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Ingutsheni overwhelmed by abandoned patients
AUTHORITIES at Zimbabwe's largest psychiatric hospital, Ingutsheni in Bulawayo, have accused families of dumping their loved ones who are suffering from mental health issues at the facility, resulting...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under pressure as drug abuse cases spike
GOVERNMENT is under intense pressure to establish rehabilitation centres accessible to ordinary drug users owing to the growing demand of people in need of professional mental health care.An i...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in court over Ngomahuru
Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care, Constantine Chiwenga has been dragged to court over a water crisis at Ngomahuru Psychiatric Hospital in Masvingo that has forced 200 inmates to ta...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Ohh! The blue eyed MDC son is not all that shiney'
Why he has failed to attract the main stream media is still a mystery. This man is a hypocrite and is good at attaching himself to the presidency yet he has nothing to offer. This dude is non other th...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 15:04hrs | | by Marujata Ngomahuru
UK doctors tour Parirenyatwa School of Nursing
United Kingdom-based doctors who are in the country for an exchange programme began their tour at Parirenyatwa School of Nursing where they conducted workshops and made donations.During the to...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 13:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shame on you MDC MPs
Dear, Madness! Nothing but total madness. That is the only suitable description of MDC's MPs (read mad people) behaviour. Its now crystal clear that MDC is a movement for super greedy egocentr...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 10:07hrs | | by Munya Shumba
Man beds daughter (14) 'to end poverty'
A 34-YEAR-OLD Masvingo man will spend the next four years in prison for engaging in sex with his 14-year-old daughter after his uncle told him it would end poverty in his family.The incestuous...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sellouts: Climb out of your coffins
A lot happened when your Bishop was busy elsewhere. Dear congregants, you deserve my unreserved apology. How can I not apologise — Tyson finally came back home, one Terrance Mkupe went bonkers about...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Bishop
Ex-teacher sets up $1m quarry plant
Zimbabwe's ancient city of Masvingo is renowned for being home to the historic Great Zimbabwe Monuments, an acclaimed World Heritage Site from which the country's name is derived.Masvingo over...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parly discovers anomalies at Health Ministry
The Ministry of Health and Child Care owes nearly $50 million in unpaid goods and services and the debt has been increasing by $10 million each year against a budgetary allocation averaging $14 millio...Published: 10 Feb 2018 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman feasts on own blood
BLOOD is food!A Masvingo woman reportedly survived on her blood for two weeks as she refused to eat anything and all she wanted was to suck blood from her body.Tatenda Ndoro who suspec...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prison system in shambles
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has said prisons and mental hospitals have become extremely dangerous facilities operating in a perpetual state of crisis, where prisoners live in barbaric ...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New machines lying idle at Zimbabwe's State hospitals
Expensive medical equipment acquired by government for its struggling hospitals has been gathering dust for four years, forcing hundreds of patients to seek private services, because there are no tech...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Its development in retrogression Mr President
The President of Zimbabwe made stunning remarks that Zimbabwe is the second most developed country in Africa. Ours is development in retrogression Mr President. We as a people have every reason to be ...Published: 08 May 2017 at 14:01hrs | | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Another cyclone projected
The Meteorological Services Department has projected another cyclone from the east of Madagascar which is likely to affect Zimbabwe mid this month.Senior meteorologists Mr John Mupuro says...Published: 04 Mar 2017 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Analyst Magaisa mocks at Mugabe over struggling to plant a tree
A political commentator Alex Magaisa has mocked President Robert Mugabe following a video that has gone viral on social media showing hiom struggling to plant a tree during the tree planting day cerem...Published: 19 Dec 2016 at 19:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mavhaire mocks Mugabe
Former Zanu-PF politburo member and ex-Energy minister, Dzikamai Mavhaire, savagely tore into President Robert Mugabe on Saturday, referring to the increasingly frail nonagenarian as a "spirit"....Published: 27 Jun 2016 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Killer prophetess' baptism from hell
Villagers in Muriwo communal area near Mupatsi in Mashonaland East Province collectively shoulder the blame for not reining in Maud Dzvuke's weird activities which bore signs of a tragic end. The vill...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 10:46hrs | | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
A-level pupil goes berserk after failing to score 25 points
A 21-YEAR-OLD former Victoria High School A-level pupil in Masvingo allegedly went berserk and turned violent after failing to score 25 points in the 2014 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council examinat...Published: 01 Feb 2015 at 08:21hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
'10% of Zimbabweans mentally ill'
AT least 10% of Zimbabwe's 13 million population suffers from some form of mental illness mainly due to the harsh economic situation being experienced by the country, a health official said.Sp...Published: 29 Jan 2015 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - a nation of misplaced priorities
An acceptable measure of civilisation is the way society takes care of its most vulnerable. Assuming this measure to be true, then this might explain why the majority of Africa, particularly Zimba...Published: 24 Sep 2014 at 10:46hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
16 horror crash victims named
The death toll in the road accident involving a commuter omnibus and a truck along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway on Monday has risen to 19 after one more passenger died yesterday upon admission at U...Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top 100 Grade 7 schools in Zimbabwe
Twenty-three primary schools, led by Kwekwe-based private school, Camelot Primary, attained an incredible 100 percent pass rate in the November 2013, Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) exam...Published: 19 Feb 2014 at 12:43hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Woman (44) killed by a crocodile while trying to rescue her dog
A 44-year-old Chivi woman from Mbeva village was attacked and killed by a crocodile while attempting to rescue her dog from the reptile last week.Grace H...Published: 20 Aug 2012 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai calls on Zimbabweans to assist people living with disabilities
MDC-T leader, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday called upon Zimbabweans to assist people living with disabilities for them to make maximum use of their abilities.He was speaking at...Published: 13 Dec 2011 at 21:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
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