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I have been reading a discussion on a platform called X (formerly Twitter) about whether young people in Zimbabwe should stay in the country or leave if they have the opportunity. The comments on this topic were quite disheartening.
Journalist <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Hopewell_Chin'ono/">Hopewell Chin’ono</a>, who started the discussion, believes that those who have the means should leave Zimbabwe. He thinks it is hypocritical for those who are already abroad to discourage others from leaving. He said:
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Some Zimbabweans are silly and selfish, they are tweeting encouraging Zimbabwean youths not to leave Zim to better their lives elsewhere, yet they themselves are sitting in America, Europe and South Africa. Bloody selfish hypocrites! Some of them left 20 years ago and now own houses in Zimbabwe because they left, but they don’t want youths to leave and also own houses in Zimbabwe and better themselves, silly!
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The issue sparked mixed responses. Some believe that leaving Zimbabwe would provide a fresh start and better opportunities abroad, while others argue that the youths should stay and work towards improving the country.
Chipo Dendere points out that leaving Zimbabwe is not an easy task, as it requires a substantial budget and resources. She said:
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 There is a difference between encouraging people to stay or leave and acknowledging that one doesn’t just pack their bags &amp; walk out the door as if they have a British or American passport. Even going to Zambia costs money. You need a substantial pocket, place to stay, work or school.
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Others shared their colleagues’ regrets about leaving Zimbabwe, emphasising that opportunities exist in the country for those who have a positive attitude. Meebz said:
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Some left and regret it due to the harsh conditions they find themselves in. Returning to Zim is not an option because of the state of the country plus the fact they have roots abroad and leaving becomes difficult. Encourage people to fight, not flee
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Mamago Entle urges the youths to stay and fight against the system, highlighting the need to confront issues directly instead of running away. Bule Zviko Marox believes that leaving Zimbabwe is a matter of survival, although border jumping is not condoned.
Gibson Chininga emphasises the importance of the youth staying in Zimbabwe to challenge the ruling party. Chininga said:
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Honestly a country without youth is good as dead We need them to stay there and fight Zanu pf, they are the future leaders.
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Others believe that if someone leaves Zimbabwe due to economic difficulties, they shouldn’t support the ruling party from abroad since the hardships are attributed to ZANU PF. 
The debate also extends to the views of neighbouring countries. @Mzantsi202 urges the youths to go to Europe instead of “coming to South Africa”, as the country is also facing its own struggles. 
<h3>Issues raised:</h3>
The discussion highlights several important issues. One is the financial constraints faced by young people in Zimbabwe, which may make it difficult for them to leave the country, even if they want to. Another aspect is the regrets expressed by those who have already left, suggesting that leaving does not always lead to better outcomes. Additionally, a need for a positive attitude and determination to create opportunities within the country.
<h3>Some Context:</h3>
Zimbabwe has been facing problems since the late 1990s. These issues are mostly caused by bad policies, corruption, and poor politics. Many people believe that the ruling party, ZANU PF, has mismanaged the country’s resources since gaining independence from Britain in 1980. This has led to socio-economic and political crises in Zimbabwe.
The political situation in Zimbabwe is not encouraging. Since the disputed elections in August 2023, there has been a deadlock, causing disruptions in the functioning of the new Parliament. The recalls and subsequent by-elections scheduled for December have resulted in the allocation of approximately US$5 million, which could have been used for other developmental purposes. Building a clinic, school, factory or something.
Furthermore, the economy is deteriorating. The Finance and Investment Promotion Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has predicted a slowdown in the economy for 2024. The economy is already not performing well. Has not been performing well for quite some time. His predictions align with projections from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which recently visited Harare to discuss the country’s economy. The IMF team expects Zimbabwe’s economy to grow by around <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/2023/10/28/imf-staff-concludes-staff-visit-to-zimbabwe/">4.8% in 2023</a> but anticipates a decrease to 3.5% in 2024. This decline is attributed to weaker global demand for minerals and agricultural setbacks caused by weather conditions.
In short, Zimbabweans are facing a difficult situation. The economy is struggling and it seems that the upcoming years will be challenging. On the other hand, life abroad is also tough. Nowhere to run!
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A Disheartening Discussion On Whether Young Zimbabweans Should Stay Or Leave The Country

