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Funding shortfalls undermine Zimbabwe's pharmaceutical supply chain

Severe funding constraints are crippling Zimbabwe's public health procurement system, disrupting the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) and its ability to maintain a reliable medical supply chain, officials have warned.NatPharm, a …

Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff reporter

Diarrhoea outbreak hits Pumula

Residents of Ward 17 in Pumula are grappling with a severe diarrhoea outbreak, which locals say was caused by contaminated tap water. Community members reported that sewer water was mixing with clean water due to dilapidated water pipes, l…

Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:42hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter

Villagers petition MP over corruption in food aid distribution

Villagers in Mberengwa East have petitioned local legislator Tasara Hungwe, their ward councillor, and the Department of Social Welfare over allegations of corruption in the distribution of government food aid. The petition accuses Amen Ma…

Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 08:55hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter

Coltart demands action on sewers

Bulawayo Mayor Cllr David Coltart has called for the speedy rehabilitation of burst sewer pipes to curb the potential spread of cholera around the city.Cllr Coltart, addressing the city fathers at the recently held Full Council Meeting, sp…

Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Fighting cholera begins with you

Clean potable water is a precious commodity that should be availed to all without hindrance. In fact, water is life especially these days when the nation is under siege from a deadly cholera onslaught. Our pro-people government working in …

Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 22:36hrs | 1 | by Tondo Chinehasha

No cholera vacines for Matebeleland

The country has achieved 90 percent coverage of the cholera vaccine in hotspot areas as Zimbabwe is poised to remove cholera as a public health threat in the next few months on the back of a decline in new cases.Since the launch of the vac…

Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo keeps cholera at bay

Bulawayo province has the least number of cholera cases countrywide, statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Care have shown. As of the 27th of January 2024, a cumulative total of 21 101 suspected cholera cases, 71 laboratory-conf…

Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 16:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Cholera vaccinations start next week

A TOTAL of 153 active cholera treatment centres have been set up across the country to curb the spread of the water-borne disease as cases continue to surge with the Ministry of Health and Child Care successfully applying for the allocatio…

Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Cholera cases continue to rise

CHOLERA cases are continuing to rise in the country with 770 new cases and 16 suspected cholera deaths in the past three days countrywide.Statistics released by the Ministry of Health and Child Care show that 60 districts have reported cas…

Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Cholera fears for learners mount as schools reopen

FEARS abound that learners' lives are at risk due to the prevailing cholera outbreak as schools open tomorrow.Health experts have urged government to strengthen its surveillance and case management systems in schools to avoid a disaster.Ac…

Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:34hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Harare water bombshell

Health authorities have identified at least four bacteria that cause water borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and dysentery in some of Harare's water sources as the cholera outbreak that has gripped Zimbabwe for close to a year intens…

Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:40hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt, MDC councils to blame for cholera deaths

HUMAN rights lawyers say government and local authorities must be held accountable for cholera deaths as the water-borne disease spreads across the country claiming lives.The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) accused authorities of …

Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:24hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe cholera outbreak jolts UN

ZIMBABWE's cholera death toll and confirmed cases have jumped beyond the anticipated threshold, the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned.In a statement dated December 5, OCHA expressed concern over the …

Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:30hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo on high alert for cholera

WHILE Bulawayo has not recorded any cholera cases in the past four months, local health officials are on alert, urging residents to practise good hygiene and desist from shaking hands at public gatherings.Cholera is a water-borne disease t…

Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Harare declares state of emergency as cholera cases rise

Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, has officially declared a state of emergency in response to a cholera outbreak that has claimed numerous lives, with confirmed cases on the rise. Since the initial confirmation of the outbreak in Febru…

Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:37hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Harare residents plot protest over cholera

HARARE residents have threatened to protest over the unending cholera outbreak, accusing relevant authorities including government, of not doing enough to stop the disease from spreading.According to the Health and Child Care ministry, the…

Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Uniting to Combat Cholera: A Call for Hygiene and Collaboration

Observing the distressing impact of cholera and diarrhea outbreaks, it becomes evident that the need for collective action surpasses individual differences. Here's an insight from the vantage point of a village dweller, witnessing both the…

Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 18:03hrs | 13 | by Mutanda Wachingama

Zimbabwe struggles to contain spread of cholera outbreak

ZIMBABWE has been struggling to contain the spread of a cholera outbreak, with the government announcing measures amid fears of a repeat of its 2008 outbreak that sparked a "national emergency".Cholera cases span all 10 of Zimbabwe's provi…

Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo runs dry, amid cholera fears

THE Bulawayo City Council has prolonged the disruption of water supplies to most city suburbs due to an electrical fault that happened at the Criterion water works.In a statement the City Council said the Criterion Water Treatment Works su…

Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe records 320 cholera cases in a week

ZIMBABWE recorded 320 suspected cases of cholera last week, the highest weekly total since the outbreak began on February 12.In total, health authorities are dealing with 1 188 suspected cases of the disease countrywide, after 68 new cases…

Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Council provides water bowsers to cholera hotspots

HARARE City Council's health services director Prosper Chonzi yesterday said the local authority was providing water bowsers to cholera hotspots in the capital.On Tuesday, Chonzi said the capital had recorded 21 cases, with Budiriro, Glen …

Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Harare diarrhoea outbreak rages

Harare City Council is producing about a quarter of the residents' daily potable water requirements, with the authorities last week sanctioning a rationing regime amid a diarrhoea outbreak in the capital.Reported cases of diarrhoea in the …

Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Typhoid vaccine campaign begins in Harare

A major typhoid vaccination campaign begins today in Harare to tackle a drug-resistant outbreak of the disease.The campaign aims to vaccinate 325,000 people in nine suburbs of Zimbabwe's capital. The campaign will be the first in Africa to…

Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 22:17hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Kariba on high Cholera alert

The Kariba District disaster preparedness team held an emergency meeting this Monday at the District Administrator's boardroom where all heads of departments and other critical players on service delivery attended to look into all aspects …

Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 10:14hrs | 2 | by John T Chirinda

Cholera: Harare City Council caught sleeping on the job

The ongoing cholera outbreak started on 1 September in Glen View 3, Harare and has since spread, killing 30 people with 5 463 cases having been reported to date.  As usual opposition elements have been blaming Government for not doing…

Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 14:28hrs | 3 | by Elijah Chihota

The fight against cholera

I may not speak on behalf of other towns and cities but in Harare CBD I am an eyewitness, eye-sore sights are commonplace. The only public toilets with a modicum of hygiene and cleanness are the pay-as-you-use, the rest are no go areas on …

Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 18:12hrs | | by Tondorindo

Let's defeat cholera

Cholera is wrecking havoc in Harare and spreading like veld fire. Whilst authorities are fighting hard to contain the epidemic let's stop the blame game and deal with the problem head on. Our customary way of consoling the bereaved by shak…

Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 19:56hrs | 7 | by Thomas Murisa.

Ensuring clean environment is individual responsibility

All though we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery (Deepak Chopra). The word sanitation also refers to the maintenance of hygienic co…

Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 12:14hrs | 3 | by Erick Matotoba

Zimbabwe cholera outbreak versus misplaced priorities

In our last statement we mentioned the idea of being a crocodile abroad but a lizard abroad, it seems to us that the current government is in this respect falling into the trap that partially defined Mugabe's era.President Mugabe for the b…

Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 16:03hrs | 2 | by Jacob Mafume

Cholera outbreak looms in Harare

The MDC Renewal Team is seriously concerned by the acute water shortages in Harare and exposing its residents to communicable diseases such as dysentery and cholera.A Local Government committee of the MDC Renewal Team, which was led by Emm…

Published: 17 Oct 2014 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Emmanuel Chiroto

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Minister urges home seekers to verify with councils to avoid land fraud

MP Zhou calls for castration of child rapists amid rising abuse cases

Senator Tongogara demands clarity on disease-related deaths and national health strategy

Chamisa loyalists brands Timba as a 'rebel'

Vicious crackdown on Chiwenga backers

Mnangagwa's camp left in disarray

5 Zimbabweans convicted in £300,000 NHS fraud in UK

Student arrested for stabbing maid

Zimbabwe farmland surveys to be concluded soon

Mnangagwa hands over car, cash and house to Comic Elder

'Sanctions removal will unlock Zimbabwe's potential'

Zimbabwe resilient despite sanctions

Cowdray Park residents receive first batch of title deeds

Govt complicit in Penhalonga's environmental collapse

Zanu-PF is in panic mode

Man jailed after pleasuring himself while staring at woman sweeping

Cousin's creepy crush lands him behind bars

Woman smashes windows over 'stolen' man

Woman caught smuggling truckload of buckets across the Limpopo

Real Zimbabwe opposition is alive

When Christians mistake State House invitations for divine blessings

Zanu-PF wins Mangwe councillor seat after 20 years

Developers exploit BCC's tender flaws

Dangote expected in Zimbabwe for a potential US$1bn deal

Council employee loses fake qualifications case

Zanu-PF loving chief's woes mount

Pay cut for Harare bigwigs

Midlands special high court circuit records 98% conviction rate

Woman stabs husband in property dispute

Masarira in court over '1 Million Man March' protest flyers

5 Zimbabweans convicted in £300,000 NHS fraud in UK

Charamba 'explains' the Catholic land saga

Mnangagwa's camp left in disarray

Vicious crackdown on Chiwenga backers

Mnangagwa hands over car, cash and house to Comic Elder

Chamisa loyalists brands Timba as a 'rebel'

Man jailed after pleasuring himself while staring at woman sweeping

Mliswa takes aim at Charamba over handling of Geza protests

Student arrested for stabbing maid

Dr Hans Schales of St Luke's Hospital passes away

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