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Dr Mombeshora administering the polio vaccine By Lisca Philo The Ministry of Health and Child Care, in partnership with UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and various stakeholders, has announced the commencement of an expansive nationwide polio vaccination campaign in Zimbabwe. This ambitious campaign is designed to eradicate polio by deploying the novel OPV2 vaccine, specifically…
The legitimate Acting PAP president, Hon. Lucia Maria Mendes Goncalves Dos Passos By Licious Mkuni The African Union Executive Council on Thursday 15 February 2024, took a firm stance, issuing a series of directives aimed at restoring order in the crisis-ridden Pan African Parliament (PAP). In recent years, PAP has experienced leadership wrangles, with the…
By Own Correspondent In a shocking revelation, a joint report by the Tax and Education (TaxEd) Alliance and its partners has exposed a staggering 18,846,517 girls currently out of primary school in Africa. The report highlights a direct correlation between this alarming statistic and an annual loss of USD 29 billion in education funding, resulting…
Vice president Dr Constantino Chiwenga By Lisca Philo Zimbabwe’s Vice President, Retired General Dr. Constantino Dominic Guvheya Chiwenga, yesterday slammed scholarships offers aimed at supporting the LGBTQ+ community, asserting Zimbabwe’s non-support for such initiatives. An organization advocating LGBTQ rights in Zimbabwe, GALZ, recently advertised scholarships intended to aid LGBTQ students pursuing tertiary education, a move…
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…