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Contraceptive pill taken by millions is linked to brain tumours
Millions of women using a common contraceptive pill could be at greater risk of developing a brain tumour, new research suggests.The mini-pill-a daily birth control tablet that contains the ho...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:43hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's alarming drug abuse
A landmark study by leading psychiatrist Dr Loveness Ndebele of Ingutsheni Central Hospital has exposed an escalating drug and substance abuse crisis in Bulawayo and surrounding provinces, revealing s...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:40hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's mental health is impairing his leadership, says Geza
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's mental fitness to lead Zimbabwe has been called into question by firebrand war veteran Blessed Geza, who claims the president is suffering from vascular dementia. Geza, ...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 08:28hrs | 2042 | by Staff reporter
Relatives of Parirenyatwa's memory loss patient found
A man admitted to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after a road accident has been reunited with his family, following a public appeal to identify him.The man, who was brought to the hospital by...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 16:23hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Unknown memory loss patient at Parirenyatwa Hospital - help identify
The Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals is appealing to the public for assistance in identifying a patient who was admitted after being involved in a car accident.The patient, brought to the hospi...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 15:17hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Joe Biden has entered the twilight zone!
The debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump has revealed a terrible secret Democrats have been hiding from American citizens for the last three years. London'...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:42hrs | 5 | by Kenneth Mufuka
'Your vote counts!' said Obama. Only selective amnesia: politics (Sapo) sufferers believe it's equally true in Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans suffer from selective amnesia, a peculiar variant that affects their political thinking. I will call it selective amnesia: politics (Sapo). Amnesia...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
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 | 11 | by Staff reporter
Pair arrested on four counts of robbery
POLICE in Bulawayo arrested two men last week for four counts of robbery.Alois Ndoro (22) and Blessing Ngwenya (29) helped police with investigations leading to the recovery of some stolen ite...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 17:35hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Paying for access in Zimbabwe
As Zimbabwe's economy craters and salaries lose their value, everything - including free basic services - has a price.Many residents have a story of a back-door, or "grease," payment they made...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:26hrs | 9 | by Linda Mujuru
Town Clerk says water disconnections legit
BULAWAYO Deputy Mayor, Councillor Tinashe Kambarami, has once again clashed with the Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube after announcing over the weekend that council should not cut water supplies to defa...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman (24) found with smuggled 2kg drugs
A WOMAN from Bulawayo and her boyfriend have been arrested for possessing 2kg of crystal methamphetamine, a dangerous drug in the same class as cocaine, worth more than $120 000 which was smuggled fro...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:48hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe implicated in land deals
FORMER Midlands Provincial Affairs minister, Jason Machaya, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office over questionable allocation of stands, has accused the State of arresting and charging hi...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean charged with killing SA girlfriend says mentally ill
The State this week cross-examined the Zimbabwean accused of murdering his South African girlfriend.Lloyd Simbarashe stands accused of killing his then-girlfriend, Nikita Lewis, by stabbing he...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 06:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe suffering memory loss'
President Robert Mugabe is now too old too old to remember anything and government is no longer taking his statements seriously, his successor and long time ally President Emmerson Mnangagwa told gues...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Spirit yechihure will not triumph over the spirit of Comradeship
Grace, the people you are tormenting today went to war, staying in the bush with fellow comrades in close-knit teams of ZANLA and ZIPRA forces, refugees, and civilian leadership. It did not matter wha...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 19:15hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
Cry the beloved Zimbabwe, as Zanu-PF closes shop
When the gigantic snake repeatedly misses the target and all its venomous blows land upon itself, in the presence of highly mobilised enemies, it surely becomes easy prey even to the oldest and fully ...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 15:53hrs | 2 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Parents urged not to send children for sleep-overs
POLICE have urged parents to desist from sending their children for sleep-overs as that exposes them to abuse.Addressing pupils from various schools in Bulawayo last Friday at Eveline High Sch...Published: 03 Oct 2017 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Desperate Welshman Ncube dismisses Khupe's claims
