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Zimbabwe govt rolls out reforms to end blood challenges
The Ministry of Health and Child Care is undertaking sweeping reforms to Zimbabwe's blood supply system, aimed at making blood more accessible and affordable-particularly in public hospitals-where man...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:04hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Concerns over high cost of blood in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe faces a critical health challenge as the high cost of blood continues to contribute to poverty-related deaths and acts as a significant barrier preventing many ordinary citizens from accessin...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:30hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
NBSZ launches staunch defence of blood prices after outcry
The National Blood Services of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has strongly defended its pricing structure amid growing public outrage over the high cost of blood in some private healthcare institutions, where patien...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:44hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces critical shortage of Blood Group O
The National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has announced a severe shortage of blood Group O, with stocks projected to last less than 24 hours. NBSZ CEO Lucy Maruo made an urgent appeal to donors aged ...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 14:32hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt's spokesperson accuses Aaron Motsoaledi of xenophobia
Zimbabwean government spokesperson Ndavaningi "Nick" Mangwana has accused South Africa's Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, of xenophobia. This accusation follows Motsoaledi's recent comments suggesti...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 11:59hrs | 1592 | by Staff reporter
'No maintenance monies until after DNA tests’
A Gweru man, Mr. Givemore Shekede, was relieved after a Bulawayo magistrate, Mr. Vakai Douglas Chikwekwe, discharged a maintenance order that required him to pay US$350 monthly for the upkeep of two c...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 10:13hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe blood stocks deplete
THE National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has called for more blood donations as the national blood stocks run critically low.NBSZ southern region coordinator Sifundo Ngwenya said the blood stocks fo...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 12:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Law firm to sponsor disadvantaged NUST student
Matsikidze Attorney-at Law (Mat Law) has taken over full sponsorship of a disadvantaged 19-year-old National University of Science and Technology (NUST) female student whose previous benefactor, a Gov...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 14:37hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Blood donors to get fuel coupons
Blood donors can claim fuel coupons tomorrow backed by Redan Petroleum as the National Blood Services of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) seeks to make it easier and cost-free for donors to come in and give a unit....Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 16:00hrs | 2 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Blood banks in need of donations
The local blood bank might struggle to meet its demand due to high traffic accidents during this festive season.National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has called for more blood donations to...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 09:42hrs | 48 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Bulawayo medical lab gets US$1,5m injection
The equivalent of US$1,5 million has been injected by the Government into the major medical laboratory under construction at United Bulawayo Hospitals.The laboratory is expected to be one of t...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe runs out of blood
The National Blood Services of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has appealed to members of the public for urgent donations of blood as Covid-19 has affected regular blood donation campaigns.According to their ...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Facebook releases Zimbabwe widely used emojis
AMERICAN multinational conglomerate, Facebook Inc, has released Zimbabwe's widely used emojis as the international social media giant celebrates the World Emoji Day.The development comes at a ...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 hit the blood bank hard'
THE National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) was greatly affected by the lockdown imposed following the outbreak of the coronavirus, which restricted movement of people, an official has said.Do...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-corruption courts handle 39 cases
The specialised anti-corruption courts have received 39 cases since the beginning of the year, most of which implicate officials for allegedly abusing public offices to enrich themselves, but a ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZACC receives 38 corruption cases in 2 months
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has received 38 cases of corruption since the appointment Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo as chairperson in May.Addressing a press conference earlier ...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 17:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reels from spike in fatal accidents
MOTORISTS and other road users have been urged to exercise extra caution during the forthcoming festive season to prevent loss of lives through accidents.Three weeks ago, 33 people were burnt ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I was labelled a prostitute'
HAJIRAH Belinda Potts was recently crowned Miss World Zimbabwe at a colourful ceremony in Domboshava's Orchid Gardens, shrugging off stiff competition from 13 other contestants. NewsDay Life &...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman to contest DNA test for 3rd time
A Chishawasha woman has vowed to contest DNA tests for the third time after the results proved on two occasions that her ex-husband was not the father to her son.Eunice Hunda said her relation...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 13:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Free blood for all on the cards
GOVERNMENT is working on modalities to provide free blood in public hospitals as efforts to improve access to quality health gain pace.Health and Child Care Secretary Major-General (Retired) D...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's name-and-shame gimmick falls short of expectations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government yesterday released the long-awaited list of companies and individuals alleged to have failed to return $827 million stashed abroad following the expiry of a 1...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 12:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Corruption exposed at the National Blood Service of Zimbabwe.
