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Emganwini woman in oxygen appeal
A 41-YEAR-OLD woman, Doreen Dlodlo, from Emganwini in Bulawayo is appealing for US$600 to purchase an oxygen concentrator to help save her lungs from collapsing."I was diagnosed with the disea...Published: 20 May 2024 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
RBZ is the problem not ZiG!
Before going to press on the Zimbabwe currency crisis, I had seven questions I wanted authoritatively answered. Professor Gift Mugano was the answer."Isn't he the one who is supposed to disapp...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 17:58hrs | 1 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Smith & apartheid regimes were angels compared to 44-Year-Old 'independent' Zimbabwe
Talking in terms of segregation, oppression and savagery towards those considered as foreigners or political undesirables, no present or past government in Southern Africa matches the black Shona supr...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 15:56hrs | 16 | by Israel Dube
Mother of three remains positive after four cancer operations
The 40-year-old mother of three who on Tuesday was one of the first three patients ever to be operated on in Zimbabwe by means of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has had a long battle...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 11:29hrs | | by Agencies
Zimbabwean cardiothoracic surgeons make major medical breakthrough
Three Zimbabwean cardiothoracic surgeons on Tuesday teamed up with a colleague from Spain and successfully carried out an extensive uniportal video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), the first of its k...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poised for major medical breakthrough
ZIMBABWE is earmarked for another major medical breakthrough as it is set to conduct a minimally invasive thoracic surgery today.The development is the first of its kind in the country and foc...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teen among 3 Bradford men found guilty of killing compatriot
THREE Bradford men along with one other have been found guilty of killing a teenager by stabbing him 14 times in a tragic case of mistaken identity.Karl Belinga, 20, of Brendon Walk in Holme W...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has no one to blame but wapusa wapusa
Growing up in the country's ghettos, playing plastic balls was commonplace. Young boys stripped to their shorts, sometimes with holes that revealed their nether parts, and ran in the scorching...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:24hrs | | by Fungi Kwaramba
Old Mutual fights premature births scourge with neo-natal ventilator donation
Old Mutual Zimbabwe has donated a neonatal ventilator, the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), to help improve the health of premature babies in the Buhera and surrounding communities. ...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 15:06hrs | 8 | by Paul Ndou
'Parents must closely monitor their children'
GOVERNMENT has urged parents to always monitor their children's daily activities to help fight drug abuse.The call was made by Bulawayo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs, Judith Ncube d...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Two open-heart surgeries at Parirenyatwa
A LOCAL team of doctors recently conducted two successful open-heart surgeries at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, marking the resumption of the complex medical procedure that was last done in 2018....Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ex-wife trial: New details emerge
NEW details have emerged in the attempted murder trial of Marry Mubaiwa, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife.As trial commenced yesterday, one of the witnesses, Warren Sibanda...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:43hrs | | by Phillip Anjorin
Mohammed Bushera's physical training is no exercise in futility but the future
The Mohammed Bushera story is a story of perseverance, possibilities and posterity. A story of heroism, help, honesty, health and happiness. Perhaps for someone who has never ever delved into some kin...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Ndaba Sibanda
This & that with Mal'phosa: When the honeymoon is over
I was in a train the other day, which happened to be stationary for over an hour because of load shedding. Most of the passengers look restless; some were shouting their lungs out; others were mummeri...Published: 13 Dec 2022 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Clerk Ndlovu
SA baby powder recalled over traces of cancer-causing asbestos
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has recalled batches of South African-produced Purity Essentials baby powder after traces of cancer-causing asbestos were detected.The recall includes the...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
National hero Cont Mhlanga buried on ancestral lands
THE urban and rural worlds collided yesterday in Lupane District, Matabeleland North Province as villagers, artistes and high-profile dignitaries from various fields came to bid a spectacular farewell...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Witchcraft owl trapped in a bedroom
