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Africa University develops umsuzwane medicinal cough drops
United Methodist Church run Africa University's College of Health and Agricultural Sciences has made headway in developing throat lozenges made from the umsuzwane plant, which many Zimbabweans have be...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's herbalists, doctors unite thwarting non-communicable diseases
HARARE - With government's research confirming that 80 percent of Zimbabweans consult herbalists prior to visiting hospitals, the country's Ministry of Health has shifted to partnering traditional hea...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 16:56hrs | 746 | by Ropafadzo Mapimhidze
Bulawayo firm commercialises umsuzwane herb
A BULAWAYO company, Green Afrique Technologies, has ventured into processing green tea using umsuzwane/zumbani to promote local herbal remedies for various respiratory ailments.Umsuzwane recen...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:57hrs | 1771 | by Staff reporter
Can we use ZUMBANI A traditional medicine for treatment of COVID19?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultu...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 965 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Colonial chains setback for Africa
Africans believe that the Western handouts and donations they get from the where the sun sets are done out of love, yet the opposite is true. ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 08:17hrs | 742 | by Shelton Muchena
The Zimbabwe zumbani story
IT is my pleasure to tell our own Zimbabwean story about one of our local plants and its benefits.In my early years as a growing scientist, I realised that if I wanted to find out about our lo...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:24hrs | 2798 | by Michael Bhebhe
Tanzania will not vaccinate citizens against Covid-19
Tanzania's government, which has been criticised for its handling of the pandemic, has no plans to rollout Covid vaccines, the health minister says.The comments come days after President John ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1341 | by BBC
Zimbabwe testing COVID-19 'drug'
GOVERNMENT is clinically testing anti-parasite drug, Ivermectin in a bid to establish its efficacy in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The second wave of COVID-19 currently affecting the countr...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 06:08hrs | 2918 | by Staff reporter
Herbalists dismiss claims bute heals Covid-19
AS the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to hit the country with record infections and deaths being recorded, some desperate locals have resorted to using Bute in the hope the traditional...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Zinatha warns of fake, harmful Covid-19 herbs
THE Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (ZINATHA) has cautioned the public not to buy, from the streets and other undesignated areas, traditional medicines sold by unregistered and "igno...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 19:11hrs | 2012 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 patients resort to home remedies
Clara Tandi felt feverish. Worried she was sick with the coronavirus, she grabbed handfuls of lemon, guava and mint leaves from her garden and boiled them into a liquid.Then Tandi (59) strippe...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:14hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF ropes in churches
ZANU PF Harare women's league chairperson Betty Nhambu-Kaseke yesterday said there was need for the church to be fully incorporated into the National Development Strategy (NDS1) launched by President ...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1365 | by Staff reporter
'Organ enlargement herbs a myth'
A local traditional herbalist has dismissed claims of the existence of organs enlargement herbs.In an interview Dr Gilbert Chahwanda has rather encouraged men to seek long lasting solutions in...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 19:03hrs | 2588 | by Staff reporter
Herbal medicines now trending
By all pointers, humanity is looking for solutions and panacea to a plethora of health problems, especially noncommunicable ailments and conditions. Unfortunately the search seems a wild goose...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:58hrs | 82 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
RBZ boss survives hellish Covid-19 experience
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Deputy Governor Dr Kuphukile Mlambo views himself as a lucky and blessed man after surviving what he described as a hellish and nasty Covid-19 ordeal. Dr Mlambo had to...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Dr. Masimba Mavaza: stick to Zanu PF/MDC-T politics please!
I have just finished reading your today's article: "How Zimbabweans in the Diaspora wreck their marriages" is the title. Your article has the hallmarks of a misogynist who is hell-bent to defend his g...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 20:24hrs | 2242 | by Nomazulu Thata
Clinical trial of new Covid-19 herb starts
Some local doctors on Friday launched clinical tests in Masvingo to ascertain the effectiveness a of a powder made from local herbs, against Covid-19. The powder, called Bhanan'ana, was discov...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1799 | by Staff reporter
Dr Labode recovers from Covid-19
THE chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health, Dr Ruth Labode, who tested positive for Covid-19 early this month, has said the healing process for infected patients begins in the ...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:25hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe working on COVID-19 herbal remedies'
HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo yesterday said the country was carrying out a research on COVID-19 cure which includes herbal remedies.Moyo made the remarks in Parliament when he appeared before ...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:42hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
US praises Zimbabwe
THE coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc world-wide with countries such as the United States (US) being one of the most affected. Zimbabwe has so far recorded over 50 confirmed cases, 18 ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:09hrs | 3387 | by Staff reporter
In Africa we have our ways of doing things
"What good can come out of Africa", they would say but God has got plans for everyone and every place. Tiny Madagascar has come up with a herbal concoction that is giving 'killer blows' to Coronavirus...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:02hrs | 635 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
6 Surprising Herbal Painkillers for Natural Pain Relief
When pain affects your social life, family time, or work, you would do anything to help soothe the feeling. Whether we are talking about chronic pain or occasional pain episodes, a person's first resp...Published: 18 May 2020 at 10:05hrs | 3953 | by Staff Writer
There is no cure for COVID-19: Traditional healers
PRESIDENT of the Traditional Medicines Practices Council (TMPC) Friday Chisanyu has cautioned against herbalists and traditional healers who were claiming to have herbs that cure COVID-19.The ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1351 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: An alliance of the opposites
Unfolding world developments suggest that times of pandemic are also fertile epistemological moments. Epistemological moments are those times in life when new knowledge and the discovery of new social...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:33hrs | 147 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Zinatha claims it has cure for coronavirus
THE Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (Zinatha) has sensationally claimed that it has herbs that can treat coronavirus (Covid-19) , calling on the government to include its members in ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 09:24hrs | 3451 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi mocks Tanzanian President Magufuli
