BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe completes payment for new cancer machines

Zimbabwe is set to receive a new generation of state-of-the-art radiotherapy machines early next year after Treasury finalised payment of initial deposits for the equipment, marking the country's larg...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 December 2025

POLITICS

Doctors slam Zimbabwe govt

The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has accused the government of failing to honour its commitment to strengthen cancer care, saying no cancer treatment equipment has been pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe struggles to procure cancer machines

Zimbabwe's government has yet to procure critical cancer treatment machines, despite claims of mobilising over US$30 million as of December 2024 for their acquisition, raising concerns about the stat...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 October 2025

POLITICS

Zimbabwe Treasury stalls funding of cancer machines

Zimbabwe's two largest referral hospitals, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare and Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, remain without life-saving cancer treatment machines due to a delay in rel...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe spends US$28m on cancer machines

The Zimbabwean government has allocated US$27.5 million for the procurement of state-of-the-art cancer diagnostic and treatment machines for Parirenyatwa and Mpilo Hospitals, Health and Child Care Mi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Child cancer cases rise in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is witnessing a steady rise in childhood cancer cases, placing heavy emotional and financial strain on families and highlighting gaps in early diagnosis and specialised care. Once considered...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Cervical cancer cases in Zimbabwe drop

Zimbabwe recorded a significant decline in cervical cancer cases in 2024, with 1,354 reported nationwide, down from more than 3,000 cases annually in past years. Harare bore the heaviest burden, accou...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Urban lifestyles linked to rising colon cancer risk in Zimbabwe

People living in urban areas with higher incomes and those suffering from diabetes are more susceptible to colon cancer than those who consume traditional diets, according to findings presented by pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Call for budget for cancer control in Zimbabwe

Health stakeholders have called on the Zimbabwean government to urgently develop a clear budget and implement a coordinated response to support the newly launched National Cancer Control Plan (NCCP) 2...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe moves to decentralise treatment of cancer

Stakeholders in Zimbabwe's health sector have commended the Government for taking significant steps to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment, with plans now in motion to decentralise services beyond ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

'Where are the cancer machines?' asks Khupe

Opposition Member of Parliament Thokozani Khupe has demanded a full disclosure from Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on how proceeds from the sugar tax are being utilised in the fight against cancer, ami...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Chamisa berates Chivayo's cancer machines tender

Former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has sharply criticised the government's decision to award a lucrative tender for cancer treatment machines to Wicknell Chivayo, a known ZANU PF member and busin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Lake Chivero water crisis deepens, cancer risk soars

Once a cherished symbol of Zimbabwe's natural heritage and a critical lifeline for the capital's water supply, Lake Chivero is now the epicenter of a deepening public health crisis, with new research ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ throws Mpilo cancer unit lifeline

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has thrown Mpilo Central Hospital's cancer unit a lifeline by providing the $63 000 required to fix its radiography machine, a week after a local MP's impassioned plea in ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 October 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt to tap into Aids levy to fight cancer scourge

GOVERNMENT will now use resources mobilised through the Aids levy to fight the cancer scourge that continues to ravage society.It is estimated that 7 000 Zimbabweans are diagnosed of cancer every year...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 October 2017

OPINION

Exchange control a Zimbabwean cancer

In all the years that I worked as an economist in what was then Southern Rhodesia and subsequently in the Republic of Zimbabwe, I argued in any circles that would hear me, that exchange control was a ...

By Eddie Cross | Published: 08 September 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Staff shortage cripples Mpilo Cancer unit operations

SHORTAGE of staff is crippling the smooth running of Mpilo Central Cancer Unit which was opened in April this year.The unit, which has since rolled out nuclear medicine, does not have the required num...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 August 2017

POLITICS

Tsvangirai to die within 6 months rumour rubbished

Morgan Tsvangirai returned from his routine medical check-up in South Africa yesterday to face debate on whether he, along with his main rival President Robert Mugabe, are fit enough to withstand the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 July 2017
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