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Girl attempts suicide after misdiagnosis

A 14-year-old girl from Chitungwiza allegedly attempted suicide after being arrested on charges of abortion, following what has since been confirmed as a misdiagnosis by Citimed Chitungwiza Hospital.The ordeal has also seen her father, Mav…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 10:33hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter

Health Commission implements job evaluation outcomes

In a major move to improve equity, motivation, and service delivery in Zimbabwe's health sector, the Health Service Commission (HSC) has announced that it will begin implementing the results of its comprehensive job evaluation for all publ…

Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 09:43hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter

Duty-free car import regulations tightened

Updated regulations for duty-free vehicle imports by civil servants, public health workers, and junior and specialist doctors were gazetted at the end of last month to ensure that State workers in the applicable grades can benefit, without…

Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:42hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa appoints Health Service Commission

The new Health Service Commission, which assumes full control of the staff in the State health services, has become active with the appointment of Civil Service Commission chair Dr Vincent Hungwe as chairperson of the new seven-member Heal…

Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:41hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe faces drug shortages

The Zimbabwean government has declared a severe shortage of medicine and drugs in public hospitals, leaving patients reliant on private health facilities, according to Health and Child Care Minister Douglas Mombeshora, who made these state…

Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:57hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe care workers abused in UK

A recent survey has highlighted that Zimbabweans, among other foreigners, are being subjected to exploitation in the United Kingdom's care work sector. The report from the United Kingdom's national helpline for victims of modern slavery re…

Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe civil servants vow to escalate wage demands to Mnangagwa

Civil servants have threatened to escalate their wage demands to President Emmerson Mnangagwa if government officials under the Zimbabwean leader continuously fail to heed their calls.Under their unions, Zimbabwe's restive workforce has wr…

Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe nurses bemoan 'slave wages'

NURSES have complained of being denied access to loans because of poor salaries, saying without being paid in United States dollars, it will be difficult for them to remain in the country.According to the Health Services Board, at least 4 …

Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's health care workers condemn plan to criminalize foreign recruiters

Health care workers in Zimbabwe have condemned the government's plan to criminalize their recruitment to work in other countries as part of efforts to reduce a medical brain drain. Zimbabwe's vice president and health minister, Constantino…

Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff reporter

'WHO will bail us out,' says Mnangagwa

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he expects funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to arrest the mass exodus of nurses and doctors which has seen the country facing a health crisis."Our Vice-President Constantino Chiwe…

Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mpopoma's famous personalities

BULAWAYO city, just like other towns and cities in Zimbabwe, had residential areas allocated according to race before Independence. Europeans, Africans, referred to at that time as "natives," Indians and coloureds had separate suburbs.All …

Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa bans health workers from prolonged strikes

Zimbabwean health workers are now barred from going on strikes lasting more than three days, according to a new law just signed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The government says the Health Services Amendment Act will protect the public a…

Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe public health collapse

The cries of doctors at Zimbabwe's largest public hospital appear to have fallen on deaf ears and an increasing number of health professionals are emigrating, resulting in a dearth of cancer treatments and surgical procedures.Last week, do…

Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Tribalistic govt overlooks Prof Solwayo Ngwenya for Mpilo Hospital's top job

Professor Solwayo Ngwenya has reportedly been overlooked for the Mpilo Central Hospital substantive chief executive officer job with the former United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) acting chief executive officer Dr Narcisius Dzvanga set to take …

Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 19:47hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt forced to rehire fired and retired nurses

GOVERNMENT extended its waiver on re-appointment of health workers who retired or were fired for various misdemeanors to March 31, 2023 from September 30 this year, documents in NewZimbabwe.com's possession have revealed.The extension is i…

Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

Knives out for Harare fertility doctor

Reports reaching this scribe indicate that couples in Harare are mobilizing a petition to the Health Services Board and the Health Professions Council seeking an investigation and subsequent disciplinary action against one Dr Tinovimba Mhl…

Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 10:14hrs | 23 | by Mandla Ndlovu

