September 2026

Hazel Marambiza in Bulawayo MPILO Central Hospital has expand­ed access to hip and knee replace­ment surgeries to reduce the number of Zimbabweans travelling abroad for costly specialised treatment. Speaking during a visit to the hospital in Bulawayo yesterday, the minister of Health and Child Care, Douglas Mombeshora, said the initiative would bring specialised healthcare closer…

STAKEHOLDERS are demanding scaled-up domestic sanitary wear production to combat deepening period poverty that forces vulnerable Zimbabwean girls to miss school. The call comes as Zimbabwe has a very limited domestic sanitary ware manufacturing base, relying instead on imports amid a worsening period poverty crisis, forcing young girls to resort to unsafe and unhygienic alternative…

TAPIWA CHIRUME CHINA has extended emergency food assistance to vulnerable Zimbabweans, providing essential rice supplies to families struggling with food insecurity and recent economic reintegration challenges. Speaking at a distribution event in Epworth yesterday, Chinese am­bassador Zhou Ding handed over the food donation aimed at cush­ioning vulnerable communities, with a primary focus on supporting returnees…

Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR THE government is escalating its crackdown on smuggling syndicates, tax evasion and revenue leakages with an aggressive and all-encompassing new approach. Speaking in Harare yesterday at an event to mark the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority’s (Zimra) silver jubilee, the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, also demanded even closer collaboration among government agencies…