AN owl is viewed as a creature of witchcraft in Zimbabwe and when a family in Kuruwa Village in Gokwe South under Chief Nemangwe woke up, close to midnight, to find the nocturnal bird trapped in their...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'I was run over by 2 cars in an accident' Byo artist Pronix opens up
Bulawayo based Afro Jazz sensation Pronix (real name Prosper Ndebele) was run over by two cars during an accident that almost left him crippled for life. The artist who was brought to prominen...Published: 05 May 2022 at 16:45hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
5-year-old from Zimbabwe undergoes successful liver transplant
A five-year-old boy from Zimbabwe who was suffering from respiratory failure due to oxygen bypassing his lungs successfully underwent a liver transplant at Gurugram's Artemis Hospital.Accordin...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 19:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tabitha Khumalo decries cancer treatment costs
FORMER Bulawayo East legislator Thabitha Khumalo has bemoaned the huge cost of cancer treatment in Zimbabwe, saying vulnerable people struggled to meet the costs.Khumalo, who suffers from brea...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tafadzwa Mandiwanza: Ireland's first female paediatric neurosurgeon
Tafadzwa Mandiwanza says that growing up in Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, she always wanted to be a doctor.Having just been appointed as the first female paediatric neurosurgeon in Ire...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on High Alert for new Covid-19 variant
LEAD scientists in the country are looking out for any traces of the Covid-19 variant which has been detected in South Africa and Botswana.The new Covid-19 variant which has become a major sou...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 20:34hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe needs a president who actually listens more than he talks!
Ever since the advent of the so-called 'Second Republic' (also deceptively misnamed, 'new dispensation', as there is hardly anything 'new' about those in power) through a military coup d'etat in Novem...Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 12:59hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
FW de Klerk dies at 85
FW de Klerk, the former president of South Africa and the last white person to lead the country, has died at the age of 85.Mr de Klerk, who was also a key figure in the nation's transition to ...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 11:31hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Nehanda shrine under siege from illegal gold miners
SITUATED 30km north of Harare is an area of rocky hillsides overlooking the Mazowe River.The area boasts several botanical interests.However, Gomba, as the area is also known, is...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema airlifted to Harare as health deteriorates
Primary and secondary education minister Cain Ginyilitshe Mathema has been airlifted to Harare from Bulawayo after his health deteriorated, ZimLive reported.The 74-year-old was admitted to the...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 20:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
My listening President, this woman is bleeding from inside!
Change generally brings fears for the worst and hopes for the best and plays them against each other in the crucible of inescapable antagonism. The same is true for the scenario that unexpectedly befe...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 07:21hrs | 8 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Growing up in the village
Back in the village in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve the moon rose slowly, tentatively and imperceptibly, its soft rays breaking the virginity of the night. Slowly darkness gave w...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:40hrs | 9 | by Isdore Guvamombe-
Embassy tribalism exposed!
The uncivil dance of tribalism is arguably the most wobbly and unentertaining spectacle at our embassies. This primitive practice of ethnicity is a debilitating epidemic currently eating into the inte...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Muchadeyi Masunda daughter, Dr Sindi van Zyl dies in hospital
Former Kaya FM presenter, medical doctor and life coach Dr Sindisiwe van Zyl died on Saturday morning at a Gauteng hospital, her family said in a statement today.Dr Sindi was daughter to forme...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
One in three Covid-19 survivors suffer long-term health issues: review
At least one in three patients hospitalised with Covid-19 suffer long-term health issues including multiple organ problems and deteriorated mental health, according to a review of studies looking at t...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 12:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zantac: How one common medication caused the public outcry
The phrase health is wealth will never be any truer. This is why we seek medical attention whenever we fall sick or feel ill. Sometimes a trip to the pharmacy across the street will do the trick, wher...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 20:33hrs | 3 | by Staff writer
Free tick grease scheme
THE tick grease programme launched last year under the Presidential Inputs Scheme to benefit one million households seems to be going on well, with many farmers collecting their share. But this noble ...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Larry Mavima recovers from Covid-19
