CHIREDZI – Chiredzi North farmers are threatening to spear to death lions they say are killing their livestock. The lions have reportedly killed dozens of cows and goats at a small farmstead in Chiredzi North. The predators, said to be from Gonarezhou Game Park, are said to be going in search of food outside the…
HARARE – National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has handed 133 certificates to workers after undergoing eight weeks training under the Occupational Safety and Health Management Course (Oshemac). Speaking at the ceremony, Oshemac official Benjamin Mutetwa told graduates that the country has recorded 5 000 occupational injuries in the past five years. “We believe we have…
HARARE – The recent cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe could have killed over 100 people amid fears an official government count did not capture a majority of the deaths in a bid to conceal negligence. Official government figures show only 54 people succumbed to the disease but cholera-related deaths reported at funeral parlours suggest there was…
HARARE – Government should enhance voluntary family planning methods and ensure adolescent girls get comprehensive sexuality education in order to harness the country’s Demographic Dividend (DD), Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. “Zimbabwe should, over the next decade, put in place and implement policy measures to boost its demographic dividend,” he said during the launch…
HARARE – Expecting mothers are suffering ill-treatment at public health facilities before and after giving birth, with such practices now becoming the norm. This worrying trend highlights the challenges faced in Zimbabwe’s underfunded public health system, with government failing to address the acute shortage of staff, drugs, equipment and infrastructure in general. These challenges are…
HARARE – ZIMNAT has donated goods worth over $7 000 to St Christopher’s which houses children living with disabilities. In a statement, Zimnat chief executive Mustafa Sachak said his organisation was happy to partner with St Christopher’s in making life better for children living with disability as its aim is to make life better for…
HARARE – Rights lawyers have slammed continuing water challenges faced by communities in the Midlands and Matabeleland provinces which have resulted in health hazards. “Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 77 of the Constitution, which guarantees citizens of the right to safe, clean and potable water, communities in Midlands and Matabeleland provinces continue to be plagued…
HARARE – Several men have been flying into a rage at the magistrates courts after being forced to pay child support. So bad is the situation that some men have manhandled their estranged wives in the presence of law enforcement agents after being forced by the courts to give their ex-wives a cheque every month….
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has put in place a viable plan to turn around Zimbabwe’s economic fortunes, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said, but called on the country to quickly clear its foreign arrears first. The IMF said it was in talks with Zimbabwe to start monitoring the country’s programmes. If Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Long-suffering Zimbabweans are once again facing a bleak Christmas and New Year season — with the majority of the country’s citizens jobless, penniless, hopeless and unable to afford even the most basic of goods to enjoy a modicum of festive cheer. Apart from having to forget about the Fat Man in the red…
