POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has vowed to crush machete-wielding gangs which have become a menace in Zimbabwe’s mining areas. Matanga made the remarks at the weekend at Morris Depot in the capital during an event held to welcome 30 police officers who had just returned from a tour of duty in conflict-torn South Sudan as…
THE government has hailed the construction of Maori Primary School in Mazowe District, which was officially opened recently by Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage minister Kazembe Kazembe, as a shining example of the value of public-private partnerships. ZimKids Community Support, a not-for-profit corporation registered in Canada, transformed Maori Primary School from a makeshift facility made…
HEALTH and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo has called for the immediate implementation of a biometric registration process in all public hospitals amid claims that doctors are not reporting for duty as required. Moyo recently told the Health and Child Care parliamentary portfolio committee that the medical practitioners, most of whom recently returned to work…
THE World Food Programme (WFP) says half of the country’s population is now in need of urgent food assistance. World Food Programme This comes as the country is experiencing severe shortages of maize meal, on the back of the debilitating drought which is ravaging the southern African region. WFP country director, Eddie Rowe, told the…
THE government says it has no plans to quarantine travellers coming into Zimbabwe from coronavirus-affected China because it is expensive and against World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations. Health Minister Obadiah Moyo With the coronavirus showing no signs of abating, having killed 722 people and infecting more than 34 546 others to date, there has been…
MATABELELAND Collective (MC) — a network of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and clergy operating in the region — has split over deepening squabbles. The breakaway CSOs, numbering 17, have since formed a new coalition known as the Matabeleland Forum. Woza These include the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation, Bulawayo Habakkuk Trust, Residents Association (Bpra), Women Institute for…
EMPLOYEES, who are not under any contracts or fixed-term agreements such as informal workers such as manual labourers, should be paid a minimum wage of $338, the government has said. According to the Statutory Instrument (SI) 38 of 2020 on Labour (Specification of Minimum Wages) (Amendment) Notice, number 14, published in a government gazette recently,…
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has banned police officers from using cellphones while on duty with immediate effect. According to the memo circulated by the police officer commanding Harare Province (Propol) on February 6, the junior officers will use police radios. “With immediate effect from February 7, 2020, as matter of police CMM no member/officer…
THE Zimbabwe Aids Network (Zan) revealed that the country has a US$12 million funding gap for condoms and circumcision programmes which may jeopardise the fight against HIV/Aids if not addressed. This comes as the Global Fund allocated over US$500 million to Zimbabwe for its HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria for programmes that will run from…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) councillors have proposed incentives as part of measures to boost the uptake of cremation in Zimbabwe’s second largest city. Bulawayo City Hall Cremation is the disposal of a dead person’s body by burning it to ashes usually after a funeral ceremony. Debating the issue at a full council meeting early this…
