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Baby-selling scandal unfolds in Zimbabwean court
A shocking baby-selling scandal came to light on Wednesday during court proceedings in Harare, where 20-year-old Pauline Maganga, currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for human trafficking, tes...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 10:01hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to appease security forces
TREASURY has allocated 18% of the national budget to the security sector, ZW$10.8 trillion (US$1.9 billion), which is a large amount in peacetime, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa moves to appease the ...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
1 748% hike in hospital fees
GOVERNMENT has hiked user fees at public hospitals by 1 748%, prompting analysts to warn of an upsurge in home deaths.New adult and children consultation fees have been pegged at US$12 and US$...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: United Freedom Party Workers' Day statement
As the world marks Workers Day, also known as May Day, the United Freedom Party (UFP) mourns the position of the Zimbabwean worker saying strongly that there is nothing to celebrate given the conditio...Published: 02 May 2022 at 20:19hrs | 10 | by United Freedom Party
COVID-19 overstreches medical aid industry
THE health insurance industry has been overstretched by the COVID-19 pandemic, with statistics indicating that 69% of healthcare funders have experienced a surge in cases of respiratory illnesses attr...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Top war hero sends SOS
VETERAN freedom fighter and former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) deputy chief of personnel and training, Jack Mpofu is appealing for US$2 300 to enable him to undergo a hip replace...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vet sends SOS
A former high-ranking Zimbabwe People's revolutionary Army (ZPrA) official Jack Mpofu is appealing for US$7 310 to finance a hip replacement surgery at a Bulawayo hospital.Mpofu, the ex-deputy...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife gets lofty continental post
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa was recently voted vice president of the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) in recognition of her philanthropic work and assistance to the less...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wheel clamping fees up 1 000%
Harare City Council has increased charges for clamping and towing of vehicles by over 1 000 percent in its $829,86 million supplementary budget that was approved yesterday. The budget that slightly in...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF is burning Zimbabwe down to stop anyone else ruling' - we are insane to let them
Zimbabwe is in a serious economic and political mess. The country's economy is in total meltdown unemployment has soared to nauseating heights of 90% plus; ¾ of the population is living on US$30 or l...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 18:21hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Hospital increases ward accomodation charges
Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals has announced that it has increased its charges for private wards.In a statement issued on Monday the hospital said: Following movements in various econom...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 14:37hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Hospital fees skyrocket
ZIMBABWE has been plunged into yet another health crisis as hospital fees have sharply risen, well beyond the affordability of most citizens, with most private health institutions now demanding paymen...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:49hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors' strike bites
Seventy-four-year-old Elliot Moyo is a bitter man. He was hit by a car and suffered a broken leg, among other serious injuries, early last week.Since then, he has been making several fruitless...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
$17m debt chokes Justice ministry
JUSTICE secretary Virginia Mabiza last week told Parliament that her ministry was saddled with debts of over $17 million, some of which dated back to the drafting and adoption of the country's Constit...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Health sector piles pressure on Mnangagwa
STAKEHOLDERS in the health sector have started piling pressure on President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa to honour his pledge of improving infrastructure, drug supplies and staffing levels at public healt...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A new and prosperous Zimbabwean future is in our hands
The last nine months have been very symbolic as they signify birth and renewal. Together, all of us have helped create a new Zimbabwe, a nation renewed and rebirthed.Just like the labour and d...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:45hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Moyo
Mnangagwa promises a 'new' Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has produced a "pledge card" which he says ordinary Zimbabweans must use to evaluate his performance over the next five years.According to NewZimbabwe.com, the Zan...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 11:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes 5 election pledges
