Eight bodies up for paupers' burial

CHITUNGWIZA Central Hospital says the bodies of eight deceased people have been unclaimed by their relatives since September 24, 2021.There were nine bodies but one has since been claimed by r...

Pauper's burial on 32 unclaimed bodies

Zimbabwe is set to conduct pauper's burials on 32 people whose bodies have lied for months at Parirenyatwa Hospital's mortuary in Harare without claim....

Parirenyatwa stuck with 32 unclaimed bodies

PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals has threatened to conduct pauper burials for 32 bodies which have remained unclaimed at the health institution since March this year.The hospital gave the next ...

Midlands police raise concern over unclaimed bodies

Police in the Midlands have said local hospitals are being overwhelmed by unclaimed bodies piling up in their mortuaries, with their next of kin or relatives not known.In the latest incident, ...

9 bodies stuck in 2 Bulawayo mortuaries

POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday said nine bodies are stuck in two mortuaries in the city with no one coming forward to claim them. One of the bodies is that of a Townsend Muzonda who was repatriated from...

Plumtree stuck with 21 decomposing bodies

PLUMTREE health officials are in a quandary over 21 decomposing unclaimed bodies in the two districts' mortuaries, which have a combined holding capacity of 16 bodies at a time.The situation h...

Mnangagwa is not the Messiah, he's Mugabe's enforcer in the belly of the beast

Life can be ugly. I have seen the unspeakable rot of unchecked malfeasance light up a dinghy hotel bar with womanly seduction like a fireworks display at the Harare Agricultural Show. Laced up in tigh...