THE Zimbabwe Aids Network (Zan) revealed that the country has a US$12 million funding gap for condoms and circumcision programmes which may jeopardise the fight against HIV/Aids if not addressed. This comes as the Global Fund allocated over US$500 million to Zimbabwe for its HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria for programmes that will run from…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) councillors have proposed incentives as part of measures to boost the uptake of cremation in Zimbabwe’s second largest city. Bulawayo City Hall Cremation is the disposal of a dead person’s body by burning it to ashes usually after a funeral ceremony. Debating the issue at a full council meeting early this…
I AM a 26-year-old former Solusi Adventist High School student currently in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak-where I am doing a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering at Wuhan University of Technology. I have been in China for four years now. The news of the outbreak of the coronavirus caught…
HALF of the women, aged between 15 and 49, in Mashonaland Central believe that physical violence against them is acceptable, a global humanitarian and developmental aid organisation has claimed. According to the Spotlight Initiative report authored by the United Nations in conjunction with the government of Zimbabwe shows that more still needs to be done…
CHITUNGWIZA’s Zengeza 2 administration office will soon house a passport application and collection office in an effort to decentralise issuance of passports and civil registration documents to districts and to decongest provincial offices, Chitungwiza acting town clerk Tonderai Kasu has said. This follows a request made by the office of the Registrar-General (RG) last year…
ZIMBABWE is currently facing its worst economic crisis in a decade, characterised by fuel and electricity shortages, hyperinflation, catastrophe in the public health sector and price hikes of basic goods and services. The crisis is also being exacerbated by years of poor rainfall due to the effects of climate change with over eight million Zimbabweans…
WITH the continuously deteriorating situation in the public health sector, Zimbabweans are quaking in their boots with fear that the 2019 novel coronavirus could spread into the country. The zoonatic virus, which originated in China last December, has so far killed over 560 people and affected 28 000 in 25 countries around the world. Health…
LUXURY life and driving a state-of-the-art car is everybody’s wish, but in Zimbabwe this is coming at a huge cost to the country’s drying revenue flows, following illegal activities that have spurred authorities to act. While some of Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) employees and importers have enjoyed a fair share of advantage over the years…
We note with concern the analysis by Prof Arthur Mutambara, pictured, on the 2019 Advanced Level results released by Zimsec in January 2020. Prof Arthur Mutambara While he dwelt specifically on the “A” Level results only, our opinion will focus on both the “A” and “O” Level results. To be fair, we believe that learners…
GOVERNMENT’S unpredictability of economic policies, foreign currency allocation and the unstable political and economic climate will continue to undermine foreign investment, analysts have said. This comes as Harare, which urgently requires fresh capital injections of close to US$2 billion to stabilise its economy, according to various independent experts, cannot access loans or a bailout from…
