ZIPRA war veterans have called for a united approach in their fight to recover Zapu properties which were seized by the government in the 1980s. The properties were confiscated by the government under the Unlawful Organisation Act in 1982 (Caveat No. 15 of 82) and transferred to the President of Zimbabwe in January 1987 (under…
By Regis Chingawo WORKERS at Ingwebu Brewery in Bulawayo are crying foul over alleged victimisation by their new management over their salary arrears. In a statement, the United Food Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe (UFAWUZ) said workers have not been paid their back pay salaries for the first and second quarters of this year. “The…
EDUCATION reentry or continuation policies for pregnant schoolgirls, while still controversial in some contexts, have gone a long way towards securing their…
By Rutendo Ngara MORE than 1 000 Chipinge South residents are set to benefit from Green Fuel sponsored irrigation schemes. Speaking during the handover of the first batch of plots in Chinyamukwakwa area, Chipinge South, on Saturday, minister of Agriculture Anxious Masuka said irrigation schemes were the only way to promote food security in drought…
THE government has blamed a surge in stream bank cultivation and illegal mining for its failure to complete construction of Vungu Dam in Kwekwe. Last year, the government, through the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) partnered with private player Grindale Engineering Company, to construct the 2.6 kilometres long and 30 metres high Vungu Dam. The…
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has committed to supporting the government in implementing the safe use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA), an injectable form of PrEP, in a move meant to further prevent the spread of HIV. This came after the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) recently approved the use of CAB-LA as pre-exposure…
KWEKWE city council has resumed upgrading its sewer reticulation system in Amaveni following a temporary stall early this year. The project was temporarily stopped this year when council realised it had run through four graves in Amaveni old cemetery during the excavation of a sewer trunk line. In his update during the recently held district…
By BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI PARLIAMENT has been petitioned to come up with a legislation that allows the electorate to recall non-performing Members of Parliament and councillors. The petition comes as various stakeholders, including the electorate, have expressed concern over the conduct of some legislators once elected into offices. In his petition, Harare resident Claud Kaharo said…
IN A bid to tackle Zimbabwe’s teenage pregnancy crisis, the country’s parliamentary portfolio committee on Health Child Care chairperson, Ruth Labode, has…
WITH the country slowly but surely gliding towards the crunch harmonised elections, fears abound that violence might be the order of the day resulting in many consequences including loss of life, the church is expected to play its role in neutralising the country’s toxic political environment. This week our Southern Editor Jeffrey Muvundusi sat for…
