HARARE – More children are likely to survive tuberculosis (TB), the leading infectious disease killer, after Zimbabwe announced it plans to introduce new strawberry and raspberry-flavoured medicines in January. TB killed 10 percent of Zimbabwe’s children last year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), and a lack of market incentives has hindered the development…
HARARE – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru (pictured) who now leads the opposition Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) has set her sights on recruiting one of Zanu PF’s powerful tools, the chiefs, as part of strengthening her fledgling party ahead of the watershed 2018 national elections. Mujuru, who was sacked from Zanu PF on untested charges…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has sparked outrage after unilaterally changing the new Constitution, reinstating his sweeping powers to appoint the Chief Justice and slamming shut any thoughts of progressive reform of judicial institutional independence. This comes after the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) conducted its first ever public interviews for the vacant post of Chief…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is on track to compile a credible voter register ahead of nationwide elections in 2018 despite a credibility crisis dogging the Zimbabwe Election Commission (Zec), the head of the Zec has said. Zimbabwe is hoping thumb print scans and voter cards with electronic bar codes will enable it to accurately register an…
KINSHASA – Hopes of a deal to end DR Congo’s dangerous political crisis before Christmas were fast dissipating on Saturday after fruitless all-night talks over President Joseph Kabila’s refusal to quit power. Kabila’s second and final five-year term ended on December 20, but he has shown no intention of leaving office soon, sparking violent protests…
NEW YORK – A highly effective vaccine that guards against the deadly Ebola virus could be available by 2018, says the World Health Organization. Trials conducted in Guinea, one of the West African countries most affected by an outbreak of Ebola that ended this year, show it offers 100% protection. The vaccine is now being…
HARARE – Long-suffering Zimbabweans will endure yet another bleak Christmas and New Year holiday as a result of the country’s dying economy, severe cash shortages, rising food prices and the continuing misrule of President Robert Mugabe and his warring ruling Zanu PF. This is happening at a time that Mugabe has once again insensitively refused…
HARARE – In a case bordering on abuse of minors, a video of a boy — aged about two years — chanting Zanu PF slogans has sparked outrage on social media. In the clip — which has gone viral — the little boy child, whose identity is unknown, is seen donning Zanu PF regalia as…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) plans to enact a new by-law targeted at regulating tuck-shops in residential suburbs, a move that will see the once illegal structures being levied as legitimate businesses. According to HCC’s environmental committee minutes, the desire to craft the by-law was because there had been a gap in regulating…
HARARE – Vendors say they will continue with their business as usual, despite the Christmas and New Year holidays. This comes as most Zimbabweans’ holiday mood has been dampened by the escalating economic crisis, with scores struggling to get their hard-earned money from banks — waiting hours on end in cash queues. National Vendors Union…
