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proud supporter of dynamos fc and .... FOREVER ZANUPF

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

I have spoken on international television stations and global policy platforms, including the United Nations, as well as at universities of Harvard and Oxford, about the tragedy of women dying from pregnancy and childbirth-related causes in Zimbabwe. At the time, the figure I repeatedly cited was approximately 2,500 maternal deaths every year.

Although some compatriots criticised me for regularly raising this national health tragedy, I am pleased that the situation has improved significantly according to the figures released by health authorities.

According to the latest figures released by Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care, 563 maternal deaths were recorded in 2025, with the Ministry reporting a maternal mortality ratio of 137 deaths per 100,000 live births.

Dr Aspect Maunganidze, the Permanent Secretary for Health and Child Care, has often challenged the media to give due attention to the Ministry’s successes alongside its challenges.

Well, this is one of them. I applaud the Government, doctors, nurses, midwives and development partners whose work contributed to this improvement through hospital upgrades designed to create modern facilities that can accommodate the necessary equipment and provide proper care for patients and the work done by these toiling health practitioners.

However, 563 women dying in a single year is still 563 deaths too many, so the work must continue in order for these figures to come down.

The maternal mortality ratio of 137 deaths per 100,000 live births reported by the Ministry is below the latest global average of 197 and the WHO African regional average of 442. So that has been a good reduction from the previous figure of 2,500 deaths annually.

I have also reported in the past that Zimbabwe’s largest public hospital had only one functioning maternity theatre. That situation is also changing according to Dr Maunganidze.

The extensive renovations shown in these visuals shared by the government have expanded the hospital’s theatre and high-dependency capacity.
This is the Zimbabwe we want, a country where public hospitals are safe, properly equipped centres of healing, not frightening places where poor people go expecting to die.

The real test, however, will not merely be new floors, ceilings and freshly painted walls, that is the hardware. The important test will be functioning medical equipment, adequate medicines and consumables, well-paid medical professionals and improved outcomes for patients.

When we criticise the Government and ask it to account, we do so not out of hatred but out of desperation after witnessing citizens die from preventable and treatable conditions.

These hospital upgrades must continue beyond referral hospitals in Harare. They must reach provincial and district hospitals, rural clinics and every community where Zimbabweans require healthcare. They must be accompanied by adequate medicines that form the core of a healthcare system.

Most Zimbabweans do not care who receives the political credit for this work as long as the basic necessities of life are provided. The most important of these MEC editors is a proper healthcare because life itself depends on it.

Dr Maunganidze has said that he is open to civil discussions about improving healthcare delivery, provided that those discussions are not anchored in insults and abusive posturing. I welcome that invitation and I will make use of it.
We do not use insults and we shouldn’t.

As media, we investigate, document, report and hold public officials accountable. Holding the Government to account ceases to be treated as controversial when the Government listens and responds with tangible improvements such as those now visibly taking place at Parirenyatwa.

In the same spirit of civil engagement, I call upon the Government to urgently address the challenges surrounding dialysis for kidney patients.

Many Zimbabweans are still struggling to obtain reliable and affordable treatment. Patients should not miss life dialysis saving sessions because machines are broken, consumables are unavailable or waiting lists are too long. Chitungwiza Hospital doesn’t have a working dialysis centre.

The Government must ensure that dialysis machines remain operational, consumables are continuously available, qualified staff are retained, and treatment is decentralised so that patients do not have to travel hundreds of kilometres several times a week.

We do care that public tenders are awarded competitively and that taxpayers receive value for money. But ordinary citizens care far more about whether the work is completed properly and whether they can receive quality healthcare at an affordable cost without enduring dangerous waiting periods.

If the maternity crisis can be addressed and our hospitals can be renovated, the dialysis and medical consumables crisis can also be fixed, and should be addressed.

We acknowledge progress where it has been made while continuing to demand that no Zimbabwean dies merely because the healthcare system failed them. Well done on the work completed so far.
More taxpayers’ money should be used for such healthcare delivery reforms to save the lives of our people.

Thank you to all the doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals who keep the media informed about the issues and challenges on the ground.
Your courage and commitment to the truth help expose shortcomings, strengthen accountability and, ultimately, save lives.

Whilst journalists hold the Government to account and the Government does its work, I again appeal to whoever is in opposition in Zimbabwe to establish a shadow structure that monitors what is happening in the healthcare system. It cannot only be the job of the media to hold the Government to account when we have a Parliament that is supposed to represent Zimbabweans.

We need to hear more voices talking about health issues because everyone will, at some point, come face to face with a medical tragedy, whether it affects you or your relatives in Zimbabwe.

You might be driving a very expensive car, such as an Aston Martin, but if you have an accident between Murewa and Mutoko, where there is no hospital, or where the medical facility is not equipped with essential equipment such as X-ray and CT scanners or the necessary medication, you will die regardless of how much money you have. We have seen this happen far too many times.

