Search / Drugs
Zimra to introduce sniffer dogs at border posts
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) will soon introduce sniffer dogs to tackle smuggling activities at the country's border posts amid an outcry over rampant corruption by its officials.Spe...Published: 7 hrs ago | 313 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, India eye increased co-operation
GOVERNMENT says there is huge potential for increased co-operation in the ICT, energy, mining and the pharmaceutical sectors with India.Speaking at the commemoration of the 71st Republic Day o...Published: 7 hrs ago | 37 | by Staff reporter
Man found with mbanje blames co-tenant
A VICTORIA Falls man found in possession of three kilogrammes of mbanje in his room told a court that the drugs belonged to a co-tenant who is a member of the apostolic sect. Acting on a tip o...Published: 7 hrs ago | 274 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers, drugs flood Jumbo mine
Sex workers and drug abusers are mushrooming in Jumbo and Shamva mine, Mashonaland Central province targeting artisanal miners.Officer ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:58hrs | 4363 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Machete gangs leave one dead, several injured in ore heist
"Mining in Zimbabwe is no longer safe for women," says Sanelisiwe Maseko, a single mother of two whose mine in Colleen Bawn was recently invaded by machete-wielding men in a bloody raid that left one ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:29hrs | 3878 | by Staff reporter
Zacc wades into gold smuggling
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has been handed an explosive gold smuggling report that details well-knit gold smuggling by a coterie of gold buying barons, which is costing Zimbabwe bi...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:08hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
Senior doctors resume normal duty
Senior doctors who have been providing limited services and attending to emergency cases only since December have returned to work fulltime and upscaled their services to include numerous urgent other...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:33hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga itching for a showdown with Marry Mubaiwa
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga is itching for a showdown with estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, in court today and has rejected an out-of-court settlement following a nasty fallout with the former...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:55hrs | 5624 | by Staff rpeorter
Doctors meet Chiwenga
Senior doctors who have been providing partial services and attending to emergency cases only since December have up-scaled their services to include other cases deemed as urgent. This means, ...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:40hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes drug thefts at hospitals
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is now monitoring public hospitals and clinics to curb thefts and ensure drugs are not diverted to the black market. This follows checks that wer...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:14hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Police seize journalist's phone
Chiredzi based journalist Patrick Chitongo's phone was seized last week by ZRP Chiredzi, the gadget was suspected to have been used to steal a classified document from the Police force's district head...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 16:42hrs | 1944 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Chiwenga, wife act to end feud
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga and his estranged wife Marry are close to striking an out-of-court settlement that will allow the former model access to her children, cars and matrimonial home, th...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:28hrs | 844 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe platinum leakages hurting national purse
WITH its economy tanking, Zimbabwe is looking to mining for salvation.But platinum ore exports may be leaking millions of dollars in potential revenue the country needs to plug an acute shorta...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:27hrs | 143 | by Cliff Chiduku
Mnangagwa faces serious challenges
A bleak outlook characterised by growing expectations to end Zimbabwe's political impasse, a weakening currency, power and foreign currency shortages stare in the face of President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:58hrs | 11998 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga seeks to take wife fight out of court
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has blinked first in his divorce battle with estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa, after it was revealed on Friday that he is seeking an out-of-court settlement in a case b...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:47hrs | 8880 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga eats humble pie
AFTER a captivating month where Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and his estranged wife, Marry, threw brickbats at each other in riveting court applications in their ongoing divorce proceedings, th...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:30hrs | 14608 | by Staff reporter
Let's watch closely how the Zimbabwe military and the judiciary playout in the case of Chiwengas
As believers we now know that if we are grateful for the small things that the universe gives us, it will send its abundant energy to even usher us more gifts than we could ever imagine. Our gratitude...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1765 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Chiwenga acutely paranoid and under influence of drugs'
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga goes through most days high on prescription drugs and suffers acute paranoia, his estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa has told the High Court as both sides trade dirt in...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1817 | by ZimLive
Chiwenga's wife spills the beans
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry, has revealed that the retired army general harbours an ambition to take over the presidency.Marry said the collapse of the couple's...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:13hrs | 2820 | by Staff reporter
Marry Chiwenga demands US$47 000 maintenance
MARRY, the estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has filed papers at the High Court demanding US$47 000 per month for maintenance as she also revealed the VP was taking unprescribed d...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:54hrs | 991 | by newzimbabwe
Police round up 900 maShurugwi
Zimbabwean police have arrested 907 people in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central in an operation targeting the notorious Machete wielding maShurugwi gold panners...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 18:09hrs | 7956 | by Staff Reporter
Black market fuel sold in Harare CBD
HARARE - Central Business District (CBD) bus terminuses have of late become black market fuel service stations with fuel being sold there openly.The sale of illicit drugs and gambling is also ...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 20:50hrs | 6652 | by Staff Reporter
Is Marry Chiwenga a victim of power?
