar
As the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe releases $2 coins into circulation tomorrow ahead of the introduction of $2 and $5 Zim-dollar notes, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:22hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Fired doctors slam Mnangagwa govt for negative energy
FIRED Zimbabwean doctors have slammed government for apparent display of negative energy into processes leading to their dismissal while failing to redirect the same towards fixing the country's ailin...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:20hrs | 409 | by newzimbabwe
Son makes sexual advances on biological mother
WHAT would B-Metro be without bizarre or shocking real stories?A devastated woman shared shocking details of her 21-year-old son's sexual fantasies and odd feelings claiming he was supposedly ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 12:57hrs | 2236 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as govt fires over 200 doctors
GOVERNMENT yesterday fired 211 doctors at public hospitals for going o strike to demand better pay, with another 500 at risk.Doctors have been on strike since September 3 demanding salaries th...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:09hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori declare war
Leader of Johanne Masowe eChishanu Apostolic sect Andby Makururu has pledged to complement government efforts to end child marriages in the country.Members of his sect and others recently held...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:03hrs | 4800 | by Staff reporter
66 drug dealers arrested
POLICE have arrested 66 suspected drug dealers in Beitbridge and Mbare, leading to the recovery of an assortment of illicit drugs worth US$2 670. The recovered drugs included 167 sachets of methamphet...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:46hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
MP fights drug abuse
Beitbridge East legislator Albert Nguluvhe has embarked on a campaign to minimise cases of drug peddling in the border town.The Parliamentarian yesterday said he has engaged the police and oth...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
It's proper bank notes, not new currency
Many could have mistaken plans by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to introduce new notes and coins next week for the introduction of a completely new currency which is not the Zimbabwe dollar....Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:34hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Bosso players motivate pupils
FORMER Gifford High School pupils and now Highlanders players, Bukhosi Sibanda and Munyaradzi Chitambwe, were the toast of the day after giving motivational speeches at the school as part of an initia...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 17:56hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa holds keys to removal of sanctions'
The United States envoy to Zimbabwe Ambassador Brian Nichols has said that only President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration holds the keys to the removal of sanctions if they implement the political...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 13:35hrs | 4885 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions are anti-peace in Zimbabwe
The issue of sanctions and how they have impacted the social and economic welfare of the generality of Zimbabweans is of great relevance to the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission. Fi...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 06:58hrs | 138 | by Geoffrey T. Chada
The MDC in full support of the suffering government workers
The MDC is in full support of next week's proposed work-stoppage by government workers in light of the paltry average monthly salary of $475 for civil servants, which can hardly buy 26 litres of f...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 08:59hrs | 2008 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
NetOne, Bosso in anti-drugs campaign
NETONE and Highlanders held a joint anti-doping campaign at Gifford High School yesterday where young aspiring footballers were advised to abstain from drugs. The campaign was led by Highlande...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa getting us nowhere
It is time that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and finance Mthuli Ncube wake up to reality. Both Leaders do not have a strategic and plausible solution to the economic problems prevailing in Zimbabwe. T...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 07:25hrs | 2784 | by Simbarashe J Jingo. MDC UK/ROHR Member
Zimbabwean sex slaves freed in SA
MORE than 30 Zimbabwean women suspected to be victims of human trafficking were rescued by South African police from brothels in eMalahleni, formerly Witbank, in Mpumalanga province where their captor...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 1425 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Sadc have spoken; racists sanctions must go now!
Sadc rallied in resounding fashion against Western sanctions on Zimbabwe yesterday. The events across the region marked the climax of a process that started with the declaration, on 18 August this yea...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:31hrs | 129 | by chronicle - editorial
Striking doctors risk losing salaries
Striking doctors risk losing their monthly salaries should they continue defying calls to return to work as Government is now invoking the Labour Court ruling allowing it to institute disciplinary mea...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:10hrs | 592 | 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: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:06hrs | 449 | 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 | 39 | 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 | 107 | by Staff reporter
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 | 7 | by Staff rpeorter
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 | 10724 | 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 | 1313 | 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 | 342 | by Staff reporter
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 | 344 | 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 | 263 | 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 | 248 | 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 | 129 | 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 | 919 | 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 | 1453 | 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 | 401 | 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 | 2873 | 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 | 645 | 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 | 200 | 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 | 720 | 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 | 1582 | 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 | 2693 | by Staff reporter
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 | 13 | 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 | 361 | 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 | 287 | 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 | 1119 | 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 | 108 | 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 | 335 | by Vincent Gono
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