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Fake online medicines poisoning Zimbabweans

Across Zimbabwe, from the crowded streets of Harare's high-density suburbs to the quiet villages of Chipinge, a dangerous trend is unfolding - the rise of social media as the country's new "digital pharmacy."On platforms like Facebook, Wha…

Published: 11 Oct 2025 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

Botswana clinics run out of medicine

Botswana's President Duma Boko declared a public health emergency on Monday, saying the national medical supply chain had failed, leaving hospitals and clinics short of medicine and other vital stock.Boko said the military would oversee an…

Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 08:04hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter

Degrees in law and medicine are a waste of time

As undergraduate degrees have lost their payoffs thanks to AI, young people have turned to advanced schooling to unlock jobs with salaries exceeding $200,000 (or in some cases, a $100 million signing bonus). However, one former Google lead…

Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 10:07hrs | 2307 | by Staff reporter

Khune, Katsande star at rural Gwanda stadium opening

Kaizer Chiefs legends Itumeleng Khune and Willard Katsande were greeted with a hero's welcome in the small rural centre of Manama, near Gwanda, over the weekend as they attended the official launch of a new mini-stadium built by a local bu…

Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 19:55hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter

Botswana's health sector hit by severe shortages

Botswana's Ministry of Health has issued a stark update on the country's public health system, revealing a critical shortage of essential medicines and medical supplies that has forced the suspension of several non-urgent services. The Min…

Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 17:46hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter

MCAZ issues urgent warning

The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has sounded the alarm over the distribution of counterfeit Cloxacillin 250mg capsules, warning that the falsified antibiotics pose a significant threat to public health across the country.…

Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 11:23hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe moves to formalize traditional medicine practice

The Zimbabwe government is actively working to formalize the use of traditional medicines by promoting their registration and integration into the country's mainstream health system, Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Sleiman Kwidini…

Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:23hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe moves to reform public medicine supply system

The Ministry of Health and Child Care has embarked on a sweeping reform process aimed at resolving medicine shortages at public hospitals, despite the country's main pharmaceutical distributor, NatPharm, holding substantial reserves of ess…

Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 11:03hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo resident calls use of traditional medicine

A concerned Bulawayo resident, Mcabango Mpande, has petitioned the Ministry of Health and Child Care to formally recognise and integrate traditional herbal medicine into Zimbabwe's healthcare system, citing the ongoing collapse of public h…

Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:33hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter

Speaking against injustice is not being negative - it's being honest

There are those who often find the truth hard to swallow - but, like medicine, it is vital for healing.I am often told that I focus too much on the negative.That I dwell on the darker side of Zimbabwe's reality - the poverty, the corruptio…

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 21:53hrs | 194 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Counterfeit medicine crisis grows in Zimbabwe's informal markets

In the crowded, makeshift stalls of Hopley's open market - an informal settlement just south of Harare - buyers can find almost anything: rat poison, cleaning supplies, and even medicine. But behind the everyday hustle, a shadowy and dange…

Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 15:03hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter

MSU medicine pioneers graduate

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday presided over the Midlands State University (MSU)'s 25th graduation ceremony, capping 6,479 graduates at the institution's main campus in Gweru. The event marked a historic milestone as the university…

Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 06:59hrs | 289 | by Sgtaff reporter

Zimbabwe set to adopt Chinese traditional medicine

Zimbabwe is actively working to integrate traditional Chinese medicine into its healthcare system, according to a statement from a government minister.During a bilateral meeting with China's Vice Minister of the National Health Commission,…

Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Medicines Board Shuts Down Pharmacies Over Unauthorised Drugs

THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has suspended four pharmacy supervisors and shut down three over suspected cases of illegal dealings.The MCAZ did not give any explanation and calls were not being picked so that it clarif…

Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe legalised the growing of marijuana for medical purposes

THE daily use of cannabis is associated with an increased risk of psychosis or serious mental illness, with more potent forms of the drug such as "skunk" heightening the risk, a study by leading scientists has revealed.This comes as Zimbab…

Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 11:40hrs | 21 | by Gift Phiri

Truth the medicine for a sick nation

"Before a nation can get on with the routine task of nation building, it has to come to terms with its past" (Walter Wink).My family brought me up in Germany after World War I (1914-1918) and before, during and after World War II (1939-194…

Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Fr Oskar Wermter sj

Medicine supply situation in Zimbabwe

It has come to the attention of the RPA that there is a severe shortage of medicines in the country. This has been caused by the shortage of foreign currency in the country.This has affected the entire supply chain from the manufacturer of…

Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 11:17hrs | | by RPA

Rhino horn is not medicine, its just a myth, lets protect the rhino

Zimbabwe has, for the first time in its history, set aside a day to exclusively commemorate the life of the rhino, which faces extinction due to extensive poaching, the world over. Unless concerted and collaborative efforts are made to sal…

Published: 24 Sep 2011 at 13:14hrs | | by Francis Nhema

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