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Healthcare costs rise in Zimbabwe

Those on medical aid cover must brace for steep increases in subscriptions as societies adjust their fees to keep up with soaring healthcare costs, the Daily News can report.

Pharmacies reject medical aid cards

Most pharmacies in the country are refusing to issue drugs to patients on medical insurance, the main doctors’ association said yesterday, leaving thousands to pay cash.Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) executive director Calvin Fambirai said the economic downturn has resulted in pharmacies rejecting some medical aid cards in the purchase of drugs.

Anjin strike cripples mining at diamond firm

HARARE – More than 1 000 Anjin Investments (Anjin) workers have vowed to remain on strike until their salaries are realigned with local diamond industry standards, which they say average $650 for the least paid employee.

Tsvangirai admits fathering child out of wedlock

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday admitted publicly for the first time that he fathered a child out of wedlock with a Bulawayo woman. Tsvangirai has always declined comment on the matter of his 19-month-old love-child with Ms Loretta Nyathi.

Gono adviser suing paper over rape story

Dr Munyaradzi Kereke, an adviser to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono, is suing The Standard newspaper over claims he raped his 11 year old niece last year. In papers filed in the High Court last Thursday, Dr Kereke is demanding US$5 million in damages over two articles published by the newspaper.