Health & Fitness

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law the heavily criticised Health Services Bill which takes away the rights for public sector health workers to strike. The new law criminalises any collective job action which goes beyond 72 hours, and any member of the Health Service who breaches the Act shall …

By Richard KawaziAn elderly Chiweshe couple is suspected to have been struck by lightning after being found dead in their tomato garden. The fatal incident occurred last weekend. According to a police memo seen by Nhau/Indaba, the couple George Jaji (80) and his wife Joyleen Saungweme (52) left their home …

By Wendy KusemaA 13-year-old Guruve girl reportedly committed suicide after feeling neglected by her mother on Tuesday, Nhau/Indaba has heard. Mashonaland Central Province deputy police spokesperson Sergeant Major Samuel Chikasha confirmed the incident. He said the girl identified as Sharon Dhuzora consumed Shockwave, a pesticide used for tobacco farming yesterday. …

Speaking after yesterday’s Cabinet meeting, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa, said since the outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020 a total of 259 770 Zimbabweans had been infected, with 253 672 recoveries and 5 631 deaths. This gives a recovery rate of 98 percent with 467 active cases. …

At least nine typhoid cases have been confirmed in Harare’s Glen Norah high density suburb with health authorities at Town House claiming to be managing the unfolding health crisis. City of Harare Epidemiologist and Disease Control Officer Dr Michael Vere said the local authority has managed to confine the typhoid …

Following the outbreak of measles in Manicaland early this year, the Government has achieved 95 percent success in the vaccination of children in the hotspots districts, successfully managing the outbreak. The Ministry of Health and Child Care launched a nationwide vaccination campaign as the outbreak spread outside the borders of …

Health authorities say a lithium project in Goromonzi is posing a health crisis after employing over 4 000 workers without establishing a static clinic at the plant which has resulted in an upsurge of sexually transmitted infections in the district. A large number of sex workers have also camped in …

By Richard KawaziDisadvantaged families led by single parents and the elderly in Matepatepa, Bindura District recently received a boost in food supplies ahead of the festive season, Nhau/Indaba has established. The timely boost was as a result of a partnership between World Remit and Hello Paisa which are some of …

Medical experts yesterday warned members of the public to guard against complacency during the forthcoming festive season to avoid another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The warning comes as a new Omicron variant has been detected in neighbouring Botswana, a COVID-19 strain that wreaked havoc across the world around this …

PARLIAMENT is pushing for the imposition of mandatory sentences for rapists among other sexual offenders including those involved in child marriages as statistics show that 22 women and girls are raped daily. Legislators yesterday marked 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) through a march in Harare before Senate …