MUTARE – At least one in every 15 children dies before turning five years, the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) said. In addition to the grim statistic, ZNFPC’s Manicaland communications officer, Daniel Maromo, said one newly-born baby died in every 20 live births. “The level of under-five mortality is 69 deaths per 1 000…
HARARE – Council has engaged Harare residents on garbage disposal in its drive to keep the city clean. The initiative comes amid mounds of rubbish becoming a common feature in Harare, as the local authority struggles to honour its schedule of garbage collection. Harare City Council (HCC) spokesperson, Michael Chideme, said the move to engage…
HARARE – Zimbabweans have not experienced real and substantive peace, development and tranquillity for several decades, despite attaining independence 36 years ago. It is a historical fact that the yokes of colonial bondage enslaved us for more than nine decades. Racist colonial subjugation and domination was demeaning and dehumanising. Some of us who personally experienced the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Agricultural Development Trust (ZADT) has disbursed over $50 million loans to boost the country’s agriculture sector through improved efficiency and creating additional revenue streams to limit effects of market volatility. ZADT chief executive Godfrey Chinoera said his organisation also seeks to enhance crop diversification in order to avert climate variability challenges…
BULAWAYO – Jam Sessions, which were introduced and popularised by the City Sports Bar in Harare, will be launched at Cecil Hotel tomorrow. The move follows the participation of 10 Bulawayo musicians at the City Sport Bar a fortnight ago. Nkululeko Nkala, who is among the organisers of the Bulawayo Jam Sessions, is confident that…
HARARE – United Kingdom-based Cameroon Film and Movie Academy has honoured Zimbabwean actress Samantha Ncube Mahlangu for her contribution to the African film industry. Mahlangu, who has featured in numerous Nigerian movies, was among several African actors who received recognition from the Cameroon Film and Movie Academy which was primarily established as a platform for…
HARARE – Respected Zanu PF elder, Cephas Msipa, has advised President Robert Mugabe and the ruling party to listen to the growing voices of dissent in the country, warning that failure to do so would be tantamount to negating the values of the country’s liberation struggle which cost the lives of so many Zimbabweans. Reflecting…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF stalwarts Didymus Mutasa and Dzikamai Mavhaire say it feels good to be in the opposition especially at a time when the ruling party is consumed in endless succession fights and is also facing rising public anger. Speaking at the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) rally in Chinhoyi on Saturday, both Mutasa…
HARARE – Reacting to statements attributed to defence forces commander, Constantino Chiwenga, analysts yesterday said the army should not interfere in politics. Chiwenga was quoted in the State media saying the army has a role to play in Zanu PF succession politics, but analysts said the army boss was out of order. Respected political analyst…
HARARE – Yesterday, we learnt that government was moving to craft new regulations to regulate social media and jail people it feels are using various platforms to “incite violence.” While the news was disappointing considering Zimbabwe is after all, a supposedly functional democracy, it did not come as a surprise. Coming from a government more…
