© 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…
© Organised by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority Sanganai/Hlanganani — World Tourism Expo is an annual Tourism Trade Fair that showcases the widest variety of Africa’s best tourism products, and attracts international visitors and media from across the world. [GoogleAd] The Fair is the successor of Shanyai/Vakatshani, the Zimbabwe International Travel Expo (Zite) which was held…
© This conversation is the first in a “Listening to Vulnerable and Poor Patients” series that we will form part of conversations under this column in the future. [GoogleAd] In this we will draw on qualitative research to describe, in patients’ own words, different issues that impact their health such as access, affordability and quality…
© Seventeen-year-old Tanya Moyo (not her real name), who has been living on the streets for the past two years, says her menstruation days are the worst in her life. She also suffers period pain. [GoogleAd] “I usually use newspapers or rags when I’m lucky, but unfortunately, I do not have anything to help me…
© IT’S NOT every day one hears firebrand Zanu PF youth leader Lewis Matutu speaking in undercurrents towards a national subject. It’s not every day that you hear people like Zanu PF Chivi South Member of Parliament Killer Zivhu begging wives of Zimbabwe’s two strongest political protagonists to wade into the affairs of a country….
© SHE is only 17, but her story does not befit someone of her age. With some of her agemates still at school, she was forced out of education after she was impregnated by a 25-year school leaver when she had just turned 16. [GoogleAd] Upon learning that Nolwazi Nkiwane was expecting, her boyfriend, Zibusiso…
© OUTSPOKEN Zengeza West MDC MP Job Sikhala has been in the news lately for a number of reasons. Our reporter Blessings Mashaya sat down with the legislator for a wide ranging interview. Below are excerpts of the interview. [GoogleAd] Q: You were recently elected the MDC vice chairperson, how did you settle into your…
© Bread prices have gone up astronomically. Very few can still afford it. Consequently, many in urban areas have turned to traditional foods such as sweet potatoes or baking buns if and when there is electricity, which is now also a very scarce commodity. [GoogleAd] In a bid to counter bread shortages, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu…
© PARDON Chitongo was at his uncle’s residence along Chiremba Road in Epworth, witnessing tussles between police and citizens during the January fuel hike protests. [GoogleAd] Cops and soldiers, armed to the teeth, were patrolling the streets firing at the mobs as the security forces sought to control rowdy protesters. Some people ran into the…
