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Zimbabwe tightens Mpox surveillance at borders
Zimbabwe has intensified disease surveillance and screening at all ports of entry in response to renewed global outbreaks of Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, even though no new local cases have been...Published: 4 hrs ago | 77 | by Staff reporter
Machakaire lashes out at 'lazy, rogue' govt officials
Youth Empowerment minister Tinoda Machakaire has launched a blistering attack on corrupt health professionals and underperforming government officials, blaming them for the collapse of Zimbabwe's publ...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 09:42hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, China seal US$55m technical cooperation agreement
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday presided over the signing of a US$55 million Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement between Zimbabwe and China, in a move set to boost the country's dev...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 09:22hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Botswana's health sector hit by severe shortages
Botswana's Ministry of Health has issued a stark update on the country's public health system, revealing a critical shortage of essential medicines and medical supplies that has forced the suspension ...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 17:46hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's deteriorating roads and malfunctioning traffic lights
Bulawayo city councillors have expressed deep concern over the worsening state of roads and malfunctioning traffic lights, warning that the deteriorating infrastructure poses serious risks to motorist...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 14:31hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Body of drowned cop found after seven day search
The body of Constable Joseph Masvora (24), who drowned last Sunday at Bubi-Lupane Dam alongside Brian Thulani Ngwenya (26), was finally recovered yesterday morning, bringing to an end a grueling seven...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 18:41hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Majome engages South Africa over denied healthcare for Zimbabweans
Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) chairperson Jessie Majome says she is hopeful that her recent engagement with South Africa's Public Protector, Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka, will pave the way for Z...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 14:01hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Chinese national shot dead in armed robbery at Zimbabwe mine
Zimbabwean police have confirmed a fatal armed robbery that occurred last Friday at Pin 3 Mine, a Chinese-owned operation in Shurugwi, Midlands Province, amid reports that a Chinese employee was fatal...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 10:13hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's budget falls short of Abuja health target funding
Zimbabwe's 2025 Mid-Year Budget Review has again revealed the country's continued failure to meet the Abuja Declaration commitment of allocating at least 15% of the national budget to health, despite ...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 13:42hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe slides into a spaza nation
Zimbabwe's commercial landscape is undergoing a profound transformation - and not for the better. Across major cities, once-thriving formal businesses have either shuttered or drastically downsized, t...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 13:17hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Kariba Dam rehabilitation nears completion
The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has successfully completed a critical "test on completion" under the ongoing Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project (KDRP), marking a major milestone in efforts to secure ...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 09:05hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
High Court to hear bid to block Borrowdale office complex
The High Court will urgently hear an application by Trauma Centre Hospital and a Borrowdale resident seeking to halt the construction of large office buildings in the upmarket residential suburb....Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 08:11hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Harare shuts down 121 businesses in CBD crackdown blitz
The Harare City Council has shut down 121 businesses in the central business district (CBD) in an intensified campaign targeting non-compliant operations. The crackdown, now in its second day, follows...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 18:46hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Bystanders hamper rescue operations at crash sites
The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has urged the public to stop crowding at accident scenes, warning that the practice can delay emergency response efforts and cost lives.TSCZ manag...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 12:55hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces malaria crisis
Zimbabwe is grappling with a sharp and alarming rise in malaria cases, with nearly 112,000 suspected infections and over 300 deaths reported in the first half of 2025 alone - a surge that has sparked ...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 08:15hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, UAE sign health cooperation deal
Zimbabwe has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) aimed at transforming and strengthening healthcare systems in both countries through wide-ranging c...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 10:11hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
What we experience in Zimbabwe is no longer load shedding - It's an energy crisis
Downplaying the gravity of a crisis may offer short-term comfort, but in the long run, it only deepens the problem.In Zimbabwe today, the term "load shedding" has become a household phrase - r...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 20:58hrs | 486 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
+20 injured in another Seke Road commuter omnibus crash
More than 20 people were injured on Tuesday morning when a commuter omnibus travelling from Ziko to Harare's central business district veered off Seke Road and crashed near Chinhamo Service Station af...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 18:22hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Concern over rise in street children
A deepening social crisis is gripping the city of Bulawayo, with a disturbing surge in the number of children living and working on its streets - many of whom now hail from the city's own suburban nei...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 16:24hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border Post traffic movement resumes
Cross-border traffic between Zimbabwe and South Africa resumed on Monday night following a temporary shutdown at the Beitbridge Port of Entry (PoE), after a liquefied petroleum (LP) gas tanker fell of...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 15:38hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Uber shutdown warning in South Africa
The National E-hailing Federation of South Africa (Nefsa) has warned that e-hailing drivers will down tools nationwide unless their demands regarding pay and working conditions are met.Speakin...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 10:27hrs | 1335 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans caught between two broken health systems
When Matilda Sibanda left Bulawayo for South Africa ten years ago, her decision was driven by Zimbabwe's collapsing healthcare system. Now 34, she finds herself in a devastating limbo - unable to acce...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 14:19hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
2 killed, 13 injured in collision on Lomagundi road
A tragic road traffic accident occurred in the early hours of Monday along Lomagundi Road, between Harare Drive and the Westgate roundabout, claiming two lives on the spot and leaving 13 others injure...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 13:25hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Massive fire guts Glen View 8 furniture complex in Harare
A destructive fire broke out at the Glen View 8 Furniture Complex on Sunday morning, 27 July 2025, triggering a large-scale emergency response from the City of Harare's fire brigade and volunteers fro...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 20:55hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
2 feared dead in church bus, lorry accident
Two people are feared dead following a tragic road traffic accident that occurred just after Kaguvi Training Centre on the outskirts of Gweru along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway.Eyewitnesses sai...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 17:56hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Simba Bhora Chairman elected new PSL boss
