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Zimbabwe's sick turn to herbalists over ailing health system
When Agnes Kativhu could not get treatment for breast cancer from Harare's main public hospital, she checked in to one of the many self-styled herbal clinics opening up across Zimbabwe's capital....Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 08:15hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
'Women backbone of Zanu-PF'
Women are the backbone of Zanu-PF and they should, in their numbers, drum up support for the ruling party to ensure a landslide and uncontested victory in the forthcoming harmonised elections, Preside...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health sector makes fresh international headlines
AN undercover Public Service International (PSI) investigation has exposed the state of collapse of the country's health sector including gross labour rights violations and corruption.PSI carr...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa's doctors on-call doctors sleep in cars
DOCTORS based at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have demanded a meeting over the deteriorating conditions at the hospital which they say are leading to patients dying from preventable illnesses....Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa enforcer and ex-minister laments death of provincial hero
"It's painful that one of our own dies whilst we have the means of assisting her", former State security minister Owen ‘Mudha' Ncube said last Wednesday at the funeral of a Zanu-PF official while su...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga summoned over ailing health sector
PARLIAMENTARIANS yesterday demanded that Health and Child Care minister Constantino Chiwenga be summoned to the august House to issue a statement on the state of the country's health sector.Th...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa Hospital runs out of painkillers, bandages
OPPOSITION Harare East legislator Tendai Biti said Thursday that the country's largest referral public hospital, Parirenyatwa, has run out essentials including painkillers with patients forced to buy ...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: Donors who assisted Nkayi farmers which lost 21 cows revealed
A full list of donors who assisted the Nkayi family which lost 21 cattle after mistaking a deadly pesticide for one of the popular worm remedies for livestock has been availed. The...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 17:27hrs | 12 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man sleeps with mum and sisters for riches
THE relationship between mother and son can be an unbreakable bond and the love between the two is incomparable, but it has its limits.However, one man has crossed the line that separates a no...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination blitz: Zimbabwe reaches 10m dose mark
ZIMBABWE has now administered 10 million jabs of Covid-19 vaccines with more than half the targeted population aged 12 and over now having had their first dose, a pair of major milestones in the natio...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube grilled over vaccines
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured) was yesterday grilled by Parliament over the country's preference of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines over a wide variety of approved jabs wh...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in race against time to exhaust stockpiles of Covid-19 vaccines
Zimbabwe is battling against time to administer over 14 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines that are already in its stocks amid concerns of public complacency and hesitancy, it has been established....Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube fears for economy
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube says he is keeping his fingers crossed that the current wave of the Covid-19 (Omicron variant) pandemic will not get to the previous d...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
23 Bulawayo schools hit by Covid-19
A TOTAL of 23 learning institutions in Bulawayo have recorded Covid-19 cases since schools opened in September but officials said most have recovered and the situation was under control.Accord...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Level 2 lockdown extended
The Level Two national Covid-19 lockdown has been extended by a further two-weeks with no further relaxations and citizens are being urged to follow all required safeguards as complacency continues to...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Perks to stem doctors, nurses brain drain
A range of non-monetary incentives such as accommodation, transport and vehicle loans for health workers added to their package is seen as a way of retaining health staff and moderating the brain drai...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-brain drain committee set up
GOVERNMENT has set up a committee to arrest the brain drain in the health sector as the Second Republic continues to pursue bilateral agreements with other countries for health professionals within th...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK removes Zimbabwe from Covid-19 red list
The United Kingdom will remove Zimbabwe from the Covid-19 red list on Monday, in a development that will make it easy to travel between the two countries.Crucially, the tourism sector is expec...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Shortlived joy for unvaccinated congregants
CABINET has resolved that unvaccinated civil servants should not report for duty and has barred unjabbed congregants from attending church services. Government has since directed churches to operate a...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa misfires on Covid jabs?