The Government says it is considering enacting legislation to limit the amounts that medical aid societies can use for overheads from subscriptions made by members.
This will be done to ensure that a large portion of the contributions that they collect go towards providing services for members.
Speaking at the annual Zimbabwe Medical Association Scientific Congress held in Harare on Friday, Harare Provincial Medical Director (PMD), Dr Innocent Hove, said the Government is concerned with medical aid societies’ failure to properly manage their members’ contributions.
Hove, who was representing Health and Childcare Minister Douglas Mombeshora, said:
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Our medical aid societies should ensure that those who run funds do not just take subscriptions without providing a commensurate service.
The same efficiencies they have in collecting money should be cascaded to managing the fund, ensuring internal controls, instituting anti-fraud systems and payment of service providers.
We will be firm about it and we will strengthen our capacity as a Ministry to regulate the industry going forward.
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He also said urgent measures should be taken to address brain drain which is weakening the country’s health delivery system further. Said Hove:
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We are losing millions of dollars in training, and we feel that we should get a portion of that money by retaining our trained and qualified health professionals.
We bear quite a cost to train a nurse and even more to train a medical doctor considering that we need to retain our investment which is our professional.
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As of January 2023, Zimbabwe had lost more than 4 000 doctors and nurses to the UK and other countries since 2021, according to the Health Services Board.
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Govt Says Mulling Cap On Medical Aid Overheards

The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has condemned the government’s plan to criminalise the recruitment of healthcare workers to work in other countries.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/zimbabwe-s-health-care-workers-condemn-plan-to-criminalize-foreign-recruiters-/7041125.html">VOA</a> on Friday, ZADHR president Norman Matara said that any attempt to prevent healthcare workers from leaving the country for better jobs would be illegal. He said:
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Also our constitution, the Zimbabwe constitution, guarantees citizens have the right to move freely within the country or leave the country.
We don’t know why those comments were made by the honorable minister of health.
The government continues to use scare tactics and command approach to solving healthcare problems.
The government should note that health workers are not being pulled away from the country but pushed away from the country by the meager salaries they are getting. They are being pushed by the worsening economic crisis in the country.
They are being pushed by poor working conditions: lack of equipment, lack of sundries, and lack of medicines in the hospitals that they work in.
We urge the government to improve working conditions, and pay a living wage, you will find that people will not leave the country.
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Last week Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Minister of Health and Childcare, said the country will enact a law to make it illegal for other countries to hire healthcare workers from Zimbabwe.
Chiwenga also said the drain of healthcare professionals was as good as human trafficking and a crime against humanity.
Eustina Shava, a nurse who is leaving Zimbabwe in May for better work in Canada, told VOA that foreign recruiters are doing nothing wrong and their work should therefore not be criminalised. She said:
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If we were given enough money, I don’t think anybody would love to leave their families, their relatives and work abroad.
But at the end of the day, we all want to achieve good things in life. We all want to buy houses, we all want to buy cars and we all want to send our children to good schools.
That’s the reason we are reaching out to recruiters. They have done nothing wrong. They are actually helping us to achieve certain things in life.
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Reports indicate that more than 4 000 nurses and doctors have left Zimbabwe since February 2021.
Last month, the UK stopped the recruitment of Zimbabwean health workers. This was after Zimbabwe was placed by the World Health Organisation on the red list.
WHO red list designation means that the country is facing serious health personnel challenges.
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Doctors For Human Rights Condemn Plan To Criminalise Recruitment Of Healthcare Workers By Foreigners

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said the government plans to enact a law criminalising the recruitment of health personnel from Zimbabwe by other countries.
Chiwenga, who also doubles as the Minister of Health and Childcare, said the drain of healthcare professionals was as good as human trafficking.
Speaking on Wednesday, Chiwenga said stiffer penalties will be imposed on those he accused of committing a “heinous crime” of recruiting nurses and doctors from Zimbabwe. BBC quoted Chiwenga as saying:
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If one deliberately recruits and makes the country suffer, that’s a crime against humanity.
People are dying in hospitals because there are no nurses and doctors. That must be taken seriously.
Zimbabwe frowns at this heinous crime which is also a grave violation of human rights.
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Reports indicate that more than 4 000 nurses and doctors have left Zimbabwe since February 2021.
Last month, the UK stopped the recruitment of Zimbabwean health workers. This was after Zimbabwe was placed by the World Health Organisation on the red list.
WHO red list designation means that the country is facing serious health personnel challenges.
Zimbabwean nurses and doctors are being forced to look for jobs abroad as recurrent economic challenges have seen wages decimated by endless inflation.
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Recruitment Of Zimbabwean Nurses A Crime Against Humanity - VP Chiwenga