Deputy Government Spokesperson Dr Energy Mutodi has thrown a jibe at Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli for his lackadaisical approach in dealing with the deadly Coronavirus. Magufuli rec...Published: 04 May 2020 at 15:45hrs | 3779 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Coronavirus 'cure' unveiled in Madagascar
The President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina has unveiled a controversial tea that prevents and cures the deadly Coronavirus. The herbal medication which is called COVID-Organics was developed ...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 16:14hrs | 4676 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Open letter to Reuben Tendai Mbofana
Dear Tendai, I have just finished reading your article that stood out from many other articles I have just read today in Bulawayo 24. Although your contribution was more of a religious Good Fr...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 12:12hrs | 1598 | by Nomazulu Thata
Prophet escapes jail over child death
A PROPHET who caused the death of a four-year old dumb girl from Bulawayo after prescribing a herbal concoction purportedly to help her gain speech has been sentenced to a wholly suspended prison term...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:54hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
'No traditional healer approved to treat coronavirus'
GOVERNMENT has said that it only recognises scientifically proven and evidence-based remedies for coronavirus (Covid-19) but will not stop people from seeking assistance from traditional medical pract...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe turn to sangomas in COVID-19 fight
A traditional healer has joined the COVID-19 fight as the number of confirmed cases has risen to 10 in Zimbabwe.Kenneth Chivizhe, a registered traditional practitioner, is said to have a herba...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 10:51hrs | 1862 | by Staff reporter
Sorcery tears family apart
A MUTAMBARA family is in the eye of a witchcraft storm which has seen octogenarian Fumirai Musweweshiri dragging his son, grandson and brother to court.Mutare magistrate Ms Nyasha Kuture heard...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:25hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Concern over patients defaulting ARVs
The National Aids Council (Nac) Bulawayo provincial manager Sinatra Nyathi has raised concern over the deaths of people with HIV and Aids who stopped taking antiretroviral drugs after being told to do...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 07:07hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
You have no honour here, Minister Mthuli
Far from the quixotic idealism of city life, the rural setting presents life in its most raw form, including the intimate and inextricable relationship between man and nature.Nowhere is man fo...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:20hrs | 228 | by Bishop Lazi
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 | 146 | by Vincent Gono
Confusion over Sekuru Ndunge's estate
THE mystery that defined Sekuru Ndunge's life and work persists several months after his demise. The revered traditional healer - famed for possessing supernatural powers that attracted people of diff...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:16hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
The rise of online traditional healers
Stories have been told about how people from various parts of the region used to frequent popular late traditional healer Sekuru Ndunge's homestead in Chipinge for various consultations. It is said th...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 06:52hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans factories for 63 districts
ZIMBABWE plans to set up at least one factory in each of the country's 63 districts as authorities attempt to improve standards of living for people in economically backward areas.The recently...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to open Culture Week
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to officially open this year's edition of the Zimbabwe Culture Week at Glamis Arena in Harare on Saturday.National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) acting co...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:31hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Sanitary wear firm sets up shop in Bulawayo
A CHINESE owned company, Tiens International Group, plans to open a new sanitary wear plant in Bulawayo, whose products they claim have reproductive system healing qualities. The firm pa...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:10hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Pioneer guerilla Tshinga Dube speaks on first operations
IN our past two editions we published the military and political exploits of renowned pioneer guerilla fighter, David Mongwa Moyo aka Sharpshoot. Moyo spoke about his deployment in a unit of 1...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:45hrs | 5608 | by Staff reporter
Spirit mediums also didn't foresee Cyclone Idai calamity
RECENTLY, I was taken aback when I heard the Chief's Council president Fortune Charumbira mocking local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds and left thou...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:44hrs | 2128 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Trees are life let's plant them
Noone can downplay the importance of trees to both humanity and wildlife, from timber, cattle pens, firewood to fruits and the medicinal roots used by the village 'sangoma'. Trees are life let...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 19:26hrs | 101 | by Thomas Murisa
Herbal remedy kills girl (4)
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD dumb girl from Bulawayo died after her mother allegedly fed her a herbal concoction to help her gain speech. The father of the girl, Mr Mbuso Ncube, reported his wife to the po...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:25hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
Python used to scare churchmen
SEVENTH Day Adventist emissaries who were on a door-to-door bible teaching outing were last Thursday left scurrying for cover after a Nyamajura man did the unthinkable when he pulled out and released ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:00hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya intensifies research on his HIV & Aids herbal remedy
PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Walter Magaya says he has intensified research on his controversial HIV and Aids herbal remedy, Aguma, as he awaits government to test the drug's su...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:29hrs | 2637 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hits out at Prophet Magaya
FIRST lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday launched a thinly-veiled attack on Prophetic Healing and Deliverance ministries leader Walter Magaya following his recent claims that he had discovered a cure f...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:42hrs | 13910 | by Staf reporter
Musimboti cashes in on drugs crisis
CERTIFIED herbal medicines manufacturer, Musimboti Traditional Science and Technology Institute (MTSTI), has over the past two months experienced a surge in business as patients resort to traditional ...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:58hrs | 1624 | by Staff reporter
Of prophets-cum-herbalists
'Aguma', who knows may be its the panacea to the HIV/AIDS scourge. But wait a minute, when and how did the purported man of God 'migrate' from spiritual healing to herbal concoctions? Where do we draw...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1605 | by Tondo Murisa
Prophet Magaya puts fresh spin to arrest
Embattled Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries (PHD) leader Walter Magaya has poured his heart out about his legal woes, but said the silver lining was that government has agreed to put his co...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 13:39hrs | 4193 | by Staff reporter
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