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45 years of Zanu PF misrule have been 'season of darkness' and even darker years ahead if 2028 elections are postpone
Zimbabwe is one of the world's suppliers of cheap labour and our contribution is not always appreciated.I was talking to a Zimbabwean Doctor who has worked in SA. His pay and working condition...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 22:16hrs | 531 | by Wilbert Mukori
Viral video of Zimbabwean patient and SA nurses' clash sparks outrage
A ZIMBABWE patient's encounter with South African nurses has sparked widespread debate and outrage after a video went viral on social media.The footage, allegedly recorded at a medical facilit...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:23hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
So, it's now 'cool' to be a beggar in Zimbabwe!
This morning, I came across a social media post that left me both astonished and deeply disheartened. It featured a schoolteacher from rural Zimbabwe, publicly begging the controversial busine...Published: 04 Jan 2025 at 19:29hrs | 1089 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo gets Russian helicopter ambulance
The Matabeleland region saw a major advancement in its emergency medical services yesterday with the arrival of the first of two dedicated air ambulances from Helidrive Zimbabwe. The state-of-the-art ...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:41hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Harnessing the Zimbabwe diaspora for economic, social development
ZIMBABWE'S diaspora, estimated to exceed five million people, constitutes about 30% of the country's population.This global community represents a powerful resource with the potential to trans...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 21:08hrs | 361 | by Constantine Chikosi
Zimbabwe's sick turn to herbalists over ailing health system
When Agnes Kativhu could not get treatment for breast cancer from Harare's main public hospital, she checked in to one of the many self-styled herbal clinics opening up across Zimbabwe's capital....Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 08:15hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Baby-selling trio denied bail
A 47-year-old woman from Murehwa accused of helping her 16-year-old daughter sell her new-born baby for US$180 has been denied bail by Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa.The woman, h...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:38hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds get free medical treatment courtesy of Chiwenga's wife
HUNDREDS of people from Filabusi in Insiza District have gathered at Avoca Clinic to take advantage of free medical services provided under a health outreach programme spearheaded by the family of Vic...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 12:52hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans among top immigrant groups to the UK
Over the past year, Zimbabwe has seen a marked increase in the number of its citizens migrating to the United Kingdom, with 36,000 individuals making the move in the 12 months leading up to June 2024....Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 12:19hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
HIV patients limited to one-week ARV supplies amid shortages
Health facilities in Matabeleland are grappling with severe shortages of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), forcing healthcare providers to reduce the amount of medication dispensed to HIV patients....Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 12:05hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Contraceptive pills recalled in South Africa after mix-up
Regulators in South Africa have recalled a batch of the popular Yaz Plus contraceptive pill, after a packaging mix-up which means the contraception could be potentially ineffective.Manufacture...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 18:50hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs 64,000 nurses to fill skills gap
Zimbabwe is facing a severe shortage of healthcare workers, with a deficit of 64,000 professionals, according to Health and Child Care Minister, Dr. Douglas Mombeshora. The minister revealed this alar...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:56hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Nurses graduate in Hwange
The Hwange Medical Company's School of Nursing proudly celebrated the graduation of 31 trainees who received diplomas in general nursing on Friday, achieving an impressive overall performance rate of ...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:11hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains, strong winds cause damage in Midlands province
Heavy rains accompanied by fierce winds swept through Zimbabwe's Midlands province on Wednesday evening, leaving a trail of destruction but fortunately causing no injuries. Several structures in the r...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 16:52hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
Ingutsheni Hospital promotes mental health in workplaces with campaign walk
Ingutsheni Hospital in Bulawayo held a belated World Mental Health Day event on Thursday, organizing a campaign walk to promote mental health in workplaces. The initiative comes in response to growing...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:12hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Emganwini clinic downgraded to 'baby clinic'
A year after its opening, Emganwini Satellite Clinic in Bulawayo has significantly scaled back its operations, reportedly due to a critical lack of running water. The clinic, initially designed to ser...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:25hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
It's time African leaders were barred from foreign medical care!
So, the people of Cameroon have no idea where their president is. Paul Biya, who is now the oldest head of state in the world, at 91 years old, has not been seen in public for the past three m...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 10:51hrs | 1109 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe migrants creating jobs, saving lives in SA
For Butholezwe Nyathi, saving lives is more than just a career; it's a mission that transcends borders. At 45 years old, the Matabeleland South native's journey took a dramatic turn in 2003 when he le...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 08:03hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe air ambulance service saves 67 lives since launch
Since its launch in August 2024, the Government's new air ambulance service, operated by Russian company HeliDrive, has saved the lives of 67 patients, including 21 children aged 17 and under. The ser...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 07:54hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Rolling power cuts cripple maternal healthcare services in Harare clinics
Harare's municipal clinics are struggling to provide essential maternal healthcare services due to crippling power cuts, an investigation by NewsDay has revealed. The blackouts, which often last more ...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:43hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
William Ruto visits Germany: German press rebukes his claims about labour contracts.
