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Chiwenga estranged wife's doctors in no-show
DOCTORS examining Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, failed to turn up in court yesterday to testify over her health condition.Mubaiwa faces fraud charges aft...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1358 | by Staff Reporter
Writing a healthcare brand review: How to get an informative and catchy content
Dealing with healthcare issues and specializing in the medical area means always being involved in numerous theoretical and practical assignments, assisting senior doctors or midwives, etc. This area ...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 18:34hrs | 139 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwean woman unfit to stand trial over SA murder
A 42-year-old Zimbabwean woman who killed her husband and dumped his limbs in three pit latrines has been certified medically unfit to stand trial by South African doctors.Nancy Majonhi has mi...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Govt exposed over COVID-19 vaccines
MEMBERS of the public who were vaccinated with the first jab of the Indian Covaxin COVID-19 jab and failed to get the second dose might be forced to restart the vaccination exercise using Chinese Sino...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1476 | by Staff reporter
Doctor to clarify on Chiwenga's estranged wife
DOCTOR Simukai Percy Machawira, who said in court that Marry Mubaiwa was physically fit to stand trial, is today expected in court to make clarifications on certain issues that Harare magistrate Mr La...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 589 | by Staff writer
When desperate, tactless opposition fakes victimhood
Last Monday the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction was at it again. It was involved in skirmishes with the people of Masvingo in an incident which involved the discharge of a firearm.This was all sc...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 213 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa claims to have exposed Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says his tour of Masvingo that invited a backlash from Zanu-PF mobs exposed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as an unpopular leader.Chamisa's visits to many part...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:10hrs | 4165 | by Staff reporter
They have no answers for Nero's charisma
My Dear People,In politics there is a "baby-kissing" season, where politicians go out and hug and kiss babies whose parents they do not know.By doing this, politicians would be trying ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:04hrs | 298 | by DOCTOR STOP IT
Hospital detains stillborn baby for 1 month
ST PATRICK'S Mission Hospital in Hwange has come under spotlight after management at the Catholic run health institution allegedly detained a still born for a month in the mortuary, demanding that the...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:01hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
'Workers want better salaries, not WiFi'
HEALTH professionals yesterday scoffed at government's offer to stop mass resignations through the provision of non-monetary incentives such as WiFi and loans, saying their employer was focusing on tr...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Marry ruling deferred to Monday
A HARARE magistrate has deferred to Monday the ruling on whether Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's former wife Marry Mubaiwa is fit to stand trial on allegations of fraudulently acquiring a marria...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Mental exam for ritual murder suspect
ONE of the ritual murder suspects who allegedly sawed his victim in half, stole US$400 from her handbag and used some of the money to buy a drum and hydrochloric acid to dispose of the body has been o...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife fit to stand trial, claims State
A HARARE court is on Friday expected to rule on whether Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa is fit to stand trial on allegations of fraudulently acquiring an ungraded m...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:12hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court judge to testify in Mubaiwa case
SUPREME Court judge Justice George Chiweshe is expected to testify in a court hearing where Marry Mubaiwa allegedly misrepresented to him when he was Judge President that Vice President Constantino Ch...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:09hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Perks to stem doctors, nurses brain drain
A range of non-monetary incentives such as accommodation, transport and vehicle loans for health workers added to their package is seen as a way of retaining health staff and moderating the brain drai...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:08hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo weeds out negligent staff members
MPILO Central Hospital has taken drastic measures to weed out negligence by staff members, a development that has seen over 20 workers redeployed from the maternity ward and disciplinary hearings bein...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
What's makes some people believe they're presidential material, when they clearly aren't?
Who can ever forget those dreamy days, when we used to be asked by our parents and teachers what we wanted to be when we grew up?I remember those days like they were yesterday, since they were...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 11:43hrs | 2314 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Show us criminals that surrounded Gushungo
My People,Ignatius Chombo, the man who was branded the biggest criminal around Gushungo, is now a free man.Chombo was seized by soldiers on the night of the infamous coup while sleepin...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1312 | by Dr Stop It
Cash-only businesses dodging taxes
Harare's downtown businesses and other informal sector players have found a way of avoiding taxes by demanding cash transactions only, and strictly in US dollars, forcing customers to buy the greenbac...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo doctors' residence nears completion
REFURBISHMENTS on the doctors' apartments that were gutted by fire at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo are nearing completion, with focus now shifting to interior work as authorities at the institut...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa surrounded by dodgy characters
ALMOST four years after getting into power, riding on the narrative of removing criminals that had surrounded the then president Robert Mugabe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's circle of associates and ...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:36hrs | 3415 | by Staff reporter
No to abortion in Zimbabwe
IN recent months, there has been a lot of buzz about abortion. Tens of thousands of women in America have demonstrated as they felt outraged that their right to kill their unborn child is threatened....Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:30hrs | 165 | by Alexio Rashirai
Schoolgirl shot after police officer discharges gun to break up fight
A 16-year-old Bulawayo girl was shot on the cheek after a police officer discharged his firearm to stop a fight, her family alleges.The bullet went through one cheek and exited on the other....Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:43hrs | 3604 | by Staff reporter
78 health workers succumb to COVID-19
AT least 23 doctors, 30 nurses and 25 other professionals in the health sector have succumbed to the COVID-19 pandemic since its outbreak in the country last year, Vice-President and Health minister C...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
4 specialist hospitals boost
GOVERNMENT is in the process of establishing specialist medical schools at four State universities, with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) already recruiting critical staff to t...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife fails to submit medical report
The trial of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, for allegedly assaulting a child minder was yesterday deferred to October 18 after she failed to submit her medical re...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:03hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira's utterances are Zimbabwean: women are merciless judges and advocates at the same time
It is not uncommon in our Zimbabwean societies to see evil deeds mostly on women. Men are in most cases exonerated by the very women who are victims of patriarchal settings. Reading about Linda condem...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 19:32hrs | 826 | by Nomazulu Thata
Doctor on the run for assisting couple to abort
POLICE have arrested a Bulawayo couple for terminating a pregnancy with the assistance of a medical doctor.In their twitter page, police said the pair visited a private doctor, who is still at...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 22:00hrs | 1686 | by Staff reporter
When the police officer is actually a thug
CRISES bring out the best or worst in people.Well, for Britain, the current fuel shortages have brought out the bad and nasty side of a people that we are told are supposedly more civilised th...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:10hrs | 145 | by Bishop Lazi
Inkotha sihlangu, uMqeqenshi uMthuli Ncube uthi uMnangagwa yiNkosi yakhe!