The United Kingdom is raiding its former colony Zimbabwe for key public sector workers: nurses, doctors and teachers, according to Zimbabwe-based writer, Ashley Simango.
The writer who got an honourable mention at the 2021 Arrude Jesuit Center For Ethics in Society High School Essay Competition, says it is “cruel for the UK to “poach” Zimbabwe’s key health sector personnel. 
In an article first published by <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/2/8/zimbabwe-is-bleeding-doctors-teachers-to-the-uk-whos-to-blame">Al Jazeera</a>, Simango whose writings on diplomacy and economics appeared in Newsweek, Fast Company, The New Arab and The Africa Report said:
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This is cruel. It appears unstoppable. Yet it also captures a vicious cycle in which foreign aid meant to help countries like Zimbabwe strengthen their education and health systems is undermined by migration of trained talent to those very same donor nations.
More than 4,000 nurses and doctors have left Zimbabwe since February 2021. The UK is by far the destination of choice: data from the British Home Office in 2022 reveals that Zimbabwe is now in the top five skilled worker visa recipient countries.
This is a big drain. According to the Zimbabwe Medical Association, the country has a paltry 3,500 doctors for a population of 15 million people. Access to nurses is poor, too — just 2.6 per 1,000 people as of 2017, reveals the World Bank. In a key 1,000-bed public hospital, managers told reporters that services were crippled when dozens of nurses and doctors left for the UK in 2021.
Of course, the UK — like any other country — must look after its interests first. But the imbalance between a $3.2 trillion economy (the UK) and a $28bn economy (Zimbabwe) is such that the scramble for medical personnel isn’t a fair contest.
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Simango added that despite the woes of the National Health Service (NHS), the UK still has 8.5 nurses per 1 000 people — more than three times the number in Zimbabwe. Added the writer:
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And poaching talent from a country like Zimbabwe comes cheap. The UK spends £230,000 ($281,000) in training each doctor — much of which it saves when it imports trained and skilled medical professionals.
Simply put, at a time when healthcare workers are leaving the NHS in droves because of poor pay and conditions, the British government — instead of addressing their concerns — is plundering doctors and nurses from former colonies like Zimbabwe.
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Her remarks come after the UK announced that from February 2023, Zimbabwe will join a select group of nations and territories whose educators will be eligible to get <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/zimbabwean-teachers-eligible-to-apply-for-qualified-teacher-status-in-england-starting-2023/">Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)</a> which would allow them to work long-term as teachers in the UK.
Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa are the only other African nations on the list. 
Teacher unions in Zimbabwe fear that many of the country’s 135 000 public school teachers might be tempted to take up posts in the UK. 
For the last four decades, Zimbabwe has boasted one of Africa’s most impressive post-colonial educational outcomes with the World Economic Forum ranking it fourth-best on the continent in 2016.
Simango also puts the blame on the Zimbabwean government which she says is unable to pay doctors, nurses and teachers living wages, a factor pushing them to seek greener pastures.
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"UK Is Raiding, Its Former Colony Zimbabwe For Nurses, Doctors And Teachers, This Is Cruel"

