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Zimbabwe to deploy pathologists to Mozambique
GOVERNMENT will deploy a team of pathologists to Mozambique in June to start the exhumation and repatriation of more than 157 Zimbabwean nationals who were swept away by the Cyclone Idai floods in 201...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Phosphorus grenade used in deadly Munatsi attack
AN incendiary phosphorus grenade which ignites and explodes when hurled, emitting fire and intense heat that burns fiercely, was used to destroy banker Doug Munatsi's home after his immobilisation, ra...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Police finally locate Douglas Munatsi's mysterious Colleta
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police say they have located and interviewed a lady named Colleta, who was the last person to see the late banker Doug Munatsi, as investigations into the cause of his death cont...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:17hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Munatsi burial order issued as his family awaits postmortem results
THE late business executive Doug Munatsi's burial order was issued yesterday while further examinations to ascertain the cause of his death continue. Munatsi died early on Monday morning in a "suspici...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:17hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Munatsi family seeks closure
A fire broke out in apartment C9 at the palatial Northfields Complex in Harare in the early hours of Monday.The occupant of the luxurious flat was top investment banker and chief executive off...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:08hrs | 10 | by Bishop Lazarus
Mystery deaths deepen in Zimbabwe
DEATH is never easy and, whenever it strikes, the grief it causes is traumatic for family and friends who would have lost a loved one.This encounter with mortality always leaves the surviving ...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 18:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Munatsi was killed'
IF he was not immobilised or held against his will, prominent banker and Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency CEO Douglas Munatsi could have escaped the fire that engulfed his luxurious 9th floor pe...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 18:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born pathologist stirs controversy
Dr David Fowler, a South African-trained pathologist who was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, has been testifying for the defence in the murder trial of fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin charg...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutare worker up for forging COVID-19 certificates
A Mutare City Council worker is in trouble for issuing forged COVID-19 clearance certificates to truck drivers travelling to neighbouring countries.David Gwaure (32), who is attached at Sakubv...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$100 000 cash goes missing from businessman's estate
The US$100 000 and R250 000 in cash recovered on late Plumtree businessman Ondrej Gombar's deathbed was recorded in an inventory filed with the Master of High Court, but has reportedly disappeared und...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top cops, ZPCS, doctors face jail
Heads of hospitals, police stations and prisons will be jailed a mandatory five years if found guilty of destroying or tampering with vital evidence that incriminates in the death of people under thei...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa delays visit to graves in Mozambique
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has advised President Mnangagwa to delay his visit to graves of 158 Zimbabweans who were swept away by Cyclone Idai floods across the border because the area is still...Published: 02 May 2019 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 Zimbabweans killed in head-on collision in South Africa
Ten people have been killed in a head-on collision on the N1 in Limpopo, while another is in a critical condition in a Modimolle hospital.Limpopo Department of Transport spokesperson Matome Ta...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'3.8 magnitude earthquake hit before Cyclone Idai'
A 3.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chimanimani and Chipinge shortly before Cyclone Idai which left 344 people dead and destroyed property worth billions of dollars, Government revealed yesterday. ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga suffers from a rare condition
Zimbabweans in the social media have taken chances to cartoon the Vice President Cde Chiwenga because of his unique pronunciation of the words with letter "L" in English. Most people have found joy in...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 14:45hrs | 19 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Zimbabwe under-reported cholera deaths'
The recent cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe could have killed over 100 people amid fears an official government count did not capture a majority of the deaths in a bid to conceal negligence.Offici...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa finally declares West Nicholson accident a national disaster
Local Government minister July Moyo told journalists yesterday in Bulawayo that another person had died later on admission at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, bringing the death toll to 33. ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Accident victims to be buried after two weeks
THE identification of the Brooklyn bus accident victims will take two weeks with the Government calling on families of the victims to be patient as authorities go about the meticulous process of ident...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
1 August killings: State tries to discredit doctors' report
The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) wishes to alert members of the public, the Mothlante led commission and all Zimbabweans that there are concerted efforts by the state media...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 18:45hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe health minister a medical impostor
HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo is neither a qualified medical doctor nor a fellow of various international elite societies as stated on his curriculum vitae posted by Chitungwiza Central Hospital (CCH),...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hermaphrodite kid's op procedures start
TESTS in preparation for operation(s) for a 10- year-old from Tsholotsho who has both female and male sexual organs have kicked off. Well-wishers donated towards an initial $2 500 quote for an operati...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new Health Minister labelled academic fraud
Zimbabwe's new Health Minister, Obadiah Moyo, is an academic fraud who does not have the qualification he claims to possess, according to the United States embassy.Moyo, who lost to the MDC Al...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 20:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Commission political grandstanding
Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa has said the recently appointed commission of inquiry into shooting on 1 August 2018 is nothing but an act of hypocrisy that lacks genuine intent.He said th...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 10:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Tshinga Dube's bootlicking frenzy takes aim at Dabengwa
Former War veterans minister Tshinga Dube has taken aim at Zapu president Dumiso Dabengwa saying he failed to address the Gukurahundi by utilising his office at the time he was a Cabinet minister....Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 13:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa takes aim at Mnangagwa govt
BULAWAYO - ZAPU president Dumiso Dabengwa is maintaining his onslaught on the new government led by Emmerson Mnangagwa saying the new political dispensation was no different from the old order under R...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 10:52hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Statement on behalf of Patson Dzamara
