November 2012

HARARE – Bottlenecks disrupting HIV treatment and other support systems may trigger another crisis at a time when Zimbabwe is basking in the glory of declining prevalence rates, a report has revealed. The document, titled Opportunistic Infections (OI) and Art (Anti-retroviral treatment) Services Delivery Community Monitoring Report, unveiled a myriad of problems now threatening Harare’s…

HARARE – MDC Women Assembly secretary-general Sibusisiwe Bhuda Masara has been appointed a Senator. Masara was sworn in yesterday in Parliament as a non-constituency Senator. MDC Senate chief whip Misheck Marava confirmed the development. “We welcome her in Parliament. It is a very important decision as it empowers women members in our party,” said Marava….

HARARE – Government plans to divert money meant for community projects to fund a constitution-making process hijacked by President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s ruling parties. Communities across Zimbabwe have been benefitting from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), under which MPs were given $50 000 each to develop their constituencies. This could soon…

HARARE – Police stood guard at the Anglican Church Cathedral in Harare protecting worshippers as tables turned against ex-communicated bishop Nolbert Kunonga, who for five years relied on the force to eject bona fide Anglicans from their properties. Kunonga’s supporters watched from a distance as, for the first time in almost five years, Anglicans and…

HARARE – Zimbabwe this week increased military presence along its 1 231km border with Mozambique to monitor the threat of armed conflict across the border. This follows the danger posed by renegade Mozambican politician Afonso Dhlakama, who has taken a rag-tag army of followers to Gorongosa threatening war. Zimbabwe’s move is likely influenced by Dhlakama’s…