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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…

BULAWAYO – Our Bulawayo reporter Jeffrey Muvundusi sat down for an interview with Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (Galz) director Chesterfield Samba, to find more about the operations of this organisation which for years has somehow operated underground owing to the homophobic climate in the country. Q: Who is Chesterfield Samba? A: Chester was born…

HARARE – ‘Bleed with pride’ is the adage by Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights activists directed at every woman of age in the world, but economic hardships have stripped off confidence from some women whose menstrual flows are a nightmare due to inaccessibility of sanitary wear. Every month, women and girls around the world resort…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has gone on leave, his spokesperson George Charamba announced yesterday. Mnangagwa’s deputy, Constantino Chiwenga is the acting president. “He started his leave last Friday but he is local, he is at his farm taking a rest but will be back at work soon,” Charamba said yesterday. [GoogleAd] Mnangagwa has had…

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Parliament has over 12-year-old debt arrears owed to regional and international parliamentarian organisations, Parliament heard recently. This comes after Zimbabwe’s national debt has remained at its peak standing at more than $18,4 billion. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe has been struggling to service both external and internal debts which have wreaked havoc in the country’s…

HARARE – Norton independent legislator Temba Mliswa yesterday defended the demands made by Members of Parliament saying they must be given enough resources because the other two arms of the State; the Executive and the Judiciary are having the same benefits. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa and many other people blasted the legislators saying…