So this is the Zimbabwe you've been so proud of? The one without proper, free healthcare for all? Because the facts tell a very different story.
Let's start with maternal and infant deaths, in January 2025 alone, 299 infants and 54 mothers died from childbirth complications . Nationally, the neonatal mortality rate has risen from 31 to 37 deaths per 1,000 live births, and infant mortality has increased from 53 to 56 per 1,000 live births . Meanwhile, Zimbabwe's largest hospital, Harare Central, has just one functioning maternity theatre built in 1977 . At one point, seven babies were stillborn in a single night there because of staffing shortages and delayed emergency care . In that same maternity ward, there are not even adequate beds, anaesthetic machines, or ventilators .
The health budget is starved, in 2025, health received just 10.1% of the national budget below the 15% Abuja Declaration target and of that, over 80% went to salaries, leaving crumbs for medicines, equipment, and infrastructure . For 2026, Treasury slashed the Health Ministry's request by over 70%, giving it only 28% of what it asked for . Hospitals regularly go without basics Harare Central has suffered weeks without running water, and public hospitals face chronic shortages of even paracetamol and gloves .
This is the reality behind the pride you mock others for. While you hear disrespecting us on social media, Zimbabwean women are dying in childbirth, babies are being born into a broken system, and the government is failing its own people. If we're going to talk about Zimbabwe, let's talk about the facts not the fiction.
@Sello_Libram Says someone who's waiting for a free bus... Talk about working like a slave to be rich. Prime example of a person who'll never smell the interior of a private jet.