Zimbabwean nurses desperate to leave the country for greener pastures are finding it difficult to emigrate as authorities refuse to provide key documents.
Nurses working in Zimbabwe’s public hospitals earn the equivalent of less than $200 a month, which has forced some of them to consider migrating to countries like Canada and Britain where there are better opportunities.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-zimbabwe-nurses-leaving-canada-uk/">The Globe and Mail</a>, Agnes Masarira said she cannot afford to buy lunch at a government hospital in Masvingo where she works. She said:
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It’s like I’m a slave. I have no house, no car and not enough to eat, yet I’m considered employed.
I live with my brother. I can only afford second-hand clothes. My child has to watch me struggle every day.
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Masarira said for years she has visited Health Ministry offices to request the documents but each time she was told that the officials who must sign the documents were unavailable.
She said one official asked for a bribe of US$200 to arrange her diploma, but she could not afford it.
Last year the Zimbabwean government doubled the application fee for verification letters to US$300 from US$150, making it even more difficult for nurses to emigrate.
The letters have become almost impossible to obtain anyway, even when nurses are able to pay the fee.
Setfree Mafukidze, a Zimbabwean nurse who emigrated to Britain in 2020 when the restrictions were not as tight, said:
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It’s a human-rights abuse against the suffering nurses. People are being tied down by the government. It leads to corruption. Some officials are cashing in on bribes from desperate nurses.
The danger is that we’re going to have a group of very disgruntled nurses in hospitals and clinics, which is very dangerous for patients.
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Mateline Dube, a 34-year-old nurse at a government hospital in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, said:
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I’m just living from hand to mouth. Often I have to walk to work, about four kilometres, because I don’t have money for transport.
Sometimes, with my nursing uniform on, I have to beg for transport from motorists, but that’s dehumanizing and embarrassing for me. That’s why I want to leave this country.
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Nelisiwe Sibanda, a 36-year-old nurse in a government hospital in Harare told The Globe and Mail that she paid US$300 for a verification letter last year but never received the letter.
She said one official told her that she would never get the documents. Sibanda said:
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I’ve become a burden to my friends and relatives since I’m asking them for financial help every month. I’m tired of this now.
I’m very angry at the authorities for blocking my dream to leave this country.
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Zimbabwe has experienced a massive brain drain in the health sector in the past few years.
More than 4 000 health workers, including about 2 600 nurses, left the country in 2021 and 2022.

"Impoverished" Nurses Are Barred From Leaving Zimbabwe

More than 4 000 health workers have left the country since 2021, the Health Services Board (HSB) has revealed.
HSB chairperson Dr Paulinus Sikosana on Sunday told <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/over-4000-zimbabwean-doctors-nurses-left-country-2021-2022-11-20/">Reuters</a> that those who left over the past year include 1 700 registered nurses who resigned last year and more than 900 who left this year.
A large number of doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe have found work mainly in Britain, Australia and regional countries such as Namibia.
Zimbabwe’s health workers went on a week-long strike in June this year demanding to be paid in US dollars as inflation further weakened the local currency.
On Sunday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the government has to improve remuneration and conditions of service for medical practitioners to curb brain drain in the health sector.
Writing in his weekly column published in <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/president-pledges-to-improve-doctors-salaries/">The Sunday News</a>, Mnangagwa said the government will give land for free to those who wished to set up medical facilities. He said:
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We have to competitively reward our doctors in order to guarantee greater staff retention in our hospitals, and in the country.
Many of our doctors continue to leave the country for greener pastures; they are hotly sought after, particularly in the rich West, because of their superior training facilities.
The Second Republic has to treat in-country medical staff retention as a foremost national goal.
More visible and substantive steps will be taken in the near future to improve the working conditions for our medical staff.
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Over 4 000 Zimbabwean Doctors And Nurses Left The Country In 2021

President Emmerson Mnangagwa said that the government has to improve remuneration and conditions of service for medical practitioners to curb brain drain in the health sector.
Writing in his weekly column published in <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/president-pledges-to-improve-doctors-salaries/">The Sunday News</a>, Mnangagwa said the government will give land for free to those who wished to set up medical facilities. He said:
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We have to competitively reward our doctors in order to guarantee greater staff retention in our hospitals, and in the country.
Many of our doctors continue to leave the country for greener pastures; they are hotly sought after, particularly in the rich West, because of their superior training facilities.
The Second Republic has to treat in-country medical staff retention as a foremost national goal.
More visible and substantive steps will be taken in the near future to improve the working conditions for our medical staff.
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Mnangagwa bemoaned the doctor-to-patient ratio in the country which he said was too low. He said:
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The number of medical practitioners in the country remains unsatisfactorily low. I am told we have 3 777 registered medical practitioners in the country.
Of this number, 1 982 are General Medical Officers; 713 are specialists; 250 are dentists, while 627 are interns. We have to boost our medical corps.
This programme will continue until every village and community is within reach of a medical facility, for basic health provisioning.
Alongside this thrust, we continue to invest in district hospitals until the goal of a fully functional hospital for each district is met.
I also wish to see more and more mobile healthcare services reaching remote communities.
We have done that in the past, allowing mobile clinics manned by specialist doctors to reach such historically disadvantaged communities for superior care.
As in other sectors, no person and no community should be left behind.
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He said the government is building rural health facilities in both urban and rural areas, with some projects funded through Devolution Funds.