It does not matter how one looks at this story; it is not only shameful to Kenya: it must shame all Africans equally. Recently, President Willian Ruto was on a state visit to Germany, and was proud to...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 22:06hrs | 796 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe Air ambulances airlift 19 patients so far
In less than a month since its launch, the government's air ambulance service, operated by Russian company HeliDrive, has already airlifted 19 patients. These patients include victims of road accident...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 09:54hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reveals plans to increase number of nursing graduates
The Zimbabwean government has announced an ambitious plan to more than double the number of nursing graduates by 2030 in response to the ongoing brain drain impacting health services.Since 201...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 08:07hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
'Zanufication' of Zimbabwe govt jobs gathers momentum
ZANU-PF provinces are advocating for a policy that would reserve government jobs exclusively for graduates of its Chitepo School of Ideology. Provincial structures are currently holding meetings to dr...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:33hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown on fake nursing qualifications
The Nurses Council of Zimbabwe (NCZ) is set to introduce new diplomas with enhanced security features to combat the issue of fake certificates being used to gain employment in the healthcare sector. ...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:07hrs | 326 | by Staffreporter
Zimbabwe's air ambulance services take off
The government-sponsored air ambulance service in Zimbabwe, using Russian helicopters, successfully completed its first mission by transporting a cardiac arrest patient from Chegutu to Harare free of ...Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 08:03hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Girls as young as 10-years-old are having babies in SA
Shocking statistics revealed recently that over 4,000 girls in the Eastern Cape have given birth in the past four months.The Eastern Department of Health (DOH) said 97 of these girls were aged...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 21:06hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Pioneering progress amid resource constraints in African radiology and oncology
Experts are concerned about resource limits and insufficient radiology skills and services in Africa, particularly for cancer detection and treatment. As the continent grapples with the rising burden ...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 07:41hrs | 152 | by Agencies
Zanu-PF is not Zimbabwe
THE ruling party, Zanu-PF's youth league wants to force teachers and nurses to undergo indoctrination at its Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology so that "they do not sell out!"In the recent pas...Published: 12 Aug 2024 at 14:00hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Politics of sympathetic pregnancies
Politics of mimesis Opposition in Zimbabwe - not the Zimbabwean opposition - is in a deep mess. It is vainly looking for causes, models and examples. Our politics, it would appear, has entered a p...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:27hrs | 89 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Zimbabwe enhances nurses' certificates security features
The Nurses Council of Zimbabwe is set to introduce a new, highly secure certificate to combat the rising issue of fake practicing licenses. The proliferation of counterfeit certificates has become a s...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:25hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth make outrageous demands
THE Zanu-PF youth league wants teachers and nurses to undergo indoctrination at the Chitepo School of Ideology in one of the outrageous demands made to President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week.T...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:53hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military offer free medical support to Tsholotsho
When approached by a man in military uniform at her local hospital on Tuesday afternoon asking how he could help, Mrs Simayedwa Mnkandla of Sipepa area in Tsholotsho was taken aback .By her ow...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:30hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors, nurses milking patients through syndicates
The Medical Laboratory and Clinical Scientists Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe is taking stern action against laboratory professionals who are collaborating with health workers in public institution...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 11:25hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
457 graduate from Zimbabwe nursing school
Last week, 457 health professionals, including rehabilitation technicians, midwives, and registered general nurses, graduated from Marondera School of Nursing. In a speech read on his behalf b...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 08:51hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nurses hint at fresh strikes
Zimbabwe's public sector nurses are threatening strike action if their demand for increased salaries is not met. The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) is pushing for a minimum salary of US$840 per mo...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:55hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Air ambulances training starts
The Russian HeliDrive Air ambulances medical services team has arrived in Zimbabwe to establish an efficient air ambulance service under a public-private partnership. This initiative aims to reduce fa...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:33hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital faces surge in child deaths
Child mortality statistics at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo increased between January and March before decreasing in April this year, despite reassurances from the Ministry of Health and Child Ca...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:57hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans cross Zambia border for cheaper healthcare, medicines
At 5pm at the Victoria Falls border post, Margaret Tshuma - who has a 24-hour day pass to be in Zambia - is in a rush to return home to Zimbabwe before dusk.This is not the first time Tshuma, ...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
President Ruto got away with murder in the ICC before
President Ruto thinks he can get away with any political conflict situation - even murder. We have more than 20 deaths resulting from serious demonstrations across Kenya. Listening to the exclusive pr...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 19:55hrs | 37 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe hit by critical shortage of maths, science teachers
Due to a severe shortage of teachers for critical subjects like mathematics, physics, biology, and chemistry, the government has opted to recruit university graduates to fill these positions.A...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:51hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's nursing school shut down
The government has shut down a nursing school established by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga in Chikomba district, Mashonaland East province, due to disruptions from Zanu-PF factional conflicts....Published: 20 May 2024 at 07:55hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe considers scrapping English as a requirement for nurse training intake
The Ministry of Health and Child Care is contemplating removing the English Language requirement for nurse training intake.During the post-cabinet briefing on Tuesday, Minister of Health and C...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 17:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ministry clarifies nurse training requirements
PROSPECTIVE nurses require five Ordinary Level subjects, including English and Science, and these requirements have not changed since Statutory Instrument of 245 of 2000.There was speculation ...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ministry of health scraps O' Level Maths as requirement for nurse training
The ministry of health has quietly scrapped the requirement to have passed O' Level Mathematics for one to qualify for nurse training.The requirements were tweaked more a decade ago, compellin...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 06:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health minister bemoans skills flight
HEALTH and Child Care minister, Douglas Mombeshora, has admitted that the brain drain has left the health sector on its knees, denying patients access to primary medical attention.Mombeshora r...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
John Mushayavanhu brings a new culture of transparency to RBZ
Zimbabwe witnessed the dawn of a new culture at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. In a groundbreaking move that has garnered widespread commendation from socio-political analysts and observers, the new Go...Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 06:53hrs | 34 | by Nicholas Ncube
Bulawayo City Council employs nurses past retirement
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) may soon start employing nurses past the retirement age of 65 as it grapples with the effects of brain drain after it emerged that the local authority is losing younger...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
New UK visa rules deter Zimbabwean migrants
Britain could face a further shortage of care workers as migrants who had been ready to move to the UK for jobs in the sector cancel their plans because of new visa rules that prevent them from bringi...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 09:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'hijacks' govt recruitment
Zanu-PF has reportedly hijacked the recruitment of government workers as it ostensibly intensifies its third term campaign bid for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, NewsDay has established.The rul...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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