We have noted with great concern, and sadness reports carried in online media, and traditional state media regarding the health of Patson Dzamara.While ordinarily we would not comment on malic...Published: 23 May 2017 at 21:16hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa
Mass burial for Mvuma horrific bus crash victims
Three of the 21 victims of the accident that occurred when a South Africa-bound Proliner Bus side-swiped a Transmech Logistics haulage truck and caught fire along the Harare-Beitbridge Highway three w...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's tender board boss murderd mafia-style
FORMER State Procurement Board (SPB) executive chairman and senior professional bureaucrat Charles Kuwaza could have been murdered, contrary to the narrative he committed suicide by jumping to his dea...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 12:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
DNA samples to identify 14 accident victims
EXPERTS from the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) had by yesterday used DNA samples to identify 14 out of 23 people – by sex and age- who died in a horrific traffic accid...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 weeks to identify bus accident victims
EXPERTS from the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) Applied Genetic Testing Centre (AGTC), which does DNA profiling, have said it will take about two weeks to identify the bodies...Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 12:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pathologists dispatched to Masvingo accident scene
A team of DNA experts and pathologists has been dispatched to the scene of the bus accident that injured 43 people with 17 unaccounted for.National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Com...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe legal system hostile to pathologists'
ZIMBABWE's legal system is so hostile to expatriate forensic scientists to the extent that the pathologist who handled the politically-charged Cain Nkala case was forced to flee the country, a med...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors afraid to testify in court
THE fear by doctors of being grilled in court over complex inquests has resulted in the country not having Zimbabwean forensic pathologists, a development that has seen some murders not being solv...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo friends receive PhDs from Stellenbosch University
Two classmates from Bulawayo who studied together at Zimbabwe's Midlands State University in their undergraduate years both received their PhD degrees in agricultural sciences from Stellenbosch Univer...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 11:34hrs | 1 | by Engela Duvenage
UZ able to train cancer diagnosers - Deputy minister
Deputy Minister of health and Child care Aldrin Musiiwa has told parliament that the University of Zimbabwe is capable of training Histopathologists who among other things are the experts who diagonos...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 15:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Only one specialist pathologist in Zimbabwe - Dr Mataruse
An MP, Doctor Peter Mataruse (MDC-T) has told parliament that Zimbabwe has only one specialist pathologist who can not cover the whole country according to demand of the profession...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 07:23hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Cat diagnosed with 'HIV'
Nairobi - Pathologists at Lancet Laboratories in Nairobi have cautioned cat owners to be vigilant after a cat was diagnosed with a virus similar to HIV.The cat was said to have exhibited g...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 14:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP in mystery hotel death
Mazowe North legislator Engineer Edgar Chidavaenzi (Zanu-PF) was yesterday found dead in a city hotel room. He was believed to be in his 50s.His colleagues told The Herald that Chidavaenzi was...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 05:42hrs | | by Nyemudzai Kakore
Zimbabwean family cries foul over SA post-mortem
THE family of Zimbabwean gynaecologist Dr Tham Matinde, who was found dead at his Cape Town home in South Africa, in July last year, has expressed concern over the slow pace of police investigations i...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 05:42hrs | | by Sifelani Tsiko
Only 5 pathologists in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has only five qualified pathologists and officials say such professional are difficult to attract. Pathologists carry out post-mortems on bodies to determine the cause of death.Direct...Published: 23 Feb 2016 at 09:24hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Detained US cargo plane released from Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has released the American-registered cargo plane which had been detained after a dead body was discovered when the aircraft landed at Harare International Airport on Sunda...Published: 20 Feb 2016 at 18:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to resume kidney transplants
Zimbabwe is set to resume kidney transplants early next year after the first project was abandoned in 1992. The project - to be run by Chitungwiza Central Hospital - will save huge sums in foreign cur...Published: 15 Dec 2015 at 05:17hrs | | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
Woman in trance reveals four 10-year-old murders
POLICE are investigating a bizarre case in which a white Bulawayo businessman allegedly killed and buried four people more than 10 years ago. This came to light after his gardener's wife fell into a t...Published: 25 Nov 2015 at 05:21hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
1 dead as inheritance dispute ends in tragedy
A BINGA man has been sentenced to an effective nine years in jail for fatally assaulting his 80-year-old mother following a dispute over cattle which he inherited from his father.Bulawayo High...Published: 14 Nov 2015 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wife killer gets life in prison
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo has described a Gokwe wife killer as a heartless and evil man who deserved to be removed from society forever, as she sentenced him to life imprisonmen...Published: 14 Nov 2015 at 07:21hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Man beats mom to death
A BINGA man was yesterday sentenced to an effective nine years in jail for assaulting his 80-year-old mother to death following a dispute over cattle which he inherited from his father.Bulaway...Published: 13 Nov 2015 at 05:28hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Zanele Moyo's heart removal 'was in order'
Cape Town - It was standard practice to retain organs for further investigation to determine the cause of death, the Department of Health said, following revelations that Zanele Moyo's heart had been ...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 14:06hrs | | by Cape Times
Jonathan Moyo to pursue criminal charges against SA hospital?
A diplomatic spat is looming after the body of the daughter of a leading Zimbabwe politician left a Cape Town forensic pathology laboratory without her heart.Jonathan Moyo's lawyer has said th...Published: 07 Nov 2015 at 16:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanele Moyo killed for witchcraft?
Professor Jonathan Moyo's family friend Philip Chiyangwa said it was possible that Zanele Moyo's body had witchraft concoctions done on it before being handed to the parents. Chiyangwa forward...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teenager kills rival suitor
A PLUMTREE teenager who fatally stabbed a rival suitor with a knife was yesterday sentenced to seven years in jail. Phebion Sibanda, 19, killed Khululani Nleya, 21, when the two clashed at Asiyandeni ...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 05:41hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
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