HARARE – Senior doctors have given government a 48-hour deadline to address the striking junior and middle level doctors’ grievances, noting that their suspension has only crippled the health delivery system which was already struggling. In a statement dated December 28, the consultants and senior registrars condemned the Health Services Board (HSB)’s suspending of the…
HARARE – Zimbabwean farmers have been reluctant to embrace crop insurance and are in the habit of seeking government funding each time there are natural disasters, an analyst has said. Tinashe Kaduwo, an economist at Econometer Global Capital said year after year local farmers have complained that there is no adequate government funding especially during…
HARARE – President of the Chief’s Council, Fortune Charumbira, risks landing himself in deep trouble for violating the law because of his open support for the ruling Zanu PF party. Ahead of the July 30, 2018 elections, the University of Zimbabwe-educated traditional leader landed himself in trouble after flaunting his Zanu PF colours in remarks…
HARARE – A Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services officer has been fined $80 for theft of groceries worth $40. Moses Muchenje, 40, from Natview Park in Mutare was convicted on his own plea of guilty by magistrate Tendai Mahwe. He was charged in terms section 113 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act chapter…
HARARE – The wives of jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura who is serving a 40-year jail term have stopped coming to court to show solidarity with their embattled husband. Gumbura was convicted in 2014 of four counts of rape. Last week Friday, he was back in court on allegations of attempting…
HARARE – The country’s human rights infrastructure remains weak due to underfunding and the half-hearted operationalisation of independent commissions in Zimbabwe. Promulgated in 2013, the new Constitution gave birth to a number of commissions under Chapter 12, among them the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission and the Gender Commission. Zimbabwe…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has reiterated its earlier demand for a 50 percent upward review of wages and salaries across the board to compensate for the price increases of basic commodities. ZCTU secretary-general Japhet Moyo said the union has started a process of consultation with all its structures on the…
HARARE – Children as young as nine years of age are registering for maternity services, something that exposes how Zimbabwean communities continue to allow the abuse of the girl child to go unreported. As young as they are, nurses at some of the health institutions — especially those in extremely remote areas — are registering…
HARARE – As the economy continues to deteriorate, rural areas are not being spared, with cash shortages and rising commodity prices hitting hamlets across the country. The less developed parts of Zimbabwe continue to squirm with low investments and little development, with cash shortages and rising commodity prices making villagers’ lives unbearable. Over five million…
HARARE – Poverty in the dormitory town of Epworth boarders on the extreme. Many live without basic entitlements such as birth certificates and identification particulars. Threats of typhoid and cholera are common place while the exchange of sex for money is rampant practice. Still, the town that grew from a rural community into a formal…