All Zimbabwe qualified health professionals recruited

ALL qualified health professionals seeking employment in the public sector have been hired, giving that group a zero unemployment rate as the Health Services Board (HSB) acts to upgrade the public health services.Since the advent of the Se…

Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt chokes hungry nurses

AT least 200 nurses face the axe after government yesterday fired Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union president, Robert Chiduku for conducting union business at his workplace demanding better wages for nurses.The 200 nurses will soon appear…

Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe civil servants strike flops

CIVIL servants' planned two-day national strike failed to kickoff Wednesday, with union leaders coy on sharing numbers of those who had decided to stay at home in line with what they had promised.The strike had been set for Wednesday and T…

Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 19:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe cops threaten protest vote

GROWING discontent over measly salaries paid to government workers has forced police officers, one of the least paid sectors in the civil service to threaten bhora musango, a protest vote for the opposition in next year's polls.Government …

Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's doctors, nurses turn mercenary

SOME public health workers, who include doctors and nurses, have reportedly devised a well-knit scam to milk cash from desperate patients to supplement their meagre salaries.Those involved allegedly give preferential treatment and attentio…

Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Public Sector Unions express solidarity with Striking health workers

Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions and its affliates have expressed support and solidarity to the ongoing labour action by health workers unions. In a statement  released  Friday by the Union President Cecilia &…

Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 15:15hrs | 7 | by George Swarei

Patients stranded as murse strike bites

THE ongoing public health professionals' strike that has crippled major government hospitals is continuing unabated until the demands of the workers have been met, leaving many patients stranded.This week, health workers in public institut…

Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe police block striking health workers from petitioning employer

Police on Wednesday blocked striking nurses and  doctors from petitioning their employer, the Health Services Board (HSB) as the countrywide job action continues.The strike is now in its fourth day with little indications from governm…

Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Doctors, nurses reveal Chiwenga's 14-month snub

 Doctors, nurses and radiographers boycotted work on the first day of an indefinite strike over pay on Monday.The strike was mostly felt at the country's largest referral hospital â€“ Parirenyatwa â€“ where health workers converged an…

Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 15:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Teachers union says joining doctors and nurses on strike

Doctors, nurses and teachers across Zimbabwe went on strike Monday, as the country's latest financial crisis has left their salaries almost worthless.Nurses earn 18,000 Zimbabwe dollars per month, which is now worth only about US$55 at the…

Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 18:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe nurses pile pressure on Mnangagwa

AN emerging union of nurses with a sound base of membership in Midlands and Matabeleland provinces has issued the government a two-week ultimatum to resolve grievances of the health workers or face a crippling strike.The development comes …

Published: 31 May 2022 at 12:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

3 000 health workers get Covid-19 pay

THE Government has paid 3 632 health workers who contracted the deadly Covid-19 their health insurance allowance payout.According to the Health Services Board, treasury has availed $350 million.A cumulative total of 9 815 workers tested po…

Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt tightens screws on nurses

GOVERNMENT has tightened screws on nurses wishing to resign from the civil service as it battles to stem the massive exodus of health workers.Hundreds of nurses are leaving the country for greener pastures following government's failure to…

Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ziyambi defends Health Bill

JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has defended the Health Services Bill in Parliament, saying it will improve the lives of public health workers.The Health Services Amendment Bill is now at the second reading stage in the National Assembly.…

Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nurse aid certificate the new gold for Zimbabweans

FOR 35-year-old Lorraine Siziba, attaining a nurse aid's certificate is nudging her closer to achieving her goals.Siziba has never been formally employed since completing a Bachelor's degree five years ago. She completed her studies in lan…

Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's major hospitals without substantive CEOs for 2 years

Zimbabwe's major hospitals are operating with acting CEOs nearly two years after the health services board conducted interviews, ZimLive can reveal.Five CEOs at Zimbabwe's major public hospitals were forced out in 2020 after the health min…

Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Nurses abandon night duties

GOVERNMENT-EMPLOYED nurses have stopped taking night duties declaring incapacitation and negligence by their employer, putting lives of patients at risk.Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) president Enoch Dongo confirmed to NewZimbabwe.com …

Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's health workers down tools

ZIMBABWE'S troubled health sector is headed for paralysis after doctors, radiographers, nurses and other specialists yesterday boycotted on-call and night duties citing incapacitation.This came as government is struggling to end teachers' …

Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Renewed exodus of healthcare workers hits Zimbabwe

Earlier this year, Johnson Chegore, 33, resigned from his job as a nurse at a government hospital in the Zimbabwean capital Harare before he left for the UK.In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, medical doctor Hilda Zilawe, 37, also…

Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 06:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Fear triggers Zimbabwe nurses exodus

HEALTH workers yesterday said intimidation by government without addressing their welfare concerns would not work, adding that this was the main reason the country was experiencing brain drain in the sector.The exodus of health workers has…

Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 06:15hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Bill outlaws strike action for health workers

THE Health Services Amendment Bill, which will outlaw industrial action by health workers lasting more than three days and upgrade the Health Services Board to a Commission is now before Parliament.With the proposed law, health workers wil…

Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter

ZEC unveils election roadmap

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says it was ready to conduct the forthcoming by-elections and has unveiled a roadmap which include voter education, production of election material, training of polling officers among others that will lead…

Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa receives his Covid-19 booster shot

Setting an example to highlight both the importance and safety of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, President Mnangagwa and several Cabinet ministers received their booster Covid-19 vaccine shots recently.While vaccine supplies are more …

Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

No US$ bonus for nurses

HEALTH professionals have expressed disgruntlement after some of them allegedly received their bonuses in local currency while other civil servants were struggling to access their 13th cheques at local banks yesterday.There were long queue…

Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Blacklist for tender cheats

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is looking at blacklisting tender cheats despite improvements in the processes that have seen all suppliers having to be vetted before they are allowed to bid on tenders.Some suppliers fail to…

Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:10hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

US$ bonus: Civil servants demand more

CIVIL servants yesterday attacked the United Stated dollar-denominated bonus as not enough, with teacher unions warning that it would not stop them from going on strike beginning Monday.Civil servants have been pushing for US dollar salari…

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:57hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe re-engages retired nurses

GOVERNMENT has turned to retired nurses and training of Primary Care Nurses (PCNs) as a solution to the massive brain drain currently bleeding the country's health sector, the Zimbabwe Independent can report.Public health institutions are …

Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

88 retired nurses recruited

So far 88 retired nurses have been recruited by the Health Services Board as it works to increase the public sector health care workforce in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.The recruitment of nurses began last year when the Government ca…

Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:19hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Health personnel exodus hits public hospitals

HEALTH workers, particularly nurses, are deserting public health institutions in droves amid a surge in demand for their skills abroad in a development that has further plunged Zimbabwe's healthcare system into further paralysis.Nurses in …

Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 08:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Govt recruits 700 retired nurses

GOVERNMENT has started recruiting retired nurses who are set to join the national Covid-19 vaccination programme, with around 700 former nurses expected to be drafted into the programme over the next few weeks.Over 300 retired nurses, who …

Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe targets herd immunity by year-end

The government has further intensified the vaccination of citizens against the Covid-19 pandemic targeting to reach the 60 percent herd immunity at a time when cumulative infections stand at over 100 000 including above 3, 000 deaths.As of…

Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 07:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt bars unvaccinated officials from events

GOVERNMENT has barred unvaccinated officials from attending next week's key national events, including Heroes and Defence Forces Day celebrations, to curb the spread of COVID-19 virus.Cabinet has since barred unvaccinated workers from boar…

Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Doctors, nurses banned from striking

DOCTORS and nurses working in public health institutions will no longer be allowed to go on strike for an uninterrupted period spanning more than three days under proposed changes to the Health Services Act.Amendments to the Act, which wer…

Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga blasts 'ignorant' retail pharmacists

VICE-PrESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday blasted retail pharmacists saying they lacked knowledge of the Public Health Act after they sent a petition to Parliament demanding to be considered for government posts such as secretary in th…

Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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