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Ingutsheni faces critical psychiatrist shortage
Zimbabwe's largest psychiatric facility, Ingutsheni Central Hospital, is struggling to cope with a severe shortage of psychiatrists, leaving just two doctors to care for over 650 inpatients and thousa...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:22hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe anti-drug fight disjointed, MPs warn
Members of Parliament have raised grave concerns over Zimbabwe's disjointed and under-resourced response to the country's escalating drug and substance abuse crisis, citing a lack of coordination, ina...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:08hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland has critical shortage of rehab centres
A critical shortage of drug rehabilitation centers in Matebeleland South and Matabeleland North has left residents with limited options for addressing escalating drug and substance abuse, according to...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 15:56hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Double murder accused businessman's trial stalls again
The murder trial of former fugitive and Gweru businessman Peter Dube, accused of killing two people and attempting to kill two more in a suspected love triangle, has hit another roadblock after he exh...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 12:04hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Govt, Bulawayo turn abandoned buildings into drug rehab centres
The government, in collaboration with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), has embarked on an initiative to identify and renovate abandoned buildings for use as rehabilitation centres for drug abusers. Th...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
SA man found guilty of murdering 6 Zimbabwean sex workers
The judge who found Sifiso Mkhwanazi guilty of murdering six Johannesburg sex workers delivering a scathing account of the 21-year-old's actions."I rejected the version of the accused… as be...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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 | 20 | by Staff reporter
WHO flags spike in Zimbabwe depression, suicide cases
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that Zimbabwe is grappling with high rates of depression and suicide among adults, surpassing many other African nations.Mental health institut...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 18:22hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mental health cases spike in Zimbabwe
Health experts have expressed concern over a significant increase in mental health breakdowns among adolescents and teenagers due to drug and substance abuse. This issue was raised as the country obse...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:29hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Psychiatric Hospitals in Zimbabwe Oversubscribed with Drug Addicts
Psychiatric hospitals in Zimbabwe are oversubscribed with drug addicts. Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital in Bulawayo is receiving as many as 10 new patients per day, despite various government interven...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 07:52hrs | 23 | by Staff Reporter
Patient kills inmate at Ingutsheni Central Hospital
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case of murder by a pschiatric patient which happened at Ingutsheni psychiatric hospital yesterday In a tweet, the police confirmed the case. "A ...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 16:58hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman batters husband with granite pestle and mortar as he slept on sofa
A mum of three battered her husband with a pestle and mortar as he slept on a sofa 'because she wrongly believed he wanted to kill her'.Angelina Moya, who was suffering from delusional thought...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mom pleads insanity in killing 4 children
The legal counsel for Emelda Marizani of Chivhu accused of killing her four daughters by slitting their throats and setting the family house on fire, has asked the court to consider a special verdict ...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Liquor hubs should contribute funds to psychiatric centres
Bulawayo residents have appealed to Liquor hubs owned by deputy minister Raji Modi to contribute a certain amount towards the psychiatric centres like Ingutsheni hospital to help victims of substance ...Published: 09 May 2022 at 15:10hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
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's estranged wife fit to stand trial, claims State
A HARARE court is on Friday expected to rule on whether Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa is fit to stand trial on allegations of fraudulently acquiring an ungraded m...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
More than 200 arrested in anti-drugs blitz
THE inter-ministerial task force that was set up last month to find solutions to drug abuse has hit the ground running, with more than 200 suspected drug dealers arrested so far.The blitz aims...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mazibuko reflects on mental health fight
POPULAR Bulawayo-based modelling guru and Strides Modelling Agency founder, Sipho Mazibuko has revealed that pressure around her once popular Miss Rural Zimbabwe helped trigger the bipolar disorder th...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:53hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's urban sprawl exposes housing crisis
Ndaba Dube, a Bulawayo resident, says he built himself a home on a small piece of land after the authorities kept him on the housing waiting list for more than two decades.The land he chose is...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 08:16hrs | 3 | by Ignatius Banda
Part of Ingutsheni to be turned into a residential area
Part of the land occupied by Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital is set to be developed into a residential area, according to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s Southern Central Areas Local Development Pla...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mental Health Week: Consider patients from remote areas as well
As Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating Mental Health Week, there is need to focus on the overwhelming number of psychiatric patients in remote areas like Tsholotsho. "Tsholot...Published: 13 May 2021 at 11:12hrs | 6 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
UBH records fewer COVID-19 admissions
UNITED Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has registered a huge drop in COVID-19 admissions in recent weeks compared to last month, a hospital official said yesterday.UBH acting chief executive officer ...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to strengthen mental health services
YESTERDAY, Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in commemorating the Mental Health Day, with experts calling for increased funding towards mental health services.The day, observed on October ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:21hrs | | by Staffg Reporter
'Mamombe must be detained at govt psychiatric hospital'
THE State yesterday filed for MDC Alliance legislator Joanah Mamombe to be detained at a government mental institution for an independent assessment by government doctors after her private doctor indi...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How TB Joshua's prayers in Nazareth saved this young man from killing someone!!!
