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Khupe reveals new cancer fight
Former Deputy Prime Minister, Thokozani Khupe has implored parliament to exercise its influence on government to channel more resources towards cancer treatment and awareness programmes as she went de...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 14:43hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe blood stocks deplete
THE National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has called for more blood donations as the national blood stocks run critically low.NBSZ southern region coordinator Sifundo Ngwenya said the blood stocks fo...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 12:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sends Mohadi to funeral of Japan's Abe
Shamed former vice president Kembo Mohadi represented Zimbabwe at Tuesday's funeral of ex-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ZimLive has learnt.Mohadi, who resigned in March 2020 after being ...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 19:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
2 women sue over extrajudicial shooting
TWO women from Hwange in Matabeleland North province yesterday filed notice of intention to sue the police after they were allegedly shot during raids on suspected illegal coke vendors.Zulani ...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stop abusing Chiwenga's wife, Mtetwa tells court
PROMINENT lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has accused the Judiciary of abusing her client, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa, saying the assault case she was facing could have ...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shot women complain against police conduct
TWO women from Hwange in Matabeleland North have petitioned the Zimbabwe Republic Police to carry out investigations into incidents in which they were allegedly shot by law enforcement officers during...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girl (10) hospitalised after rape
A 10-year-old girl from Gweru spent one week in hospital and was left limping after she was raped several times in nine hours by her assailant who had threatened to burn down her mother's kitc...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Customs and traditions where are we?
Since time immemorial customs and traditions have guided humanity in how things are done and why. The hand me down 'guide book' has never been real yet no one seem to stray big time from the set norms...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 19:35hrs | | by Thomas Murisa.
Boy loses leg because of church belief
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy from Bulawayo is precariously clinging to life, as his parents, who are staunch Jehovah's Witnesses are allegedly refusing that he undergoes a blood transfusion to save his life, ...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hires consultant to craft national health insurance scheme
HEALTH and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo has disclosed that government has hired a consultant to craft the national health insurance scheme to ensure health is easily accessible to all Zimbabweans....Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Baby burnt in fireless incident
A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl from Binga District woke up with her skin peeling off and scalded, a condition reminiscent of someone burnt by fire, but could not feel the pain, neither was there any fire outbr...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun-toting Zanu-PF official hauled to court
ZANU-PF national youth secretary for economic affairs Davis Tawodzera Muhambi last Friday appeared in court charged with pointing a firearm at National Blood Transfusion Zimbabwe Matabeleland regional...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Building Africa's scientific talent
Ten years ago, South African physicist Neil Turok made a bold prediction: the world's next Einstein will be from Africa. A decade later, it is worth considering whether the continent is any closer to ...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:16hrs | | by Daniel Mundeva
Post-abortion drugs in short supply
Health facilities that are meant to offer post-abortion care in the country are experiencing shortages of essential drugs required to provide for the service.Research conducted by Tsungai Chip...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 14:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pregnant women flood Harare hospital
Harare Central Hospital is struggling to cope with a surging number of women seeking free maternal health services — creating bed shortages in the process at one of the country's major referral cent...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 15:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga defends ZEC
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is an independent body and should not be directed by anyone in its work. This was said by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga while addressing a Zanu-PF rally i...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupil seeks $78 000 for bone marrow transplant
A 17-year-old pupil from Dete, 300 km north-west of Bulawayo, is seeking $78 000 to enable him undergo a bone marrow transplant in India, after he was diagnosed with aplastic anaemia.Qaphelani...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bomb: 3 people still critical in ICU
TWO victims of the bomb attack at a Zanu-PF rally in Bulawayo on Saturday have died.The attack saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa escaping unharmed but 49 people who include Vice President Kembo...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wiping out HIV and AIDS
Most people get confused with terms HIV and AIDS. They relatively believe that HIV and AIDS are the same but there is a slight difference.Human Immune Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficienc...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 11:42hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Blood prices slashed
Government has slashed the price of blood at Government health institutions to $50 a pint with effect from today, following the injection of a $4,2 million subsidy from the Health Levy, Health and Chi...Published: 01 Jan 2018 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe struggles with maternal deaths
Zimbabwe is struggling to contain maternal deaths with the ministry of Health and Child Care revealing that at least 242 women died while giving birth in 2017, almost half the number of deaths recorde...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 13:31hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa urged to lead in cancer fight
LEGISLATORS yesterday implored First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa to take the lead in the fight against cancer to ensure affordable treatment.The issue was raised in a motion moved in the National ...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt subsidises blood prices
A pint of blood in Zimbabwe will from this week go down to at least US$80 following introduction of a State subsidy to cushion patients.The price applies to both public and private hospitals w...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chigwedere agrees to undergo paternity tests
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has agreed to undergo paternity tests with his son Mangwiza at any laboratory of the latter's choice in order to put to rest a witchcraft saga which has bee...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim, SA to establish clinics on major highways
ZIMBABWE and South Africa have agreed to establish clinics along major highways to cater for cross border truck drivers within the region so that they can access HIV health related services.So...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 20:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere paternity test saga opens can of worms
