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Zimbabwe prisoners sleeping on empty stomachs
Zimbabwe's prisons are grappling with a worsening humanitarian crisis, with inmates reportedly suffering from malnutrition and pneumonia due to overcrowding, poor diets, and a critical shortage of bla...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:36hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Manicaland has thinnest women in Zimbabwe
A recent report by the Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS) has revealed that Manicaland Province is among the regions with the highest prevalence of thinness among women aged between 20 and ...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 18:29hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
I'm not prepared to continue suffering until 2030!
Zimbabwe, under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has sank deeper into poverty.Granted, when President Emmerson Mnangagwa took power in November 2017 through a military coup, Zimbabwe was already ...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 22:56hrs | 1193 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
8% of school-age children undernourished: Report
A recent report from UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) has highlighted concerning statistics regarding childhood nutrition in Eastern and Southern Africa, revealing that approximately 8% of ch...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:40hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Mthakwazi activists narrate horror stories from behind prison walls
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) activists have revealed details of harassment and torture as well as unfair treatment during their incarceration after staging a peaceful protest outside the Bulawayo Ce...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:04hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
How to minimize stress at work
Work stress is inevitable, and there are some aspects of any job that can create tension. But long-term exposure to these stressors can lead to burnout and other undesired consequences for employees....Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 16:15hrs | 100 | by Staff Reporter
Malnutrition stalks Zimbabwe
THOUSANDS of children under five years in Zimbabwe are chronically malnourished and stunted due to poor diet and inadequate maternal care, a new report released yesterday has revealed.The stud...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bedbug outbreak hits WhaWha Prison
Whawha Prison, outside Midlands province capital Gweru, has been infested by bedbugs, Southern Eye has learnt.According to families of inmates at the jail, who spoke on condition of anonymity,...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 08:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Adequately fund health sector: MPs
LEGISLATORS have called on Treasury to adequately fund the health sector which has for decades been heavily dependent on development partners.This comes after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube (pi...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:18hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Police put on spot over students assault
HUMAN rights lawyers have given police in Masvingo seven days to provide names of law enforcement agents who brutalised protesting students at Gokomere High School.In a statement yesterday, th...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
MDC jailbirds recount tale of horror
PAIN was scribbled all over his face as he narrated his ordeal in prison, which lasted for 10 years, served for a crime that he did not commit.MDC Alliance activist Tungamirai Madzokere finall...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
We are in far greater danger from the Zimbabwean regime than from COVID-19
I am sure most of those in my age group can still remember those weirdly strange questions we would ask each other whilst we were still primary school children - "Who would hurt you the most were they...Published: 06 May 2021 at 14:58hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sadza nurses demonstrate against patients' poor diet
NURSES at Sadza District Hospital in Chivhu yesterday demonstrated against lavish dietary spending by their administration which they said contrasted with the poor meals served to patients.The...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisoners decry poor diet
INMATES at Mutare Remand Prison have bemoaned inhumane conditions characterised by lack of clean water, balanced diet, clothing, blankets and overcrowding, which is making the penitentiary a haven for...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe, Zanu-PF bigwigs looted $1 million ZINARA funds
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe as well as top ZANU-PF leader went on a looting spree and stole over $1 million funds from the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA), according to a report by ...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 00:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Prison riots caused by inmates seeking escape'
A REPORT by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs on the attempted jail break at Chikurubi Maximum Prison in 2015 has revealed that the action was not caused by food shorta...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda university students demonstrate
HUNDREDS of students at Gwanda State University boycotted lectures yesterday in protest over poor service delivery.A students' leader, who declined to be named, told Southern Eye that they wer...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prison system in shambles
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has said prisons and mental hospitals have become extremely dangerous facilities operating in a perpetual state of crisis, where prisoners live in barbaric ...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Student nurses boycott classes over poor diet
A group of student nurses at Brunapeg Mission Hospital in Plumtree on Friday revolted and boycotted classes over poor diet.Students said they are fed up with sub-standard meals comprising cabb...Published: 22 May 2017 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Food riots at Lupane State University
Students at Lupane State University main campus in Lupane on Wednesday went on a rampage and stoned Vice Chancellor Professor Pardon Kuipa's car during food riots.Students complained of ...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
How two-month baby fought colonialism
On April 18, Zimbabwe celebrates 37 years of independence. As part of honouring the heroes who fought for Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, The Sunday Mail will focus on the roles and experiences of...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's Choppies donates to Ingutsheni
