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US extends $3m grant to UZ
Forgarty International Centre of the United States Institutes of Health (FICUSIH) has extended a US$3 million grant to the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) aimed at strengthening research and training at t...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:02hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga still fighting ailment, still feeling 'kupisa'
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is in the Indian capital of New Delhi, where he is receiving treatment for an abdominal ailment, a government official revealed yesterday.Information deputy...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 13:44hrs | 18024 | by Staff reporter
'Suppliers demand cash up-front from NatPharm'
National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) has said foreign suppliers of drugs are now demanding cash up-front from Zimbabwe before releasing orders, further worsening the supplies of medicines in the...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:26hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean community that identifies with SA, Botswana
Arriving at Khalanyoni Business Centre in Plumtree, Mangwe district in Matabeleland South about 200 kilometres south of Bulawayo, one is greeted by a huge election billboard of a beaming President Emm...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 10:05hrs | 2736 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF feeds Govt economic drive
The ruling party last December held its Annual People's Conference in Esigodini where a number of resolutions that centre on the economy were passed.But over and above the resolutions, we had ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:49hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
What the fuel protests mean for Zimbabweans
Zimbabweans had been hoping for a fresh start when Robert Mugabe's 38-year rule came to an end in November 2017.But 14 months on, a brutal crackdown on fuel protests, which has left 17 people ...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2203 | by IRIN
Medical Aid Societies increase payments for healthcare services
The Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe has increased the fees payable by its member medical aid societies to healthcare service providers with effect from Monday (February 11).Payme...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:04hrs | 1320 | by Agencies
Hospital fees skyrocket
ZIMBABWE has been plunged into yet another health crisis as hospital fees have sharply risen, well beyond the affordability of most citizens, with most private health institutions now demanding paymen...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:49hrs | 1807 | by Staff reporter
Teachers push for strike
ALL but one teachers' union have declared that their members would today join a national strike called for by Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta) and the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PT...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:50hrs | 2439 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga must be deported back to Zimbabwe
DISGRUNTLED Zimbabweans living in South Africa yesterday ratcheted up pressure on President Cyril Ramaphosa's government to deport Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who was reportedly admitted to a...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:49hrs | 5520 | by Staff reporter
Teachers press on with strike as talks with government fail
Teachers will go ahead with a national strike from Tuesday after last-ditch negotiations with the government failed, unions said, risking more unrest after violent protests last month.The main...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 21:51hrs | 713 | by Reuters
Medical practitioners propose steep US$ charges
Zimbabweans should brace for new tariffs from the medical practitioners after a leaked document showed proposed charges pegged in United States dollars.The document, which was widely circulate...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:13hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
28 arrested in police raid at 'safe house'
ABOUT 28 victims of torture by State security agents were on Monday morning arrested from a safe house in Harare from where they were receiving treatment and are today expected to appear in court for ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:20hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe wheelchair-hound, Zimbabweans to foot $4m bill
THE taxpayer continues to foot former president Robert Mugabe's medical bills, as it emerged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government gave the deposed strongman US$4 million to cover his hospital exp...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:59hrs | 9869 | by Staff reporter
EFF condemns brutal army killings
Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters categorically condemns the use of brutal force by government security services on innocent Zimbabwean citizens who were legitimately exercising their constitut...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 08:43hrs | 734 | by Innocent Ndibali
'Looters not a threat to anyone,' says Amnesty International?
Amnesty International said it is alarmed by the repressive measures the Mnangagwa led Zimbabwe government has taken in response to the protests, including shutting down the internet to prevent people ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:28hrs | 2394 | by Staff reporter
EFF calls Zimbabwe govt to declare a national Economic disaster to save the country
We as ZIM EFF and on behalf of the majority of our people and together with the poor, downtrodden and disposed people of Zimbabwe today declare that we are real victims of Zanu PF's mismanagement of o...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 21:46hrs | 5045 | by Innocent Ndibali
Mnangagwa's health ministry apologises for loss of lives
The Health and Child Care ministry has issued a public apology for the loss of lives and suffering during the just-ended doctors' strike.In a statement published in the press, the ministry exp...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:28hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Life as an illegal immigrant in the UK
Staying in UK without a visa or a right to stay is like sitting on a razor blade. Life as an Illegal Immigrant Inside a 'Hostile Environment' is the worst thing ever. There are people wh...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 15:21hrs | 2023 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Doctors divided over strike
Cracks have begun to emerge among striking junior doctors after some of them returned to work yesterday as part of an agreement they signed with the Government at the weekend. However, others ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 08:57hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe born gay migrant in Ireland
Ireland may be known as the land of céad míle fáilte (a hundred thousand welcomes), but a report in the last months of 2018 suggests more needs to be done to make it a welcoming place for LGBT migr...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 14:51hrs | 3412 | by Irish Times
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....Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:38hrs | 256 | by Editorial - newsday
Suspended doctors appeal for $250,000
The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association have launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $250,000 for the suspended junior doctors who engaged in industrial action for the past 38 days....Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:35hrs | 1005 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Schools ready for new term
All is set for schools opening tomorrow as a high-powered Government team today meets civil servants' unions to discuss their salaries and conditions of service. Teachers have ruled out a premature st...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:29hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Unregulated, unregistered medicines flooding into Zimbabwe
Unregulated and unregistered medicines are reportedly flooding into Zimbabwe, with consignments of expired medicines being smuggled into the country through the country's porous border posts.S...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:03hrs | 431 | by African News Agency
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....Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:12hrs | 466 | by Ms. Blessing Gorejena
EFF's new year message to Zimbabweans
Dear cdes and fighters, I want to thank all the fighters for their contribution to the Zim EFF cause this year. Like many Zimbabweans you are also victims of economic hardships, the man made e...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 08:15hrs | 3193 | by Innocent Ndibali
What ED and world leaders talked about 2018 did they come true?
