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Zimbabwe to train 7 000 health workers every year

The Government has announced plans to train 7 000 health workers every year in a bid to address the country's critical shortage of medical professionals and double the national health workforce by 2030.Health and Child Care Minister, Dr Do…

Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 10:19hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter

Nurses in desperate bid to flee Zimbabwe

Thousands of Zimbabwean nurses are stranded and financially drained after spending up to US$2 000 each in failed attempts to migrate for better-paying jobs abroad, as government authorities allegedly delay issuing critical verification let…

Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 09:03hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter

Harare Institute fires back at Nurses Council

The Harare Institute of Public Health (HIPH) has reaffirmed the legitimacy of its nursing assistant training programme, clarifying that it is fully approved by relevant government bodies, following a public notice from the Nurses Council o…

Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:15hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt racks US$3m from nurses, blocks their diaspora dreams

The government is facing sharp criticism for withholding crucial verification letters from thousands of Zimbabwean nurses seeking to work abroad, despite collecting more than US$3.6 million from health professionals for processing the docu…

Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:31hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe nurses threaten strike

Zimbabwe's fragile public healthcare system is facing yet another major crisis as nurses across the country have signalled their intention to embark on a nationwide strike over poor remuneration, dire working conditions, and severe staff s…

Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:51hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter

Student nurses use fake O-Level certificates to enrol at Chitungwiza Hospital

Two student nurses enrolled at Chitungwiza Central Hospital have been exposed for using fake Ordinary Level certificates to gain admission into a nursing course. Paidamoyo Samantha Muchira and Makanaka Chatikobo attended the nursing progra…

Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:54hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe nurses sound alarm over dire conditions

The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) has issued a desperate plea to the government to urgently address the worsening crisis in public hospitals, warning that nurses are working under "impossible conditions" that put patients' lives at ri…

Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 08:46hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe pledges swift action on nurses' grievances

In a proactive move to address escalating concerns within Zimbabwe's public healthcare system, the Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Douglas Mombeshora, on Friday visited Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals to engage directly with frontlin…

Published: 17 May 2025 at 14:17hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt blocks 4,000 nurses from leaving

The Zimbabwean government has reportedly withheld verification letters for more than 4,000 nurses, effectively blocking their chances of securing employment abroad in a controversial attempt to stem the mass exodus of healthcare profession…

Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:44hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe need an urgent reset of parenthood and economic models

We are failing at the family level. When I was growing up, my mom always told me that if I ate vegetables, got good grades, stayed out of trouble, eat what we grew and be obedient to her, even a lowly boy from Honde Valley could grow up to…

Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 17:09hrs | 233 | by Brian Sedze

Zimbabwe nurses demonstrate over failing health system

Nurses at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals on Monday staged a demonstration to protest against deteriorating working conditions, paralysing operations at Zimbabwe's largest referral hospital.The healthcare workers raised alarm over a lack o…

Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 10:45hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter

Nurse aides fume over govt discrimination

The Zimbabwean government is facing criticism from nurse aides after the Health Services Commission (HSC) excluded them from the locum facility, a temporary medical arrangement granted to other health professionals. The decision has sparke…

Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:18hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe hospital rocked by kickback scandal involving nurses and doctors

New details have emerged in a kickback scandal at Masvingo Provincial Hospital (MPH), where sources allege that nurses are receiving US$5 for every patient they refer to private clinics for services that are, in many cases, available at th…

Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:47hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe faces critical shortage of student nurses' accommodation

Zimbabwe's health sector is grappling with a critical shortage of training infrastructure, particularly in accommodation for student nurses and other healthcare trainees, Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care, Sleiman Kwidini, revealed …

Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 07:00hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter

Mayor Jacob Mafume steps in to address nurses' grievances

Harare Mayor, Jacob Mafume, has stepped in to prevent a potential strike by council nurses, who had threatened to down tools over a series of welfare issues, a commission of inquiry into council operations heard on Monday.During the inquir…

Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:58hrs | 137 | 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 alarming figure during a meeting with World…

Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:56hrs | 243 | 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 94 percent. Out of 33 candidates who sa…

Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:11hrs | 276 | 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 2019, over 5,000 health professionals, including d…

Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 08:07hrs | 346 | 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 phase which the Greeks would call mimesis.Th…

Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:27hrs | 93 | 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 serious problem due to the high demand f…

Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:25hrs | 189 | 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 institutions to coerce patients into seeking servi…

Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 11:25hrs | 592 | 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, compelling Zimbabweans seeking to train as nurses and ma…

Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 06:25hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

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 employees to the private sector and th…

Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt intimidates doctors, nurses

GOVERNMENT yesterday intimidated health workers against engaging in strike action beginning today over poor wages and working conditions, with the responsible minister Douglas Mombeshora accusing the former of having a hidden agenda.The he…

Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Aspiring Zimbabwean nurses lose US$8,000 to bogus employment agencies

Eight aspiring nurses were allegedly conned of over US$8,000 by bogus employment agencies they engaged to assist them with securing vacancies at Sally Mugabe Hospital, a Harare court heard Tuesday.Effort Chirandata, 45, and Martha Chitumba…

Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

What Zimbabwe's health care workers are doing to get UK jobs

When Kundai graduated with a master's degree from a local university, she did not imagine staying unemployed for five years. Even more unexpected was the fact that her path to forging a career as a health worker and getting financial freed…

Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 15 | by Evidence Chenjerai

United Kingdom considers closing temporary visa schemes for care workers

AMIDST a surge in migration to the United Kingdom, the government is contemplating the closure of temporary visa schemes for care workers. This move follows an appeal from the New Conservatives party, supported by former Home Secretary Sue…

Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:51hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe accused of blocking nurses from taking jobs abroad

