May 2023

THE United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) says 68 000 children across the country accessed protection services in 2022 after experiencing various social ills which include violence, abuse and exploitation. In a report released yesterday titled “Child protection: Let children grow up safely”, Unicef said many children in Zimbabwe continue suffering from various social ills….

THE government has started paying retention allowances to its critical staff in order to curb brain drain in the country. This comes as the government has over the years been hit by flight of critical skills in various sectors to foreign lands in search of greener pastures. In a statement yesterday, the Public Service Commission…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE Traditional Medical Practitioners Council Zimbabwe (TMPCZ) has warned traditional healers against killing vultures for use during their healing ceremonies since the bird is important for the country’s ecological process and the cleaning up of the environment. This comes as some self-styled prophets and traditional healers reportedly use vultures’ heads to prophesy…