The Health Centre is desperately in need of curtains

Curtains are for privacy, decor, cooling effect and giving the first impression of an institution or home. If curtains fail to provide none of the aforementioned then they are not worth hanging up. By...

MPs raise dust over students maternity leave

HIGHER and Tertiary Education ministry secretary Fanuel Tagwira was yesterday grilled by legislators for failing to provide adequate maternity leave to student in tertiary institutions.Tagwira...

Toponymic identity in Bulawayo and the need to recognise Black women

Histories of many states and nations in the world are generally histories of men and in some cases a few outstanding women, seemingly those whose absence in the historical narrative may discredit hist...

Maternity fees back

THE Government has reintroduced maternal user fees with pregnant women expected to pay at least RTGS$80 to register at public health institutions. This came out during a sexual and reproductiv...

Govt called to extend maternity leave to 6 months

THE Mashonaland Central Junior Parliament has called on Government to extend maternity leave from three months to six months in line with the World Health Organisation's recommendations. This ...

Teachers call for longer maternity leave

Rural-based female teachers have called for longer maternity leave, arguing that giving birth is a national duty.In Zimbabwe, formally employed women are entitled to a maximum three months mat...

Zimbabweans to die due to lack of doctors

Patients are losing their lives in the once glamourous central hospitals across Zimbabwe due to an overwhelming shortage of junior doctors in the health institutions since the 1st of March 2016. Peopl...

Giving birth is national service says MDC-T MP

GIVING birth has been described as a national service that should see women not being compelled to pay user fees at health institutions, a legislator has said.Member of Parliament for Bulawayo...