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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 | | by Staff reporter
Indian national busted trafficking 7.7kg of heroin at RGMI Airport
An Indian national has been arrested with 7.7kg of heroin at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, police said on Monday.Gowada Nabin Chandra, 61, was nabbed on Sunday just before b...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 17:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans arrested in India smuggling heroin worth US$31.7 million
Police in India have arrested two Zimbabwean citizens after they attempted to smuggle 35 kilogrammes of heroin worth US$31.7 million into the country.The duo - who have not been named - were i...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
UBH pharmacy loses critical drugs
NEARLY 400 doses of sedative drugs - pethidine and morphine - were stolen from the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) last week, a development which has forced patients to source their own. ...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dreaming of Zimbabwe: Stories from the diaspora
NEARLY 24 years ago, Lance Guma came face to face with a gun. A man had followed him out of the main post office in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, before attempting to provoke him into an argument. L...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli's mortal fight with the Hydra
If you ask the Bishop what will distinguish E D's Presidency, he will tell you that it is his fierce decisiveness, keen pragmatism and a commendable ability to swiftly change and adjust as the situati...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:01hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi
Anti-drug laws for students abroad
For many students, going to study abroad will be the first time of being far away from home. While this can be very exciting news, moving to a new city and a new country can be a nerve-wracking experi...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:50hrs | | by Cleto Mhuru
Marc Cayeux gives everyone hope after top ten finish in Cape Town
Marc Cayeux's story is one that stays with you for the rest of your life once you are aware of it. For anyone unaware of the Zimbabwean's journey so far, observing the final leaderboard of the Vodacom...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 11:27hrs | 4 | by Agencies
Mudenda grumbles for money
The Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda yesterday expressed displeasure at the budget vote for Parliament and the Ministry of Health and Child Care describing them as paltry and im...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans arrested over R2 million heroin haul by SA police
THREE Zimbabweans were arrested by South African police following the interception of their truck carrying 10kg of heroin worth more than R2 million smuggled into the neighbouring country through Beit...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to legalise cannabis
THE Government is considering an application that has been made by a Canadian international company to produce cannabis for medical purposes, a move that will see the country legalising the production...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 06:47hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Normal operations expected to resume at UBH
UNITED Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) is expected to resume normal operations this week after it had suspended non-emergency surgeries last Friday.According to local newspapers, UBH chief execut...Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru party condemns government for running down health institutions
Former Vice President Joice Mujiuru party ZimPF has condemned the ruling Zanu PF government for allegedly running down health institutions in the country amid revelations the United Bulawayo Hospitals...Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 06:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Meet Charlie Elephant
We first spotted Charlie from about 700 foot up over the arid Mozambique savannah and it was love at fist sight… A majestic African elephant bull, approaching his prime with strikingly handsome tusk...Published: 29 Sep 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Jacqueline Lahoud
Govt engages Diaspora for health funding
Government has started engaging Zimbabweans living in the Diaspora with a view to getting assistance in the raising of funds for the health sector. Health and Child Care minister David Par...Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now a failed state
The deplorable state of public healthcare in Zimbabwe shows how the government has abandoned its priorities in serving the people resulting in thousands people dying from curable diseases....Published: 21 Sep 2016 at 16:27hrs | | by Sibongile Mgijima
Harare Central Hospital resumes operations
Harare Central Hospital yesterday claimed that it had resumed all surgical operations after receiving adequate stocks of essential drugs at the weekend. The referral hospital had last week suspend...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare Central Hospital authorities are mischievous- Prof Moyo
Zanu PF legendary spin doctor Professor Jonathan Moyo has accused Harare Central Hospitals of having a sinister motive in suspending surgeries indefinitely.On Sunday, Bulawayo24.com reveal...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 06:33hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Harare hospital suspends surgeries indefinitely
Harare Central Hospital has indefinitely suspended all surgeries citing critical shortages of drugs, Bulawayo24.com reveals.A memorandum dated September 16 from a Dr H.N Chifamba (HOD An...Published: 18 Sep 2016 at 09:23hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Zim faces possible revolt
A political commentator Mlungisi Dube has predicted that Zimbabwe faces a revolt due to escalating problems caused by economic collapse which are faced by citizens.In his Facebook post Dube sa...Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 05:54hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
AirAsia pilot fails drug test
Surabaya - AirAsia Indonesia said on Thursday it had suspended a pilot after he failed a random drugs test, days after 162 people were killed when one of the airline's planes crashed into the sea off ...Published: 01 Jan 2015 at 14:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Ndebeles biggest eaters of half done meat,' Mzembi tells Oxford Uni - Video
On his UK tour, Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi said the Ndebeles are big meat eaters. Watch the video below. Please note no malice was intended by the Minister, h...Published: 22 Nov 2014 at 18:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Morality should drive the Medical Profession
The Sunday Mail's story on Joseph Michael Swango, an American serial killer Doctor, who preyed on his patients at Mnene Mission Hospital in Mberengwa, makes for sad reading, provoking emotions of ...Published: 19 Jun 2014 at 07:45hrs | 2 | by Suitable Kajau
Mother 'hooked' 14 yr old daughter on Heroin
Brandi Baumgardner, 38 from Pennsylvania US, allegedly hooked her 14-year-old daughter on drugs, including heroin, and injected her with them hundreds of times when the teen was too sick to do it hers...Published: 16 Jun 2012 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim Hospitals run short of morphine
While the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare was allocated more than $500 million accounting for about 15% of the total 2012 national budget, treasury is yet to disburse the funds.The delay ...Published: 27 Apr 2012 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Back to basics as Zimbabwe turns to Indigenous Medicine
Zimbabwe's government recently announced that the country had run out of the critical painkiller morphine. It was just the latest development in a debilitating health care crisis that has seen ...Published: 01 Mar 2011 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
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