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Doctors slam Zimbabwe govt

The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has accused the government of failing to honour its commitment to strengthen cancer care, saying no cancer treatment equipment has been procured two years after the introduction …

Published: 08 Oct 2025 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter

Schools in Zimbabwe struggle as BEAM funds remain unpaid

Schools across Zimbabwe are facing a financial crisis as the government continues to delay Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) disbursements, a programme meant to cover fees for vulnerable learners.Minister of Public Service, Labour a…

Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe doctors continue to leave

Zimbabwe's healthcare system is under strain as medical doctors continue to leave the country for better opportunities abroad, affecting service delivery, particularly in rural areas, government officials have warned.Deputy Minister of Hea…

Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter

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 thousands of outpatients every month.The 708-…

Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:22hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe doctors turn screws on govt

Human rights doctors have intensified their call for transparency from the Zimbabwean government regarding the use of revenue generated from the sugar tax. The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has pressed authoritie…

Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 07:08hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter

Doctors demand transparency from Mthuli Ncube on sugar tax revenue

The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has called on Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube to provide detailed accounts of the government's sugar tax revenue and its utilization.In a letter dated November 21, 2024, ZADHR, thr…

Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 15:15hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter

Doctors accuse councils of profiteering

THE Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association (MDPPZA) has accused local authorities of profiteering by charging exorbitant fees to medical practitioners.Speaking to NewsDay, MDPPZA president Johannes Marisa expresse…

Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

PHOTOS: Eye surgeries...army doctors step in

In a groundbreaking display of compassion and commitment to the well-being of its citizens, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has embarked on a noble mission, offering free eye cataract surgeries in the Midlands Province. This extraordinary…

Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 12:34hrs | 20 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Mpilo junior doctors move into new quarters

JUNIOR doctors in Bulawayo have moved into reconstructed Mpilo Central Hospital residence quarters which were destroyed by fire, a development that is expected to improve the delivery of health services at the institution.The doctors yeste…

Published: 15 May 2023 at 18:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mpilo doctors' quarters await commissioning by ...

THE construction of Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' quarters is now complete and will be commissioned before the end of the year.Government was renovating three apartment buildings housing doctors at the referral hospital after a series of…

Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Court doctors its order to prejudice Sikhala, claims Bhamu

OPPOSITION MP Job Sikhala's lawyer Jeremiah Bhamu has accused the court of doctoring its order to prejudice his clients.Bhamu made the claim after magistrate Taurai Manuwere dismissed an application to have deputy prosecutor-general Michae…

Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nick Mangwana and the Medical Assassins, Did he mean any harm?

The past few days social media was awash with the news of the Permanent Secretary of Information Ndavaningi Mangwana's statement on the Medical assassins. Many sort to accuse Nick for alleging that there are some medical assassins in our m…

Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 19:53hrs | | by Dr Masimba Masimba

Ndavaningi Mangwana must just resign

IT is sad that Information secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana has decided to hide from the truth that our health sector is in the intensive care unit, therefore, it can no longer assist people.Zanu-PF always blame everyone else except itself. F…

Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:01hrs | 3 | by Ranga Chitore

FULL TEXT: ZCTU blasts General Chiwenga's move

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has learnt with dismay moves by the government to enlist into the army all graduating junior doctors before they could be employed by the government.Reports indicated that a letter dated Septemb…

Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 16:56hrs | 16 | by ZCTU

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 they have realised it is the only way to d…

Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 14:29hrs | 1 | by Editorial - Daily News

No pay for striking doctors

Government has said it will not pay doctors for the days they were absent at their work stations during the 40-day long industrial action which started early in December and ended at the start of last month.The Heath Services Board told th…

Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 13:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Threats and blackmail: The real story behind the doctors' return to wards

They stood their ground against government threats, but it took coercion from one of their own to end the junior doctors' 40-day strike.At one time they were fired by Vice-President Constantino Guveya Chiwenga after refusing to return to w…

Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 10:40hrs | 1 | by Everson Mushava

Doctors' strike calls for relook into health policy

AS the circus and confusion with regards to the junior doctors' strike continues unabated, it is time government shows sincerity to both the disgruntled medical practitioners and the general public.We believe instead of applying bullying t…

Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Editorial - newsday

Doctors' strike: Lives on ropes as lies, arrogance blot hope

Timothy Kafiramberi (not his real name) is visibly desperate and scared as he carries his ailing son who cannot walk due to an unexplained sickness. He has been moving from one room to another along the crowded corridors at the outpatients…

Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:16hrs | | by Vanessa Gonye

Doctors end strike?