A dark cloud has been hovering over the country and Government as freedom fighters, ministers, captains of industry, revered academics and top Government officials have been losing the battle to Covid...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Expect more Covid-19 cases and deaths'
THE public has been warned that the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic being experienced in Zimbabwe is far from reaching its peak, hence there are high chances that more positive cases and deaths w...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 23:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus and the mystery of infection
He waited by the bus-stop, all day, shaking his car keys rather impatiently, pacing up and down as each bus arrived, as each bus left. Only a dishevelled tramp sat by the benches, mumbling incoherentl...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:45hrs | 1 | by Zifiso Masiye
Zimbabwe hospitals run out of oxygen
MEDICAL practitioners have called on government to urgently intervene and put measures in place to ensure adequate supply of oxygen as most health institutions in the country are constantly running ou...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans to send dead elephants' brain tissue to US for toxin tests
Zimbabwe plans to send brain tissue samples from dead elephants to the United States to test for toxic micro-organisms blamed for hundreds of elephant deaths in neighbouring Botswana, the parks author...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 18:57hrs | | by Reuters
Some cheap goods can be very expensive
Sweet tongue trickster is a conman (confidence man) who can be a woman as well. They are very smart with words and can actually sell a fridge to an Eskimo whose igloo is made using ice blocks. ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Coronavirus blocks ex-Wenela US$300m gratuities
Thousands of Zimbabweans who worked in South African gold mines during the 1960s may have to wait longer to receive their compensation for respiratory diseases contracted while working in the mines af...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 Common eating disorders in women everyone should know about
Eating disorders are a group of psychological conditions that are associated with an unhealthy relationship with food. Most of these eating disorders are associated with poor self-esteem and distorte...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 12:45hrs | 2 | by Staff Writer
Cry our beloved 'Sunshine City'
In the mid-1990s, I left my village in Guruve to work in Harare and it was a city of bliss and flamboyance. My uncle Obedience Masakara, who was streetwise aat the time, took me around the city centre...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe
Give your lungs a break, breathe fresh air in Mashonaland Central
There is a noticeable decline and visible depreciation of infrastructure at some business centres in Chiweshe, Mash. Central Province. Despite kombis plying the Glendale to Chaona making the route a h...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 20:28hrs | | by Thomas Tondorindo Murisa
Chiwenga bounces back
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, has reportedly started to fully recover from his health woes at a top notch Beijing military hospital and is bouncing back, Spotlight Zimbabwe reporte...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | | by Mary-Kate Kahari
Killer pilot to be behind bars for 20 years
AN Airforce of Zimbabwe pilot who fatally assaulted his Gweru-based girlfriend last year for allegedly cheating on him with his colleague was yesterday sentenced to an effective 20 years in jail. ...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
From Brunapeg with love, proudly Kalanga and a pilot
Born in the Brunapeg, a business centre and village in the Matabeleland South Province of Zimbabwe,Simon Talon Moyo is both proudly Kalanga and a commercial pilot with many flying hours experience....Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Titshabona Malaba Ncube
Documentation challenges for ex-Wenela miners
EX-WENELA Miners Association of Zimbabwe is facing challenges in ensuring that its members and dependants of the deceased have the requisite documentation to enable them to receive compensation for re...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Killer' pilot's trial finally kicks off
THE trial of an Airforce of Zimbabwe pilot who allegedly brutally murdered his Gweru-based girlfriend last year finally kicked off at the Bulawayo High Court yesterday. The trial of Tashinga M...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smoking 'damages eyes as well as lungs'
Millions of people in the UK are putting their sight at risk by continuing to smoke, warn specialists.Despite the clear connection, only one in five people recognise that smoking can lead to b...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:48hrs | | by BBC
Welcoming new president of Zimbabwe
Just before the sun had started its journey across the African cold sky, I jumped, tumbled and scrambled into my rambled clothes, cat licked my face and legs and soon I was in the kitchen preparing fo...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:13hrs | | by Tanatswa Chikuku
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