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Final year medical students in Zimbabwe have expressed concern over how the incapacitation of doctors has affected their studies and the quality of their medical degree.

Tendai Biti speaks on Doctors strike – VIDEO

Jumbo mine in Mazowe hit by STIs – VIDEO

STATE OF MIND is the first African documentary feature film looking at mental illness disorders, and how they are treated and eventually managed.

It has been screened at international film festivals and won awards in Africa, Europe and the United States of America. Award winning documentary filmmaker and journalist Hopewell Chin’ono follows the work of leading African psychiatrist, Prof. Dixon Chibanda.

Zimbabwean music superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi wrote the documentary film soundtrack for State of Mind. It is the last known piece of work he produced before he passed on in January 2019.

He also sings a full-length song at the end of the film, a classic from his catalogue. The filmmaking process got assistance from http://osisa.org

Nelson Chamisa visits hospitals in Harare – VIDEO

Junior Doctors continue on strike and stage a demonstration at Parirenyatwa Hospital, disregarding Government threat over strike

Zimbabwe’s government is deadlocked in a labour dispute with its doctors. In the wake of that dispute, a raging fire is consuming the country’s most vulnerable people. A MaynMan Films and Mail & Telegraph TV mini-documentary about Zimbabwe’s current health crisis.