Health

UN Report Sounds Alarm on Rising Drug Abuse in Southern Africa By Delicious Mathuthu The 2024 World Drug Report, released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has painted a stark picture of the drug landscape in Southern Africa with increase in drug use and concoctions, especially among young people. The report, […]

Police Seek Public Assistance in Woodlands Park Dump-site Abandoned Foetus By Delicious Mathuthu Gweru, Zimbabwe – A dead human foetus was found discarded at Gweru’s main dumpsite near Woodlands Park suburb prompting an urgent appeal from authorities for public assistance in uncovering the truth and owner. On the 15th of June 2024, at around 10:30

By Delicious Mathuthu Gweru City Council seems to be chasing its own tail, going in circles as it attempts to address the city’s decades-long water crisis, marred by a series of catastrophic blunders, resulting in the wastage of hundreds of thousands of United States dollars. Challenges bedeviling Gweru City Council’s main water works, Gwenoro, over

Korea: South accuses North of sending balloons carrying excrement and trash across border By Kwedu News South Korea has accused North Korea of sending hundreds of balloons carrying trash and excrement across their heavily fortified border, a move deemed ‘base and dangerous’ by Seoul, Reuters reports. The balloons, detected on Wednesday, have sparked a swift

….Gvt and NHS under fire,deliberately covered up scandal and knowingly exposed patients …Over 3000 said to have died…more than 30 000 infected By Kwedu News Monday 20 May was truly a day of shame in the UK medical history as the nation woke up to the news that findings had unearthed information that the gvt

By Dumisani Ndlovu Undeterred by the unfriendly economic environment in Zimbabwe the rebranded Multi-AID Support Organisation (MASO) says is set to spread its wings to other provinces. The organization which rebranded from the name Midlands Aids Service Organisation in November 2023 is optimistic will expand to other provinces nationwide. Addressing members at MASO’s 33rd Annual

By Kwedu News A-53-year-old woman from Ringwood North has died, while two others are hospitalised, from a Clunes town retreat, about 30km from Ballarat, after consuming a beverage suspected to have contained mushrooms. The tragic incident has attracted an investigation by Moorabool Crime Investigation Unit detectives Victoria Police believe the woman drank the beverage around

Shurugwi South MP hailed for borehole rehabBy Dumisani NdlovuShurugwi villagers have hailed the constituency’s MP Wilson Mhuri for mobilising financial resources for rehabilitation of boreholes in the area.This comes after the MP facilitated the repair of 36 boreholes in the constituency.The development-oriented legislator, Mhuri engaged partner and sourced up to $5 000 worth of resources

Lower Gweru man jailed three years for fatal assault By Dumisani Ndlovu A lower Gweru man, Nkosilathi Moyo from Mabaya village, Headman Mkombo under chief Bunina was recently sentenced to three years in jail for assulting three different people using a kitchen Knife on several occasions. Gweru Magistrate Nixon Mangoti landed him the three year

By Dumisani NdlovuThe Zimbabwe government is set to roll-out a school feeding programme, with pupils expected to start accessing at least one meal per day at school, social welfare minister has said.The school feeding scheme which was introduced in 2016, starting with infants, before it was extended to Grade 7s will resume following the imminent