HARARE – Zimbabwe’s disease burden continues to get heavier as cases of chronic illnesses and stress-related conditions rise. The country has approximately 1,3 million people living with HIV while an estimated 1,3 million people suffer some degree of mental disorder — a development Health minister David Parirenyatwa says has to do with social pressures. Although…
HARARE – At the back of President Robert Mugabe’s recent and historic visit to South Africa (SA) — premised on cementing trade and other bilateral relations — Zimbabweans were starkly reminded about the shameful state of their infrastructure, especially related to the development of border points such as Beitbridge. From a “speculative line” on private…
HARARE – Thirty five years ago, Zimbabwe’s biggest integrated steelmaker, Ziscosteel, was the pride of the nation, a source of livelihood for a population of over 100 000 people in Redcliff. It used to employ over 6 000 workers. But today, it is a pale shadow of its former self, with the plant mothballed since…
HARARE – Zimbabwe commemorates 35 years of independence in eight days time, with her health delivery system in intensive care, a development that hinders the realisation of health for all which is enshrined in the constitution. The country has struggled to expand infrastructure inherited from the colonial regime resulting in the overburdening of central hospitals….
HARARE – Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi has urged government to shelve the idea of establishing a Ports Authority project because government has no money to embark on the ambitious venture. Transport Minister Obert Mpofu is pushing for the implementation of the project. Internationally, a Port Authority is a government or quasi-government public…
HARARE – While maheu is traditional African brew, the beverage has in the past year gained popularity and claimed prominence across all walks of life in Zimbabwe. Maheu is a traditional drink made from maize meal, sorghum, sugar, milk solids, lactic acid, preserved with potassium sorbate and natamyncin. Many may argue it is because of…
HARARE – A combination of perennial poor planning and adverse weather conditions threatens to unleash one of the severest food crises Zimbabwe has witnessed in the past few years, amid indications that up to 30 percent of the national food crop planted this season is a complete write off. Zimbabwe planted nearly two million hectares…
HARARE – “This time around, people will for sure be wiped off the face of this town,” Mhofu (not his real name) said as he dug his smoke-stained canines into the sinewy steak bought from an open air food outlet at Zengeza 4 paGomba, Chitungwiza — paKutakatira. His friend had just told him of another…
HARARE – Itai (not her real name) was walking along Tsoka Road in Zengeza 1, Chitungwiza when a plastic bag thrown from a house adjacent hit her. The missile landed squarely on her nose, bursting immediately and splashing her with the putrid stench of rotting sadza. She had nothing with which to wipe her face…
HARARE – Everyone has an idea in their head when they hear the term “sex worker”. But what does a woman who works on the streets really look like in 2015? Last week, we went to Mhondoro-Ngezi with a project which offers support and counselling to sex workers. Among the interesting, touching and frightening things…
