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Prophet rapes, impregnates congregant
A SELF-STYLED Gweru prophet (34) has been arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating a female congregant (21) after saying he was conducting a cleansing ceremony as she was having menstrual pains....Published: 4 hrs ago | 848 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean doctors challenged to be professional, united
Doctors need to be united, ethical and professional at all times in their discharge of critical service, Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga said last night du...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
MPs, govt cross swords over forced vaccination
BUSINESS almost ground to a halt in Parliament on Wednesday when MPs from across the political divide challenged government's recent decision to ban unvaccinated civil servants from reporting for duty...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1168 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination rates continue to dwindle
While the third wave of Covid-19 infection continues to trickle down to just 4,8 percent of its mid-July peak, the vaccination rate is also continuing to slow with 286 134 jabs given last week between...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:51hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Robert Gabriel Mugabe: The killer of our dreams
THIS week marks the second anniversary of the death of Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the first prime minister of an independent Zimbabwe, on April 18, 1980.While we acknowledge the fact that there ar...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:59hrs | 753 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Govt snubs cheaper donor-funded jabs
IN an eyebrow-raising development, the Zimbabwean government, battling the Covid-19 pandemic, has been purchasing expensive Chinese vaccines while overlooking doses supplied at cheaper prices under th...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:32hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Nust makes top appointment
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has appointed experienced medical doctor, Professor Elopy Sibanda as the institution's executive dean in the Faculty of Medicine. Prof ...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 3659 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Hlatshwayo Davis named health director of U.S. city of St Louis
Zimbabwean Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis has been named director of health for St. Louis, the second biggest city in the state of Missouri in the United States of America.The infectious disea...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:52hrs | 1275 | by Staff reporter
How horse racing has changed over the last 100 years
Horse racing has been around for a long time. People have used horses for competing even in ancient Greece, in an event called the chariot race. However, this discipline has evolved in many ways since...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 10:37hrs | 375 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt will only buy locally-manufactured PPE
Only locally-manufactured personal protective equipment (PPE) for the health sector will be bought by Government as part of efforts to boost local production, Vice President and Minister of Health and...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:26hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now medical oxygen, industrial gas sufficient
ZIMBABWE is now medical oxygen and industrial gas sufficient following the official opening of its first Air Separation Unit (ASU) plant expected to transform the country's health and agricultural sec...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:19hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Backyard drug peddling exposed
SOME unscrupulous health professionals in Harare are running backyard pharmacies in blatant contravention of regulations that prohibit unlicensed personnel from selling drugs to the public.Inq...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:50hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Deregistered nurse in court for operating illegal clinic
A KWEKWE man has been arraigned before the courts for operated an unregistered clinic, pretending to be a medical doctor and prescribing drugs which were deemed dangerous, while treating COVID-19 symp...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Jane Ngwenya the first black woman nationalist to join active politics in Rhodesia
Comrade Jane Ngwenya was the first woman who dared the men spaces, a domain of male occupation: politics. When my mother came to Zambia running away from the obvious incarceration at Chikurubi prison ...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 13:44hrs | 892 | by Nomazulu Thata
Employees may be compelled to take Covid-19 vaccine
The strides made by the government to scale up the voluntary vaccination process in Zimbabwe are welcome as a move to contain the surging virus.however, some employers are now compelling their...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | 432 | by Cephas Mavhondo
Doctors profiteer from COVID-19 patients
SOME medical practitioners in collusion with private health facilities are reportedly reaping off COVID-19 patients by charging extortionate fees for treatment, NewsDay reported.This followed ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 08:07hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to get 5m doses from AU facility
Zimbabwe should soon start receiving initial shipments of its 5 million share of the 400 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine secured for Africa by the African Union (AU), the African Vacc...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:39hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Delta variant accounts for 79% of Zimbabwe Covid-19 infections
ZIMBABWEANS should ensure they always follow laid down Covid-19 prevention measures to avoid the introduction of deadlier strains of the disease in the country as the virulent Indian Delta variant now...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:26hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF refused 1 million J&J vaccine doses, 6 months after FDA approval and now J&J is gold dust
A few weeks ago, Zimbabwe was refused one million doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine offered through the Africa covac initiative under the pretext the country did not have the extra cold facilit...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:51hrs | 3315 | by Wilbert Mukori
Single dose Covid-19 vaccine for Zimbabwe on the cards
ZIMBABWE may soon start administering the single dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine following approval by the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe.The authority approved the use of Johnson an...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 11:39hrs | 2012 | by Staff reporter
'Prepare for 5G or perish'
ZIMBABWEAN firms must start preparing for fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks to adapt to changes taking place in the telecoms industry, according to telecoms executive and former NetOne chief execu...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:48hrs | 2884 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe issues 55 medicinal mbanje/ cannabis licences
THE Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (Zida) has to date licensed 55 local and foreign investors for their medicinal cannabis sector-based strategy, meant to promote investments into the country....Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:40hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
'Vaccines administered in Zimbabwe effective against Delta variant'
ALL the Covid-19 vaccines being administered in Zimbabwe under the mass inoculation programme are effective against the highly virulent Delta variant, experts have concluded.In Zimbabwe, the D...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga aides test positive for Covid-19
Two members of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's delegation tested positive for Covid-19 at a luxury Chinese hotel - sparking a health emergency.Hundreds of hotel guests at the Legendale H...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:56hrs | 2855 | by Staff reporter
Top doctor comes up with 'must-have' Covid-19 cocktail to reduce severe illness
