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Zimbabwean villagers climb mountains to make phone calls
Villagers in Nekavandama, Ward 12 of Hwange District, are enduring extreme hardships to access mobile phone network coverage, often scaling mountains and climbing trees in areas infested with wild ani...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:02hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo registers 200 diarrhoea cases, one death
The City of Bulawayo reported over 200 cases of diarrhoea and one related death as of December last year, according to the latest council disease surveillance report. The city has implemented intensif...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 06:45hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Machakaire impressed by basic first aid training
Youth Minister Tino Machakaire has expressed admiration for the successful rollout of the free basic first aid training programme under the Presidential Emergency Medical Scheme, which is being facili...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:48hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases surge 700%
The City of Bulawayo has experienced a concerning spike in diarrhoea cases, with approximately 555 reported as of August 2024. This marks a staggering 693% increase from the 370 cases recorded in July...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 17:58hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
14 die from snake bites in Zimbabwe this year
Fourteen people have lost their lives due to snake bites in Zimbabwe since the beginning of the year, according to the Ministry of Health and Child Care. The current snake season, which runs from Sept...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 09:09hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: When the snake bites the charmer
Staring the abyssVery slowly but definitely quite surely, the world is drifting towards a scary nuclear abyss. The conflict in Eastern Europe now has all the makings of a major superpo...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:10hrs | 1 | by jamwanda
'Nelson Chamisa wants elections postponed for 7 years' Charamba says
CCC President Nelson Chamisa wants elections in Zimbabwe to be postponed for 7 years, Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba says. Writing on his weekly Saturday column in the state-owned H...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 09:49hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Herbal solutions for 'modern' diseases
The unexpected recall of Zumbani from the herbal back bench is a wake up call for Africa and Africans at large. Even Caucasians are steaming with Zumbani to keep Coronavirus at bay. Orientals ...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 12:24hrs | 4 | by Tondo. Chinehasha
Snake bites require urgent medical attention
WHEN summer comes, many animals that have been in hibernation or rarely seen during the winter, come out. These include snakes. As a result, cases of snake bites are often high during summertime....Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:05hrs | 13 | by Cimas iGo
Mnangagwa admin ignoring root cause of rot
Poisonous snakes' teeth regenerate. It, therefore, doesn't work to remove the serpent's fangs and think you won't get snake bites anymore. The venom lies deep inside too.The Mnangagwa administ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:18hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimdollar return: Beware the cobra effect
Last month, the government took all and sundry by surprise when it banned the use of multi-currencies in all local transactions and reintroduced the Zimdollar; abandoned due hyperinflation in 2009....Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Cliff Chiduku
Avoid snake bites
Despite not getting much publicity snake bites are very common in Zimbabwe, with some cases resulting in deaths. These slitherers are warm climate creatures that are found all over the country though ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Thomas Murisa
Python used to scare churchmen
SEVENTH Day Adventist emissaries who were on a door-to-door bible teaching outing were last Thursday left scurrying for cover after a Nyamajura man did the unthinkable when he pulled out and released ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:00hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Anti-venom remains in short supply
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has said 24 cases of snake bites were recorded in one week countrywide at a time anti-venom continues to be in short supply.Snakes are coming out of hiber...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
13 people die from snake bites
HARARE - At least 13 people have died from snake bites since the beginning of the year, statistics from the ministry of Health and Child Care reveal."The total snake bite cases reporte...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 17:36hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Man, 37, dies after being bitten by a snake in Guruve
A 37-year-old Guruve man died this morning after he was bitten by a snake while herding cattle.Bulawayo24.com heard that Tedious Mutova was bitten by a snake yesterday in Velvekia and was rush...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 15:32hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Anti-venom shortage hits Zimbabwe
ABOUT 320 snake bites have been recorded from the beginning of the year in Zimbabwe with one death in the Midlands province, amid reports that there is a shortage of anti-venom countrywide.Acc...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Poisonous snakes on the prowl in Zimbabwe
Poisonous snakes are on the rampage, particularly in the country's snake belt regions, biting 320 people in the first four weeks of the year.Statistics from the ministry of Health and Child Ca...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 14:26hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is also a crisis
The claims by Mugabe at the World Economic Forum that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe, is clear a sign that he lives in a reality distorted field. As a foreign based President who once in a while visit...Published: 05 May 2017 at 10:48hrs | | by Jacob Mafume PDP Spokesperson
Cop bitten by snake while trying to kill it
A member of Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) neighbourhood watch is currently admitted at Guruve Hospital after he was bitten by a snake while trying to catch it.Sources familiar with the incide...Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 18:57hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Snakes claim 38 lives - Ministry of Health
At least 38 people have died from snake bites countrywide since January this year, while more than 5,000 others have survived the bites, an official said Tuesday.Permanent Secretary in t...Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 18:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Prohibitive blood prices do not support life- Nduna
Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna has bemoaned that the prohibitive blood prices in the country do not support life and there is a need for a solution to curb the problem.Speaking in parlaiment Ndu...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 07:22hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Snake keeper killed by cobra in Gweru
A Gweru man who had an affinity for snakes died on Monday after he was bitten by a banded cobra which he had caught at a neighbour's house in Brankhurst suburb of his hometown.Fayaz Motala's d...Published: 17 Oct 2015 at 09:04hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Snake bites urinating farmer's penis
A man's penis almost withered up and died after he was bitten by a poisonous snake while urinating in a field.The farmer, who had been caught short and was urinating in a field, waited for thr...Published: 13 Sep 2015 at 00:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean teachers rely on traditional medicine
Binga teachers are reportedly relying on indigenous medicine to treat serious ailments, including snake bites, because of limited access to health institutions.The teachers made the revelation...Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Snake bites prophet during bush romp
A prophet with an apostolic sect in Murayo Village under Chief Nyamondo in Mberengwa, Midlands Province appeared to have been severely punished by God after he was allegedly bitten by a snake during ...Published: 14 Apr 2015 at 21:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over 3,000 people bitten by snakes, 16 dead
Snake bites have claimed the lives of 16 people this year amid indications that the number of people being attacked by the reptiles is on the increase with 146 cases being recorded during the third we...Published: 08 Dec 2013 at 03:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Snake bite cases on the rise
THE Ministry of Health and Child Welfare yesterday warned that cases of snakebites could shoot up in coming weeks amid reports of acute shortage antivenom.In an interview on Monday, Head of E...Published: 30 Jan 2013 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man bitten by snake at a Walmart supermarket
When Mica Craig reached down to brush what he thought was a stick off some mulch in the garden section of a Walmart store, it turned around and sank its fangs into his hand.The Friday encount...Published: 16 May 2012 at 12:46hrs | 2 | by Reuters
Two people die from snake bites in Mat North
The Chronicle newspaper reports that two people have died after being bitten by snakes in Matabeleland North province on separate occasions.Confirming the deaths on Tuesday, Matabeleland North...Published: 07 Mar 2012 at 20:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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