FORMER Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere's "troublesome" son, Mangwiza, has claimed that he was born when his mother was only 16 years old after being impregnated by the ex-government minister....Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 11:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister Chigwedere demands paternity test
FORMER Education Minister Dr Aeneas Chigwedere, accused of witchcraft by "his son" Mangwiza, has approached the High Court seeking to subject his accuser to a paternity test to establish his fatherhoo...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe blacklists 250 lab scientists
Government has blacklisted over 250 laboratory scientists in private and government practice for failing to pay annual subscriptions ranging from $80 to $180.Medical Laboratory and Clinical Sc...Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 18:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police in Easter road safety appeal
POLICE have appealed to motorists to observe road rules and regulations during the Easter and Independence holidays to curb accidents.National chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Co...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family member speaks on horror crash
THE 14 people from two families who perished in an accident in Bulawayo on Wednesday night were travelling to Masvingo to bury their teenage child.The young boy, Hopewell Masukume (14), pa...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judge ends motorists agony over seized drivers' licence
HIGH Court Judge Justice Esther Muremba on Wednesday 22 February 2017 issued an ultimatum ordering a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer to return a driver’s licence which he had confiscated from...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Lundi Tymara in critically worrying condition, on life support
The family of gospel sensation Lundi Tyamara has called on South Africa to pray for him.The singer, who started getting sick in November last year, is "worryingly critical" and his managem...Published: 26 Jan 2017 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
VP Mnangagwa interview makes troubling reading- Moyo
Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Jonathan Moyo has said the piece that features an interview with Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was making a troubling reading on many fronts and was terri...Published: 04 Jan 2017 at 05:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
National flag not a weapon of war
In our flag the youth must find new inspiration for loyalty to Zimbabwe, not the incitement to rebel against our own core values. In our flag the youth must find the inspiration for patriotism based n...Published: 18 Jul 2016 at 06:33hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Zimbabweans 'import' blood from Zambia
Victoria Falls and Hwange residents who require blood for transfusion are resorting to crossing over into Zambia to purchase the precious liquid at a cost of US$50 compared to US$120 and US$140 at...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 22:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
UZ able to train cancer diagnosers - Deputy minister
Deputy Minister of health and Child care Aldrin Musiiwa has told parliament that the University of Zimbabwe is capable of training Histopathologists who among other things are the experts who diagonos...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 15:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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 | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC-T supporter defends Tsvangirai's loss of weight
An MDC-T supporter Esau M'Zambia Milanzi rapped some sections of the society and Morgan Tsvangirai's critiques for scorning him and claiming that he is HIV positive that is why he has lost to...Published: 09 Jun 2016 at 06:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Patrick Zhuwao on FDI - tyranny of the misinformed
There is appalling madness going on in Zimbabwe at the moment, the country has literally lost its socio-political and economic compass. Zimbabweans and the international community watch with astonishm...Published: 18 Feb 2016 at 23:57hrs | | by David Mutori and Justice Ben Paradza
No blood transfusion for Mat' North patients, blood bank shuts down
THOUSANDS of Matabeleland North province patients who need emergency blood transfusion are in danger of dying as the National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has shut down its Hwange branch citing viabi...Published: 16 Feb 2016 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Nurses protest over CEO's vehicle
Harare Central Hospital security guards yesterday assaulted several nurses who were demonstrating against chief executive officer Mrs Peggy Zvavamwe's purchasing of her service vehicle, ahead of the h...Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman loses leg in crocodile attack
A Harare woman had a close shave with death but was lucky to escape when she was attacked by a crocodile as she tried to cross Mukuvisi River.The story of Nyarai Muchayabandi's death-defying s...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 20:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy (6) seeks $28 000 for transplant
Six-year-old Unoshamisa Kasasa is appealing for assistance to raise $28 000 to undergo a life-saving bone marrow transplant in India.Unoshamisa's condition has restricted him to life indoors a...Published: 28 Dec 2015 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Hate the deeds and not the person but in Zim's tragic situation the distinction is blurred!
Let me say this up front; I have never hate President Mugabe but what he has done to this country. As my late mother has said thousands; "Usa venga munhu, venga zviito zvake!" (Do not hate the person ...Published: 21 Sep 2015 at 20:14hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Harare Hospital situation horrible
Harare Residents Trust has expressed concern that the Hospital in which expecting and delivered mothers are usually detained is a horrible place for one to be in."According to well informed of...Published: 14 Sep 2015 at 08:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
72% of women are maintenance cheats
SEVENTY-TWO percent of Harare men who challenged the paternity of children they were paying maintenance for were not the kids' biological fathers.According to the shocking statistics released ...Published: 23 Jun 2015 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman blames doctors over grandson's death
A BULAWAYO woman yesterday told an inquest that negligent doctors at Mpilo Central Hospital caused the death of her three-weeks old grandson.Speaking during the ongoing inquest on the death ...Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 04:54hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Concerned over Zimbabwe's high maternal mortality rate
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed concern over Zimbabwe's "unacceptably high" maternal mortality rate, which currently stands at 614 deaths per 100 000 live births."Materna...Published: 17 Jan 2015 at 12:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blood Ebola survivors tested as short-term treatment option
ANTWERP, Belgium - An international research consortium led by the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp (ITM) will assess whether treatment with antibodies in the blood of Ebola survivors could h...Published: 23 Oct 2014 at 15:39hrs | | by APO
Paternity tests fiasco, woman fails to turn up for DNA test
A PROTRACTED paternity and maintenance wrangle pitting a Bulawayo man and a woman who is claiming that he was the father of her seven-year-old daughter took an exciting twist last week.This wa...Published: 16 Sep 2014 at 08:28hrs | | by Gibson Mhaka
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