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UNICEF appoints new representative for Zimbabwe
UNICEF has appointed Ms. Etona Ekole as its new representative for Zimbabwe, succeeding Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale. Ms. Ekole will oversee UNICEF's programs for 2022 to 2026.She presented her creden...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 17:19hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwean children in severe food poverty'
Unicef has reported that over half a million children in Zimbabwe are facing severe food poverty, a situation expected to worsen due to the current El Niño-induced drought. The drought, which has bee...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 10:53hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
BCC loses 50% of water
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is facing significant challenges in accounting for almost 50% of the water it pumps from supply dams to consumers. This issue is primarily due to dilapidated infrastruc...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:36hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
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
NGOs rescue Bulawayo, fund boreholes rehab
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has initiated repairs on malfunctioning boreholes using emergency funds provided by non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Mayor David Coltart announced that these NGOs...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 12:49hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
People starve as Zimbabwe drought deepens
MOTHER of four Laiwa Musenza is already reliant on aid from a local NGO to feed her family and Zimbabwe's drought is only getting deeper.At a farm on the outskirts of the capital Harare, a que...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Majority of Zimbabweans threatened by hunger
Zimbabwe's government has vowed to work hard to prevent people from dying of starvationMore than half of Zimbabwe's population will require food aid this year due to a severe drought that has ...Published: 18 May 2024 at 15:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South records reduction in maternal deaths
Matebeleland South acting provincial medical director Andrew Muza says there has been a notable decline in institutional maternal deaths in the province since the launch of a health fund programme two...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Free medical outreach in Matebeleland South
HUNDREDS of people in several villages in Matebeleland South benefitted from free medical outreach programmes being conducted in the province as part of the implementation of the Government's Health R...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No one will die of hunger' is a heartless statement!
What exactly does the Zimbabwe government mean by saying that no one will die of hunger in the country?We have heard this being assured by President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa on numerous occ...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 22:58hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'900,000 Zimbabweans lack access to safe water'
A STAGGERING 860 757 Zimbabweans lack access to safe drinking water while 17% of the households are forced to travel long distances to fetch water for their daily needs, a United Nations Interna...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes ECD compulsory
It will now be mandatory for all children to enrol in early childhood development classes at four years, with the new Zimbabwe Early Learners Policy (ZELP) now extending primary education to nine year...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cholera kills 454 in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has reported a total of 454 suspected and 71 confirmed deaths since the outbreak of cholera in February last year.Monday marked exactly 12 months since the first recorded case of the ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Fighting cholera begins with you
Clean potable water is a precious commodity that should be availed to all without hindrance. In fact, water is life especially these days when the nation is under siege from a deadly cholera onslaught...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 22:36hrs | 1 | by Tondo Chinehasha
Mnangagwa congratulates Gumbonzvanda
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today met the newly appointed Deputy Director for Normative Support, United Nations System Coordination and Programme Results at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and t...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sadc leaders meet over cholera
Sadc will today hold a virtual extraordinary summit of Heads of State and Government to discuss the cholera outbreak in the region.In a statement, the Sadc Secretariat said the extraordinary s...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches door-to-door oral cholera vaccination campaign
Zimbabwe has initiated an Oral Cholera Vaccination (OCV) campaign, focusing on individuals aged one and above. The collaborative effort involves UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). The lau...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 07:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
A generation of EDiots
THE politicians keep fiddling while Zimbabwe is burning. The opposition is at sixes and sevens, while Zanu-PF is at sea when the education system is now in comatose and the peril of having a generatio...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Cholera vaccination begins today in Zimbabwe
ALL is set for the start of the Oral Cholera Vaccination (OVC) rollout today, with a target of reaching over 800 000 people in hotspots countrywide.This is the first phase of the vaccine rollo...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
500,000 Zimbabwean children out of school
ABOUT half-a-million Zimbabwean children of school-going age are staying at home, a United Nations agency has said, amid calls for the government to address challenges that are keeping them out of cla...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak kills more than 400 in Zambia
Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean activist lands top UN post
ZIMBABWEAN-BORN girls and women rights advocate Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda has landed a top post at the United Nations in another global milestone for local female professionals.UN secretary-gene...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
US$32m windfall for Zimbabwe education sector
The United Kingdom has unveiled a whopping US$32,4 million to Zimbabwe's education sector specifically to benefit disadvantaged schools, support a new curriculum and improve student retention....Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 16:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Girls outshine boys in Grade 7 results
Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven results released yesterday have a 45,5 pass rate, significantly up from 40,7 last year, with girls on average doing better than boys with a 49...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
UK extends US$300 million education support to Zimbabwe
THE United Kingdom has invested about US$330 million towards improving the country's education sector over the past two decades.Speaking during the national World Children's Day commemorations...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Men ditch families as poverty bites
