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UK ranked second-most miserable country in the world
The UK has been named the second-most unhappy country in the world in a survey conducted by Sapien Labs, a neuroscience foundation. According to the survey, Britons' mental health has plunged since th...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 19:18hrs | 1552 | by Staff reporter
Engineer Alvord Mabena retires as Nust council chairman
ENGINEER Alvord Mabena has retired as the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) council chairman after serving the institution for 15 years, with his deputy, Professor Lindiwe Majele Si...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga launches medical strategy
THE Government of Zimbabwe has launched the National Surgical, Obstetric and Anaesthesia Strategy (NSOAS) for the period 2022 to 2025, becoming the fifth African nation and ninth in the world to have ...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean travellers to verify Covid-19 status online
ZIMBABWEAN travellers will now have access to an online facility to help verify their Covid-19 status and only those with certificates obtained on the Trusted Travel platform or verified on the Global...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corruption in the Zimbabwe Republic Police a smoke without fire
In Zimbabwe, it is very rare for politicians holding ministerial positions or senior officers to resign on their own without a hint of scandal. So it has ...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 19:51hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabweans paying more than necessary for Covid tests
ZIMBABWEANS are forking out way above what should be logically reasonable, up to over 100% more than their neighbouring South Africans for similar Covid-19 tests.Laboratories and some private ...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 14:51hrs | | by staff reportr
Zimbabwe faces shortage of midwives
ZIMBABWE is still facing an acute shortage of midwives and the situation has escalated due to the COVID-19-induced demand for nurses globally.As the world celebrated International Day of the M...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
No evidence that Masvingo death was linked to Covid-19 vaccine
A MARCH 5 report by TellZim on the death of a health worker, a week after he took a Covid-19 vaccine, caused social media speculation over vaccine safety.According to the report: "A Gutu healt...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by ZimFact
Duo in court over fake COVID-19 certificates
TWO Harare men who allegedly manufactured fake COVID-19 certificates appeared in court yesterday and were remanded in custody by Harare magistrate Barbara Mateko. They are facing fraud and forgery cha...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russia's Sputnik V around 92% protection against Covid-19
Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine gives around 92% protection against Covid-19, late stage trial results published in The Lancet reveal.It has also been deemed to be safe - and offer comp...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 18:27hrs | 2 | by BBC
ICT solution to stop fake COVID-19 results
Following the headline of the herald on 27th of January 2021 titled, "ZACC Probes Covid-19 tests scam" and a further social media posting of Yvonne who claim that Lancet is faking Covid-19 results. As...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 22:05hrs | 5 | by Engineer jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Alarming numbers of false COVID-19 tests
THERE are alarming numbers of false COVID-19 test results due to the fact that the new strain of the virus is difficult to pick during routine testing, an expert has said.This was disclosed ye...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 06:00hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes Covid-19 tests scam
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has opened investigations into laboratories and individuals accused of issuing certificates declaring a person free of Covid-19 without carrying out any ...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corruption rife at hospital mortuaries
CORRUPTION syndicates involving medical doctors, police officers, mortuary staff and agents of some little known funeral service companies are charging between US$40 and US$100 to speed up the post-mo...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt licenses more private labs for Covid-19 testing
The Zimbabwe government has doubled the number of private laboratories licensed to conduct Covid-19 testing to match increased demand for the service.As of December 28, the number of private l...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 08:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 7 | by crisisgroup
Mutare worker up for forging COVID-19 certificates
A Mutare City Council worker is in trouble for issuing forged COVID-19 clearance certificates to truck drivers travelling to neighbouring countries.David Gwaure (32), who is attached at Sakubv...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Land deal eases government re-engagement efforts
FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo yesterday said the government's decision to compensate white former commercial farmers has eased the country's international engagement and re-engagement efforts...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana sign MoU on convicts
CABINET has approved two Memoranda of Understanding between Zimbabwe and Botswana that will see citizens convicted in either country opting to serve their sentences in their home country. In a...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Enough teachers reporting for duty, claims minister
Enough teachers are reporting for duty to cope with the examination forms already back in class in the phased schools reopening. In order to minimise the risk of Covid-19 infections, Government direct...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga assesses main airports
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, has declared the country's three main airports ready to start operating, marking a significant step in reopening the ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga assesses main airports
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, has declared the country's three main airports ready to start operating, marking a significant step in reopening the ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chigwedere seeks son's incarceration
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has approached the High Court, seeking a 30-day jail term against his son, Mangwiza, in order to compel him to undergo paternity tests as the witchcraft sag...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Financial illiteracy is our biggest enemy in Zimbabwe
I found a very interesting letter in one of my old books that I last read in 2004. It is a letter that I received from Barclays Bank (Zimbabwe), offering me a Z$1 million overdraft facility. Three yea...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Who is Professor Mthuli Ncube?
