© At a recent mid-term Budget review breakfast meeting recently the Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube revealed that Zimbabwe spends US$400 million annually in foreign medical bills. [GoogleAd] Since February 2009, about $4 billion has been lost with allegations that some local doctors are acting as agents for foreign health facilities. This is…
© VIMBAI Pasipanodya (not her real name), 13, left home together with her two younger sisters and mother. They are now living on the streets of Harare’s Central Business District (CBD). Their father died in 2014 after a long battle with chronic tuberculosis. [GoogleAd] Their mother found the going tough and could no longer afford…
© A FORTNIGHT ago, what was supposed to be a restful night for Tatenda Mombeyarara, a civil rights activist, turned into a hellish experience. [GoogleAd] He was dragged from his house in the sprawling town of Chitungwiza, blind folded, tortured and left for dead in no man’s land, with his abductors accusing him of planning…
© AS ZIMBABWEANS made their way to holidays on Friday, two weeks before, without notice toll fees had been revised upwards and, of course, many did not take the changes lightly, some barricaded roads while some went through without paying. [GoogleAd] It was a small protest against Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s latest squeeze on hard-pressed…
© “IT IS in your best interest to avoid sleep debt, otherwise be prepared to pay both the debt and the interest!” Stan Jacobs wrote in one of his famous book: The Dusk And Dawn Master: A Practical Guide to Transforming Evening and Morning Habits, Achieving Better Sleep, and Mastering Your Life. [GoogleAd] The socio-economic…
© CHILD marriages often interrupt the girl child’s schooling, limiting her opportunities for career and vocational advancement while placing her at an increased risk of domestic violence. [GoogleAd] Over the years, gender activists have been fighting to end child marriages and break the inter-generational cycle of poverty by allowing girls and women to participate fully…
© ZIMBABWEAN women have resorted to some bizarre, body grooming practices in their quest to sexually attract their men. [GoogleAd] The most disturbing practice that has left tongues wagging includes inserting fresh liver into one’s privates, which is later withdrawn, and then marinated with African juju, fried and served to the husband. Other ladies are…
© A FORTNIGHT ago MDC legislators watched helplessly as Zanu PF used its super-majority in Parliament to pass the Maintenance of Law and Order Bill and supplementary budget. [GoogleAd] It was indeed the tyranny of the majority in full display. There was absolutely nothing the opposition could do. The Bill, described by MDC leader Nelson…
© ZIMBABWE’s economic slowdown has produced an increase in problematic forms of drug use, with sharp changes in patterns of substance use and related disorders. [GoogleAd] With some suffering job-loss, long-term unemployment and general economic hopelessness amid pre-existing vulnerabilities, some of Zimbabwe’s young people are finding solace in using different drugs that numb their thoughts…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s most-recent attempt to stop the country’s massive inflation problems is failing, at least according to one measure. [GoogleAd] The Zimstat, which gauges Zimbabwe’s inflation through the consumer basket, showed an annual inflation rate of 174 percent after its latest reading. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has stated in his mid-term fiscal policy review…