A growing number of men are reportedly deserting their families due to escalating poverty levels. This information came to light during a media excursion in Lupane and Binga districts of Matebeleland ...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has one million child brides'
It is crucial for Zimbabwe to continue providing meaningful support to the girl-child, enabling young women to realize their rights and unlock their full potential. This call comes as statistics revea...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urged to review teachers' salaries, benefits
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has called on the government to consistently reevaluate the compensation and incentives for educators to retain skilled personnel and counteract the emigratio...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:04hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wants partners not donors
Zimbabwe is seeking partners rather than donations to help achieve its developmental goals of elevating livelihoods to an upper-middle-income status by 2030, according to Deputy Minister Davies Marapi...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records surge in contraceptive uptake
ZIMBABWE has recorded the highest uptake of contraceptives, with teenagers aged between 10-19 years being the most prevalent users, a report has revealed.According to a National Assessment on ...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Unserviced stands blamed for Beitbridge cholera'
BEITBRIDGE Municipality has said the occupation of Kwalu 2 residential area has fueled cholera cases as the area has not been fully serviced but has close to 50 families residing there already, with v...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 000 Tsholotsho children benefit from registration blitz
MORE than 3 000 children under the age of 16 benefited from the registration blitz that was initiated by Government in Tsholotsho last year after they were identified by community Child Care Workers....Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unicef praises Zimbabwe child protection laws
ZIMBABWE is one of the few countries in the sub-Saharan region with an excellent grip on child protection issues, a top United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) official has said.Unicef country...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Underage Marriages for Votes
United Nation Sustainable Development Goals Target 5.3 (Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation). Target 3.1 looks at the proportion of ...Published: 18 May 2023 at 21:11hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
Outcry over school fees hike
SCHOOLS open today for the second term with parents and guardians raising concerns over sharp increases in fees amid economic turmoil.The unaffordable fees demanded by schools follow revelatio...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:05hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
ZImbabwe teachers resigning en masse
As Zimbabwe's education sector continues to collapse at all levels due to the prolonged economic crisis, poor funding and neglect, teachers are resigning en masse, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Unio...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over school fees hike
SCHOOLS open today for the second term with parents and guardians raising concerns over sharp increases in fees amid economic turmoil.The unaffordable fees demanded by schools follow revelatio...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe conducts a cholera simulation exercise to improve readiness and response
KADOMA - To improve capacities for adequate prevention, readiness, early detection and timely response to cholera at community level, the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) conducted a cholera ...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 11:03hrs | | by APO
Rehabilitation facility for Bulawayo CBD
GOVERNMENT is set to establish a rehabilitation and outpatient facility in Bulawayo's city centre to help with counselling and psychosocial support for drug abusers and addicts.This was said b...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiefs to issue birth, death records
GOVERNMENT is working to build the capacity of traditional leaders to be able to issue birth and death confirmation records for those who are born or die outside health institutions.A birth re...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
The creation of absolute poverty and suffering in post-colonial Zimbabwe
THERE is little doubt that the advent of Zimbabwe's independence in 1980 has paradoxically generated a new debate on the notion of freedom and justice, particularly from philosophical perspectives....Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:51hrs | | by Dr Admore Tshuma
Zimbabwe moves towards full dollarisation
LATEST statistics availed by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) show that Zimbabwe's economy is fast dollarising with 78% of transactions for food purchases now being done in foreign cu...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Measles vaccination campaign rolled out
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has rolled out the second phase of the measles vaccination campaign.This comes after the first phase launched last year to control measles through trackin...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 16:55hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga in Tanzania
Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Constantino Chiwenga, has arrived in Tanzania to lead Zimbabwe's participation at the Political Launch of the Global Alliance to end AIDS in ch...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe winning HIV/AIDS fight
Zimbabwe has registered considerable success in the quest to end HIV in children through the way it targets pregnant women and is now urging global peers to embrace the strategy.This came up a...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 23:44hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 5 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
Education ministry bemoans lack of funding as shortage of schools soars
PRIMARY and Secondary Education permanent secretary, Tumisang Thabela has admitted that the ministry is buckling under pressure due to under-funding consequentially hindering deliv...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools go digital
At least 35 percent of the schools in Zimbabwe have been connected to the Learning Passport as the Government and its partners continue to adapt learning to the new digital innovations that ensure no ...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains continue to destroy property
More damages to infrastructure and households have been recorded in various parts of the country as downpours persist with the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) expecting isolated thunderstorms...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Veritas blasts Social Welfare ministry for squandering budget
Legal think tank Veritas has slammed the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare for squandering its 2021 budget and failure to relay donated equipment to targeted recipients who need st...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
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