PROFESSOR Mthuli NCUBE is a financial, economics, investment, and public policy expert. He has vast experience and worked in the private sector, public sector, academia, and international financial in...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 17:51hrs | 13767 | by Agencies
Twitter reacts after WHO revokes appointment of Mugabe
Twitter was abuzz on Sunday following the decision by the head of the World Health Organisation to withdraw his appointment of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a "goodwill ambassador".WHO c...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 15:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former minister demands paternity test
Former Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs minister Joel Biggie Matiza has approached the High Court seeking an order to compel his son, Tendai Muchando, to undergo paternity tests, as he now doubted ...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere paternity test saga opens can of worms
FORMER Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere's "troublesome" son, Mangwiza, has claimed that he was born when his mother was only 16 years old after being impregnated by the ex-government minister....Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 11:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
HIV life expectancy 'near normal' thanks to new drugs
Young people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet suggests.Twenty-year-olds who started antiretroviral ther...Published: 11 May 2017 at 07:52hrs | | by BBc
The importance of breast milk banks in Africa
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of an infant's life is the cornerstone of good health and survival....Published: 02 May 2017 at 10:41hrs | | by Agencies
Diagnosing Africa's medical brain drain
Higher wages and modern facilities are magnets for Africa's health workers Dressed in full medical gear and clutching a folder, Folu Songonuga, a physi...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 21:59hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor
Mphoko warns Zimra
VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko has warned the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) against demanding tax for services that doctors render to patients free of charge.According to the Chron...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Broke medical aid society offers graves to offset debts
GALAXY Medical Aid Society, a company in liquidation, has offered graves at some cemeteries to its creditors in its battle to clear its debts with service providers.The firm was placed under p...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 07:18hrs | 505 | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Superbugs - a bigger threat than cancer by 2050?
According to an alarming new Al Jazeera documentary: - 58 000 babies die in India, each year, from superbugs - Up to 80% of infections in newborns in India are resistant ...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 14:57hrs | 1082 | by Al Jazeera
Zimbabwean teen continues with anti-Mugabe campaigns in UK
A NINTEEN year old Zimbabwean human rights activist, Emmaculate Tshuma who was recently released from a UK immigration detention centre after being locked up for almost 10 weeks has been spotted takin...Published: 03 Aug 2016 at 00:21hrs | 5645 | by Staff Reporter
Cat diagnosed with 'HIV'
Nairobi - Pathologists at Lancet Laboratories in Nairobi have cautioned cat owners to be vigilant after a cat was diagnosed with a virus similar to HIV.The cat was said to have exhibited g...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 14:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cimas licence on the line
Cimas yesterday defied a seven-day Government ultimatum to pay health service providers' claims and instead, turned to the High Court seeking an interdict to stop cancellation of its operating licence...Published: 14 May 2016 at 09:21hrs | | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
Cimas to lose operating licence
GOVERNMENT has given Cimas Medical Aid Society a seven-day ultimatum to honour all outstanding claims or lose its licence.Sunday Mail reported that Cimas has more than 30 000 members, and has ...Published: 08 May 2016 at 11:12hrs | | by Livingstone Marufu
8 trapped in NRZ's elevator of death
EIGHT National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) workers endured 30 hellish minutes stuck in an elevator at the parastatal's headquarters in Bulawayo yesterday, three months after two people died after a lif...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 06:20hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Patients trapped in hospital elevator for 30 minutes
FOURTEEN people, mostly patients, endured a hellish 30 minutes trapped in a Bulawayo hospital elevator yesterday.The elevator jammed following a power failure at Lancet House, a specialist pri...Published: 29 May 2015 at 07:05hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
DNA tests expose cheating wife
A Mutare man found out that he was not the father of the boy he has been calling his son for the past two years, thanks to the WhatsApp text which circulated in October last year which exposed his wi...Published: 16 May 2015 at 14:11hrs | 5756 | by Ray Bande and Mercy Ngwebvu
Chiyangwa says he is HIV negative
Businessman Phillip Chiyangwa claims he is HIV negative basing his assertions on what he says is a January laboratory test.This is contained in a $250 million defamation lawsuit against a Un...Published: 21 May 2014 at 11:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prostitutes and cops top HIV list in Malawi
Commercial sex workers and police officers are rated high on the list of group of people affected with HIV/AIDS epidemic in Malawi.Sex workers top the list with 70.7 percent whereas the cops a...Published: 28 Jun 2013 at 13:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Lack of exercise is causing as many deaths as smoking
A lack of exercise is now causing as many deaths as smoking across the world, a study suggests.The report, published in the Lancet to coincide with the build-up to the Olympics, estimates that...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 08:52hrs | | by BBC
Catholic nuns should go on contraceptives - expert
The Catholic Church should pay for nuns to go on contraceptive pills to cut the extra cancer risk that comes with a life of celibacy, Australian cancer experts said Thursday.The world's 94,79...Published: 08 Dec 2011 at 10:08hrs | | by Sapa-dpa
AIDS breakthrough high hopes hit tight budgets
After 30 years and over 20 million deaths in Africa alone, US researchers report that early treatment of people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that leads to AIDS cuts transmissi...Published: 24 Aug 2011 at 18:49hrs | | by Michael Fleshman
Taller women at greater risk to develop cancer: Study
A new study by University of Oxford researchers suggests that taller women are at greater risk for 10 types of cancers compared with their shorter counterparts. The study linked 10 cancers to...Published: 23 Jul 2011 at 07:32hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Swine Flu: know the symptoms
Following the country's high alert for the H1N1 virus make sure you know the symptoms of the disease. DescriptionSwine flu, or pandemic influe...Published: 15 Jun 2011 at 14:05hrs | 1669 | by Moyo Roy
Alcohol more harmful than drugs: study
LONDON - Alcohol is more harmful than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, a new study by British researchers has found.Scientists looked at the d...Published: 04 Nov 2010 at 06:31hrs | 6 | by AFP
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