HARARE – SAfAids, Viamo, Clinton Health Access Initiative through funding from Aidphones has partnered with young people and peer educators in Bindura to launch an audio magazine programme that seeks to engage young people on HIV prevention and sexual reproductive health rights information. The audio magazine is targeting young girls and boys between the age…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) is offering discounts of up to 50 percent to ratepayers who settle their water bills before December 31. In a notice issued in the press yesterday, the water authority said the discount offer is open to all its clients, including irrigating farmers, mines, local authorities, schools, government…
HARARE – One faction of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) in Zimbabwe says it has elected a new leadership led by Reverend Amon Dubie Madawo as the new president. Reverend Clever Mupakaidzwa was elected as Madawo’s deputy. The AFM church had split into two factions — one led by former president Aspher Madziyire and another…
HARARE – “One afternoon all hell broke loose when the rebels started raping women and killing men in our village. “Afraid of being the next victims of the impromptu war, we left Rwanda in the evening and never looked back. I had just witnessed the killing of my aunt by our neighbour because we were…
HARARE – Former Mines and Mining Development permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga — accused of forcing the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) to illegally pay $1,6 million to a foreign firm — has implicated the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in the alleged fraud. This was revealed in court last Friday when the State led by…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is set to receive $165 million of Chinese aid for the full construction of a new Parliament building in Mt Hampden, yet Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has allocated $3,8 million in the 2019 National Budget to bankroll construction of the same building. This comes just after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday commissioned…
HARARE – Dozens of opposition legislators have received death threats and are scared stiff for their lives, pushing for a government probe into the intimidation. Spooked Members of Parliament (MPs) who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said they were particularly worried about the fact that the real intentions and next move of the people…
HARARE – Zanu PF lawmakers Tafanana Zhou (Mberengwa North) and John Paradza (Gutu West)’s sexist slur on MDC’s Manicaland proportional representation MP Lynette Karenyi–Kore about her ample body features and appearance during parliamentary debate raises many issues about how women parliamentarians’ credibility is being undermined by humiliating sexist remarks in the 9th Parliament. In the…
HARARE – In Zimbabwe, the month of November is revered by most cultures and in traditionally considered as a sacred month. So scared is the month that traditional rituals and rain making ceremonies are suspended and no marriages are supposed to take place as it is believed ancestors will be taking a break. “There is…
HARARE – As part of activities marking the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence — a campaign to galvanise action to end violence against women and girls around the world —Zimbabwean campaigners have joined those around the world to challenge attitudes on violence against women and girls. The campaign began on International Day for…