MDC president Professor Welshman Ncube has dismissed as false assertions by MDC-T deputy president Ms Thokozani Khupe that her party does not need to enter into an alliance to contest for seats in Mat...Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No future under Zanu-PF rule'
Daily News reporter Jeffrey Muvundusi sits down for a chat with Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) leader Jenni Williams.Below are excerpts of the interview.Q: You have relentlessly held a...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Jeffrey Muvundusi
LIST: 35 bus crash victims positively identified
Police have released the names of some of the victims of the Nyamakate King Lion bus disaster, which killed 43 people on Wednesday night and left over 30 others injured.40 of the 43 deceased p...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 19:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's trusted cadres in the firing line
For as long as many people can remember, Robert Mugabe has played his ambitious cadres in a 'stakes elevated' game of fool's gold, Writes Maynard Manyowa in ...Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 14:12hrs | 2 | by Maynard Manyowa
'Mugabe buying time with two wristwatches'
A photo of President Mugabe wearing two wristwatches, silver one on the left hand and a gold one on the right hand has gone viral online.Some people have mocked the 92-year-old saying he is tr...Published: 04 Oct 2016 at 12:04hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
MISSING Person: Universal Church fingered
Dear editor,Could you please help us, my mum has gone missing she was taken by people from Universal Church in Pumula South in which she was manipulated that she will be healed as she had stro...Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 13:38hrs | 3 | by Faith Ndlovu
Memory loss after friendly brick attack
A MAN from Makokoba, in Bulawayo allegedly mistakenly stoned his friend while trying to defend him from three men who were demanding earphones from him. Andrew Maseko, 19, allegedly struck his fri...Published: 14 Jun 2016 at 06:37hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Study claims Ebola survivors may be left with long-term brain problems
Ebola survivors may be left with long-term "brain health problems", according to the findings of a new study.US researchers found survivors of the virus reported problems including muscle pain...Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
President Robert Mugabe a hypocrite par excellence
It took President Robert Mugabe only 24 hours to apologise to the war Vets for being tear gassed and sprayed with water by the police for participating in an unsanctioned meeting. Is it su...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 22:32hrs | | by Israel Dube
'Dead' husband returns home a bit confused having lost memory
THE wife of Mufalali Mufalali man who reportedly died and go buried have rejected that her husband was buried after the man recently returned showing signs of memory loss and confusion.&...Published: 16 Feb 2016 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
War vets blast Coltart over Gukurahundi comments
ZANU-PF and war veterans yesterday blasted MDC senior member David Coltart for his "reckless" utterances that President Robert Mugabe must apologise for the Gukurahundi disturbances.Coltart, a...Published: 11 Jan 2016 at 05:58hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Take heed, a patient in our midst
Dr Joice Mujuru's apparent silence until now had been making a lot of sound. Isn't it that they say sometimes one says more when they say nothing at all? Suddenly her newly found voices through the pr...Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 16:19hrs | 1 | by Suitable Kajau
Mugabe's old age catches with him as his gaffes increase
The woes of old age are catching up with President Robert Mugabe, with the 90-year-old increasingly jumbling his lines in actions synonymous with leaders getting old and falling apart.While so...Published: 14 Dec 2014 at 13:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kaunda held hostage by President Sata
A thousand hearts bleed for KK as he is helplessly dragged into the dungeon of destruction by President Michael Sata. At best, a shrewd tactician and strategist, Sata is skillful at discerning wh...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 12:44hrs | 6 | by Field Ruwe
Woman fakes brain injury in a bid to steal half a million USD in funds from Boston Marathon bombing victims
A 26-year-old New Yorker has been accused of stealing nearly half a million dollars from a fund meant for victims of the Boston Marathon terror attack.Police say Audrea Gause (26) collected ...Published: 20 Jul 2013 at 10:10hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Nelson Mandela 'suffers memory loss'
JOHANESBURG - Former South African President Nelson Mandela is doing well after spending a night in hospital over the weekend, a friend has revealed.But human rights lawyer George Bizos, who ...Published: 12 Mar 2013 at 04:46hrs | | by EWN
10 ways to look and feel 10 years younger
Say goodbye to ageing and hello to a youthful new youIf wrinkles, memory loss and poor posture just aren't topping your ‘must-have' list ...Published: 28 Jan 2013 at 13:48hrs | 1 | by realbuzz.com
Man sues police over HIV medication
An HIV-positive Harare man has made a constitutional application at the Supreme Court, challenging the infringement of his rights by law enforcement officers who allegedly denied him medication while...Published: 09 Sep 2012 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Older women destined to develop Alzheimer's have high levels of a pregnancy protein
Scientists have discovered that older women destined to develop Alzheimer's Disease have high blood levels of a protein linked to pregnancy years before showing symptoms. Their report appears in ACS'...Published: 01 Oct 2011 at 09:10hrs | | by Kathy Jones
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