Struggling to survive on her meagre salary, Zimbabwean nurse Jane decided to start a new life abroad but, one year after landing a job in Britain, she is still waiting to pack her bags.Jane is not alone. Zimbabwean nurses eager to escape d…

Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:59hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe doctors, nurses to undergo training in Zanu-PF ideology

Zimbabwe public hospital doctors and nurses are set to enrol at the Hebert Chitepo School of Ideology which was ostensibly opened to teach citizens as well as re-align them to the ideals of the country's liberation struggle.The college has…

Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 22:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Doctors and Nurses 4ED treat residents in New Lobengula

HUNDREDS of Bulawayo residents from New Lobengula suburb received free medical treatment at a health expo organised by the Brian Samuriwo Foundation at the weekend.The medical care expo was held at New Lobengula sports grounds and treatmen…

Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

'Health workers trained using tax payers' money owe us,' says Chiwenga

VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has said health workers trained locally using Zimbabwe's resources must â€˜pay back' through working in public hospitals.Chiwenga added that in the future will vet prospective nurses and doctors, and onl…

Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe nurses put govt on notice

NURSES have put government on notice to improve their salaries and conditions of service or face mass action, saying their earnings were no longer viable.The nurses accused their employer of pushing them to the "extremes" as their salaries…

Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt withholds nurses' key documents

THOUSANDS of healthcare workers who paid US$300 for verification letters needed to secure jobs outside the country have still not received the documentation as government tries to stem a damaging brain drain.Critics say this is a deliberat…

Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:14hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe nurses bemoan 'slave wages'

NURSES have complained of being denied access to loans because of poor salaries, saying without being paid in United States dollars, it will be difficult for them to remain in the country.According to the Health Services Board, at least 4 …

Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Ireland continues recruiting nurses from Zimbabwe

THE HSE continued to recruit nurses from Zimbabwe, Ghana and Nigeria for over a month after they were added to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) no-recruit list.The WHO keeps a list of countries with the most vulnerable health workforc…

Published: 07 May 2023 at 08:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga punishing Zimbabwe's health workers?

VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has been accused by some disgruntled nurses of blocking salary and allowance increments in the health sector as punishment for past strikes and demonstrations.Their sentiments follow government's move to…

Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 19:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe health sector makes fresh international headlines

AN undercover Public Service International (PSI) investigation has exposed the state of collapse of the country's health sector including gross labour rights violations and corruption.PSI carried out the investigation from the Covid-19 per…

Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:03hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe losing doctors, nurses and teachers to British hypocrisy

THE United Kingdom, which is buckling under a deepening shortage of nurses and teachers after exiting the European Union, is raiding, among other countries, its former colony Zimbabwe for key public sector workers: nurses, doctors and teac…

Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:28hrs | | by Ashlet Simango

Zanu-PF forces teachers, nurses to buy party cards

Zanu-PF took it's intimidation tactics to a higher level following reports that the ruling party is forcing teachers and nurses to buy party cards in Masvingo province.Zaka district women boss Confidence Mukau is on the forefront and has b…

Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:16hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Nurses 'frog-marched' to Mnangagwa conference

GOVERNMENT has allegedly directed the country's general hospitals to release nurses to attend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's labour conference on Wednesday in the capital, a leaked memo written by Health and Child Care secretary Jasper Chi…

Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

English language test dashes nurses' hopes of filling UK jobs

As a fluent English speaker, Indian-trained nurse Deepa was surprised to learn she had to sit a language test to practise in Britain, her home for many years. She was even more shocked when she failed it â€“ not just once, but 11 times.Dee…

Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

4 000 health workers leave Zimbabwe

MORE than 4 000 health workers left Zimbabwe since the beginning of last year, but many fell victim to dubious recruiting agencies taking advantage of the aggressive scouting for health workers by rich countries, particularly the UK, The S…

Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nurses desert Harare Council clinics

HARARE City Council clinics have a shortfall of at least 300 nurses, crippling health delivery services in the capital as more health workers continue to quit their jobs over poor pay.Mayor Jacob Mafume exposed the dire crisis facing Harar…

Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Bribe-seeking nurses under probe'

GOVERNMENT says it has launched a probe on health workers who are reportedly demanding bribes to activate the quick response (QR) codes on COVID-19 vaccination cards following an article published by NewsDay on Friday which exposed the sca…

Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

All Zimbabwe qualified health professionals recruited

ALL qualified health professionals seeking employment in the public sector have been hired, giving that group a zero unemployment rate as the Health Services Board (HSB) acts to upgrade the public health services.Since the advent of the Se…

Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe nurses fume over paltry govt loans

The government  is under fire after releasing a measly $23 million loan facility to health workers to buy or construct houses, yet the figure is only enough to construct one house.Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's Health and Child…

Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Nurses recruited from Zimbabwe are being caught in UK 'bonded labour' schemes

Zimbabwean care workers are being tricked into coming to the UK by unscrupulous middlemen who withhold up to half their wages and force them to live in squalor.The scam, which plays on the acute shortages of nursing and care staff across B…

Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:20hrs | 4 | by Ray Mwareya

Zanu-PF hijacks trainee nurses recruitment

THE Zanu-PF Youth League (YL) has ordered all government hospitals offering general nurse training courses across the country to only enrol candidates it has vetted and approved.All party provincial youth chairpersons have consequently bee…

Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga orders investigation on errant nurses, doctors

VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga has ordered a thorough investigation into cases of alleged corruption and theft of drugs by nurses and doctors at public hospitals.This follows a NewsDay report last Friday exposing under-paid health per…

Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's doctors, nurses turn mercenary

SOME public health workers, who include doctors and nurses, have reportedly devised a well-knit scam to milk cash from desperate patients to supplement their meagre salaries.Those involved allegedly give preferential treatment and attentio…

Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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