ED Pledges To Improve Doctors' Salaries To Curb Brain Drain

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Reward_Kangai">Reward Kangai</a>, a former chief executive officer of <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/NetOne_Zimbabwe">NetOne</a>, a government-owned telecommunications company, says it is public knowledge that bigwigs are involved in most of the corruption cases that have affected Zimbabwe’s economy.
He made the remarks in response to a Pindula News article in which the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Anti-corruption Commission, Justice <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Loice_Matanda-Moyo">Loice Matanda-Moyo</a> bemoaned the <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/zacc-losing-highly-skilled-workers-justice-matanda-moyo/">departure of skilled personnel from the commission. </a>
Kangai said those leaving the anti-graft organisation are afraid of being victimised for targeting political elites. Said Kangai:
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Flight of staff after receiving training, is a clear indication that it’s not well within the organization. They are afraid of falling victim to acting on high-profile corruption cases. How does <a data-user-name="ZACConline" href="https://twitter.com/ZACConline/" rel="noopener user" target="_blank">@ZACConline</a> expect whistleblowers to come forward when their own staff are scared?
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One of <a data-user-name="ZACConline" href="https://twitter.com/ZACConline/" rel="noopener user" target="_blank">@ZACConline</a> investigators I last met on 25 Aug 2020, left without taking action on the cases <a data-user-name="NetOneCellular" href="https://twitter.com/NetOneCellular/" rel="noopener user" target="_blank">@NetOneCellular</a> that I brought before him, most likely due to the involvement of high-profile persons. <a data-user-name="MoJLPA" href="https://twitter.com/MoJLPA/" rel="noopener user" target="_blank">@MoJLPA</a> <a data-user-name="matandamoyo" href="https://twitter.com/matandamoyo/" rel="noopener user" target="_blank">@matandamoyo</a> <a data-user-name="Min_ICTCS_ZW" href="https://twitter.com/Min_ICTCS_ZW/" rel="noopener user" target="_blank">@Min_ICTCS_ZW</a> <a data-user-name="NPAZim" href="https://twitter.com/NPAZim/" rel="noopener user" target="_blank">@NPAZim</a>
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<div>It’s an open secret that bigwigs are involved in most of the corruption cases that have blighted our country. <a data-user-name="ZACConline" href="https://twitter.com/ZACConline/" rel="noopener user" target="_blank">@ZACConline</a> is scared to take any action, hence its staff are leaving, once they get trained. I dare <a data-user-name="ZACConline" href="https://twitter.com/ZACConline/" rel="noopener user" target="_blank">@ZACConline</a> to prove me wrong on <a data-user-name="NetOneCellular" href="https://twitter.com/NetOneCellular/" rel="noopener user" target="_blank">@NetOneCellular</a> graft cases!</div>
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<div>In December 2017 Kangai wrote a report to President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" title="Emmerson Mnangagwa">Emmerson Mnangagwa </a>alleging that <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Supa_Mandiwanzira" title="Supa Mandiwanzira">Supa Mandiwanzira,</a> then Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, had captured <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/NetOne" title="NetOne">NetOne</a> and POTRAZ, both parastatals under the purview of his ministry.</div>
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In 2019, ZACC investigated him for possible abuse of office, allegations which stemmed from a forensic audit conducted in 2016 by the Auditor General.</div>
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Ex-NetOne CEO Kangai Says "It’s An Open Secret Bigwigs Are Involved In Most Corruption Cases"