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, the Zanu-PF Presidential candidate on July 30, yesterday made five pledges to Zimbabweans realisable within the next five years if voted into power. He posted the pledges on his F...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches campaign pledge card
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has launched a campaign pledge card and called on Zimbabweans to hold him accountable for his promises.Releasing the pledge card, the President who is the Zanu-PF ...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 14:28hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu PF candidate brings free doctors into his constituency
In a bid to hook more voters, the successful Zanu PF candidate for Chikomba West who is also the president of the International Diabetes Federation for Africa Region, Dr John Mangwiro recently brought...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 11:42hrs | 1 | by A Mhlongo
'Zanu-PF manifesto populist scam'
POLITICAL analysts and residents' associations yesterday described the recently-launched Zanu-PF 2018 election manifesto as jumbled up, unrealistic and contemptuous of the electorate, as most of the p...Published: 07 May 2018 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants to get salary hike
CIVIL servants will have their salaries and working conditions improved,while their salaries and bonuses will be paid in full and consistently, among a cocktail of measures to be put in place to ensur...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Workers want meeting with Mnangagwa
LABOUR is worried that President Emmerson Mnangagwa appears bent on pursuing neoliberal austerity and free market policies that ignore workers' rights.Their fears stem from the fact that the p...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Government directive plunges hospitals into crisis
Public hospitals could be driven towards the brink of closure through the implementation of a long-standing government policy compelling them to offer free treatment to expecting mothers, children und...Published: 03 Jan 2018 at 10:56hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Open letter to Mrs Grace Mugabe: Ask the Universe for forgiveness!
Dear Mrs Mugabe, The agony you are now going through is just unimaginable, you are pained right in your heart, your soil, your bones and your very self. You wish dozen times that what you did ...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 16:39hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Grace Mugabe is fearful for the future: Sons revenge the good life
Many signs tell it all that Dr. Grace is in a panic mode. Her options to remain in Zimbabwe after the imminent death of her husband in Zimbabwe are very frightening to comprehend; she is rightfully sc...Published: 18 Aug 2017 at 17:26hrs | 14 | by Nomazulu Thata
Love for money, sex and greed killing spirit of activism in the UK
My article published earlier this year on the 16th of May titled, "Lack of participation in national politics by UK Zimbabweans," received a lot of feedback from you the readers. Most Zimbabweans rais...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 16:05hrs | | by Silvanos Mudzvova
Govt urged to ban night driving
The Zimbabwe Cross-Border Traders Association (ZCBTA) has urged Government to ban public transporters from travelling during the night following a series of fatal accidents involving cross-border buse...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Please HELP #SaveManqoba - she needs a new liver within a month
Baby Manqoba Mabhena has an infectious toothless smile and a captivating giggle but that's now what most people first notice when they meet her.Nine months old, Manqoba was born with a con...Published: 22 Sep 2016 at 11:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PLEASE HELP: New Liver for baby Manqoba
Baby Manqoba Mabhena has an infectious toothless smile and a captivating giggle-but that's now what most people first notice when they meet her....Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 17:35hrs | | by Online
'Hospital fees illegal,' says Dr Parirenyatwa
HEALTH and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has condemned public health institutions for charging the elderly, children under five and pregnant women hospital fees, saying it is illegal....Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 07:05hrs | 3 | by Pamela Shumba
All set for Mugabe, war vets indaba to be held tomorrow
All is set for the historic Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans Association extra-ordinary general meeting with their patron, President Robert Mugabe to be held at the City Sports Centre beginning tomorr...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hippovalley villagers live in fear after police launched anti-poaching patrols
People in Hippovalley Chiredzi are reportedly living in untold fear, as police have launched a terrible anti-poaching campaign that can be equaled to a curfew in a war time situation.Sources f...Published: 04 Apr 2016 at 12:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
LISTEN: Mugabe 92 birthday interview
Tazzen Mandizvidza (TM): Hello and welcome to the programme, "The President@92", this is a special programme in which we talk to the president of the Republic of Zimbabwe who turned 92 on the 21st of ...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospital CEOs get new vehicles