The official Facebook page of T.B. Joshua shared the touching testimony of a young man living in Switzerland who says the pastor's prayers during his Nazareth meeting saved him from killing himself or...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:09hrs | 15 | by Tawia Acheampong
Private hospitals demand up to US$700 fees
SOME PRIVATE health institutions are demanding as much as US$700 deposit and up to US$250 per night for patients admitted, making falling ill an economic nightmare for the majority.A survey by...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 17:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
UK's Impilo Revival fundraises for Bulawayo hospitals
A United Kingdom-based Charity organization, Impilo Revival, is hosting a fundraising event to build a storage unit where all donated essential life saving medical equipment and medicines destined for...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 15:26hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
TB outbreak at Ingutsheni
A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak has reportedly hit Bulawayo's Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital, with patients and members of staff being screened and quarantined to contain the spread of the virulent dise...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man claims healing miracle for mental illness
A 48-YEAR-OLD man claims he used to be mentally unstable but has been healed.Simbarashe Gurajena from Nguboyenja in Bulawayo showed B-Metro his hospital records that prove he has been in and o...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 22:25hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
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
Murowa Primary School head goes berserk after the expose'
Dear Editor While most Zimbabweans were busy trying to make sure that our country becomes a better place to live in, one demon possessed Murowa Primary School was firing at full throttle makin...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 18:37hrs | | by Concerned Parents
Kangai family abandons daughter
A woman said to be the daughter of the late liberation war stalwart, Kumbirai Kangai, has been living in a rundown rural mental hospital without any visitors for nearly 40 years now, the Eastern News ...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 14:36hrs | 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
David Mkandazwire on the mend
A TRANS-LIMPOPO partnership to help former Zimbabwe international footballer David Mkandawire, who had become destitute in Johannesburg, South Africa, appears to be bearing fruit after he was released...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Faith Mutema
Hosiah Chipanga dreams of presidency
WITH 26 albums to his name, Hosiah ''Kwachukwachu'' Chipanga believes he has through his music done enough to endear himself to the people and now wants to turn his music fans to be the electorate com...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 16:16hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Singer wants to be president of Zimbabwe
WITH 26 albums to his name, Hosiah "Kwachukwachu" Chipanga believes he has through his music done enough to endear himself to the people and now wants to turn his music fans to be the electorate come ...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 07:01hrs | | by Vincent Gono
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
Patient kills nurse
NURSE Livhuwani Thanyani was just a few minutes away from knocking off work when she was brutally murdered by a patient.Daily Sun reported that the 52-year-old was allegedly killed by a patien...Published: 18 Apr 2016 at 12:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sex pest teacher allegedly abusing several children charged
A self styled pastor and former teacher suspected to have sexually abused several children before he was caught has finally been hit with a defilement charge.The Voice reported that Pastor Man...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 08:54hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mutsvangwa challenges Jonathan Moyo to go for DNA test to prove he is not a Sithole
A verbal war between Zanu-PF Politburo members Professor Jonathan Moyo and Christopher Mutsvangwa escalated yesterday with Mutsvangwa challenging Prof Moyo to go for a DNA test, claiming the Tsholotsh...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
Bribe cop goes insane
A BULAWAYO police officer, who allegedly tried to swallow a $3 bribe at Barbourfields Stadium, has gone insane and is admitted to Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital. Police have failed to conduct...Published: 12 Aug 2015 at 08:52hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Whitney Houston's daughter 'Bobbi Kristina' dies at 22
Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown's only daughter Bobbi Kristina has died at the age of 22, a family representative has saidKristen Foster said she passed away on Sunday surrounded by her fami...Published: 27 Jul 2015 at 04:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man mistakes wife for gorilla, kills her
A Bulawayo man who butchered his wife with a machete, cracked her skull and amputated her left hand, told a High Court judge on Friday that he mistook the woman for a ‘gorilla', leading to his kill...Published: 10 Feb 2015 at 16:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mental patient escapes, commits suicide
A PSYCHIATRIC patient at Ingutsheni Central Hospital on Wednesday committed suicide at his ex-girlfriend's house in Bulawayo's Kingsdale suburb after having escaped from the institution.The n...Published: 04 Jan 2015 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Mbongeni Msimanga
Teenager assaults dad, sentenced to 70 hours community service
A teenage artiste was on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to 70 hours of community service for assaulting his father who had reprimanded him for "making noise" while rehearsing a traditional dance perf...Published: 11 Dec 2014 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean writer publishes thriller novel in UK
When the economic situation in Zimbabwe deteriorated, her citizens just packed their bags and left. But the exodus was neither exactly planned nor the same for everyone. Some families seamlessly ...Published: 16 Jul 2014 at 07:01hrs | 6 | by Mandla Stone
'Mugabe's long lost daughter' sent to Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital
A BULAWAYO woman claiming to be President Robert Mugabe's daughter remains admitted at Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital two weeks after being arrested for demanding an audience with the 90-year-old lea...Published: 10 May 2014 at 06:49hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's 'long lost daughter' storms State House demands to see her father
A 39-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman on Friday last week stormed State House in the city demanding to see President Robert Mugabe claiming to be his long lost daughter.Mugabe was in Bulawayo on the...Published: 02 May 2014 at 04:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gorden Moyo confirm to all that Tsvangirai may not be the weak one
I WAS shocked a couple of days ago when I read in the Press that Gorden Moyo the provincial chairman of the MDC-T and Member of Parliament for Makokoba constituency held a victory dinner party for th...Published: 02 Oct 2013 at 19:53hrs | | by Cont Mhlanga
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