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NPRC: The paper tiger that never dared to bite
When the 2013 constitution ushered in the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission, there was a ray hope that the long-standing conflicts in the tumultuous history of Zimbabwe would finally be res...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:06hrs | | by Tapiwanashe Chiringa
US Embassy sweats to save Chamisa's sinking ship
The United States Embassy in Harare has reactivated its propaganda machinery ahead of the forthcoming by-elections slated for March 26.After a notable lull in propaganda tweets since the depar...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:40hrs | 9 | by Hosia Mviringi
2,4m Zimbabweans food insecure as drought, rising costs bite
The 150% fuel price hike that sparked mass public unrest across Zimbabwe last month sent the cost of living skyrocketing: the price of bread nearly doubled in a week.Worse is likely to come....Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by IRIN
What the fuel protests mean for Zimbabweans
Zimbabweans had been hoping for a fresh start when Robert Mugabe's 38-year rule came to an end in November 2017.But 14 months on, a brutal crackdown on fuel protests, which has left 17 people ...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 11 | by IRIN
Richard Kamhoti confirmed by Kariba
Kariba former Chamber Secretary Mr Richard Kamhoti has been confirmed as the Town Clerk of Kariba taking up the vacant post left following the retirement of Mr Webster Tembo. Richard, born on the 28th...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:15hrs | 28 | by John Tafadzwa Chirinda
Kariba on high Cholera alert
The Kariba District disaster preparedness team held an emergency meeting this Monday at the District Administrator's boardroom where all heads of departments and other critical players on service deli...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 10:14hrs | | by John T Chirinda
MDC Alliance Kariba District Chairperson Mr George Masendu elected Kariba Mayor
Finally Kariba Municipality has a set of new councillors, 8 from the MDC Alliance and one from ZANUPF who has claimed such ward from the former deputy Mayor in ward 6. The fresh set brought about a lo...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by John T Chirinda
Congratulations Karoi for choosing this 100% guy as your mayor
I got to know this guy in 1999 when he was teaching at Nyamhunga Primary School in Kariba. We used to share a lot during those days as I was also based at Nyanhewe Primary Sc...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by John Tafadzwa Chirinda
'We do not peddle fake news' - Media Centre
HARARE - MEDIA Centre has dismissed claims that it is a hub of fake news after negative comments erupted on social media that the organisation was lying about a press conference involving United Movem...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 14:57hrs | | by Collins Chirinda
Media Centre Embarks on Citizen Journalism Training Workshops
Media Centre today conducted a refresher training workshop for citizen journalism in the historic province of Masvingo which was focusing on equipping citizen journalist with the information they need...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 21:22hrs | | by Collins Chirinda
Zanu-PF's greatest failure
ZUNDE is appalled by the Zanu-PF government's move to fire 25 000 civil servants, cut off allowances and withhold bonuses for both the years 2016 and 2017. Civil servants in Zimbabwe have been on the ...Published: 19 Sep 2016 at 12:17hrs | | by De Villiers Mushiringi and Steve Mtusva - ZUNDE
Women farmers on the rise in Zimbabwe
The spike in women managing their own agricultural land following Zimbabwe's 2000 land reform programme catapulted the country to high up in the African league of female farmers tilling their own farm...Published: 30 May 2014 at 11:35hrs | | by IRIN
Fresh waves of Zimbabwean migrants flee worsening economy
A deepening economic crisis in Zimbabwe is worsening already high levels of unemployment and driving a fresh wave of labour migrations into neighbouring countries, say economists."People are d...Published: 23 Mar 2014 at 09:41hrs | | by IRIN
Zimbabwe inmates cheer for rotten bread
Every couple of weeks, inmates at Harare Central and Chikurubi prisons in Zimbabwe greet the arrival of bakery trucks with roars of approval, whistles and dancing.The trucks arrival signals a...Published: 13 Oct 2013 at 07:07hrs | | by IRIN
Zimbabweans lament cost of repatriating the dead from SA
CYNTHIA Ndlovu (30), a single mother employed as a cleaner at an up-market hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa, is too busy trying to save money for her family to worry about the possibility of dying ...Published: 13 Aug 2013 at 08:27hrs | | by IRIN
Zimbabwe 'aliens' regain citizenship
Standing in a winding queue in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, Judith Kapito (38) cannot hide her excitement: She is waiting to receive a new identity document, one that will offer her rights and...Published: 25 Jun 2013 at 03:46hrs | | by IRIN
Zimbabweans deported from South Africa struggle at home
Maxwell Zimbume, 37, left his job at a beverage company in Harare, at the height of the country's economic crisis in late 2008. His salary was not being paid regularly and had become almost worth...Published: 09 Jun 2013 at 14:14hrs | | by IRIN
Zimbabwe land reform has dramatically improved lives
More than 10 years after the chaotic and often violent farm invasions that accompanied Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform programme, a new book argues that the redistribution programme has dram...Published: 05 Feb 2013 at 17:06hrs | | by IRIN
Doctors, nurses demand sex and bribes from patients
SUFFERING severe chest pains, Rosina Chataika, 57, was recently ferried 70km from her rural home in Zvimba District to Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare.The consulting doctor said a blood test w...Published: 05 Feb 2013 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by IRIN
SA asylum seekers ensnared by red tape
JOHANNESBURG - Asylum-seekers entering South Africa are no longer being issued with the necessary documents to apply for refugee status. Without a so-called section 23 permit, they are being turned aw...Published: 26 Jan 2012 at 06:23hrs | | by Irin.
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