Members of Parliament on Wednesday confronted Vice President and Health and Childcare Minister Constantino Chiwenga over the state of the country’s health sector.
Zimbabwe’s health sector is experiencing a massive brain drain and thousands of health professionals leave the country for greener pastures. The sector is also underfunded.
This also comes as Zimbabweans living near the country’s borders are being forced to seek medical treatment in neighbouring countries such as South Africa, Zambia and Mozambique.
Mutare Central MP Innocent Gonese (CCC) said the brain drain in the health sector was a cause for concern. He said:
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Our doctors and nurses are leaving the country and one of the reasons is the issue of the poor health sector.
A lot of doctors indicated that sometimes they do not have the tools of trade and these are some of the issues which we want an independent commission (to inquire into).
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Kambuzuma MP Willias Madzimure (CCC), also contributing to the debate on the Health Services Amendment Bill which is before Parliament, said:
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The fact that our health workers are leaving the country in their numbers is an indication that something is not right. We cannot pay a blind eye to that.
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The Health Services Amendment Bill seeks to align the Health Service Act to the Constitution.
Chiwenga told MPs that the Bill was necessary to address the concerns of healthcare workers, which include the improvement of their conditions of service, as well as deliver the best health system for Zimbabweans. | <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200002253/mps-confront-chiwenga-over-nurses-mass-exodus">NewsDay</a>

MPs Confront VP Chiwenga Over Brain Drain

Zimbabwe is fast-losing skilled people to the United Kingdom after more than 8 000 people were granted skilled work visas by the British government from the year 2020 to 2022.
According to UK government data, Zimbabwe is in the Top Five of skilled visas to the UK, despite having a relatively smaller population.
Visas increased by 424% since 2020, with the health sector the most affected as health professionals continue to leave the country over poor pay. A report by the UK government says:
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In the year ending March 2022, Skilled work visa grants increased by 66% (+72,208) to 182,153, compared with the year ending March 2020.
There were 73,400 grants of Skilled worker visas and 75,963 grants of Skilled worker Health &amp; Care visas.
Intra-company transfer (ICTs) grants increased by 17,009 (+125%) to 30,617 compared with the year ending March 2021, however, ICTs are still 35% lower compared with the year ending March 2020. This continues the decline since 2016 for the ICT visa route.
Indian nationals continue to be the top nationality in the Skilled work category, accounting for over two-fifths (44%) of visas granted.
They also saw the greatest increase in skilled work visa grants compared to the year ending March 2020, increasing by 25,209 (+46%). In contrast, grants to nationals of the United States reduced, compared to the year ending March 2020, falling by 1,152 (-14%).
There has been a particularly large proportional increase in visa grants to both Nigerian nationals (+214%, +8,771) and Zimbabwean nationals (+424%, +4,490) since the year ending March 2020.
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During the year ending March 2020, 1 059 Zimbabweans were granted skilled work visas by the UK government.
The number rose to 1 735 during the year ending March 2021 and rose sharply to 5 549 during the year ending March 2022.
See the table below for more:
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.96">Nationality</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.94">Year ending March 2020</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.95">Year ending March 2021</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.95">Year ending March 2022</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.58">Percentage change 2020/2022</td>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.91">India</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.85">55,212</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.86">31,471</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.77">80,421</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=74.33">+ -46%</td>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.74">Nigeria</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.61">4,091</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.95">5,546</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.69">12,862</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=96">+ -214%</td>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.89">Philippines</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.89">6,646</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.78">6,212</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.79">10,782</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=90.55">+62%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.89">United States</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.96">8,512</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.86">4,434</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.96">7,360</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.57">-14%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.79">Zimbabwe</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.89">1,059</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.93">1,735</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.95">5,549</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=96.58">+ 424%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=97.75">Other nationalities²</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.89">34,425</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.8">26,711</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.85">65,179</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=97.44">+89%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=0"> </td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.88">109,945</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.77">76,109</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.85">182,153</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.01">+66%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

UK Skilled Work Visas Granted To Zimbabweans Up 424%

Bulawayo City Council is facing an acute shortage of nurses who are resigning to leave the country for greener pastures.
13 nurses have already resigned since January 2022, Bulawayo City Health Services Director, Edwin Sibanda, has revealed.
Sibanda said the nurses resign from the government where salaries are too low and then join the council only to use the better pay to buy air tickets to leave the country.
Most of the nurses leave for better-paying jobs in European countries, with some opting for Australia and Canada. Said Sibanda:
<blockquote>
We are facing a serious challenge of state registered nurses who are leaving council for greener pastures.
Since January this year, 13 nurses have left for the UK while one has died.
What is happening these days is that nurses now resign from government, where their salaries are low and join council, where they are paid more.
They then use their council salaries to buy air tickets to go to the UK.
The nurses’ resignations are very disruptive in terms of service quality because we are now continuously training new people.
Apart from that, we are now employing these new nurses on contract terms because the government does not allow us to permanently hire the new nurses.
</blockquote>
Public sector health workers staged a 5-day strike last month and the Government is already on a two-week notice for industrial action by civil servants, including nurses, who are demanding better salaries.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/nurses-using-council-to-finance-diaspora-flight-as-bulawayo-is-hit-by-shortages/">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Nurses Leave Bulawayo Council For Greener Pastures