AFTER having wasted millions of dollars hiring luxury vehicles for chief executive officers of all the country's central hospitals since 2010, the Ministry of Health and Child Care recently ordered ho...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Robin Machetu
Seven deadly sins by Mahatma Gandhi: Some critical perspectives on Zimbabwe politics
The Mahatma Gandhi philosophy, the seven sins that will destroy mankind are: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without h...Published: 16 Oct 2015 at 16:49hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Harare Hospital has a desperate women detention room
Harare Residents Trust has exposed that the Harare Hospital has a big room call 'kugomba' (egodini / the pit) where desperate women are detained to give birth when they have no money."At Harar...Published: 09 Sep 2015 at 06:58hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mpilo Hospital to unleash more debt collectors
CASH-STRAPPED Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo is yet again unleashing ruthless debt collectors to recover several millions of dollars owed by patients.The health institution is inviting...Published: 12 Mar 2015 at 13:02hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Woman 'rather save for decent burial than pay hospital fees'
"I would rather sit at home and wait to die in pain from these chronic headaches as I cannot afford medical fees that Mpilo Central Hospital is demanding. I would rather save for a decent burial."...Published: 01 Feb 2015 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Robin Muchetu
Boy knocked by Injiva's car, suffers broken leg
13:17, 26 Dec - +263 7* *** ****: Road Traffic Accident at Sidzibe Business Centre, under Ward 5, Mbabala Village , Headman Ngomondo, Chief Maduna,Insiza.[(A) name supplied] was given th...Published: 26 Dec 2014 at 16:43hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
Mudenda defends fats' foreign treatment
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has defended government big wigs who seek medical care in foreign countries.MDC-T legislator Neslon Chamisa had raised the issue during a debate on Deputy H...Published: 15 Jul 2014 at 16:24hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Tsvangirai sneaked out of hospital for security reasons, says Mwonzora
MDC-T President and former Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, sneaked out of the Avondale Trauma Centre yesterday for security reasons, not because he had no money to offset the hospital bill, said MD...Published: 30 May 2014 at 14:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MP cries over war vets' $175 monthly 'pittance'
A Zanu PF female MP broke down in tears yesterday during debate on the welfare of war veterans saying most former freedom fighters were struggling to take care of their young children from their ...Published: 02 Apr 2014 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pensioners get $50 bonus
National Pension Scheme and Worker's Compensation Insurance Fund pensioners are receiving a bonus with their monthly pension this month. National Pension Scheme retirement pensioners will receive a ...Published: 17 Dec 2013 at 03:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes wife for giving birth to a disabled baby
A Domboshava woman, Kudzai Mautsahuku (21), lost two teeth during a beating from her husband, David Sinaro (28) for giving birth to a disabled baby.The baby, Blessed, was born with both legs ...Published: 18 Nov 2013 at 12:08hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Hospitals threaten to attach patients' properties over bills
Cash-strapped public hospitals have resolved to attach the property of patients who fail to pay hospital fees as a way of recovering the millions of dollars they are owed, a factor they say is contr...Published: 02 Nov 2013 at 10:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man chops off own leg to avoid hospital fees
A man has sawn off his own leg to save his life because his family could not afford for him to have an operation.Zheng Yanliang used a metal saw and a knife to perform the operation while biti...Published: 12 Oct 2013 at 03:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Hospital battles to recover $100m from patients, engages debt collectors
HARARE Central Hospital is battling to recover $10 million owed by patients who received treatment from the health facility on credit and has since engaged debt collectors to recover their dues....Published: 13 Apr 2013 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eliminates hospital fees for rural elderly, children
Zimbabwe has an adequate pool of resources to allow elimination of user fees for pregnant women, children under five and those over 65 in rural clinics, a government minister has said.Henry M...Published: 20 Mar 2013 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mother of triplets set to give birth to 9 babies
A PREGNANT Mexican woman is set to make medical history - when she gives birth to NINE babies less than a year after becoming mum to triplets. Doctors have told her she is carrying six girls ...Published: 28 Apr 2012 at 11:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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