New Year's speeches by world leaders don't typically contain much news, but taken together, they offer a helpful view of the global mindset as we turn the calendar. So here's a look at the most notabl...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 19:09hrs | 804 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa govt gets stick for being insensitive, cruel to plight of the sick
With the doctors' strike going on for weeks without any solution in sight, concerned Zimbabweans have blasted government for being confrontational and not amicable to professional negotiations with th...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:32hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Doctors' strike: A balancing act of ethics and rights
ON March 1 this year, junior doctors downed their tools in protest over deteriorating working conditions, on-call allowances, a facility to import vehicles duty-free and poor remuneration. Senior doct...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 20:40hrs | 110 | 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 h...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 09:39hrs | 4948 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chiwenga warns striking doctors
THE Health Services Board (HSB) says it will take disciplinary action on the 553 striking doctors and radiographers after they disobeyed a 12-hour ultimatum to return to work, further straining negoti...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:11hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa grows business empire
ECONET Wireless founder Strive Masiyiwa this week consolidated his position as one of Zimbabwe's richest investors after his fintech company, Cassava SmarTech (CSZL), became the most valuable counter ...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:10hrs | 2717 | by Staff reporter
'Gucci Grace' leaves workers on her farm without pay
Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwe's millionaire former first lady forced from power in last year's coup, has not paid her farm workers for months despite living a luxury lifestyle paid for by the state she and h...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 16:47hrs | 3381 | by The Telegraph
India successful growing Medical tourism, Africa can adopt the concept?
Medical tourism is a growing sector in India . In October 2015, India's medical tourism sector was estimated to be worth US$3 billion. It is projected to grow to $7-8 billion by 2020. According to the...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 12:52hrs | 422 | by Enos Denhere
Govt partially fulfils doctors' demands
GOVERNMENT met striking doctors yesterday and urged them to resume work as some of their grievances had been addressed. Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo met the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:44hrs | 909 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors' strike bites
Seventy-four-year-old Elliot Moyo is a bitter man. He was hit by a car and suffered a broken leg, among other serious injuries, early last week.Since then, he has been making several fruitless...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:18hrs | 2790 | by Staff reporter
ED's failure to pay doctors but pampers Chiefs is not 'mixed up priorities' - it's proof rigging vote is HIS No: 1
"The doctors are unhappy with their working conditions and remuneration. It is sad that the issue of doctor's conditions of service and remuneration has been long-running, and government has not gone ...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 12:09hrs | 1246 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe's hospitals crisis deepens
The crisis at the country's public hospitals is worsening, after nurses said yesterday that they would start reporting for duty for three days a week due to Zimbabwe's biting fuel shortages, as well a...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 15:19hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Doctors' demands more important than chiefs' cars
IN the run-up to the July 30 elections, Zanu-PF leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised that he would be a listening President and that his government was going to guarantee an affordable, but vi...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:49hrs | 909 | by Editorial - newsday
More Zimbabwe doctors join strike
More doctors yesterday joined the on-going strike, defying a government message to call off the job action.The doctors have been on strike since Saturday to protest poor remuneration and the d...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:41hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Call for doctors to end strike
Government yesterday urged striking junior doctors to go back to work while it was looking into their grievances. Junior doctors at public health facilities downed tools on Saturday citing several cha...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:24hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors strike called off
The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) has implored its members who had joined the nationwide industrial action that started yesterday to go back to work while their grievances are being loo...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 20:22hrs | 5283 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors down tools
JUNIOR doctors at public health facilities have downed tools since Saturday citing many challenges, which include bad working conditions, low salaries and lack of basic medicines and equipment....Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1997 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Rowdy Mabaudhi
Members of the disability community have come out guns blazing against one Gift Rowdy Mabaudhi whom they accuse of misrepresenting himself as the champion for the disability cause in a secret bid to s...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 11:57hrs | 1549 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Back to back success for Zim Achievers Australia as 2018 winners are announced
The Australian edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) rounded off the global campaign in style, at a gala dinner held in Melbourne.Guests turned out in their numbers to celebrate this ...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 23:12hrs | 659 | by Tidi Kwidini
Joshua Nkomo turning in his grave
Some of the wishes of the late vice president Joshua Nkomo are finding no takers as witnessed by the Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo which has been lying idle for the past 17 years.Ekusil...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:38hrs | 3666 | by Staff reporter
Forex allocations for pharmaceutical retailers
Government will prioritise foreign currency allocations to wholesalers and retailers accepting all forms of payment at the expense of those demanding foreign currency payments only, Health and Child C...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:40hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cyber security expert to be honoured in Australia
The author of the successful book, the Five Anchors of Cyber Resilience, Phillimon Zongo will be honoured at the Australian edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA).Zim Achievers Internation...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1509 | by Agencies
Super specialist service for Ekusileni Medical Centre
HEALTH and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo recently said he would meet with prospective investors who wish to operationalise the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's project, Ekusileni Medical Centre, ...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:27hrs | 949 | by Staff reporter
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