Simba Bhora chairman Isiah Mupfurutsa has been elected as the new Premier Soccer League (PSL) chairman, ushering in a new era of leadership in Zimbabwe's top-flight football administration.Mup...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 14:04hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Glen View faces sewage crisis
Residents of Glen View 3 in Harare are facing a deepening public health crisis as raw sewage continues to overflow through the suburb's streets, creating fertile ground for outbreaks of cholera, typho...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 09:31hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Hulk Hogan dies
Iconic wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan has died at the age of 71. Emergency medical services were called to the WWE legend's home in Clearwater early Thursday morning in response to what dispatchers de...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 17:04hrs | 1578 | by Staff reporter
Final candidate line-up confirmed for PSL and ZWSL elections
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has officially confirmed the final list of candidates for the much-anticipated Premier Soccer League (PSL) and Zimbabwe Women's Soccer League (ZWSL) elections ...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 14:36hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Sipho Mazibuko arrested for demo against rape injustices
The founder of Mr and Miss Rural Zimbabwe, Esteemed Businesswomen Zimbabwe and Mental Voices Trust, Sipho Mazibuko, has been arrested for disorderly conduct, as she was planning on staging an illegal ...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 14:06hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's emergency response under scrutiny after deadly Manyame crash
Zimbabwe's road accident preparedness has come under intense scrutiny following a horrific crash on Tuesday that claimed 17 lives at Manyame River Bridge along the busy Seke Road.The fatal col...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 14:06hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Funding gap leaves 1,6m at risk of humanitarian shocks
About 1.6 million people in Zimbabwe who were targeted for urgent humanitarian assistance have been left vulnerable due to significant funding gaps in critical sectors such as child protection, educat...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 09:00hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
17 die in Harare road accident
Seventeen people have been confirmed dead following a horrific road accident involving a haulage truck and a commuter omnibus along Seke Road in Harare on Tuesday morning. The fatal collision occurred...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 15:10hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park residents drowning in sewage
Residents of Section 1A in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb say they are living in increasingly unbearable conditions as raw sewage floods their homes, a result of a crumbling drainage system that has l...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 13:25hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born law student found dead in Manchester's river Irwell
Communities in both Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom are mourning the tragic loss of 19-year-old Christine Chido Benjamin, a Zimbabwean-born law student whose body was discovered in Manchester's River ...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 19:45hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa hospital struggles with single ICU
Zimbabwe's largest referral hospital, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, is currently operating with just a single Intensive Care Unit (ICU) that serves the entire institution, a situation that severely...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:21hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Is this health justice or state overreach?
In the swiftly evolving drama of Zimbabwean healthcare, a new bill in Parliament has stirred both hope and alarm. The Medical Services Amendment Bill, championed by Justice and Parliamentary Affairs M...Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 09:10hrs | 1331 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Private hospitals to treat emergency cases regardless of payment
New legislation tabled in Parliament seeks to compel private hospitals to admit patients with life-threatening conditions for at least 48 hours-even if they cannot afford the services.The Medi...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:57hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt moves to regulate private health fees
Private health institutions in Zimbabwe will no longer be allowed to arbitrarily increase their fees or impose charges beyond government-prescribed limits without prior approval from the Minister of H...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 19:10hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fears HIV setbacks despite global praise
Zimbabwe has earned widespread international praise for its achievements in the fight against HIV, with the latest UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2025 placing the country among a selec...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 21:49hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
200 ambulances for all provinces in Zimbabwe
The government, in collaboration with Discovery Ambulance Services, has begun rolling out a free medical service initiative under the Presidential Emergency Medical Scheme, with plans to deploy at lea...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 08:20hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Fake Red Cross first aid certificates flood black market
Criminal syndicates are allegedly selling fake Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) first aid certificates in a countrywide scam that the humanitarian organisation has described ...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:50hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt expecting 200 ambulances
The Government, through the Presidential Emergency Medical Scheme (PEMS), is set to bolster emergency health services across Zimbabwe by deploying a fleet of 200 ambulances to health facilities spanni...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:34hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe conducts second joint external evaluation
Zimbabwe recently completed its second Joint External Evaluation (JEE), a critical assessment of the country's capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats under the International...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:50hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
2 feared dead in Harare-Mutoko highway crash
Two people are feared dead following a road traffic accident that occurred early Wednesday morning along the Harare-Mutoko Highway near the old tollgate site in Chishawasha.According to an eye...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 14:29hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Embassy pledged full support to Dr Gomo
The Zimbabwean Embassy in the United Kingdom has pledged full support to the grieving family of Dr. Fortune Faith Gomo, a Zimbabwean scientist who was brutally stabbed to death in Dundee, Scotland, on...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 12:14hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mzansi Express bus crash in Musina claims lives
A devastating road accident early Tuesday morning has claimed multiple lives after a Mzansi Express bus traveling from Johannesburg to Zimbabwe was involved in a horrific crash in Musina, Limpopo Prov...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 07:58hrs | 3538 | by Staff reporter
US deports 'barbaric criminals' to African state
The United States has deported eight people it labeled "barbaric criminal illegal aliens" to South Sudan, a country the US State Department warns against visiting due to rampant crime, kidnappings, an...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 15:23hrs | 993 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean PhD graduate stabbed to death in Scotland
A female Zimbabwean immigrant and newly graduated PhD holder, Dr. Fortune Gomo, has been stabbed to death in a shocking incident that has sparked outrage within the local African community in the Unit...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 18:53hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
8 millions of Zimbabweans still need of food aid
A staggering eight million Zimbabweans remain in urgent need of food assistance following severe crop failures caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon and an extended drought that disrupted food pro...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:13hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
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