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Drug rehab on the cards for Bulawayo
The Government has announced plans to construct a specialized rehabilitation centre at Ingutsheni Central Hospital in Bulawayo to support individuals undergoing addiction therapy.The facility ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 10 | by Staff reporter
Global interventions to end HIV and AIDS: A call for sustained action
As the world marks over four decades since the emergence of HIV and AIDS, the global response has evolved from fear and stigma to hope and determination. Through innovative interventions, robust fundi...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 14:25hrs | 332 | by Marilyn Mutize
Is Auxillia Mnangagwa's 'philanthropic work' confirmation of her husband's abysmal failures to govern Zimbabwe?
Two days ago, Zimbabwe's First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Tourism and Hospitality Management from the Midlands State University (MSU).This ac...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:54hrs | 136 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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 | 1106 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Khupe engages Mthuli Ncube to boost cancer treatment in Zimbabwe
Former Deputy Prime Minister and cancer advocate, Dr. Thokozani Khupe, has revealed that she has successfully engaged the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube, on alloc...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 18:45hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Why buy a ZBC license when the broadcaster doesn't speak for suffering Zimbabweans?
The state-controlled broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), has published its radio and television licence fees. This was one of the most outrageous lists I have seen a long...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 12:34hrs | 532 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fake doctor arrested at Mpilo Central hospital
A man posing as a doctor was arrested at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo on Tuesday after being discovered attending to patients in the outpatient department. The suspect, identified as Prosper Mpo...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 10:17hrs | 2025 | by Staff reporter
'Sex enhancing drug overdose fatal'
The rising demand for sex enhancement products has put many lives at risk in Zimbabwe, according to a medical expert.In an interview, Dr. Johannes Marisa, President of the Medical and Dental P...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 08:09hrs | 1384 | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi's beef with Zimbabwe resurfaces
South Africa's Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, has criticized Zimbabwe for its deteriorating healthcare system, which has led to an influx of patients into South African hospitals. Zimbabwe's healt...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 07:05hrs | 1881 | by Staff reporter
Can aspartame in soft drinks cause cancer?
Assessments of the health impacts of the non-sugar sweetener aspartame released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agric...Published: 10 Aug 2024 at 07:49hrs | 859 | by Erick Matotoba
SADC must worry more about Zimbabweans' welfare than the leaders' comfort
The frequent visits by the SADC Secretariat to Zimbabwe are quite troubling. Ever since preparations for hosting the 44th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit by Harare went into full thr...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:54hrs | 604 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
SADC Summit turns Mnangagwa govt into a joke!
One simply needs to tune into or read the state-controlled media in Zimbabwe to discover how the country has become a huge circus. All this simply because of the opportunity to chair the 44th ...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 21:40hrs | 3972 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Khupe reveals new cancer fight
Former Deputy Prime Minister, Thokozani Khupe has implored parliament to exercise its influence on government to channel more resources towards cancer treatment and awareness programmes as she went de...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 14:43hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Please stop making our children idolize tyranny, Mr. President!
Children usually become like their parents.That is why there is the saying, 'an apple doesn't fall far from the tree'.The greatest ability children were given by the Creator, as a lear...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:21hrs | 17 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
We don't want crumbs from Mnangagwa's table
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is unbelievable!I was at a loss for words after reading a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Ndavaningi "Nick" Mangwana, the permanent secretary for ...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 16:53hrs | 14 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Health professionals crack down on beauty salons
The Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe (HPA) has issued a stern warning regarding the dangers of receiving vitamin drips or injectable treatments at beauty and wellness facilities. They caution ...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Severe flu strain currently circulating in Zimbabwe, not Covid 19
The National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) has identified a severe flu strain currently circulating in Zimbabwe as a potent variant of the influenza virus, according to studies conducted by the Minist...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe secures TB medicines for half a year
Zimbabwe has secured a six-month supply of critical tuberculosis (TB) drugs for its public health institutions, addressing recent shortages that had severely disrupted TB control efforts in Harar...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
USA 'not running away' from Zimbabwe as suggested by Mnangagwa
The United States says it has not abandoned Zimbabwe contrary to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's remarks in Russia that America is currently strongly supporting Zambia and Malawi to spite Zimbabwe wher...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Face masks are back!
As influenza cases surge across Bulawayo and other parts of Zimbabwe, the public is adopting face masks to protect against the virus. Some organizations have mandated mask-wearing, while many individu...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 05:53hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President, are you satisfied with how you're treating Zimbabweans?
So, the Zimbabwe regime believes that the manner in which they are governing the country is for the benefit of citizens.In fact, information minister Jenfan Muswere was quite unequivocal, a fe...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:43hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Matebeleland South records reduction in maternal deaths
Matebeleland South acting provincial medical director Andrew Muza says there has been a notable decline in institutional maternal deaths in the province since the launch of a health fund programme two...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
African-American investors eye Zimbabwe opportunities
Zimbabwe is set to benefit from investments valued at more than US$500 million in several sectors of the economy from a group of African-American owned businesses that have set their eye on the local ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare's haven of sex, drugs and vice
Esnath first traded sex at age 13, after she was forced out of her family home in Harare's old suburb of Mbare.To survive, she decided to lie about her age, she said, taking refuge with a grou...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pan-Africanism is dead!
