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Is this health justice or state overreach?
In the swiftly evolving drama of Zimbabwean healthcare, a new bill in Parliament has stirred both hope and alarm. The Medical Services Amendment Bill, championed by Justice and Parliamentary Affairs M...Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 09:10hrs | 1272 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Mnangagwa admits government failures
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to end the deterioration of Zimbabwe's public healthcare system, admitting his government has fallen short in delivering quality social services.Addres...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 07:42hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Murehwa chief blocks govt clinic project
A traditional leader in Murehwa has approached the courts to block the government's plans to convert a farmhouse at Hilton Farm into a clinic, arguing that the same building is being used as a communi...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:01hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo exposed as the beneficiary of cancer machine contract
Embattled businessman and ZANU PF-linked tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivayo has been exposed as the beneficiary of a staggering US$437 million government contract for the supply of cancer treatment equipm...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 13:15hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cronies get lucrative tenders
On 5 May 2025, Youth Minister Tinoda Machakaire posted a seemingly heartfelt message on social media expressing deep concern over the dire state of Zimbabwe's public health institutions. Visiting a ho...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:42hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa points finger at councils for healthcare woes
Zimbabwe's Senate chamber descended into a heated debate on Tuesday as Zanu-PF spokesperson and senator Christopher Mutsvangwa pointed fingers at opposition-led urban councils for the country's worsen...Published: 22 May 2025 at 14:40hrs | 1509 | by Staff reporter
We As Zimbabweans Are The Only Ones Who Must Rescue Our Health System
45 years on, the time for silence has passed. Every Zimbabwean, whether at home or in the diaspora, knows the painful truth, our health sector is crumbling. Hospitals without medicines, clinics withou...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:24hrs | 184 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe minister exposes dire hospital conditions in rare rebuke
Youth Empowerment Minister Tinoda Machakaire has delivered a rare and candid assessment of Zimbabwe's ailing public health sector, calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to personally visit hospitals...Published: 05 May 2025 at 13:42hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo hospital records highest patient mortality rate in Zimbabwe
Mpilo Central Hospital has emerged as the referral hospital with the highest patient mortality rate in Zimbabwe, recording an 8.4% death rate between January and August 2024.Data obtained by C...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 15:33hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains wreak havoc at clinic, patients at risk
Saphila Clinic in Insiza South has been forced into a healthcare crisis after heavy rains destroyed its solar panels, leaving the facility without power and severely disrupting operations.Ward...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 15:45hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans seek better healthcare in Zambia amid failing system
Shupikai Sithole, a 54-year-old cancer patient, embodies the plight of many Zimbabweans who find themselves in desperate need of adequate healthcare. After receiving insufficient treatment in her home...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:13hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
It's time African leaders were barred from foreign medical care!
So, the people of Cameroon have no idea where their president is. Paul Biya, who is now the oldest head of state in the world, at 91 years old, has not been seen in public for the past three m...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 10:51hrs | 1115 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans invade neighbouring countries' hospitals
Four young men from Karoi, a farming town in Mashonaland West, recently died after consuming suspected illicit alcohol. Two of them sought medical attention at Mutendere Mission Hospital in Zambia but...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:10hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo cancer, kidney patients stranded
Cancer and kidney patients in the Matabeleland region are facing dire circumstances due to malfunctioning critical treatment machines at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, as revealed by an investiga...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 06:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans targeted by Operation Dudula members
Members of Operation Dudula have been chasing away immigrants from the Jeppe Clinic in central Johannesburg. The provincial department of health says it is not aware of this.On Monday, GroundU...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:45hrs | 4 | by Johannes Marisa
Aaron Motsoaledi in scathing riposte at claims he's trying to help Zanu-PF win 2023 elections
SOUTH Africa's home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has scornfully dismissed speculation that his decision to extend permits for Zimbabwean immigrants was aimed at helping the ruling Zanu-PF party w...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Healthcare crisis in Zimbabwe as broke govt sends out begging bowl to raise Covid 19 funds
It is shocking that while countries like South Africa have already received their first batch of Covid-19 vaccine from India, the broke and out of sorts government of Zimbabwe is sending a begging bow...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 15:44hrs | 11 | by Israel Dube
Doctors' strike: A balancing act of ethics and rights
ON March 1 this year, junior doctors downed their tools in protest over deteriorating working conditions, on-call allowances, a facility to import vehicles duty-free and poor remuneration. Senior doct...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 20:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's hospitals crisis deepens
The crisis at the country's public hospitals is worsening, after nurses said yesterday that they would start reporting for duty for three days a week due to Zimbabwe's biting fuel shortages, as well a...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 15:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
More Zimbabwe doctors join strike
More doctors yesterday joined the on-going strike, defying a government message to call off the job action.The doctors have been on strike since Saturday to protest poor remuneration and the d...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu concerned about major health crisis in Zimbabwe
Public hospitals have not recovered from the crisis that was experienced before 2009. There are still critical shortages of manpower combined with inadequate financial support from the government. As&...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Nomathamsanqa Tholo
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