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26/12/2025

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26/12/2025

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26/12/2025

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26/12/2025

SAD NEWS💔: Zimbabwe’s medical community has been plunged into mourning following the tragic death of Bulawayo-based medical professionals Dr Goodnow Tanaka Machadu and his wife, Sakhile, in a fatal road accident on Christmas Day.

News of the young couple’s passing has spread rapidly on social media, with colleagues, friends, and former classmates sharing heartfelt tributes and messages of condolence.

Many have expressed deep sympathy for the couple’s young children, whose lives have been irrevocably changed by the tragedy.

Images of the wreckage, showing the couple’s vehicle badly damaged and wrapped around a tree, have circulated widely online, prompting speculation that the car may have been travelling at a very high speed.

Machadu was a medical doctor trained at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), while his wife, Sakhile, was a pharmacist who also studied at UZ before furthering her education at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Bulawayo.

The two graduated around 2013, began their relationship in 2012, and married in 2016. The number of children they leave behind has not been confirmed.

Dr Machadu previously worked for the Ministry of Health and the Bulawayo Medical Group before co-founding Lady Coletta Private Hospital in Plumtree, Matabeleland South Province.

Through Meds Incorporated, he and his partners played a key role in transforming healthcare services in the border town.

Lady Coletta Private Hospital emerged from initiatives launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the organisation supported local screening and diagnostic services.

The facility later grew into a fully operational hospital serving the wider Plumtree community.

In July, Machadu told local media that Meds Incorporated planned to expand the hospital into a multidisciplinary centre aimed at attracting patients from across the border and beyond, while also creating employment opportunities for local residents.

He also revealed that a healthcare facility established at Dingumuzi Primary School had since developed into a full-service hospital.

Sakhile built a diverse professional career, working as a pharmacist and later as a life coach at Camps Unlimited.

She was also employed at Plaza Pharmacies in Harare and worked in the healthcare sector in Bulawayo.

26/12/2025

Kwekwe Central legislator, Judith Tobaiwa (CCC) challenged government to introduce a dedicated Silicosis levy to support healthcare facilities treating patients and to provide financial relief for affected families.

Silicosis is a lung disease caused by inhaling tiny silica particles found in sand, quartz, and many types of rock. Over time, these particles lodge deep in the lungs, causing inflammation, scarring (fibrosis), and reduced lung elasticity.

Tobaiwa told Masvingo Mirror that most silicosis victims are breadwinners, leaving their families vulnerable when they fall ill.

She added that there are 65 silicosis patients in her constituency, with more than 12 having died from the disease this year alone.

“Most of the patients are breadwinners, so their children are being expelled from school for failure to pay fees, their wives are not able to work because a silicosis patient under home-based care requires attention, so these families are now vulnerable and they need support economically.”

Tobaiwa added that the government should fund silicosis treatment, ensure patients have an uninterrupted oxygen supply, and introduce a levy to raise funds for tackling the disease, similar to the AIDS levy.

“Silicosis is now Shuramatongo just like AIDS during its early days, and we need funding from the government to cushion the affected and their families.

“The problems surrounding silicosis cut across sectors. Patients under home-based care have irregular oxygen supply due to power outages because most of them do not have solar power backup, and even at the hospital, there is a need for portable oxygen tanks.

“Our communities are dominated by artisanal miners because that is the only available source of earning a living for our youths, so families are losing breadwinners to Silicosis.”

26/12/2025

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26/12/2025

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26/12/2025

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26/12/2025

FROM OUR INBOX: Zimbabweans, you tried to mud-sling Emmerson Mnangagwa Junior by linking him to this lady, Prue.

The truth is Prue is genuinely in love with this young man and is clearly enjoying the relationship.

Why did you allow Emmerson Jnr and his family to go through unnecessary stress when people asked if you're with Emmerson Jnr wainyarara sekuti zvaive nechokwadi.

Ko Shumba vako waiva navo wani.

Unodirei kuputsa misha yevanhu?

25/12/2025

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have invited Dr David Nhunzva to report to the CID Law and Order unit to assist with ongoing investigations into AI-generated content, which he allegedly created and circulated to damage the police’s image.

In a statement issued on 25 December 2025, the ZRP said that creating, distributing, or publishing false or misleading information on digital platforms is a criminal offence under the Cyber and Data Protection Act, Chapter 12:07.

The police added that it is in Dr Nhunzva’s interest to cooperate and report to CID Law and Order to assist with the investigations.

The statement reads:

“The ZRP reminds the public that the Cyber and Data Protection Act, Ch 12:07, criminalises creating, distributing or publishing false or misleading information on digital platforms.

“This includes circulating deepfake videos, fabricated news, misleading claims, using digital platforms to humiliate, threaten or demean individuals or institutions and producing or sharing AI-generated content that misrepresents reality.

“The ZRP is investigating a social media personality known as Dr David Nhunzva for allegedly creating AI-generated videos intended to damage the image of the ZRP.

“The ZRP will not tolerate the misuse of digital technologies to mislead the public, harm reputations or undermine trust in national institutions.

“It is therefore in the interest of Dr David Nhunzva to report to CID Law and Order to assist in the ongoing investigations.”