FOR many people, January is a time of huge financial strain. With Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, gifts, food, travel and all…
BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE THE country’s continuing economic challenges are stretching the patience of poor Zimbabweans, top economist Eddie Cross has warned. Speaking on Thursday night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, Cross also said the economy would remain under pressure as long as authorities battled to manage the country’s exchange…
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MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE SCORES of schools across the country were last week destroyed by Cyclone Chido, while 12 people were marooned along Limpopo and Munyati rivers, although no deaths were recorded. This was confirmed over the weekend by the Department of Civil Protection (DCP) disaster response and coordination director, Farai Hokonya. “We are happy that Cyclone…
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MORE than 1 000 victims of gender-based violence (GBV) received free legal assistance last year, the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) says. According to a ZGC report for the year 2023 that was tabled in Parliament last week, the Commission offered free legal advice to 1170 clients “through mobile clinics, addressing a range of issues from…
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A TOTAL of 342 210 cases of common diarrhoea and 173 deaths were recorded across the country since the beginning of 2024. This comes as the country also battled this year with other communicable diseases such as dysentery, typhoid and flu. According to the latest statistics from the Health ministry’s disease surveillance report, from the…
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BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE ZIMBABWEANS should expect sunny and hot conditions to persist in the next coming days, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) forecasts. This comes as the country last week received rains across the country after Cyclone Chido downgraded to overland depression. “Partly cloudy and hot conditions are expected, with a possibility of isolated showers…
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THE highest number of new male and female prisoners in the last quarter of 2024 is made up of youth aged between 20 and 29, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has revealed. In its third quarter report released yesterday, Zimstat said more had to be done to curb crime as the number of prisoners…
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BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE GOVERNMENT says it has created a conducive environment for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and for women to operate in and prosper for national economic development. Speaking at a government and media engagement in Harare last Thursday, Women Affairs minister Monica Mutsvangwa said officials from her ministry were across the country, including remote areas,…
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AS ZIMBABWE marks Unity Day, political parties say national dialogue is crucial in fostering a sense of unity and promoting nation-building. In…
SINCE Zimbabwe’s stadiums first got condemned by the Confederation of African Football with facilities such as Rufaro Stadium and the National Sports Stadium barred from staging international matches, there have been several efforts to address the situation. The two arenas have and are still undergoing renovations which are aimed at ultimately bringing them up to…
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