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RBZ to investigate schools inflating fees using black market rates
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said it will investigate and take punitive measures against schools that are inflating figures of school fees in local c...Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 08:58hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Biti says pharmacy licence cancellation illegal
FORMER finance minister, Tendai Biti, says the suspension and cancellation of trading licences for pharmaceutical companies for flouting foreign exchange regulations is "blatantly illegal, puerile and...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt punishes rogue businesses
THE Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has suspended trading licences for 17 pharmacies for violation of the Exchange Control directives and Government policy where they were using speculati...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt increases specialists at Mpilo Hospital
ACTING President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said Government has increased the number of specialist doctors working at public hospitals with Mpilo Central Hospital having 74 percent of the requi...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 rogue firms' accounts frozen
BANK accounts belonging to four major basic commodity distributors have been frozen for suspected economic sabotage, while unscrupulous manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies also face the same co...Published: 28 May 2023 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans urged to take flu jabs
Zimbabweans have been urged to get flu vaccine shots to prevent evolving influenza viruses as winter approaches.Since the Covid-19 pandemic, winters have been characterised by severe influenza...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nigerian songbird says open to Zimbabwean collabos
LOCAL gospel artistes have the opportunity to work with visiting Nigerian gospel singer Ada Ehi, who has said she is open to collaborations during her stay in the country.Born Ada Ogochukwu Eh...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police, ZACC probe 3 PSMAS bosses
Police this week picked up for questioning three Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) managers over allegations of fraud, corruption and criminal abuse of office.The three, who are stil...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 06:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's local currency hits new low
The Zimbabwe dollar (ZWL), the local currency of Zimbabwe, has kept losing ground against the U.S. dollar.After hovering just below 1,000 to the U.S. dollar on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RB...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'bribes' for chiefs slammed
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to extend free health care to chiefs a few months before major elections has been criticised as a vote-buying gimmick.Mnangagwa handed access ca...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo CBD expansion to cover Suburbs, Kumalo
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is considering extending the Central Business District (CBD) into residential areas such as Suburbs and Kumalo in line with current trends that have seen some companies and...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Public workers want Parly to investigate PSMAS
The civil service workers umbrella body has called on Parliament to probe into just what is happening at Premier Service Medical Aid Society that has resulted in health facilities owned by its subsidi...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
PSMAS gets $4,25bn bailout
Another $4,25 billion has been provided by the Government to bail out Premier Service Medical Aid Society and get the country's largest society, and the one that is used by almost all State employees,...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PSMI faces collapse
EMBATTLED Premier Services Medical Investments (PSMI) shut down 120 of its 155 facilities last month as the entity battled to settle a four-month salary arrears bill in a turbulent period that culmina...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pharmacists behind drug smuggling
A NEW report has revealed that some government-employed pharmacists are running smuggling rackets and use their influence to evade border controls.In a report titled: Infamous by Design: Illic...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals to get modern equipment
Modern hospital equipment and machinery will be procured by the Government to replace old and obsolete items to ensure patients access quality services, Vice President and Health and Child Care Minist...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ pensioners' widows getting US$2 per month
OVER 70 widows of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)'s late workers are living in abject poverty in Bulawayo earning a paltry $1 200 per month, an equivalent of US$2.After enquiring with ...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans lose faith in public hearings
ORDINARY Zimbabweans have lost faith in public hearings on proposed amendment bills, complaining that their contributions were not being taken into consideration.They revealed their frustratio...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Huge perks for PSMI boss
THE managing director of Premier Service Medical Investments (PSMI) Dr Tafadzwa Gutu is living large with a lucrative contract that sees him pocket US$23 000 a month in salary and allowances.W...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
RBZ summons retailers, manufactures
RETAILERS and manufacturers have been summoned to a no-holds-barred meeting on price hikes by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), a unit of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, especially against the back...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is ED honestly proud of his five years in office?
