THE situation in public medical institutions in Masvingo has reached critical levels since the country attained Independence as most hospitals are operating without the required medical equipment and drugs, putting the lives of patients at risk. Investigations by The NewsHawks revealed Masvingo General Hospital and most district hospitals are operating …
Read More »Why Are You silent?: First Lady Challenged Over Mary Mubaiwa Plight
FIRST Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa has been challenged to intervene and help Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife get the medical assistance. Described as critically ill by her doctors, Mary Mubaiwa says she needs to go abroad for treatment. UK based Restoration of Human Rights Organisation (ROHR), through its secretary, Vongayi …
Read More »Shocker: 34pc Of Under 18 Girls Married
NEARLY 34 percent of girls under the age of 18 are married countrywide, a statistic that has shocked the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC). The commission said it was concerned about the surge in child marriages and the exploitation of young women. According to the Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (Zimstat), 2 percent …
Read More »‘Kutsomwa’ – It’s Not Witchcraft, It’s Crystal Meth/Drug Abuse
By Dr T MhlangaThere is a big problem in our society today and it is rampant among the youth, especially those in their 20s – and this is so for both male and females. This problem is the use of Crystal methamphetamine, known as guka, dombo or mutoriro. Recent statistics …
Read More »Two Men Drown Saving Goat Trapped In 23-Meter-Deep Well: Police
Two men died during a botched attempt to rescue a goat which fell into a 23-meter deep well in Dundubala village in Insuza, police said on Tuesday. Themba Nyathi, 48, of Dundubala and Mabutho Sibanda, 36, of Makhondo in Nyamandlovu, are believed to have suffocated under low oxygen in the …
Read More »Balance Between Charity & Immigration Work Overwhelms Lawyer
Immigration lawyer Samantha Murozoki did not plan to be still cooking for her neighbourhood two years after she first gave out some spare sadza porridge to hungry children in her street. Murozoki made headlines at the start of the Covid pandemic when the number of people queueing outside her small …
Read More »‘COVID-19 Restrictions Stifle Movement Of Refugees’
A top official with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has attributed the decrease in the number of refugees coming into the country on COVID-19 restrictions. UNHCR protection cluster coordinator Mwongeli Makau made the marks yesterday during a virtual meeting organised by Arrupe Jesuit University. “UNHCR protects refugees …
Read More »Patient Who Received Genetically Modified Pig Heart In Groundbreaking Transplant Surgery Dies
A 57-year-old Maryland man who had received a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind transplant surgery has died, the University of Maryland Medical Center said Wednesday.David Bennett died on Tuesday after his condition began to deteriorate several days ago, the medical center said. He was given palliative care and …
Read More »Chinese Firm Boosts Chitungwiza Youths
Staff WriterA Chinese business firm on Sunday donated 700 chicks and chicken feed to a non-profit youth affiliated organisation based in Chitungwiza for the development of poultry projects. Loving Mums of Zimbabwe from the Chinese Business Association in Zimbabwe handed over the consignment to Teen Rescue Mission Trust (TRMT), an …
Read More »Mohadi Blasts Opposition-Led Municipalities
Opposition led municipalities have failed to prioritise the importance of having a clean environment for the benefit of the people of Zimbabwe, ZANU PF Second Secretary Kembo Mohadi has said. Mohadi said this while addressing stakeholders at Number One Old grounds after a clean-up campaign of Hwange Colliery Company Concession …
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