CHOPPIES Zimbabwe has donated groceries worth more than $3 000 to Ingutsheni Central Hospital in Bulawayo.The donation consisted of washing powder, sanitary wear, 10 cases of laundry soap,...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rescures starving Ingutsheni patients
Vice President Mnangagwa has come to the rescue of hundreds starving patients at Ingutsheni Central Hospital by donating five tonnes of mealie meal.Early January, patients at the hospita...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 03:29hrs | 2 | by Alice Dube
Mugabe's bash vulgar- PDP
HARARE spokesperson for the People's Democratic Party Nqobizitha Khumalo has described the lavish celebration of President Robert Mugabe's birthday at a time when people are suffering from serio...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 12:26hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
'Police Support Unit killed prison inmates'
Lucky Mhungu, one of the prisoners accused of inciting and masterminding the attempted jailbreak at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison earlier this year, told Harare magistrate Francis Mapfumo on F...Published: 07 Sep 2015 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura, 8 others seek Concourt referral
JAILED rapist cleric Robert Martin Gumbura and eight other Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison inmates suspected of organising the fatal food riots that occurred at the correctional centre last mont...Published: 28 Apr 2015 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura up for jailbreak attempt
Rapist pastor Robert Martin Gumbura and notorious armed robbers Lucky Matambanadzo and Lucky Mhungu and other Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison inmates suspected of organising the fatal food riots tha...Published: 31 Mar 2015 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Mugabe trips
Opposition parties have condemned President Robert Mugabe's frequent trips abroad, saying it was immoral that he was globe-trotting at great expense to the fiscus at a time when the country is facing ...Published: 22 Mar 2015 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chikurubi maximum prison food riot should be fully investigated
Friday, March 13, 2015 was a tragic day at the sprawling Chikurubi Maximum Security prison complex on the outskirts of Harare. More than 900 under - fed and hungry prison inmates staged a demonstrati...Published: 16 Mar 2015 at 08:52hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu
Rioting inmates face re-trial
The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) will soon set up a board of inquiry to investigate and possibly penalise Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison inmates who participated in Friday's ri...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 09:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parents up in arms with school over prescribed groceries for boarding students
Parents of students at Mtshabezi High School in Gwanda are up in arms with school authorities over what they called little food groceries their children will be allowed to bring to school....Published: 03 Sep 2014 at 21:42hrs | 56 | by Staff Reporter
'Khami Prison a deathtrap'
A doctor at Khami Maximum Prison in Bulawayo on Thursday told the court that the prison hospital is unable to provide medication and transport for an inmate suffering from a severe heart condition....Published: 25 Aug 2014 at 08:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Face to Face with Walk Against Litter man - Fungai Chiposi
"First they will laugh, then they will frown, but eventually they will join me."This is how Proudly Zimbabwean Foundation (PZF) founding trustee Fungai Chiposi summed up his work under PZF, a...Published: 24 Jul 2014 at 20:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe HIV patients in danger'
Zimbabwe's continued lacklustre distribution of HIV and Aids antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) remains the greatest danger to people living positively, a lobby group official said last week.Zimbabwe...Published: 14 Jul 2014 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Isitshwala and cabbage for Gwanda patients
Patients admitted at Gwanda provincial hospital are surviving on isitshwala and cabbages daily because the hospital is too broke to provide them with a proper balanced diet.A visit ...Published: 26 Mar 2014 at 11:41hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mat North children suffer stunted growth
THE MAJORITY of children in Nkayi and Lupane in Matabeleland North province live on a poor diet due to poverty and as a result suffer from stunted growth, a UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)...Published: 20 Mar 2014 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
SDA couple jailed over son's death
A UK-based Zimbabwean couple whose baby boy died from acute rickets after they prayed for his recovery rather than seek medical help were jailed yesterday.Nkosiyapha and Virginia Kunene, memb...Published: 02 Mar 2014 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Aspirin once a month could reduce cancer risk: Study
Popping an aspirin just once a month could cut people's chances of developing cancer by almost a quarter, new research suggests.According to scientists at Queen's University in Belfast, a week...Published: 30 Mar 2013 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Eating take away linked to asthma and eczema
New research from the University of Auckland in New Zealand and the University of Nottingham in the UK has linked eating fast food as much as three times a week may lead to asthma and eczema in childr...Published: 19 Jan 2013 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Cut back on coffee, eat more fruit to boost male fertility
Being overweight, smoking also contributed to lower sperm concentration and motility.To enhance male fertility during IVF treatments, a new study suggests men eat a diet high in fruit and gra...Published: 28 Nov 2011 at 22:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zim govt considering feeding prisoners with elephant meat
According to reports on Friday the government is considering feeding prisoners with elephant meat in a bid to improve their diet and keep the country's population of pachyderms in check.Some ...Published: 22 Apr 2011 at 13:26hrs | 1 | by Mafu Sithabile
Vitamin D could ward off vision loss: Research
BEIJING - According to media reports on Tuesday, new research indicts that taking vitamin D could ward off vis...Published: 12 Apr 2011 at 07:03hrs | | by Matthews Estell
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