Zimbabwe’s Government will continue leaning on China for support to prop up the country’s ailing health sector as thousands of local health professionals migrate to Western countries seeking greener pastures.
Addressing a press conference soon after a Politburo meeting on Saturday, ZANU PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa said Health and Child Care minister, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga had presented a report that highlighted brain drain in the health sector.
Mutsvangwa said, unlike the Americans who preach democracy that cannot be eaten, China has been providing COVID-19 vaccines for Zimbabwe’s vaccination programme. Said Mutsvangwa:
<blockquote>
We value this relationship and it has always been beneficial to us. China has been handy in that regard (health sector) and in investment.
What we have been trying to highlight to you is that China is an all-weather friend. We were not invited to the democratic sort of fiesta of the Americans in Washington, somehow because we created democracy which they denied.
We cannot eat the democracy of the Americans, but we definitely can benefit from the medical vaccines of the Chinese and save lives.
One relationship is very material, the other one is abstract and we would rather concentrate on the material one.
</blockquote>
Mutsvangwa also accused Western countries of causing brain in the medical sector by luring the health professionals with salaries that Zimbabwe cannot match. He said:
<blockquote>
When a crisis comes, they also have an ageing population, they come to recruit from Zimbabwe and because we are relatively poorer than them — because we were colonised and enslaved, we are not as rich as they are.
We train the best people, they come and snatch them and never want to compensate us for those people who we invest in so much through training, but they are now lured by better salaries because they have been neglectful to train their own personnel.
So, we are always at the receiving end of these people who want to lecture us about democracy and human rights, and all this.
</blockquote>
Mutsvangwa said the Cabinet is working on addressing health professionals’ working conditions to stem brain drain.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/01/brain-drain-panicky-chiwenga-blames-west/">NewsDay</a></h4>

ZANU PF Welcomes Chinese Vaccines, Says American Democracy Cannot Be Eaten

The ruling ZANU PF party has blamed western countries for causing a brain drain in Zimbabwe’s health sector by luring the country’s medical practitioners with better salaries.
Speaking during a post-politburo media briefing on Saturday, ZANU PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa accused western countries of reaping where they did not sow. He said:
<blockquote>
The Vice President talked about the brain drain again which is done by the western countries because they do not train their people.
Then when a crisis comes, they come to recruit from Zimbabwe because we are relatively poorer than them as we were enslaved and not as rich as they are. We trained people, they then come and snatch them.
They never want to compensate us for those people who take their money to train but they are now lured by better salaries because they have been neglectful of their responsibility to train their own personnel, so we are always at the receiving end of these people who always want to teach us about democracy and human rights.
</blockquote>
Mutsvangwa said the government is working on ensuring that the living and working conditions of health workers are improved.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/shortage-of-doctors-caused-by-the-west-zanu-pf/">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

ZANU PF Blames Western Powers For Shortage Of Doctors

The government says it will implement a cocktail of measures to stem the tide of brain drain bedevilling the country’s health sector.
The emigration by doctors and nurses has left public health facilities struggling to provide adequate health care for all Zimbabweans.
Speaking yesterday after the Cabinet meeting, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the Inter-Ministerial Committee had suggested measures to reverse the trend. She said:
<blockquote>
To stem the brain drain a committee was therefore set up to look holistically into the following issues: mechanisms to accelerate the provision of non-monetary incentives, such as staff accommodation, transport, vehicle loans, canteens and cafeterias, and wifi-facilities connectivity; measures to improve the remuneration of tutors in nurses training colleges and administration of nurses training colleges; judicious adjustment of monetary benefits; and addressing the disparity between the urban and rural health personnel incentives in order to attract personnel to rural areas.
</blockquote>
Mutsvangwa also said that the government was also pursuing bilateral agreements with destination countries for local health professionals within the World Health Organisation framework.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/perks-to-stem-doctors-nurses-brain-drain/">The Herald</a></h4>

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