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Mnangagwa's govt moves to block doctors' migration
SENIOR doctors have slammed the Health ministry for trampling on the Health Professions Act by throwing thorns into their path to stop them from looking for green er pastures.This follows an a...Published: 10 hrs ago | 497 | by Staff reporter
Relief for Zimbabwe cross-border traders
CROSS-BORDER traders across the country are set for a major relief following the unveiling of a cheaper coronavirus (Covid-19) testing facility, in a development that will be cost effective.Th...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa requests Zimbabweans to pray for Joana Mamombe
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has urged Zimbabweans to pray for jailed MDC MP Joana Mamombe and other political prisoners who are languishing in prison. In a Twitter post on Saturda...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 11:06hrs | 3502 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga's vindictiveness will cripple health sector
GOVERNMENT'S decision to impose stiff measures on doctors intending to leave the country in pursuit of the proverbial greener pastures is quite unfortunate as it seems designed to punish health profes...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:31hrs | 4637 | by Staff reporter
US keenly watching Mnangagwa
THE United States government says it is keenly watching how President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration was upholding constitutionalism, basic human rights and the rule of law.The statement ...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:15hrs | 3461 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blows top over Joana Mamombe's arrest
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has called dupon an Independent inquiry into matters surrounding the incarceration of MDC leader Joana Mamombe. A Harare court remanded the legislator for Ha...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 13:02hrs | 6975 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga cracks whip
GOVERNMENT has set tough measures for doctors intending to leave the country and also ordered the closure of three programmes at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ)'s medical school in a move viewed as pu...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:15hrs | 8823 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP detained at remand prison
A HARARE magistrate has sent Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe (MDC Alliance) to prison for two weeks to enable two government doctors to assess her mental condition after she failed to attend tri...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:10hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Varsity workers declare incapacitation
WORKERS at State universities have declared incapacitation and threatened to return to work only after government reviews their salaries.Institutions of higher learning were set to reopen on O...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:00hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
'Abducted' Zimbabwe doctor free of poisoning: Tests
A RANGE of blood and urine specimens extracted from Peter Magombeyi, the former Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) president, who was allegedly abducted by state security last year showed no...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1203 | by Staff reporter
Cop sues for $1m over disposed cyst
A POLICE detective is suing the Gwanda Provincial Hospital for nearly $1 million after a nurse at the health facility disposed of an ovarian cyst removed from her body without sending it for laborator...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:51hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga speaks on adolescent health
Eradication of poverty and increased education are among key factors in dealing with early sexual activity among adolescents, Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwen...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:48hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
2 doctors to examine Mamombe's fitness
Two neutral doctors will examine MDC Alliance activist Joana Mamombe to determine her fitness to stand trial, a Harare magistrate ruled yesterday. Mrs Bianca Makwande ruled that Mamombe be exa...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:48hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Court detains Joanna Mamombe at prison for mental exam by govt doctors
MDC Alliance politician Joanna Mamombe has been admitted at the Harare Remand Prison under the care of the prison Superintendent for two weeks, pending medical examination by two doctors.Mamom...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 20:54hrs | 2272 | by ZBC Reporter
Mamombe's mental challenges case ruling to be handed down today
The public prosecutor handling the matter in which MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and party members, Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri are facing charges of faking their abduction in May this ...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 05:33hrs | 956 | by Staff 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 | 2308 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga pledges to improve the working conditions of health workers
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga who is also the country's Health Minister has pledged to improve the working conditions of public sector health workers.This comes as the Health Apex Counci...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:38hrs | 1748 | by Staff reporter
Impala Car Rental's benevolence hailed
Peter Chirata, the father of a 12-year-old Mt Darwin girl who suffered serious burns in a inferno in 2013, was a relieved man yesterday after Impala Car Hire paid for her medical bills and donated cas...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1075 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa tells Zanu-PF that 'soldier needed to silence nurses'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told a Zanu-PF central committee meeting in Harare that he appointed Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to head the Health portfolio to sort out striking doctor...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 6705 | by Staff reporter
10 Zimbabwean students win Chevening Scholarships
TEN bright students from Zimbabwe will be travelling to the United Kingdom (UK) next month (October) to further their studies. Probably the last time such a large contingent of students from o...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
'I deployed Chiwenga to deal with striking doctors and nurses' Mnangagwa says
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has told the ZANU PF Central Committee that repeated strikes and general instability in the sector led him to the conclusion that a firm, soldiery hand was needed and appr...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 13:21hrs | 9431 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe govt abuses critics, allege rights groups
GODFREY Kurauone, a Zimbabwean opposition official, sang a protest song at the funeral of a party member in July. For that, and other political charges, he spent 42 days in jail before the prosecution...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:50hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
'Mamombe should undergo mental exam'
THE State yesterday indicated that it wants MDC-Alliance member, Joana Mamombe, to be examined by two Government doctors to ascertain her mental condition after her doctor indicated that she was suffe...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe 'faking' illness
The State has received video evidence from the investigating officer, which suggests that MDC-Alliance member, Joana Mamombe, is not suffering from anxiety disorder as she was captured on CCTV shoppin...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:12hrs | 3397 | by Staff reporter
What does it mean searching hymen inside an 18-yr-old daughter's vaginal opening? Hon Priscilla Mishihairabwi-Mushonga I need an
Much as we would like to believe that our societies and families are holier than thou: far from it. We are worse off today, yesterday and a century ago. Violence against women and girl-children is pre...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 14:17hrs | 3910 | by Nomazulu Thata
ZimThrive donates to Parirenyatwa hospital to help fight Covid-19 in Zimbabwe
ZimThrive, in collaboration with Covid-19 Zimbabwe, has donated $5900 USD to Parirenyatwa hospital to support the welfare of frontline health workers.The rise in cases in Zimbabwe has led to a...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:21hrs | 308 | by ZimThrive
Zimbabwe coming apart at the seams
In Zimbabwe, pregnant women are left alone in hospitals to give birth, taps have run dry in major urban centers, infrastructure has all but collapsed and more than half the population needs food aid....Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Why is Zanu-PF afraid of the ANC?
