© THERE is a glaring shortage of post-abortion pills across Zimbabwe. [GoogleAd] Abortion is illegal in the country except in circumstances where the pregnancy endangers the mother’s life, where there is serious risk the child to be born will suffer from a physical or mental defect or when the pregnancy is a result of rape….
© WHEN one talks about crime-ridden African countries, South Africa quickly comes to mind and only last year 21 000 people were reported to have died violently. [GoogleAd] It is never easy to live in such a country where every other second a woman is reportedly raped in broad daylight while one can be robbed…
© THE disastrous plunge in the value of the recently re-introduced Zimbabwe dollar has resulted in prices of basic goods in the country shooting up at an even faster pace — prompting many hard-pressed Zimbabweans to describe the current state of the national economy as “a total disaster”, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] The startling…
© THE acting president of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA), Peter Magombeyi, says contrary to attempts by the government to downplay his disappearance, he had been tortured when he was abducted. [GoogleAd] Magombeyi’s claims come as there is growing global concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe — which has seen at…
© We are crying. Zimbabwe’s situation is painful. We are failing to pay school fees, let alone getting the money we are working for. For $150 you get $100. [GoogleAd] WILSON DICK METHIAS NESHANDU ROBERT MUTSEGU AYDEN MAKAMU Children are sleeping hungry. The situation is forcing children to steal because we can’t afford to look…
© ZAKA East by-election will be held today Saturday (September 21, 2019) following the death of a Zanu PF Member of Parliament, Caston Ringisai Gumbwanda on 25 June 2019. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) says the political situation in Zaka East has so far been reported to be free and conducive for political campaigns,…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday left for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, the United States, where the main opposition party, the MDC, has lined up protests against worsening human rights abuses and his style of governance. [GoogleAd] The protests set for today are coming on the backdrop of the abduction of…
© President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday capped 3 972 students at the University of Zimbabwe, with the institution saying it has revamped its curriculum to contribute to economic development. [GoogleAd] Out of the 3 927 graduates, 23 were doctor of philosophy, 12 were master of philosophy, 760 were masters’ degree and 3 132 were bachelors’ degree…
© MDC chief whip Prosper Mutseyami plans to request Parliament to set up a special committee to engage the Executive over recurring abductions of government critics and activists. [GoogleAd] Since January, more than 50 people have been abducted by suspected State security agents in a bid to dissuade them from anti-government protests. One of the…
© PARLIAMENT’S Mines and Energy committee has criticised the government over its reluctance to withdraw copper licences granted to about 10 undisclosed companies who are allegedly selling the metal even though they don’t mine it. [GoogleAd] The Joel Gabuza Gabuza-led committee said the failure to withdraw the licences and the absence of tighter regulations was…
