Tag: healthcare

SYSTEMS ON TRIAL

Is This Health Justice or State Overreach?

In the swiftly evolving drama of Zimbabwean healthcare, a new bill in Parliament has stirred both hope and alarm. The Medical Services Amendment Bill, championed by Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, seeks to align private hospital practices with constitutional guarantees. It empowers the health minister to cap fees, regulate pricing, and mandates that private institutions admit and stabilize emergency patients for at least … Continue reading Is This Health Justice or State Overreach?

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NOISY TRUTHS, Opinion, Politics

The Govt Cannot Block The Exodus Of Professionals Through Force

Let’s not kid ourselves. You can burn the letters, double the fees, threaten the nurses, and chain the airport gates if you want—but people will still find a way to leave this crumbling husk of a nation. This isn’t just about migration anymore; it’s an escape. An instinct for survival. Zimbabwe has become a place where dreams go to drown, and the people, God help … Continue reading The Govt Cannot Block The Exodus Of Professionals Through Force

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Opinion, Politics

Minister Machakaire Just Discovered What the Rest of Us Live With

I saw the post on X just after 9 a.m., while waiting in a queue for my grandmother’s antibiotics at a local clinic. The power had gone out, again. There was no doctor on duty, again. And someone’s mother was crying in the hallway because she’d just been told to “bring her own gloves.” It was against this backdrop that I opened my phone and … Continue reading Minister Machakaire Just Discovered What the Rest of Us Live With

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