By Yvonne Ndlovu YOUTH activists in Bulawayo have called on the government to set up affordable rehabilitation centres for drug and substance abuse patients to afford treatment and recovery. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Active Youth Zimbabwe (a drug and substance abuse advocacy organisation) director Romio Matshazi said it was unfortunate that their repeated…
By Almot Maqolorecently in BULAWAYO ZIMBABWE is implementing a safe city project that will be distinguished by the use of information communication technology (ICT), as the government ramps up its efforts to digitalise the economy. The safe city project is part of the government’s initiative to increase safety by controlling crime and monitoring traffic through…
ZIMBABWEAN care workers are being tricked into coming to the United Kingdom (UK) by unscrupulous middlemen who withhold up to half their wages and force them to live in squalor. The scam, which plays on the acute shortages of nursing and care staff across Britain’s hospitals and care homes, has echoes of the debt bondage…
THE World Health Organisation(WHO) has partnered with the government to devise strategies aimed at controlling cholera and typhoid outbreaks. According to a report released by the WHO yesterday, the health ministry, with support from WHO, recently updated Zimbabwe’s cholera and typhoid control guidelines. “Our objectives were to review, update and validate the draft cholera control…
THE government, in partnership with Unicef, has capacitated 74 schools in Matabeleland and Harare provinces through its Water and Sanitation Hygiene Project (WASH) to fight Covid-19. The schools received water tanks to be installed at entry points, hand sanitisers and soap for use by learners as part of the country Covid-19 prevention measures. This comes…
ZANU PF central committee member Lewis Matutu has challenged political leaders to shun blame apportionment and take responsibility whenever their members engage in violence as the country heads for the crunch harmonised elections. This comes barely a week after unidentified youth assaulted seven Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists with logs in Murewa, Mashonaland East…
THE presidential rural poultry scheme in Mberengwa district has suffered a huge setback owing to a myriad challenges being experienced by beneficiaries, including disease outbreaks. The government launched the presidential rural poultry scheme last year, as part of its drive to alleviate poverty and boost rural incomes. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mberengwa Farmers’…
WHAT started as an elephant deterrent strategy for villages surrounding Gonarezhou National Park has evolved into a viable income stream for communities…
By Brandon Josphat THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) says it will collaborate with the relevant authorities to curb a possible surge in political violence ahead of this year’s general elections. This comes as several suspected Citizens Coalition Citizens (CCC) supporters were harassed and flogged last Friday with logs in Ward 4, Murehwa North, Mashonaland…
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday donated an ambulance to Shonganiso Mission Clinic of the African Reformed Church (AFC) in Masvingo South. Mnangagwa visited the clinic last month and AFC leader Rungano Zvobgo indicated to him that they had no ambulance to cater for emergency services, and he offered to help. Zvobgo is also the vice-chancellor of…
