© AS ZIMBABWE’S democracy and its economy evolve, for future elections the country should develop effective electoral information, education and communication materials tailored for people with disabilities (PWDs), using various formats including braille, closed caption and audio. [Adz] We can learn from other electoral jurisdictions like South Africa where they print larger ballot paper templates…
© YOUTHS from the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T have called for disciplinary action against party vice president Obert Gutu, whom they accuse of putting the organisation’s name into disrepute by aligning himself with the ruling Zanu PF. This comes after Gutu recently posted on Twitter apparently supporting police brutality against MDC Alliance supporters, saying it was…
© THE government yes- terday said 46 of the 448 fired junior doc- tors have returned to work following President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 48-hour offer for them to return to work without suffering sanctions. Health minister Obadiah Moyo, pictured, told journalists during a post-Cabinet media briefing that although the govern- ment was hoping that all doctors…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s insistence that the Political Actors’ Dialogue (Polad) is the only platform where he will engage with the opposition is proof that he is not sincere about talking to MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to end the Zimbabwe crisis, analysts and churches have said. [GoogleAd] Mnangagwa set up Polad as a forum for…
© DISGRUNTLED villagers in Bindura South are unhappy with the lack of transparency in the distribution of agricultural inputs under the Presidential Input Scheme. The villagers said while they were made to sign for the maize and sorghum seed, fertiliser and a bottle of chemicals for army worm, the majority of them only received maize…
BLUE Circle Voices (BCV), an organisation under the International that comprises people living with the disease internationally, has bemoaned high diabetes medica- tion costs in Zimbabwe, saying the government should alleviate their suffering by making it available for free. Statistics show that close to 99 400 people in the country have diabetes. [GoogleAd] While metformin,…
© THE Warriors could be forced to play their home international matches next year away from Zimbabwe after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) banned the National Sports Stadium and Rufaro. Some of the issues raised by Caf inspectors include lack of proper modern dressing rooms, media centres, doping rooms, medical rooms and floodlights. [GoogleAd]…
© GWANDA municipality is headed for a collision course with residents after it recently announced that it would repossess 215 residential stands which have remained undeveloped for a long time. In a notice, the local authority said stand holders have to start developing their stands by tomorrow (December 5) or risk losing them. [GoogleAd] The…
ITS’ big, bold, and green! CAPS United will from now on be travelling like true giants of domestic football after they finally unveiled yesterday at the National Sports Stadium the luxurious 45-seater coach donated to the club by former striker Nyasha Mushekwi. With five Zimbabwean titles under their belt and a sixth on the horizon,…
© THE United States of America (USA) has provided US$163 million for HIV programmes in Zimbabwe since the beginning of the year and will disburse more funds next year, deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Harare, Thomas Hastings, has said. Hastings said during World Aids Day commemorations in Masvingo at the weekend…