There is rampant corruption in private institutions and if the government does not quickly look into it, thousands of dollars will be siphoned from such organisation leaving such institutions financia...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 15:11hrs | 3 | by Leonard Koni
Blood prices slashed
Government has slashed the price of blood at Government health institutions to $50 a pint with effect from today, following the injection of a $4,2 million subsidy from the Health Levy, Health and Chi...Published: 01 Jan 2018 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa urged to lead in cancer fight
LEGISLATORS yesterday implored First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa to take the lead in the fight against cancer to ensure affordable treatment.The issue was raised in a motion moved in the National ...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt subsidises blood prices
A pint of blood in Zimbabwe will from this week go down to at least US$80 following introduction of a State subsidy to cushion patients.The price applies to both public and private hospitals w...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
SOS for Blood Group 'O' in Harare
The National Blood Service Zimbabwe says it is concerned about the low stocks of Blood Group O in Harare due to high demand.The national blood banker's public affairs manager, Ms Esther Massun...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 15:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man raises another man's child for 16 years
IN a case of paternity fraud akin to bereavement, a Bulawayo man now based in the United Kingdom had been living a lie after he was tricked by his estranged wife into supporting another man's child fo...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
NUST opens DNA testing clinic
The National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has set up a DNA testing facility offering quick and easy tests to determine paternity and other biological connections.Nust's Applied ...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 17:07hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Police in Easter road safety appeal
POLICE have appealed to motorists to observe road rules and regulations during the Easter and Independence holidays to curb accidents.National chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Co...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
NBSZ call for more blood donation ahead of festive season
National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has called for more blood donation to the blood reserves ahead of the festive season as accidents which always escalate the blood demand are always rampan...Published: 29 Nov 2016 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Ambulance accident, 2 dead
Two people died on the spot when an ambulance from Chivhu General Hospital was involved in an accident on Wednesday afternoon along the Chivhu-Harare Road.The driver and another officer fr...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans 'import' blood from Zambia
Victoria Falls and Hwange residents who require blood for transfusion are resorting to crossing over into Zambia to purchase the precious liquid at a cost of US$50 compared to US$120 and US$140 at...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 22:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No blood transfusion for Mat' North patients, blood bank shuts down
THOUSANDS of Matabeleland North province patients who need emergency blood transfusion are in danger of dying as the National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has shut down its Hwange branch citing viabi...Published: 16 Feb 2016 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Harare Hospital sets tight measures for credit patients
HARARE Central Hospital has resolved not to extend credit treatment to patients admitted at the medical institution who fail to produce national identity documents and proof of residency.The m...Published: 03 Jan 2016 at 09:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman divorced for being HIV+
THE public relations officer of the National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ), Sifundiso Ngwenya, has divorced his wife of 15 years for allegedly engaging in adulterous relationships and contracting HIV....Published: 11 Dec 2015 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Ever increasing road accidents eating into blood stocks
HARARE - The National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) says the ever increasing road accidents are negatively impacting its blood stocks.NBSZ public relations manager, Tichaona Saira, said althou...Published: 28 Dec 2014 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Blood bank able to meet festive season demand
There is enough blood to cater for all emergencies during the festive season, the National Blood Services of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) said yesterday. NBSZ urged people not to panic since it managed to...Published: 25 Dec 2014 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim's blood bank refuses to honour top blood giver
Harare - Zimbabwe's blood bank has vindictively reprimanded one of its long serving blood donors by refusing to honour him among the country's top blood givers.The National Blood Service Zimba...Published: 19 Dec 2014 at 10:18hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Zim hospitals fail to pay for contraceptives
GOVERNMENT health institutions and council clinics across the country are reportedly failing to pay the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) for supplies of contraceptives since 2010, wit...Published: 27 Jul 2014 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
DNA test results nail Alick Macheso
IT'S official! Alick Macheso is the biological father of Fortunate "Tafadzwa" Mapako's two children.Results of the DNA paternity tests he underwent two weeks ago were availed by the Nat...Published: 20 Jun 2014 at 06:34hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
'Take them to the gallows, cut their heads off,' says Grace Mugabe
The First Lady Grace Mugabe has implored government to impose stiffer penalties on rapists even the death sentence as a solution to the vice that emotionally and psychologically traumatises many v...Published: 14 Jun 2014 at 22:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Macheso paternity tests takes a new twist
The saga pitting Alick Macheso and his estranged second wife Fortunate Tafadzwa Mapako took a twist yesterday when it emerged that the artiste had not booked for the blood tests to determine the pate...Published: 23 May 2014 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
National Blood Services invites more blood donors
As schools prepare for holidays, there is need for an increase in the number of people who donate blood because of the high road carnage during the holidays.The National Blood Services Zimbabw...Published: 10 Apr 2014 at 19:29hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Patients die due to high costs of blood
The state media reports that a lot of people could be losing their lives everyday throughout the country as patients fail to access blood owing to high costs, with hospital authorities now rationing t...Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 00:38hrs | | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
Mpilo Hospital runs out of blood
THE lives of patients requiring blood transfusion at Mpilo Central Hospital has been placed at great risk as the institution has no money to replenish its blood stocks that have dried up.Mpilo...Published: 14 Feb 2014 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NBSZ urges people to donate blood this Easter
The National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has urged people to donate blood this Easter holiday to avoid losing lives due to lack of post-accident assistance.This is despite the fact that NBS...Published: 29 Mar 2013 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim blood transfusion standards tackled
The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare says it wants to make sure that training in blood transfusion is standard for all nursing and medical schools in the country.The Permanent Secretary in...Published: 14 Sep 2012 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim pregnant women to pay for blood
THE expiry at the end of the month of the donor-funded programme to provide free blood for patients will see some pregnant women having to pay for blood in the event of complications.Nearly h...Published: 26 Jun 2012 at 09:13hrs | | by Health reporter
National Blood Service Zimbabwe praises Mugabe
National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare haspraised President Robert Mugabe, for issuing a presidential statement to all blood donors on t...Published: 24 Jun 2012 at 04:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe urges Zimbabweans to donate more blood
Zimbabweans have embraced the call made by President Robert Mugabe to boost the national blood bank.The nation this Thursday joined the rest of the world in commemorating the World Blood Donor...Published: 14 Jun 2012 at 19:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
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