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The Silent Killer in Zimbabwe's Medicine Cabinet
Walk into any pharmacy in Zimbabwe and you will find them. Antibiotics sold for headaches, for colds, for a sore throat after a night in the rain. No lab test, no prescription from a doctor who has ch...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 21:04hrs | 896 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Concerns rise over untreatable gonorrhoea as infections reach record levels in UK
Health experts in the United Kingdom have issued a stark warning about the growing threat of gonorrhoea becoming "untreatable" due to increasing antibiotic resistance. The sexually transmitted infecti...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 08:16hrs | 682 | by Staff Reporter
Gonorrhoea and syphilis sex infections reach record levels in England
England is seeing record high levels of gonorrhoea and syphilis sexually transmitted infections, following a dip during Covid years, new figures reveal.People are being urged to practise safe ...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says no to contraceptives for girls
Girls under the age of 16 cannot be given contraceptives as they cannot legally consent to sexual activity, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga told that National Assembly last week. Speaking ...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 07:03hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Vuzu parties. . . reloaded
BULAWAYO was a hive of activity in April. While people thronged different venues the Vuzu parties slowly crept back.At least three parties of such nature were held at Windermere Hotel, situate...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:07hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
The desire for self determination by Matabeleland: My personal Opinion
Sometime last year Job Sikhala, an MDC senior official challenged Mthwakazi activists to take him into their confidence and explain why they wanted to secede from Zimbabwe. I am not sure if he got the...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 11:38hrs | 3 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Zimbabwe's corridors of sexual horror
ZIMBABWE'S highways have become a magnet of sexual exploitation of young girls dropping out of school due to abject poverty, which calls for urgent action to protect thousands of teenage girls fro...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 10:16hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Landmark research on HIV & AIDS, cancer cure
In what could best be described as a domestic medical revolution in Zimbabwe, a group of medical practitioners have pooled their minds together in search of an alternative way to combat two of the...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 12:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Flea market underwear causes infections
While business is bustling deep in the heart of Harare's central business centre as upmarket stores sell top side lingerie, the majority of shoppers flock to various second-hand markets to buy their v...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 14:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Over 10,000 hit by sexually transmitted infections
Over 10 000 people in Masvingo province have contracted sexually transmitted infections within three months from April to June this year.The high incidence of STIs comes in the wake of fears ...Published: 02 Oct 2013 at 05:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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