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Crisis hits mental health institutions

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MENTAL health centres are being weighed down by serious impediments, which include severe shortage of staff and medicine in addition to poor infrastructure, the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health and Child Care has said. In a report tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday, the committee laid bare deep-rooted inadequacies undermining mental health institutions. “The…

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Male sex workers complain over stigma

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MALE sex workers have complained that the stigmatisation and criminalisation of their profession is derailing the country’s progress in reducing the spread of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) as it is hindering them from accessing essential health services. This comes as the world on Tuesday commemorated International Sex Workers’ Rights Day, with efforts aimed at demanding recognition…

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Zim called to strengthen paralegal services

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ZIMBABWE needs to strengthen and constitute legal aid services (Paralegals) in order to improve access to justice and the rule of law, legal fraternity stakeholders have said. This came out yesterday during a workshop organised by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in partnership with Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and Legal Resources Foundation (LRF)…

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Senior citizens petition Parly over sewer bursts

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ZIMBABWE Old People Association (Zopa) of Chitungwiza has petitioned the Local Government parliamentary portfolio committee to investigate sewer problems in the town. In its presentation to Parliament recently, Zopa, a grouping of elderly people, said the town is now only left with one functional sewer pump to serve over a million people, amid fears it…

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Minister sued over January 2019 army crackdown

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SCORES of citizens, who claim they were assaulted by soldiers during last year’s fuel price hike protests, have taken Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri to the High Court demanding compensation. In the applications, the “victims”, who are from different parts of the country, cited Muchinguri-Kashiri and Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander Valerio Sibanda as respondents. Among some…

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Man arrested for trespassing into Irvine’s Farm

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A MARONDERA man was yesterday convicted of criminal trespass after taking a short cut that passes through Irvine’s Farm in Derbshire, Waterfalls, Harare. Darlington Chidawanyika, 26, pleaded guilty to the charge and said he committed the offence out of ignorance. “I only became aware after I was apprehended that it was an offence. I jumped…

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‘ED waiting for Chamisa’

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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, says he is keen to end Zimbabwe’s worsening political and economic crises through dialogue but has been kept waiting by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, a visiting cleric said yesterday. This comes as dialogue between Mnangagwa and Chamisa has stalled over the insistence by the Zanu PF leader that the youthful MDC…

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Zanu PF throws out Tsenengamu … as former youth league commissar is accused of being very stubborn  

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IN A bid to contain simmering tensions within its ranks, Zanu PF yesterday booted out its former youth league commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu, pictured, for savaging the party’s leadership, the Daily News reports. This comes as factionalism — which almost completely destroyed the party during the last days in power of the late former president Robert…

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State pursues Sikhala afresh

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COMBATIVE MDC national vice chairperson, Job Sikhala, once again finds himself under the cosh, after the State made moves yesterday to appeal his recent High Court acquittal on treason charges, the Daily News reports. This comes as Sikhala has vowed to take radical action against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, in a bid to…

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Sasai App incorporates local languages

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SASAI, the all-in-one mobile application from Cassava Fintech International (CFI), has incorporated almost 50 African languages — including Shona and Ndebele — and a total of over 80 languages across the globe. The language feature, called SASAI Translate, which includes Shona and Ndebele, was unveiled at a press conference held in Harare yesterday. Sasai chief…

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