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Carnage in NGOs, clinics
Thousands of employees in Zimbabwe's non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) face an uncertain future after being told to go home following an executive order by U...Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:42hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to eradicate child labour in agric sector
The Government of Zimbabwe, in collaboration with the National Employment Council for Agricultural Industry (NECAgriculture), is committed to eradicating child labor in the agricultural sector by impl...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 11:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
New trade union formed
A NEW trade union Confederation of Zimbabwe Trade Unions has been formed to push for workers' rights across the country.Union leader Peter Mpofu said the union seeks to reduce tension between ...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 08:23hrs | 43 | by Stephen Jakes
NOSA condemns child labour in Hurungwe; donates stationery
The Nyamufukudza Old Students Association (NOSA) has noted a rise in school drop-outs in Hurungwe since most children are reportedly used by parents as cheap source of labour during annual tobacco gro...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:04hrs | 16 | by Gideon Madzikatidze recently in Hurungwe
What happened to the revolutionary spirit in today's Zimbabwe youths?
For a very long time, whenever I see the world-famous picture of the lifeless Hector Pieterson, being carried by a crying fellow schoolmate, my heart bleeds.It reminds me of the fearless revol...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa ally's 'killer' mine gets nod to resume operations
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) says most of the fatalities that have been recorded at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's top ally, Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya's Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manica...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5-year-olds in forced sex, labour
CHILDREN as young as five years old have been identified as victims of child labour and sexual exploitation due to Zimbabwe's deteriorating economic situation.A report by the United States (US...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli told to include minors in budget processes
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Caucus on Children's Rights, Mathew Nyashanu, has called for the inclusion of minors in the budget process to ensure that their needs and welfare are prioritised....Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
3 years in a row with Bulawayo posting best Grade Seven results
BULAWAYO province recorded the best Grade Seven ZIMSEC results countrywide for the third year in a row last year with reports showing that although Covid-19 affected continuous learning, the 2021 pass...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe fails to combat human trafficking'
ZIMBABWE has been ranked lowly for failing to fully meet the minimum elimination of human trafficking standards, despite making concerted efforts to do so.Last week, the United States released...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dozens trafficked Zimbabweans stuck in Turkey
A FRESH human trafficking scandal involving the Turkish embassy in Harare has rocked the country following revelations that dozens of Zimbabweans are now trapped in Turkey where they have been turned ...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Colonialism is not dead, Your Royal Highness
ON June 8 2022, at the start of his "landmark" six-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Belgium's King Philippe expressed regret for the countless "violent acts and humiliations" t...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 12 | by Tafi Mhaka
Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission statement on June 16
1. The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) is one of the five (5) Chapter 12 Independent Commissions established in terms of sections 232 (b) and 242 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe and operationa...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 14:25hrs | 1 | by ZHRC
Zimbabwe holds Africa's largest lithium reserves
Zimbabwe holds Africa's largest lithium reserves, the fifth-largest globally, with its province of Masvingo home to the Bikita mine - site of the world's largest-known deposit of the metal at around 1...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 19:33hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Examination fees shocker
GOVERNMENT has raised examination fees by up to three times, and immediately attracted brickbats from weary parents.Many parents, still to come to terms with school fees hikes and already batt...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cabinet approves Human Trafficking Bill
CABINET has approved amendments to the Trafficking in Persons Act to arrest the rising cases of human trafficking.On Tuesday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told a post-Cabinet media b...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe charges trafficking kingpin
The offer was hard to resist. A life-changing job opportunity in the United Arab Emirates with fully paid flights and visas to Dubai, its most modern capital. A route out of grinding poverty in Zimbab...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
School dropouts jolt Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday ordered the Primary and Secondary Education ministry to take urgent measures to arrest a growing trend of school dropouts following revelations that 840 000 lear...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'840 000 children drop out of school'
AN estimated 840 000 schoolchildren have quit school since 2020 following the outbreak of COVID-19, a United States embassy report on the 2021 state of human rights in Zimbabwe has shown.But g...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youth boss kills Chamisa's supporter
IN A brazen show of political intolerance, Zanu PF Youth League Mashonaland Central chairman, John Nhamburo, Saturday allegedly deliberately ran over a Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) activist in...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 08:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe only processing 2% tobacco
Zimbabwe has earned US$245 million after exporting 48 000 tonnes of tobacco, as the country is only processing two percent of the leaf. The country has a capacity of earning US$15 billion per ...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
US$800m regime change kitty at risk in 2022 NGOs Bill
THE Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill could cost Zimbabwe close to US$800 million in development funding this year – with devastating social and economic consequences – if the governm...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe linked to child labour storm
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe allegedly instructed Zanu-PF youths to block an investigation into allegations of child labour at white-owned farms in Mazowe district, Mashonaland Central provin...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe NGOs job bloodbath, 18 000 jobs on the line
ABOUT 18 000 jobs will be lost if the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill, which seeks to regulate operations of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), is passed into law in its curre...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'NGO Bill to cut 18 000 jobs'
ABOUT 18 000 jobs will be lost if the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill, which seeks to regulate operations of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), is passed into law in its curre...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 14:21hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
Democracy, development and our village neighbour
A FORTNIGHT ago, I wrote about how and why African countries need to review the current practice of democracy. I argued that the current format is not fit for poor societies because it is prone to man...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Gomo
27% Zimbabwean youth depressed, claims Unicef
AT least 27% of young people in Zimbabwe aged 15 to 24 are suffering from depression, some of it caused by COVID-19, a research conducted by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has revealed....Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ministers face grilling at mining indaba
Ministries, MPs and miners face grilling on mineral resource governance in the country at the 10th edition of the Zimbabwe Alternative Mining Indaba (ZAMI), which begins today in Bulawayo.ZAMI...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
26% drop out before O-Level completion
AT LEAST 26 percent of pupils dropped out of school before completing their Ordinary level last year and most of them were boys.The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education 2020 Statistical...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Extension of lockdown has the good benefit to preserve lives: LEAD
The Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) President Linda Masarira through her spokesperson Everjoy Chidindi has said the extension of the level 4 Lockdown is a benefit to preserve lives from...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 12:08hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
How Covid-19 has affected South African children?