Twice, in as many weeks, I have heard Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa speak on the need to preserve Pan-Africanism.Yesterday was the latest, as he attended a memorial service he...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 22:11hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Abortion pills sold like sweets on the streets of Bulawayo
ARE you aware of what your children are doing online?A thriving business for abortion pills is booming in the streets of Bulawayo and the rest of Zimbabwe as the illegal drugs are easily acces...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF member wants govt officials barred from seeking medical attention abroad
Zanu-PF's candidate for the Pelandaba -Tshabalala Constituency by-election, Joseph Tshuma, says if he is elected as the Member of Parliament, he will immediately propose a bill that would prohibit gov...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 18:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rising sudden death cases among newly arrived diasporans - medical expert speaks
MICHAEL Mawema had barely been in the United Kingdom (UK) for two months when he died suddenly in December last year, explained a GoFundMe appeal launched to raise funds for repatriation of his body t...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:42hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Is China good for Zimbabwe?
IMAGINE your father having an "all-weather friend" who appears to stand by him in every situation.This seemingly "all-weather friend", however, looks away as your father brutally batters your ...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 09:10hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Is China really helping suffering Zimbabweans?
Imagine your father has an 'all-weather friend', who appears to stand by him in every situation.He looks away as your father brutally batters your mother and does not appear to give a hoot whe...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 12:39hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
We've gas in Zimbabwe, so what?
So, it has finally been confirmed!Zimbabwe has significant reserves of natural gas!This was announced by a clearly excited mines and mining development minister Zhemu Soda at a media b...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 15:03hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
BCC to establish pharmacies at its six clinics
The Bulawayo City Council has announced its intentions to introduce pharmacies at six of its clinics, aligning with the government's efforts to offer affordable medication. Furthermore, plans are in m...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
NSSA is a vehicle for enriching the powerful whilst exploiting the poor!
I already knew that Zimbabwe was hell and a living nightmare for the vast majority of the ordinary citizenry.I was also fully aware that the powerful were the only ones getting richer and rich...Published: 15 Oct 2023 at 09:49hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe may starts lithium car batteries production
Zimbabwe may start commercial production of lithium batteries for passenger vehicles next year following headway by the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) which has already purified lithium phosphat...Published: 07 Oct 2023 at 19:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
If Ramaphosa was firm with Mnangagwa, he wouldn't need a border authority!
So, President Cyril Ramaphosa has decided to establish a BMA (Border Management Authority) specifically to curb illegal crossing into South Africa, mainly from Zimbabwe!I am sure that is all w...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 13:56hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
When our parents celebrated independence in 1980, this isn't what they were celebrating!
Whenever I look at this picture, my heart is filled with indescribable grief and anguish. I see my father, with his dear friends - as they openly expressed ecstatic transports of joy - at the ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:20hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man (20) kills father, burns the corpse
POLICE in Mashonaland Central have arrested a 20-year-old Mvurwi man who allegedly killed his father in cold blood and burnt him beyond recognition.Mind Chinyemba of plot number 6 Omeath Farm ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 14:12hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
So anyone who exposes Zim regime's crookedness is a 'puppet of the West'!
There are things on this planet which are just plainly bizarre, ridiculous and even comedic!Only that their serious implications stop people as myself cracking my ribs in a fit of laughter....Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 13:08hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Whose agenda did our liberation movements truly serve?
There is nothing more baffling and shocking than hearing our so-called 'liberation movements' describing today's fight against injustice and oppression as a 'Western agenda'.The first thing th...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 18:26hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Eat to live, not live to eat
None communicable diseases are on the rise and claiming more lives than wars. The terrible and horrible 'siamese' twins, diabetes and hypertension are the ring leaders of these phantom hit squads. How...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 22:35hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Iran, please tell Mnangagwa that sanctions are a fallacy
SO, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was in Zimbabwe for a visit.That was good news; well, for me at least, because I believe this was an opportunity for him to finally get it into the heads of...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:57hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
President Raisi, please tell Mnangagwa that sanctions can never cripple a country!
So, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is in Zimbabwe for a visit. That is good news! Well, for me, at least this is an opportunity for him to finally get it into the heads of those gover...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:05hrs | 13 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
If Zim economy 'growing' under sanctions, why was it not growing in the past 20 years?
So, the ruling ZANU PF regime wants to be given another term in power on the basis that it has managed to grow the economy, in spite of sanctions supposedly imposed on the country?That is perf...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 19:52hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ED shouldn't indoctrinate our children to idolize tyranny!
Children usually become like their parents. That is why there is the saying, 'an apple doesn't fall far from the tree'.The greatest ability children were given by the Creator, as...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 10:53hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mpilo offers free cleft lip surgeries
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo will be offering free surgery for children with cleft lips and palates today.This will be done at the outpatients department starting at 7:30am.A cle...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Even if Mnangagwa gave me a house today, I will never vote for him as long as Zimbabweans suffering!
Already in 1980, at the dawn of Zimbabwe's independence, we experienced major transformations in our lives.Our parents managed to purchase houses, including in previously racially segregated a...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Key tips for getting the most out of your medications
As we get older, many of us learn that we need to take at least one prescription to treat a long-term health concern. This happens all the time. Even though it becomes second nature after a while, som...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 12:57hrs | 5 | by Staff Writer
Shock as new scarry Coronavirus hits China...mass deaths reported
American public health scientist who is currently an epidemiologist and Chief of COVID Task Force at the New England Complex Systems Institute Eric Liang Feigl-Ding has reported that China is facing a...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 17:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
The death and burial of King Mzilikazi
KING Mzilikazi reigned until his death in September 1868.. At the time of his death he was estimated to be in his late 70s or early 80s. His death followed that of his senior and closest wife Queen Lo...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:55hrs | 1 | by Mzala Tom
When a president is forced to donate food to a starving nation then it proves he has failed as a leader!
When a country reaches a level - whereby, the president donating food to starving school pupils, who had cried out to him in desperation for help, is touted as a sign of good leadership and progress -...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:50hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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