September 2012

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) has launched a $1,4 million Japanese government supported food voucher programme to mitigate deepening starvation. The partnership between Japan and ZRCS’ food security programme has entered its third phase since 2010 and is benefiting five provinces namely Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland West, Matabeleland South, Manicaland and Masvingo. ZRCS…

HARARE – Community members in the Marange diamond mining area have held protests against lack of transparency and accountability in the mining activities of firms operating in the area. This comes after Mines minister Obert Mpofu’s June announcement that Zimbabwe approved its Diamond Policy at the height of accountability concerns, but the new legislation will…

HARARE – Environment minister Francis Nhema is embroiled in a legal tussle with businessman Douglas Makonese after the Environment Management Authority (Ema) controversially stopped an eco-tourism project on the shores of Mazoe Dam. In his founding affidavit Makonese, through his lawyers Scanlen and Holderness, cites Nhema as the first respondent while Ema, which cancelled the…

HARARE – Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda says political leaders calling for the scrapping of maternity fees are off the mark as the city council actually wants to increase fees by 100 percent. Addressing industry and commerce stakeholders during a pre-budget consultative meeting in Harare yesterday, Masunda said the hospitals were struggling to provide standard service…

HARARE – Following a series of murders in Domboshawa’s Chinamhora area, villagers are now victims of a police clampdown as investigations into the ritual killings intensify. Police have descended on the communal lands and have mounted check points on roads leading to Domboshawa. In the villages, police who patrol during the nights are also arbitrarily…