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Zimbabwean woman with 3 husbands sues 1 for neglect

A Warren Park woman in a rare polyandrous marriage has taken one of her three husbands to court, accusing him of neglecting his responsibilities, financial abuse, and causing emotional distress to their household.Ms Sekai Makanya appeared …

Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 17:11hrs | 1660 | by Staff reporter

The spectacular failure of ZANU-PF, ANC and Frelimo

Recently, heavy rains hit a town called Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. The resulting floods killed 49 people across the province, but Mthatha was the worst-hit. On the day of the flooding, there were reports of children hanging in trees with…

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:50hrs | 110 | by Chris Kabwato

Bulawayo Council's cemetery excuses can't bury their neglect

Today's Saturday Chronicle highlights a distressing reality: young schoolchildren, some barely toddlers, are forced to walk through the overgrown and dilapidated Pelandaba Cemetery in Bulawayo on their way home. This troubling image sheds …

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:49hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter

Mpilo hospital forced to improvise amid years of neglect

Chronic underfunding and prolonged resource shortages have forced staff at Mpilo Central Hospital to master the art of improvisation just to keep basic health services running, Chief Medical Officer Dr Narcisius Dzvanga has revealed.Speaki…

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:31hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter

Council accused of neglecting workers

THE Harare City Council has been accused of neglecting the welfare of its workers with those retiring going home empty-handed after years of service.This was revealed at a Water and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe (WAWUZ) event in the cap…

Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Zanu-PF govt neglecting Matebeleland South schools'

VILLAGERS in Matebeleland South province have accused the Primary and Secondary Education ministry of neglecting schools in the province, resulting in many posting a zero pass.According to the parents, the majority of rural schools suffer …

Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Gutsaruzhinji villagers feel neglected

MASVINGO Centre for Research Advocacy and Development (Macrad) handed out food hampers to 52 homeless Gutsaruzhinji families in Chiredzi North.Livestock, houses and food were burnt during the ongoing land conflict in Nyangambe. Since July …

Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 6 | by Masvingo Centre for Research, Advocacy and Development

Mnangagwa's neglect of health sector felonious

The head of Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals' paediatrics department, Azza Mashumba, wept in frustration as she chronicled how babies with a fair chance of survival were dying simply because there were no basic drugs and sundries.From heari…

Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:11hrs | 2 | by Editorial - Newsday

Beitbridge suffers neglect, could have looked like Victoria Falls

THE dusty small town of Beitbridge now pins its hopes for development on the proposed one-stop border post (OSBP).Yet with all its attributes, the town could have done better.Beitbridge could have looked like Victoria Falls long back or ev…

Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 06:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

George Rutanhire - A true hero who suffered neglect, says ZUNDE

The passing of Cde George Rutanhire prompts us to reflect on where we came from and where we are going to. Somewhere in the Game of Thrones, it is mentioned that it is not the business of the lion to concern itself with opinions of the she…

Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Justice Benjamin Paradza

Chinx's farm groans under the burden of neglect

"KUTORA minda kukanganisa, aiwa hakusi kukanganisa..." (It's not wrong to reclaim the land) sang the late musician Dickson "Comrade Chinx" Chingaira in one of his songs.The musician was one of the leading campaigners of government's contro…

Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 10:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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