HARARE – Children as young as nine years of age are registering for maternity services, something that exposes how Zimbabwean communities continue to allow the abuse of the girl child to go unreported. As young as they are, nurses at some of the health institutions — especially those in extremely remote areas — are registering…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has reiterated its earlier demand for a 50 percent upward review of wages and salaries across the board to compensate for the price increases of basic commodities. ZCTU secretary-general Japhet Moyo said the union has started a process of consultation with all its structures on the…
HARARE – The country’s human rights infrastructure remains weak due to underfunding and the half-hearted operationalisation of independent commissions in Zimbabwe. Promulgated in 2013, the new Constitution gave birth to a number of commissions under Chapter 12, among them the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission and the Gender Commission. Zimbabwe…
HARARE – A Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services officer has been fined $80 for theft of groceries worth $40. Moses Muchenje, 40, from Natview Park in Mutare was convicted on his own plea of guilty by magistrate Tendai Mahwe. He was charged in terms section 113 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act chapter…
HARARE – Zimbabwean farmers have been reluctant to embrace crop insurance and are in the habit of seeking government funding each time there are natural disasters, an analyst has said. Tinashe Kaduwo, an economist at Econometer Global Capital said year after year local farmers have complained that there is no adequate government funding especially during…
HARARE – One cannot talk about comedy in Zimbabwe without mentioning Bustop TV, an online television that has been popularised by comic characters Gonyeti and Magi. Their journey to stardom hasn’t been easy as they have faced all manner of challenges. For instance, at one point Bustop TV stopped production for a month after a…
HARARE – The wives of jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura who is serving a 40-year jail term have stopped coming to court to show solidarity with their embattled husband. Gumbura was convicted in 2014 of four counts of rape. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Three young Zimbabweans – Shantel Marekera, Itai Muzhingi and Tatenda Magetsi -will study at Oxford University next year under the 2019 Zimbabwe Rhodes Scholarship. The scholarship fund, which covers tuition and living expenses in Oxford, selected the three from a shortlist of eight. The other students on the shortlist considered by the Zimbabwe…
HARARE – With a few days to go into the new year, the omens don’t look good politically in 2019, following the Zanu PF youth league’s ominous threats this week against the country’s opposition forces, the Daily News can report. In shocking remarks which have evoked bad memories of Zimbabwe’s body politic under former president…
HARARE – Medical experts have warned the government that it is putting the lives of thousands of people at risk, after it recently started dispensing expired drugs in hospitals — including life-prolonging anti-retroviral medication (ARVs). This comes as the country’s health sector, which is beset by myriad problems — including a crippling strike by doctors…