According to a UNICEF report, because of COVID-19, 40 percent of the children belonging to Eastern and South African countries are not in school anymore. Even before the pandemic hit the world, 37 mil...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:42hrs | 5 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe gold deliveries in massive surge
GOLD deliveries to Fidelity Printers and Refineries (Fidelity) by small-scale miners increased by more 1 000kgs in June compared to May deliveries, the Reserve Bank Governor (RBZ) John Mangudya said M...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Banjani abantwana ngekhaya? Ndebele women included: Celebrating the International Day of the African Child
To be fair to other cultures in Zimbabwe, it is only in Ndebele culture where a woman is considered and addressed as a child regardless of her age. Ndebele women are called abesintwana by their male c...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 21:56hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
94.3% Zimbabweans economically active, claims WB
AT least 94,3 percent of Zimbabwe's economically active population is employed or self-employed within the formal and informal sectors, giving an official unemployment rate of 5,7 percent.The ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 17:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Hardships pushing young girls into prostitution
SHE wriggled in pain, trying to set herself free from the tightened grip of the menacing older woman, who was about to choke her to death.She was too frightened to scream, let alone say anythi...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Minister up for 'child labour'
Mashonaland Central provincial affairs minister Senator Monica Mavhunga has been sucked into a child labour storm amid allegations that she hired a 14-year-old boy and gave him hard labour for two day...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 19:10hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teachers absent as schools re-open
TEACHERS have been urged to report for duty as schools opened under Phase Three which has paved the way for lessons for everyone in primary and secondary school to resume being conducted in the classr...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 23:23hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
The fight against corruption is everyone's child
Brown envelopes, graft and so on, the names are many but the offence is the same, corruption. There is always a witness to murder, not reporting it is partaking and complicity. Children of God...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:59hrs | | by Tondo
World body condemns Zimbabwe over poor state of teachers
THE World's biggest sectoral union federation, Education International (EI), has criticised the Zimbabwean government over the deteriorating labour situation and poor welfare of teachers.EI is...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
#myzimbabwedream - Playing our role
As the world commemorates Workers Day, National People's Party (NPP) joins the Nation in mourning the loss of freedom and happiness of our workers..Freedom for the workers means eradication of...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Themba Ndebele
Mnangagwa pleads with workers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pleaded with the country's restive workers to be patient as his government implements measures to restore "decency and dignity" in the workplace.He howev...Published: 01 May 2019 at 17:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girl (11) dies while panning for gold
An 11-year-old Guruve primary schoolgirl died on Sunday after being trapped in a disused mine shaft while looking for gold. Her colleague escaped with minor injuries, authorities said yesterday....Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's workers' day message: 'Restore workers' dignity'
Press statement by His Excellency, E.D. Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, on the occasion of the Workers' Day celebrations 1 May 2019 Fellow workers ...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:23hrs | | by President Mnangagwa
Marginalised pupils get 3 000 bicycles
UNITED Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID), in partnership with the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed), yesterday unveiled 3 000 bicycles to benefit marginalised children as ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
African govts fight 'conflict diamonds' resolution
AFRICAN governments led by South Africa are fighting tooth and nail to stop the passing of a resolution by the Kimberly Process to expand the definition of "conflict diamonds", it has been learnt....Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 06:01hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Austerity begins with the Executive, Mr Mnangagwa
As promised in our previous article, this week we focus on ways in which government can cut expenditure. It is a commonly accepted fact that our government has a weakness when it comes to spending. Go...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Paul Kaseke
MDC at 19: A trail of destruction and failure
Naturally in life when a person turns 19 he or she is considered an adult as he or she can exercise their right to vote, marry and be employed without violating any laws such as child labour. This is ...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 15:39hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota
Children bear the brunt in poverty stricken communities
The Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Petronella Kagonye, has said the country's current legislation is sufficient for curbing child marriages."The current legislation is sufficient f...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 09:05hrs | | by Nango
Rights abuses rife on Zimbabwe tobacco farms
Global watchdog Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Zimbabwe to take urgent steps to stem child labour and other rights abuses on the country's tobacco farms.In a report titled "Bitter Harves...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 16:33hrs | | by AFP
Mnangagwa must pay attention to human rights
It was with disbelief, shared by many other Zimbabweans, that I received the news on November 21 that Robert Mugabe had resigned as president of Zimbabwe.Before his resignation, on November 15...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Dewa Mavhinga
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