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Climate finance and mismanagement in Zimbabwe: Bridging the gap between promises and accountability
As the world grapples with the escalating climate crisis, financial commitments to support developing nations in climate change mitigation and adaptation have taken center stage in international negot...Published: 15 hrs ago | 131 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Unicef launches US$84m appeal for Zimbabwe drought response
The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has launched an appeal for US$84.9 million to aid its emergency response to the El Niño-induced drought in Zimbabwe. This funding is intended to provide li...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 06:49hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over neglect of Mbare Flats
Harare residents are voicing strong concerns over the neglect of Mbare Flats by the City of Harare. Through the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA), they highlight the severe public health ri...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 12:56hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's urban majority have no access to basic water
Most households in urban centres have no access to basic water and only 48,4% having that access amid fears this will result in outbreak of diseases.Latest Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Co...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 11:03hrs | 10 | by Stephen Jakes
Diarrhoea outbreak forces Mkoba Teachers College closure
Health authorities have temporarily suspended lectures at Mkoba Teachers College after a diarrhoea out break at the institution.In a statement, Midlands provincial medical director, Dr Marry Muchekeza...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Cholera cases shoot to 7 000
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has announced an escalation in suspected cholera cases, reaching a total of 6,939, with Buhera district in Manicaland province identified as the primary hotspot f...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 05:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Cholera cases rise in Zimbabwe
The number of cholera cases in Zimbabwe continues to rise, with over 5,000 reported cases and 120 suspected deaths, despite the government's efforts to control the outbreak.According to the la...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
11,4 megalitre Beitbridge reservoir complete
THE massive 11,4-megalitre reservoir, which is part of the US$300 million Beitbridge Border Post modernisation project, is now complete and expected to boost the border town's water supply and improve...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cholera breaches 3000 cases mark
ZIMBABWE has surpassed the 3 000 mark for new suspected and confirmed Cholera cases since an outbreak was reported in February this year with reports that a total of 57 people are hospitalised due to ...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo receives machine to clear sewer blockages
Welthungerhilfe (WHH), in collaboration with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), has donated a jetting machine to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) as part of the city's efforts to im...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health experts fret over cholera resurgence
HEALTH experts have expressed concern over the resurgence in cholera cases, which they blame on poor sanitation and a lack of long-term planning for water supplies in urban areas.Community Wor...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Typhoid outbreak hits Harare
Harare City has been hit by a typhoid outbreak with more than sixty confirmed cases.Harare City Health director, Dr Prosper Chonzi says the western suburbs of Budiriro, Glen View and Glen Nora...Published: 19 Dec 2022 at 21:14hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
BCC discusses water, sanitation infrastructure, service delivery
BULAWAYO City Council will today host a service delivery and water indaba focusing on the recent diarrhoea outbreak, water, sanitation and infrastructure rehabilitation.The indaba is expected ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents exposed to diarrhoeal diseases
BULAWAYO residents are exposed to diarrhoeal diseases as the city council is struggling to provide bacteriologically satisfactory water.In 2020, a killer diarrhoea outbreak claimed 13 lives an...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Water crisis ravages Bulawayo
Women carry the burden of collecting water for households...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | | by Brezhnev Malaba
No one will die of hunger, Mnangagwa tells cyclone victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has today visited Chimanimani - the epicentre of the devastating Cyclone Idai - and has assured the affected communities that none will die of hunger as government was sei...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Extreme greed among MDC Alliance, Zanu-PF MPs shocking
Before even the dust from previous Parliaments' demands for and misuse of Constituency Development Funds (CDF), there has been an outcry from current legislators - elected into the august House only o...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 14:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Health and Child Care Dep Minister sworn in
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in the Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Dr John Mangwiro, bringing to 15 the number of deputy ministers who are part of the new team of ministers entrust...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 15:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Harare's cholera death toll rises to 10
The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Harare has risen to 10, the city's director of health said yesterday, with an appeal for more help to put an end to the epidemic.This comes as Z...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Open air churches banned
Mutare City Council (MCC) has banned open air church gatherings unless the churches provide ablution facilities and taped water as it moves to eliminate any risk of disease outbreaks.MCC publi...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diaper disposal a headache for stakeholders
ILLEGAL dumping sites have become common in Harare and other parts of the country, with the reckless disposal of diapers causing a major headache.Among those rubbish being dumped by residents ...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Demilitarise Zimbabwe electoral process'
Acting MDC-T president, Elias Mudzuri has challenged incoming Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson, Justice Priscilla Chigumba to start demilitarising the electoral process, in order to ens...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fears of a Cholera outbreak in Kadoma
The City of Kadoma Department of Health has allayed fears of a Cholera outbreak in Kadoma.They say they are well prepared for the epidemic and there are no confirmed cases in the city. Read th...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Tension escalating in Zim ahead of 2018 elections- OxFarm
The Oxfarm an organisation dealing with humanitarian issues in Zimbabwe has alleged that tension seems to be escalating in the country as the political parties gear themselves for the 2018 elections....Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe fears of another cholera outbreak
The Ministry of Health and Child Care says it is still on high alert after a case of cholera was recorded in Chiredzi while three suspected cases turned up to be poisoning in Chipinge.Zimb...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 12:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
United States provides $4 million to alleviate impact of drought on people living with HIV
The United States Government has provided an additional US$4 million in response to drought affected areas in Zimbabwe, targeting people living with HIV in the most severely affected areas of the coun...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 13:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Community participation a panacea to Mwenezi's WASH problems
With many boreholes broken and a few sanitation facilities worth a mention, Mwenezi has not been spared of the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) problems bedeviling many such rural districts in Zim...Published: 14 Dec 2015 at 09:42hrs | | by Matthew Chirambamhanda
Japanese Government donates $1m to Tokwe Mukosi floods victims
The Japanese Government is expected to hand over $1 million in support of women and children displaced by the Tokwe Mukosi floods.The ceremony is set to Wednesday in Harare and Min...Published: 22 Sep 2015 at 11:40hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
ZRP re-launches cigarette blitz
HARARE - Zimbabwean authorities are reportedly contemplating another blitz on vendors selling cigarette sticksThis comes after police and municipal authorities - in consultation with the minis...Published: 01 May 2014 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Six to eight children die from diarrhoea every week'
UP to eight children are dying weekly as a result of diarrhoea, the Deputy Minister of Health, Paul Chimedza told the National Assembly last Wednesday.Responding to Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwi...Published: 24 Nov 2013 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cholera case confirmed in Marange
The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare says the cholera outbreak remains localised in Chiredzi though a single case has been reported in Masarakufa village in Marange.The Ministry, which is...Published: 02 Jun 2012 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
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