As the Health Ministry is overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients requiring admission in public health and private hospitals, a leading medical practitioner F Mamvura has come up with a proposal termed The...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1512 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe approves Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe has authorised the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine with effect from 25 July 2021. It becomes the first Western vaccine approved for use ag...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 13:46hrs | 2201 | by Staff Reporter
'Suspect everyone as Covid-19 risk person'
TREAT everyone as a potential Covid-19 risk, avoid hugs and handshakes, trust nobody, a Covid-19 Delta variant survivor has said. After travelling to Mashonaland West province on a business trip on Sa...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:38hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Kariba MP arrested in SA 'smuggling' Broncleer
AN ASPIRING Kariba MP Stanley Kauso was arrested in South Africa recently for attempting to help a Zimbabwean woman smuggle out boxes of cough syrup, Broncleer.The cough remedy, commonly known...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
J&J vaccine concerns over Delta variant
A study from a team of New York University researchers found the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is far less effective at preventing coronavirus infections from the Delta variant and other muta...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 10:13hrs | 1774 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean business tycoon says Ivermectin saved his life
West Properties chairman Ken Sharpe on Friday donated US$50,000 to government for the purchase of Ivermectin, saying he and his wife only escaped death thanks to the drug after they contracted the Cov...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:43hrs | 4033 | by Staff reporter
'People forced to produce HIV status proof at police road blocks'
ZNNP+ said continuous access to HIV prevention and treatment services must always be assured especially during this lockdown period as this draw back the gains in fighting the spread of HIV virus....Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:43hrs | 1551 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe respects rights of citizens, claims Shava
Covid19 containment measures are not an attempt by the Government to curtail the rights of its citizens, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Ambassador Frederick Shava has said. He was sp...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:09hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over minister's £330 000 super car
Revelations that an unnamed Zimbabwean government minister is importing a luxurious Rolls Royce Phantom worth £330 000 from the United Kingdom have sparked outrage from local and British activists....Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:13hrs | 1371 | by Staff reporter
Fresh wave of protests loom in South Africa
SOUTH African authorities fear a new wave of uprisings as networks loyal to jailed former president Jacob Zuma seek to force his freedom.Investigators believe the unrest last week, which kille...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:01hrs | 2602 | by Staff reporter
People with HIV at high risk of severe Covid-19
INTERNATIONAL health organisations have called for prioritisation of people living with HIV in the Covid-19 vaccination programme following revelations by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:29hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Woman collapses and dies in Bulawayo CBD
A Bulawayo woman, Wednesday, collapsed and died at the corner of 10th Avenue and Fort Street in the Bulawayo city centre.She was said to have been coming from seeing a doctor at a local facili...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 15:46hrs | 1878 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai medicines were left to expire in warehouses
Auditor-General Mildred Chiri has revealed that some medicines that formed part of donated goods for Cyclone Idai victims were left to expire in warehouse shelves.Cyclone Idai which affected m...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 14:31hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga blasts 'ignorant' retail pharmacists
VICE-PrESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday blasted retail pharmacists saying they lacked knowledge of the Public Health Act after they sent a petition to Parliament demanding to be considered for g...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:20hrs | 2895 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown enforcement tightens
While preparations continue for a safe reopening of schools, Government wants to see full enforcement and compliance of the enhanced Level 4 lockdown put in place last month and last week and is fundi...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 10:57hrs | 1156 | by Staff reporter
WHO warns on 'Covid-19 drug'
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has distanced itself from the distribution of the Ivermectin drug locally.Ivermectin, a drug used to treat parasite infections, was approved to treat Covid-...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:34hrs | 1807 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean company cashes in on Ivermectin
THE growing interest in the use of Ivermectin to treat and prevent COVID-19 has opened floodgates, with some individuals and companies now advertising the sale of the drug without approval from the Me...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 10:20hrs | 1470 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe company cashes in on anti-parasitic drug ivermectin
The growing interest in the use of Ivermectin to treat and prevent COVID-19 has opened floodgates, with some individuals and companies now advertising the sale of the drug without approval from the Me...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 07:54hrs | 1968 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa breaking own rules, protocols
ALTHOUGH President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week announced Level 4 lockdown restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19, but glaring violations of regulations by top government officials, including him...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:51hrs | 2107 | by Staff reporter
Vendors demand to be prioritised during vaccination
INFORMAL traders associations yesterday called on the Health ministry to prioritise its members during the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination exercise.Government has said that vendors would not be a...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:28hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga urges govt to support traditional medicine production
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has urged government to support the use of traditional medicine so that the country can come up with local solutions to deal with the COVID-19 p...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:26hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Vendors demand to be prioritised during COVID-19 vaccination exercise
INFORMAL traders associations yesterday called on the Health ministry to prioritise its members during the on-going COVID-19 vaccination exercise.Government has said that vendors would not be ...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 14:18hrs | 369 | by Staff Reporter
Government is in the process of taking over all council health facilities
Government is in the process of taking over all health facilities owned by local authorities as part of a grand plan to ensure standardised service delivery as envisaged by the National Development St...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 19:16hrs | 1698 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rolls out new contraceptive
The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has introduced a new contraceptive - Sayana Press - to widen family planning options.The new contraceptive, which is manufactured in Belgi...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | 885 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe approves lvermectin vaccine for COVID-19 treatment
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has approved the use of Ivermectin human oral formulations for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 as the country battles a third wave of the hi...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 19:06hrs | 1369 | by Staff reporter
Fake USD notes lands Bulawayo man in trouble
POLICE in Gweru have arrested a 23 year- old Bulawayo man who was found in possession of US$2 710 in fake notes after he tried to buy medicine from a pharmacy.The incident occurred on Saturday...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 11:17hrs | 2476 | by Staff Reporter
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