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's propensity to mislead his audience has come to the fore again after he lied during an interview with a Zambian Television station that all the Covid 19 vaccines...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
China rescues Zimbabwe on Covid-19 as world faces vaccine apartheid
AS the world faces a Covid-19 vaccine apartheid amid privatisation and monopolisation of its science and technology as well as the doses, and hoarding by rich countries, China has rescued Zimbabwe by ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 budget dries up
ZIMBABWE'S COVID-19 fight might soon go off the rails if government does not urgently mobilise additional funding after exhausting US$93,2 million of the US$100 million budgeted for vaccine imports, w...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, Chiwenga clash over Covid-19 jabs
DISCORD is reigning supreme in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration over the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination programme, with the Vice President Constantino Chiwenga-led health ministry and...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman found in possession of ‘stolen' syphilis test kits and drugs
A 21-year-old woman was found with suspected stolen medical drugs and medical equipment that includes syphilis test kits and syringes following a tip off from members of the public.The woman, ...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 17:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to take delivery of 6,5 million more vaccines
Government has already paid for 6,5 million more Covid-19 vaccines, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube revealed yesterday while receiving one million others purchased fro...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe takes delivery of 1 million more jabs
Zimbabwe yesterday took delivery of one million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines purchased from China, taking the total number of vaccines brought into the country so far to over five million. With a target ...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 stalks the unvaccinated
Almost 90 percent of people who succumbed to the coronavirus in the past few weeks were unvaccinated, underlining the importance of the ongoing mass vaccination exercise, according to a new report fro...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination drive hits 2 million milestone
The 2 millionth Covid-19 vaccine dose was jabbed into an arm on Thursday afternoon as Zimbabwe's national vaccination programme accelerated even further and once the extra doses yesterday were counted...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe extends Covid-19 vaccination to private sector
Health experts have welcomed the move by the government to extend the Covid-19 vaccination campaign to the private sector saying it would speed up the uptake of the vaccine.As part of the cond...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 17:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No jab, no job for Zimbabwe's public service staff
All civil servants should now be vaccinated with Government boosting national vaccine supplies through an order of 1,5 million doses expected this week and another 1 million on Sunday, backing up the ...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$70 million war chest for Covid-19 vaccines
Government is set to utilise the US$70 million left in its coffers from the US$100 million set aside by Treasury for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines as the fight against the pandemic intensifies in ...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
China donates more vaccines to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has taken delivery of 100 000 more doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine from China donated to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) by their counterparts the People's Liberation Army (PLA)....Published: 17 May 2021 at 18:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fears of ARVs shortages allayed
The National Aids Council (NAC) says Zimbabwe has enough stocks of antiretrovirals (ARVs) to take the country through the year amid indications that most resources are being channelled towards the fig...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo gets state-of-the-art gadgets
MPILO Central Hospital yesterday received state-of-the-art machines from the Higher Life Foundation to help the hospital improve maternal and neo-natal health services. The equipment includes ...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
More vaccines expected today from China
A second plane carrying Sinopharm vaccines, this time 344 000 doses, is expected in Harare at around 8am this morning with health authorities working out how to accelerate the national vaccination pro...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Did betting system inventors think that they could truly win?
You've likely used betting systems at some point and you thought nothing about it. Is there a strategy that can overcome the house's edge? Although there are effective strategies, it is important to u...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 07:47hrs | 3 | by Staff Writer
Dabbing with a nectar collector: What You Should Know
In recent years, nectar collectors have slowly gained a widespread reputation and are now a trendy and alluring choice for smoking waxes and oils. If you're passionate about dabbing, nectar collectors...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 15:45hrs | 4 | by Staff writer
When will Mnangagwa act on Zimbabwe's death trap hospitals?
She's being called the doctor who moved a nation. This week Azza Mashumba, the head of paediatrics at Harare's main-and-in-desperate-straits Parirenyatwa Hospital, made a tearful plea to the health mi...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 19:14hrs | | by Oliver Matthews
Mnangagwa must urgently solve doctor's grievances
Government should seriously look at concerns raised by senior doctors over the dire situation at the country's public hospitals.Yesterday, the senior doctors took their grievances to the street as...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 14:29hrs | | by Editorial - Daily News
Doctor weeps in front of Zimbabwe Health minister
Senior doctors at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals yesterday narrated to the minister of Health Obadiah Moyo, of the horrors and deaths occurring everyday at major hospitals because of acute shortages ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 13:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe runs out of betadine and painkillers
Zimbabwe's top hospital Parirenyatwa has run out of basic necessities like betadine and painkillers it has been revealed. The issue came out during a meeting between Minister of Health Obadiah...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chitungwiza looters are well-known
Facts are and will always be stubborn.Fact one, the people who led last week's riots, particularly in Chitungwiza, were dominantly MDC Alliance youths.Fact two, the youths are well kno...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors using condoms as medical gloves?
Zimbabwean doctors at public health institutions have been forced to use condoms in place of disposable medical gloves as the government struggles to maintain critical supplies to the facilities....Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 10:02hrs | | by ZimLive
Govt rolls out Cholera vaccines
In the coming weeks, Government will begin administering cholera vaccines in selected suburbs in order to contain the current outbreak that has claimed more than 28 lives in the past two weeks, a Cabi...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Diasporan donates soccer kit, health equipment to Nkayi residents
A CANADA-BASED philanthropist has donated medical equipment and soccer kits to several clinics and schools in one of the country's most impoverished districts, Nkayi.Born and raised in Lutsha ...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
The dirty truth about OIL
What does "oil" make you think of? Do "invasions" and "emissions" top your list? Why have leaders thought it worth spilling so much blood for the sake of this pungent mud? And why has it been so hard ...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 10:13hrs | | by Erick Matotoba
What I learnt from Portugal versus Spain
Life Changing Motivational Lessons from Portugal Versus Spain Match1. Lob It Over The Wall!The marvellous free kick taken by Cristiano Ronaldo will be in mouths of many people for deca...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 15:37hrs | | by Gwizi Motivator
Nurses down their syringes
NURSES at Government hospitals countrywide yesterday downed tools in protest over the failure by their employer to attend to their grievances which include poor remuneration and working conditions....Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed doctor 'infects 40 people' with HIV
At least 40 people have been tested HIV positive in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where an unqualified doctor had allegedly used a single syringe to treat all of his patients in the area, a...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
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