Harare Central Hospital Guards Assault Nurses Protesting CEO’s US$87 000 Car,Yet No Drugs For Patients

January 26, 2016 Local News   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 hospital critical operations. The nurses were saying that the shortage of medicines and sundries was hindering their work, and the hospital management unleashed the security guards on them. Mrs Zvavamwe recently bought a Jeep Cherokee for US$87 000 raised from patients which…

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Mpilo Central Hospital In Crisis With Only 15 Out Of A required 60 Doctors

Mpilo Central Hospital In Crisis With Only 15 Out Of A required  60  Doctors

MPILO Central Hospital is facing an acute shortage of senior doctors that include specialists, a situation that threatens the operations of the southern region’s biggest referral hospital. The health institution is dependent on junior doctors to carry out most surgical operations thereby compromising healthcare standards. Apart from serving Bulawayo, Mpilo is a referral hospital for Midlands, Masvingo, Matabeleland North and South provinces. The hospital’s clinical director Dr Solwayo Ngwenya said Mpilo Central Hospital which has…

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‘The Zimbabwean Ambassador To Tanzania, A Retired Army Major-General In Farm Grab Saga’

‘The Zimbabwean Ambassador To Tanzania, A Retired Army Major-General  In Farm Grab Saga’

Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Tanzania Edzai Chimonyo is moving to grab a farm from a Mutare company asserting he is the rightful owner. In his court papers, Chimonyo cited Matansuka (Private) Limited and Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora as respondents. The retired army major-general wants a court order evicting Matansuka (Private) Limited from Sub-division 1 of Lot 1 of Fangudu Farm in Mutare. Matansuka is a major regional trader of selected commodity fruit and vegetable lines, with…

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Harare City Council Releases Tight Water Rationing Schedule

Harare City Council Releases Tight Water Rationing Schedule

  Zimbabwe is facing a terrible period with dams now running close to minimum usable level water flow. Harare city council forewarned the public about forth coming water rationing schemes. As promised, the water rationing regime has arrived and Harare City council has released the schedule which will cover residential areas  as from the 23rd of  January up until  the  31st of  May 2016. The areas that will suffer this water rationing scheme include Mufakose, Inkomo,…

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Health, Freezes All Drugs Procurement, & Purchases US$88 359 Jeep Cherokee For Hospital CEO

Health, Freezes All Drugs Procurement, & Purchases US$88 359 Jeep Cherokee For Hospital CEO

The acute drugs shortage in the country’s government referral hospitals has revealed shocking statistics. The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Care says nine in every 100 patients are being sent away to seek medical attention in private hospitals. Hospital executives have become a law unto themselves. It has emerged that Harare hospital which is the most affected institution has taken delivery of a new Jeep Cherokee for the hospital’s CEO. The ZBC has…

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Harare Council To Demolish ‘Gletwyn,Mt Pleasant Heights,Pomona,Belvedere West,& Prospect’ Properties

Harare Council To Demolish ‘Gletwyn,Mt Pleasant Heights,Pomona,Belvedere West,& Prospect’ Properties

Harare city council is reportedly spreading its terror as it intends to demolish several houses at Gletwyn, Mt Pleasent Heights, Pomona, Belvedere West, Prospect Mainway subdivision of stands  in the capital.This has been revealed by the Harare Residents Trust. “The Harare City Council intends to demolish houses in Gletwyn,Mt Pleasant Heights,Pomona,Belvedere West,Prospect Mainway subdivision of stand number 830 Ashdown Park along Harare Drive,” said the trust which even indicated that  The Herald 19 January 2016…

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2Teenage Girls Represented By Biti Win Con-court Order (For Zimbabwe) Outlawing Marriage Before 18

2Teenage Girls Represented By Biti Win Con-court Order (For Zimbabwe)  Outlawing Marriage Before 18

The Zimbabwe Constitutional Court has outlawed the marriages of children before the age of 18 after some teenagers filed an application fought against the practice through the courts. The teenagers represented by Tendai Biti filed an application seeking an order barring the marriage of children before they attain the age of 18. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights communications officer Kumbirai Mafunda posted on Face Book that the Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court has outlawed marriages before one…

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The Epicentre Of Zimbabwe’s Deterioration Strictly Lies In Zanu-PF’s Hegemony.

The Epicentre Of Zimbabwe’s Deterioration Strictly Lies In Zanu-PF’s Hegemony.

On April 18 2016, Zimbabwe will celebrate 36 years of independence.  This will represent 36 years of Zanu-PF’s hegemony over Zimbabwe under the same leader, Robert Mugabe.  In these 36 years, Zimbabweans have watched their lives being emasculated and decapitated by an insensitive regime that has no concern and love for its people. It is a period which in respect of Zimbabwe’s social indicators, have collapsed to deplorable levels only seen in countries that have…

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‘Alarm Over ‘Zika’ Virus, A Devastating New Mosquito-Borne Disease Affecting Pregnant Women’

‘Alarm  Over ‘Zika’ Virus, A  Devastating New Mosquito-Borne Disease Affecting Pregnant Women’

Zika a new mosquito borne disease is causing alarm after research indicated that  pregnant women are highly at risk from exposure to the mosquito that spreads it. Pregnant women are strongly advised to avoid travelling to such areas as Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, French Guiana,  El Salvador, Mexico,   Panama, Honduras, Guatemala,  Martinique, Brazil, Venezuela,Haiti,  and Colombia,which are prone to the mosquito borne virus. This is primarily because scientists have now realised that the Zika virus can cause infected pregnant victims to…

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Freedom Of Expression- ‘Zuma Must Fall!’ Billboard Erected In Capetown, South Africa

Freedom Of Expression- ‘Zuma Must Fall!’ Billboard Erected In Capetown, South Africa

In Africa, not all rights go beyond the paper they are written on but, one can safely argue that, Freedom of expression has reached a new level in South Africa, after a prominent “Zuma Must Fall” billboard was erected in the heart of the city of Cape Town in South Africa on Friday morning. It is yet to be established as to who erected the bill board but an opposition group,  the Democratic Alliance, which constantly demanded…

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