Striking public sector doctors have agreed to return to work with immediate effect after an agreement with Government on a plethora of grievances that had witnessed the health practitioners' stay away from work for close to a month.The doc…

Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Doctors: Collapse of the health system and withdrawal of labour

Press Statement by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum & Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights on the Collapse of the Health System and Withdrawal of Labour by the Doctors in Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe has been plunged into a major h…

Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:12hrs | | by Ms. Blessing Gorejena

Chiwenga's statement on the ongoing industrial action in the Health Sector

Following a series of meetings involving striking Health Workers and their employer, the Health Services Board, Government is gravely concerned that the situation in our country continues to deteriorate to the detriment of patients who nee…

Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:12hrs | | by Chiwenga

Please save our doctors

The handling thus far by the government of the ongoing industrial action by the country's medical doctors has left a lot to be desired - reflecting very poorly on both the bona fides and humanity of the so-called 'new dispensation' now in …

Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga, doctors in crunch meeting

FEAR gripped government yesterday forcing discussions with striking junior doctors as well as consultants and senior health practitioners, who on Friday issued a 48-hour-ultimatum, NewsDay can reveal.The ultimatum expired last night.It als…

Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:08hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean doctors killed over a thousand people in one month of December?

My father once told me that a man who does not sleep at home will never buy a bed for his home. This might just be true when applied to politicians on the continent seeking medical help anywhere but home. Zimbabwe is facing the worst year …

Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Bloodless coup against ZANU PF government just started

In October 2018, I wrote a piece claiming that the ZANU PF government will collapse within six months if the controversial President ED Mnangagwa is not going to form an inclusive government with Nelson Chamisa's team. I informed you that …

Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 07:50hrs | 4 | by Don Chigumba

Hippocratic Oath versus currency that pays the bills

ACCORDING to online journals, the Hippocratic Oath is an oath historically taken by physicians. It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. In its original form, it requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing g…

Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:03hrs | 89 | by Limukani Ncube

David Parirenyatwa should resign

The Doctors and the entire health system problem has always been pending and the new Mnangagwa government should have dealt with it as soon as they came into office. The solution's curtain raiser should have been getting rid of the crooked…

Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 14:10hrs | 1 | by Clement Moyo

Doctors should value people's lives

In as much as doctors' demands are valid, it is also essential for them to consider the precious lives of the people of Zimbabwe who need their special attention across the nation.Among other challenges, it has been reported that the docto…

Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 15:20hrs | 1 | by Sibusiso Ndlamini

Doctors strike illegal, says Government

GOVERNMENT and the Health Services Board have said the ongoing strike by doctors is illegal and urged them to return to work immediately.The doctors had before downing tools, petitioned Government to address a number of grievances that inc…

Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Govt comands doctors to return to work

GOVERNMENT is calling on some doctors, who went on strike yesterday, to return to work as it looks into their grievances. Some doctors went on strike yesterday even though the law prohibits them from embarking on industrial action as they …

Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter

'it's disheartening that govt is prioritising recruitment of Doctors and Nurses only'

Hie News Desk Am a concerned citizen in Zimbabwe. I have been following proceedings in happening in the civil service especially the Health sector. Its more like disheartening that our government is prioritising recruitment of the curative…

Published: 06 May 2017 at 08:12hrs | | by Concerned citizen

Why are Zimbabwean doctors striking? Are their demands justifiable and reasonable?

Zimbabwe's health system was plunged into further chaos, a day after Valentine's Day on Wednesday 15 January 2017, when the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA), the representative association of Government Doctors in Zimbabwe, ann…

Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 22:09hrs | | by Dr Benson Mudiwa

Doctors promoting illegal abortions

"I WILL maintain the utmost respect for human life from the beginnings, even under threat, and will not use my specialist knowledge contrary to the laws of humanityâ€¦"Above is an extract from the Hippocratic Oath taken by medical doctors …

Published: 05 Feb 2015 at 10:57hrs | 1 | by Tendai Makaripe

Jnr Doctors are Doctors too

Yet again, we have reached that point of deep reflection and judgment.Many have heard about the doctors' strike and some might have actually grown tired of it.However, an independent standpoint would not do any harm.I am revisiting the mat…

Published: 09 Nov 2014 at 08:38hrs | | by Dr Simbarashe Ndoda

Doctors, nurses welcome call for urgent unfreezing of Govt posts

DOCTORS and nurses have welcomed the call by the Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr David Parirenyatwa, for the urgent unfreezing of Government posts and the releasing of funds budgeted for the health sector. Dr Parirenyatwa last week m…

Published: 24 Sep 2013 at 02:47hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter

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