Abuse of power or abuse of authority, in the form of "malfeasance in office" or "official misconduct", is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, which affects the performance...Published: 28 Dec 2019 at 09:52hrs | 9346 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Shot Malayitsha's wife and children boycott burial
THE wife and three children of a murdered South Africa-based Zimbabwean businessman yesterday boycotted his burial at his rural home in Phumula, Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North.Bheki Ndlovu (44...Published: 26 Dec 2019 at 09:06hrs | 10155 | by Staff Reporter
'Cop bosses deal in drugs'
TWO female police detectives based in Bulawayo have approached the High Court challenging their superiors' decision to move them to other stations. The two cops, only identified as Detective S...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:08hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
ZRP no longer visible in communities
Today I sent representatives to participate at the Njube - Lobhengula Constituency local peace committee that works under Zimbabwe Christian Alliance, where I am also an active member of the committee...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 19:24hrs | 2975 | by Presia Ngulube, MRP Vice-president
Mnangagwa's advisor slams govt over doctors impasse
BUSINESSMAN and cleric, Shingi Munyeza has called out government for failing to equip hospitals and underpaying doctors while at the same time expecting them to save lives.In a video posted on...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:10hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Half of HIV-positive people ignore viral load-testing
A RESEARCH carried out by the Pan African Positive Women's Coalition (PAPWC) has discovered that 50% of people living with the HIV virus are not accessing viral load-testing and related services due t...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 12:41hrs | 2899 | by Staff Reporter
Bone and ligament clinic a welcome development
MPILO Central Hospital is of strategic importance in the country's health sector not only in Bulawayo where it is domiciled and its surroundings but to the southern part of the country as it is also a...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 07:53hrs | 363 | by Staff Reporter
Cyrene pupils arrested for selling dagga and 'roofie' pills at school
While other pupils raise money through selling snacks and sweets to supplement their school allowances, some Cyrene Mission boys have allegedly crossed the thin line that separates law abiding citizen...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:18hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Ingutsheni Hospital getting early Christmas tomorrow
Ingutsheni mental health hospital in Bulawayo is tomorrow getting early Christimas after a group of well-wishers promised to donate goods to the institution.A group of psychiatric nurses some ...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 14:03hrs | 741 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe to roll out new tuberculosis preventive therapy
GOVERNMENT has said it will roll out new tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy next year to curb the infectious disease. Speaking during a training workshop on TB reporting in Kadoma last week,...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:24hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Higherlife Foundation launches 'Support Our Hospitals' campaign
Higherlife Foundation today launched the 'Support Our Hospitals' campaign aimed at capacitating doctors working in public hospitals by mobilizing funding and material support to ensure public medical ...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 16:23hrs | 1898 | by Agencies
Aids battle far from over
LAST Sunday, Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Aids Day, which is always marked with much pomp and fanfare as well as passionate declarations and pledges for enhanced access...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:23hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Smuggled drugs flood Zimbabwe market
High mark-ups imposed by importers, wholesalers and retailers of medicines have resulted in a flood of cheaper drugs being smuggled from neighbouring countries and sold on the streets by vendors. ...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 06:50hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police warn against vuzu parties
POLICE in Bulawayo have warned teenagers against convening the infamous underground Vuzu parties and abusing drugs after schools closed on Thursday as they risk being arrested. The police said...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 09:07hrs | 1202 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt distances itself from Matemadanda utterances
GOVERNMENT yesterday distanced itself from recent statements by Defence deputy minister Victor Matemadanda, who claimed that human rights lawyer Doug Coltart was paying doctors to stay away from work....Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:30hrs | 5896 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe church and political leaders blaspheming the name of God are condemning themselves and the nation!
If there is anything I find utterly repulsive, disgraceful, and unacceptable in this entire world, are people who bring the name of the Almighty Jehovah God - our hallowed Creator - into disrepute, an...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 08:30hrs | 1009 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Presidential guard who shot at Mnangagwa's house goes mad
Professor Jonathan Moyo has revealed that the Presidential guard who fired bullets at State House has been confined to a military hospital where is receiving treatment after getting mentally and physi...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 11:34hrs | 19336 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe prisons struggle to feed, treat inmates
The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) is struggling to feed and provide medical attention to inmates due to shortages of food and drugs, officials have said.This emerged at a Z...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:19hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Do not give the devil undeserved 'credit'
For sure witchcraft and witches do exist for different reasons and purposes. Just like thieves and robbers (another type of witchcraft), they are a menace to society and communities at large. ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 22:06hrs | 1478 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Activists ambush Mnangagwa's Health minister
HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo was yesterday ambushed by Masvingo demonstrators protesting the lack of drugs and the continued doctors' strike at major hospitals.The incident occurred as the min...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1157 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors want more than just better salaries
NEWS that the country's doctors have spanned an offer by business tycoon, Strive Masiyiwa, is depressing as it is curious. In fact, the whole debacle speaks to the major problem facing this country: I...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:24hrs | 218 | by newsday editorial
4 Bulawayo schools under probe for bullying, drug abuse
THE Primary and Secondary Education ministry last week called for a meeting with parents and stakeholders to root out bullying which has gone out of hand at Bulawayo schools.Ministry officials...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:21hrs | 499 | by Staff rpeorter
Drug dealer arrested while hiding in toilet
A DRUG dealer has been arrested after being found in possession of dagga and 16 bottles of illegal drugs while locking himself in the toilet of a local shop, trying to evade arrest.Police, act...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:23hrs | 2313 | by Staff reporter
Why Obadiah Moyo must go
The appointment of Obadiah Moyo as Health and Child Care minister in September 2018 was received with mixed feelings.On one hand, there were some who wanted to see a change of leadership at th...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:08hrs | 416 | by Fortune Nyamande
Expired products on shop shelves, streets
EXPIRED products are finding their way into households as unscrupulous retailers are duping their clients, The Sunday Mail Society has established.Goods ranging from dairy products, beverages,...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:49hrs | 246 | by Staff rpeorter
Fired police officers challenge dismissal
THREE police officers who were forced to retire on medical grounds after sustaining injuries during the course of duty have taken Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to court challenging their ...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:47hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for fired Zimbabwe doctors
All the fired doctors have 48-hours to return to work without re-applying or being asked many questions, President Mnangagwa has promised after this was requested by the Catholic bishops. The ...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:35hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Fired doctors were offside, says HSB
Doctors being dismissed from public health service violated multiple labour provisions, leaving the Government with no option but to institute disciplinary action, the Health Services Board (HSB) has ...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:34hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