All too often I encounter disturbing media reports of ordinary Zimbabweans being callously arrested and hauled before the courts for ostensibly "undermining the authority of/or insulting the president...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 11:21hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chiwenga, civil servants fight over Psmas
CIVIL servants representative group Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) is headed for another showdown with Vice President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga over the l...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt to avail more funds for Lupane Hospital
GOVERNMENT has promised to provide more funding for the construction of Lupane Provincial Hospital.Matabeleland North is the only province without a provincial hospital.In March, Presi...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga announces PSMAS bailout
Struggling medical insurance company Premier Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) will receive a government bailout to clear its debts and improve its balance sheet, vice president Constantino Chiwenga said on...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Health financing tops doctors' indaba
PRIVATE medical practitioners drawn from across the country will this weekend meet in Mutare for their annual conference to discuss health financing, and the possibility of a fifth wave of the COVID-1...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pharmacies shut over expired drugs
At least three pharmacies have been shut while four managers lost licences for selling expired and unregistered medicines to unsuspecting patients, as the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 16:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Medicines Board Shuts Down Pharmacies Over Unauthorised Drugs
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has suspended four pharmacy supervisors and shut down three over suspected cases of illegal dealings.The MCAZ did not give any explanation an...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on verge of becoming mbanje research hub for southern Africa
MBANJE, marijuana, cannabis or hemp, is one plant that has accounted for many people in Zimbabwe's prisons.Possession, let alone, cultivation or smoking it, has had serious consequences such a...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UBH, Ingutsheni health staff recover from COVID-19
HEALTH workers at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) and Ingutsheni Mental Hospital, who tested positive for COVID-19 virus late last year, have recovered.This was revealed by UBH chief executive...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ goes after currency manipulators
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it is investigating allegations of currency manipulation by some business entities as well as breaches of the Bank Use Promotion Act.Central bank Govern...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drug prices skyrocket
ZIMBABWEAN drug retailers are selling medicine using exchange rates of between US$1:$220 and US$1:$230, sparking fears that the sector could become one of the driving forces behind an extensive deprec...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Public warned against street drugs
Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union (ZPNU) has warned the public against buying pharmaceutical products from unregistered institutions and dealers as they will be risking their lives .The stree...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cash-only businesses dodging taxes
Harare's downtown businesses and other informal sector players have found a way of avoiding taxes by demanding cash transactions only, and strictly in US dollars, forcing customers to buy the greenbac...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Noose tightened on Innscor and other retailers using black market rates
Retailers that continue to flout foreign currency regulations by setting prices in US dollars and then converting at the blackmarket rate will have their operating licences immediately suspended while...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex black market chokes residents
Bulawayo residents have said parallel market rates are chocking them as they cannot afford to pay rentals or make ends meet.Parallel market rates have shot up to about $180 for US$1 in the str...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ivermectin okayed for Covid-19 treatment
Three private hospitals and three private pharmacies have been allowed by the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe to prescribe Ivermectin for the prevention and treatment of Covid-19 but only in r...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangudya warns pharmacies
RESERVE Bank governor Dr John Mangudya has warned pharmacies that are receiving support from the foreign exchange auction trading system against pegging their prices using the parallel market exchange...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vaccination rates continue to dwindle
While the third wave of Covid-19 infection continues to trickle down to just 4,8 percent of its mid-July peak, the vaccination rate is also continuing to slow with 286 134 jabs given last week between...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Criminals descend on Bulawayo's affluent suburbs
BULAWAYO's affluent suburbs have been hit by a spate of housebreakings as organised criminal syndicates target businesspeople after cutting copper cables resulting in power blackouts. The gang...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Doctors profiteer from COVID-19 patients
SOME medical practitioners in collusion with private health facilities are reportedly reaping off COVID-19 patients by charging extortionate fees for treatment, NewsDay reported.This followed ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes bribery cases of fake vaccination cards
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has started investigating cases of fake vaccination cards allegedly issued by some health officials at COVID-19 vaccination centres.This was reve...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Undocumented Zimbabweans denied vaccination in South Africa
THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans living in South Africa are reportedly failing to get COVID-19 jabs due to lack of identity documents. This is despite assurances by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the st...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean business tycoon says Ivermectin saved his life
West Properties chairman Ken Sharpe on Friday donated US$50,000 to government for the purchase of Ivermectin, saying he and his wife only escaped death thanks to the drug after they contracted the Cov...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Forex pricing SI haunts Mnangagwa's govt
ZIMBABWE'S Senate yesterday said the controversial statutory instrument (SI) promulgated in May spelling out restrictions on trade in foreign currency had turned businesses into "saboteurs" after the ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maisha Health Fund launches convenient, phone-based medical aid registration via USSD
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe's health insurance unit, Maisha Health Fund, has launched an innovative and convenient way to register for medical aid cover through the mobile phone. The service, wh...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 17:33hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe approves lvermectin vaccine for COVID-19 treatment
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has approved the use of Ivermectin human oral formulations for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 as the country battles a third wave of the hi...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools opening deferred as COVID-19 cases surge
CABINET yesterday deferred the opening of schools for the second term by two weeks after the country recorded a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections in recent weeks.The infection rate surged ...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mangudya clashes with World Bank
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday clashed with the World Bank representatives as he vehemently disputed their projected annual inflation rate.This played out at t...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Arrest warrant issued for 'unlicensed' medical doctor
A MEDICAL doctor from Bulawayo arrested for allegedly practising without a valid licence from the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe has absconded court. The court has since issued a...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
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