ZANU-PF has been throwing tantrums against the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa over the last two weeks and that peevishness clearly exposes fright on their part.Spin-doctors in...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | 2934 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt okays football resumption
GOVERNMENT has given the green light for the resumption of domestic football after Sports minister Kirsty Coventry yesterday submitted a raft of proposals to Zifa.Only one competitive match ha...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:16hrs | 1747 | by Staff reporter
Nurses, doctors warn Mnangagwa's govt
HEALTH experts have warned the government against fully relaxing coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions as positive cases continue to rise. As at September ii Zimbabwe had registered 7 479 confirmed case...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:05hrs | 5905 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's legs swollen
LAWYERS for incarcerated MDC deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, say his health is continuing to deteriorate after prison authorities allegedly barred him from accessing a private doctor....Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:04hrs | 3137 | by Staff reporter
Clinical trial of new Covid-19 herb starts
Some local doctors on Friday launched clinical tests in Masvingo to ascertain the effectiveness a of a powder made from local herbs, against Covid-19. The powder, called Bhanan'ana, was discov...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1751 | by Staff reporter
'South Africa should open its borders'
Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa, CEO of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa is calling upon the government to open up the country's borders.Tshivhengwa has made the call following a down surge ...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:18hrs | 1845 | by Daniel Itai, Johannesburg, South Africa
I miss Smith's Rhodesia
SINCE the attainment of our independence in 1980, the people of Zimbabwe have never tasted true freedom under the ruling Zanu-PF elite.The late former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith's regi...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1639 | by Concerned
Chamisa says Mwonzora is a 'sell-out'
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa has described his former colleague Douglas Mwonzora, as a sell-out who was fighting an unwinnable petty agenda.For close to six months, Mwonzora, MDC-T in...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:34hrs | 10811 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance trio turns to prophets
MDC-Alliance activists who faked abduction in May this year have now turned to apostolic prophets in what appears to be a desperate bid, wrapped in superstition and mythology, to have the State's case...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 2544 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala need urgent medical attention
LAWYERS representing firebrand MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson Job "Wiwa" Sikhala say the heavily-built and larger-than-life Zengeza West legislator's health is deteriorating at Chikurubi Max...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 20:02hrs | 1660 | by Staff reporter
'As we move forward, let's transform our work ethics' argue Chiwenga - until end vote rigging culture, going nowhere
"As we move forward and face the future with courage, the expectation of government is that the work ethics and work culture within the Ministry of Health and Child Care undergo deep transformation," ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:39hrs | 2072 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Nurses call off strike
The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) has told its members employed by the Government to end their industrial action and immediately start reporting for work. ZINA yesterday also endorsed pla...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1811 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Minister Matemadanda visits the Injured Soldiers in Hospital
The deputy minister of defence who is the ZANU PF Political Commisair cde Victor Matemadanda last night visited two members of the Zimbabwe National Army who are admitted at West End Hospital in Harar...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 20:17hrs | 1718 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chiwenga to ban medical trips abroad for 'everybody'
Vice president and health minister Constantino Chiwenga has announced the government will ban overseas medical flights for all Zimbabweans, saying the trips are bleeding the country of scarce foreign ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 16:58hrs | 9470 | by Staff reporter
Sell-outs will disappear, says Mnangagwa ally
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has unwittingly exposed government's hand in the alleged abduction and forced disappearances of opposition and human rights activists after he bragged that "...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 6895 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns doctors not to use patients as pawns
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has warned health professionals against using patients' lives as pawns while bargaining for better working conditions.Addressing journalists in Harare yeste...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | 4416 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF threatens ministers
ANU-PF politburo member Patrick Chinamasa yesterday said the Cabinet must answer to the ruling party, and threatened they would fire ministers that do not file reports with the secretariat, igniting a...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:43hrs | 9315 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army revenges for the shooting of 2 soldiers
TWO yet to be identified people who shot Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers, killing one and seriously injuring another in Chivhu on Saturday were yesterday gunned down by security forces in a dram...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 2353 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga visits injured soldiers
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga last night visited two members of the Zimbabwe National Army who are admitted at West End Hospital in Harare, following a shootout with two assailants in separate i...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 4696 | by Staff reporter
Striking doctors, nurses receive threatening calls
Striking doctors and nurses have allegedly been receiving threats from anonymous people, trying to force them to return to work.Health workers, including nurses, downed tools three months ago ...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:06hrs | 3803 | by Staff reporter
US and its Allies barking up the wrong tree
ZIMBABWE is under attack from the West through the use of proxies in the form of the MDC Alliance, Lawyers for Human Rights, cheque book journalists, Civic Society Organisations (CSOs), Non-Government...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:50hrs | 425 | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda
Zimbabwe's new COVID-19 infections level off, recoveries rise
AUTHORITIES are considering lifting the current coronavirus curfew as the country records increasingly fewer infections and more recoveries from the lethal disease, the Daily News reports.Howe...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 18:26hrs | 1787 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono whisked to court, misses doctor's appointment
INCARCERATED investigative journalist Hopewell Chin'ono, who is accused of inciting public violence, was yesterday dragged out of his prison cell on the pretext that hisphysician wanted to see him...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:41hrs | 2316 | by Staff reporter
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