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Ms Perpetual Nyadenga By Licious Mkuni The Zimbabwe Livelihoods Assessment Committee (ZimLAC) commenced its 2024 urban livelihood assessment yesterday, with expectations high for collection of reliable data that will be used to improve living standards of urban dwellers. This initiative aims to comprehensively evaluate urban livelihoods and provide insights to shape policies and interventions for…
Prison Life. Prisoners at Chikurubi Maximum Prison/ pic Jekesai Njikizana AFP By Licious Mkuni Since gaining independence from British colonial rule in 1980, Zimbabwe has executed at least 79 people through the death penalty, with about 63 still awaiting execution. The last felons to be executed in Zimbabwe include hardcore serial killers Stephen Chidhumo, Edgar…
Minister of Mines and Mining Development Hon Zhemu Soda (MP) By Licious Mkuni Government has rolled out a comprehensive safety and health training programme targeting artisanal small scale miners in the country’s 8 mining provinces. The free capacitation training programme started on 5 February 2024 and will stretch until April 2024, with provinces given different…
Geologist, Grace Akinyi By Dickson Bandera Founder of Women in Mining Kenya, Grace Akinyi has won the 2024 Mining Innovation & Research Battlefield, after outclassing five other finalists who pitched their ideas on Tuesday 6 February 2024 to a selection of industry experts from across the mining sector. After an impressive round of head-to-head live pitches,…
Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Douglas Mombeshora By Lisca Philo and Licious Mkuni Zimbabwe has registered a sharp decline in new cholera cases over the past two weeks following a multisectoral approach that has seen a myriad of interventions to contain the disease by government and its partners. Minister of Health and Child…
ACCZ President Bishop Edgar Maireva By Correspondent The Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe(ACCZ) has made resolutions to take actions against former members who fraudulently sold residential stands which were meant to benefit many Christians. The decision was made over the weekend in Harare during a Bishops Conference held by ACCZ Board of Trustees, Board of…
Canadian superstar Celine Dion By Julia Jacobs Celine Dion, the Canadian pop superstar who announced in 2022 that she has a rare neurological disease that makes it difficult for her to sing, appeared at the Grammy Awards to present the final award of the night, album of the year. Walking out to “The Power of Love,”…
Former Minister, Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa By Lisca Philo The Minister of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs, Honourable Christopher Mutsvangwa has been removed from his cabinet position with immediate effect, government has announced. Reasons of his dismissal from a position he assumed five months ago have not been given by the time of going to…
Zimbabwe Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda By Lisca Philo The Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Hon. Advocate Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda has underscored Zimbabwe’s commitment to the inclusion and participation of formerly marginalised groups such as women and youths in the political and decision-making processes of the country. Advocate Mudenda is in Capetown,…
By Lisca Philo In a show of continued cooperation and solidarity between Japan and Zimbabwe, the Government of Japan has announced a grant of USD 774,000 for the emerging cholera response in Manicaland province, Zimbabwe through United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Zimbabwe is battling a cholera outbreak that has hit the country and statistics since…