I have always thought bootlicking is done by people with little or without education at all. To see a professor who has served in highest international institutions such as London School of Economic a...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 20:04hrs | 1338 | by Nomazulu Thata
Health personnel exodus hits public hospitals
HEALTH workers, particularly nurses, are deserting public health institutions in droves amid a surge in demand for their skills abroad in a development that has further plunged Zimbabwe's healthcare s...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 08:00hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
Transfer of health workers starts
Cabinet received an update on the country's response to the Covid-19 outbreak, which was presented by the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs, Honourable OCZ Muchinguri-Kashiri, as chairperso...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:37hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Court orders appointment of mental health board
The Bulawayo High Court has ordered President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga to urgently appoint a special mental health board and tribunal respectively for Mlondolozi Mental ...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi Hospital's state of disrepair irks minister
HEALTH and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro has said he got the shock of his life to find that there was no progress at Filabusi District Hospital after Treasury released $12 million in Apr...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Govt lavishes Mthuli Ncube with a US$200 000 hotel stay
GOVERNMENT allegedly splurged over US$200 000 on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured)'s accommodation after his lengthy stay at a five-star hotel in the capital before he relocated to a plush home...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:50hrs | 8021 | by Staff reporter
Red Cross provides free COVID-19 vaccines at ZITF
The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) is providing free COVID-19 vaccines among other health services at the on-going Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF).The global business conference ki...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:32hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Can sex, affect prostate cancer risk?
AS we continue to fight COVID-19 in Zimbabwe, let us bear in mind that we also need to raise awareness of prostate cancer.It's that time of the year again when everyone is busy preparing for t...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | 1089 | by Michelle Madzudzo
Simple recipe for Zanu-PF or MDC victory
A good number of those outstanding Zimbabweans who have chosen to serve their country as doctors, accountants, teachers, clergymen, lawyers, journalists, businessmen, politicians, documentary film-mak...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:54hrs | 860 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Politicians caught in some 'situations'
That the United States has changed dramatically in the last 20 years is no longer in dispute. What we know is that their world is upside down, what is, is not what should be, and what should be, is no...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:53hrs | 926 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Mnangagwa gives private doctors farms
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is offering land to medical practitioners in private practice drawn from across the country's 10 provinces.Close to 372 medical practitioners under the Medical and...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:43hrs | 1282 | by Staff reporter
Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups
FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in th...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 640 | by William Jethro Mpofu
Zimbabwean doctors challenged to be professional, united
Doctors need to be united, ethical and professional at all times in their discharge of critical service, Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga said last night du...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
No jab, no job takes effect
AT least 10 percent of civil servants could be affected by the Government's decision to bar unvaccinated employees from reporting for work. Cabinet on Tuesday resolved that unvaccinated civil servants...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:55hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination rates continue to dwindle
While the third wave of Covid-19 infection continues to trickle down to just 4,8 percent of its mid-July peak, the vaccination rate is also continuing to slow with 286 134 jabs given last week between...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:51hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
We are not abandoning Merry Chiwenga-Mubayiwa
To be a woman activist in Zimbabwe is totally different from being an activist in the comforts of Germany. I have come to terms with this fact. Women activism especially in our societies does not mean...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 14:56hrs | 6115 | by Nomazulu Thata
Women pressure groups abandon Marry Chiwenga in her hour of need
WOMEN'S rights groups have remained silent over the mounting struggles Marry Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has been facing for the past 18 long months.In ...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:44hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Prince Dube set for another operation
ZIMBABWE international forward, Prince Dube, is set to face six more weeks on the sidelines after he was taken to South Africa this week for surgery. The Tanzania-based striker was set to go u...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:18hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers kill man in home raid
A Bulawayo man was shot dead at his home by four suspected armed robbers in an attack that left his neighbour with gunshot wounds. The man's family talked about the devastation of losing a loved one f...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 2145 | by Staff reporter
War in Mnangagwa's back yard, daggers drown in war for positions!
Political tension has risen in the Midlands Province as ZANU PF structures are gearing towards restructuring of all organs of the party up the provincial echelon.Reliable information emanating...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 22:01hrs | 4473 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chiwenga blocks release of Marry's medical affidavit
A Harare court Monday heard that Marry Mubaiwa, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife is failing to get medical affidavits to show the court as doctors fear the former army General....Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:27hrs | 1617 | by Staff reporter
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