[𝐗𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐎🎖️ @29_xhelo]

5/5 CORRECT SCORE

🇳🇴 Bodø/Glimt 3 : 1 NEC Nijmegen

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Southampton 1 : 1 West Ham

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ipswich Town 2 : 1 Leicester

🇦🇿 Sabah Masazir 1 : 1 Hapoel Be’er Sheva FC

🇸🇦 Al-Ettifaq FC 1 : 3 Al Nassr

[Snowball Tongogara @snowballOfficia]

President E.D. Mnangagwa has declared war against those peddling drugs.

[Nehanda Radio @NehandaRadio]

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s daughter-in-law Kelsea Tafirenyika has told a Harare court that the luxury properties and vehicles at the centre of her US$9.35 million money-laundering case were gifts from her husband, Collins Mnangagwa. https://t.co/GC0LyA1RNK

[H-Metro @HMetro_]

The wreckage of the RIDA Mbuya Nehanda ferry has been towed to the mainland following its tragic capsizing on Lake Kariba, which claimed 97 lives.

[LynneM 💕💝💎 @LynneStactia]

Ko ava hanzii? 📍

[Mr Hyzeek @mrisaactipss]

Al-Ettifaq FC 🇸🇦 1:2 Al Nassr Club 🇸🇦

Sheffield Wednesday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 0:2 Wolves 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Valencia 🇪🇸 1:2 Betis 🇪🇸

Southampton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1:1 West Ham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Ipswich Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2:1 Leicester 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Bodoe/Glimt 🇳🇴 3:1 NEC Nijmegen 🇳🇱

Barnsley FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2:1 Crewe Alexandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Al-Shabab FC 🇸🇦 2:1 Al-Riyadh 🇸🇦

[AK🏌️‍♂️ @Ak_billions]

𝟱/𝟱 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗦 !

🇮🇹 AC Milan 3-0 Venezia FC

🇫🇷 Strasbourg 1-2 RC Lens

🇮🇹 Juventus 2-0 Parma Calcio

🇮🇹 Atalanta 2-1 Bologna

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Ipswich 1-3 Liverpool

Total odds = 𝟰𝟭,𝟲𝟮𝟴.𝟴𝟮

𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲[𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗻]

[BOOMLUCK⚽️🏀 @Boomluck1zz]

Ipswich 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2:1 Leicester 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Nottingham forest 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1:1 Leeds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Birmingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1:2 Brentford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Uyi @UtdKhare]

13/13 Correct Score spreadsheet for Today.

SDTA22

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Doncaster 1-2 Middlesbrough
🇸🇦 Al-Ettifaq 1-3 Al-Nassr
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ipswich 2-1 Leicester
🇦🇿 Sabah 2-1 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Wolves
🇦🇹 LASK 1-2 Celtic
🇳🇴 Bodø/Glimt 2-1 NEC
🇸🇦 Al-Shabab 2-1 Al-Riyadh
🇸🇦 Abha 1-1 Al-Khaleej
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Plymouth 1-2 Coventry
🇪🇸 Valencia 1-1 Betis
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barnsley 2-0 Crewe
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Walsall 1-2 Leyton Orient

[LynneM 💕💝💎 @LynneStactia]

Jacob Mafume has failed the city of Harare as mayor. His only achievement so far has been wearing his mayoral chain without fail. 📍

[LynneM 💕💝💎 @LynneStactia]

Power is sweet 📍

[Bloomberg @business]

Zambia’s image as a shining light for democracy knocked by claims of irregularities, arbitrary arrests https://t.co/rcLxqpsEj6

[chiwenga @Chiwenga4zanu]

@CCCZimbabwe He was hacked by that time

[African @ali_naka]

In Zambia today Hichilema barricaded the courthouses! It’s ironical those in the legal fraternity who should know better about the Principle of Separation of Powers In Zimbabwe are supporting him. Is this the change they want for Zimbabwe or they just want their favourite at the Statehouse!

[🇿🇼 ZANU PF PATRIOTS 🇿🇼 @zanupf_patriots]

Mashonaland West Endorses Mnangagwa for ZANU PF Presidency at Next Congress‼️

ZANU PF Mashonaland West Province has unequivocally endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as its preferred candidate for election as First Secretary and President of ZANU PF at the party’s next Congress.

The endorsement is among 26 resolutions adopted by the province for consideration at the Annual National People’s Conference in Chinhoyi this October.

The province also proposed aligning the ZANU PF constitution with Zimbabwe’s Constitution, including provisions dealing with tenure and electoral cycles of party structures.

[chiwenga @Chiwenga4zanu]

There are also some silly arguments that people here makes so i dont see any problem in being blocked

[Ras_G @GandangaZW]

@Chiwenga4zanu @BornfaceBandaa Hopewell is the one who blocks people who criticize or question him. He only allows his bootlickers vanomuti Daddy. Imagine a man calling some random guy Daddy, thats some fag sh#t!

[Saltzman 👽 @Drealsalt]

3/3

🇵🇹 Gil Vicente 2 : 0 Casa Pia

🇮🇹 Roma 2 : 0 Fiorentina

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fulham 1 : 2 Chelsea

[Loyal Tips @LoyalTipsters02]

GOOD LUCK 💚✅️

[chiwenga @Chiwenga4zanu]

@BornfaceBandaa Hopewell ndonews dzese mudara so why blocking him....if we want to know what is happenning around the world, of course we get it from him