Gwanda residents got a shot in the arm when the local authority purchased a refuse truck set to improve garbage collection in the mining town. The refuse truck which was imported is part of development projects that Gwanda embarked on…
Adolescents in Bulawayo have blamed the prevalence of sex orgy parties popularly known as Vuzu parties on lack of parental guidance, absence of entertainment in schools and toxic environment in homes. During the launch of the study dubbed Exploring the…
On Saturday, 23 October 2021, the Women’s Institute for Leadership Development in partnership with Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association and Island Hospice, conducted a breast cancer screening exercise for women in Cowdray park. In this exercise, residents who registered to…
Civil society organisations have bemoaned the delay of by-elections amongst other electoral anomalies affecting Zimbabweans. In a report released this month dubbed the Zimbabwe African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Popular Sensitization Project (ZAPS), it was revealed that ZEC lacks public trust…
Vaccine hesitancy and low-uptake especially in rural areas may affect the country’s goal of vaccinating about 10 million people by this December to achieve herd immunity. This follows reports that despite availability, most communities in the rural areas are failing to access…
The Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO) industrial action over poor working has affected informal traders who rely on public entities for transportation into the city centre. On Monday, Bulawayo residents woke up to a strike as drivers and conductors downed…
Survivors of breast cancer have called on the Government to investing more resources to the fight against cancer whose prevalence continues to rise in different communities who have less or no access to screening, treatment facilities. Most cancer screening facilities…
Janet Sibanda (58) from Msetshane Village in Matobo, Matabeleland South recalls walking a total of 50km to and from Homestead Clinic, which was the nearest health facility then, a journey she described as traumatic but necessary. Villagers from her area…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is looking at establishing about 900 biometric voter registration units across the country to enable members of the public to register in preparation for the 2023 elections. Speaking during a virtual dialogue which was conducted…
Government of Zimbabwe needs to prioritise allocation of funds towards the health sector in the 2022 National Budget so as to ease the burden presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking into account the shocks which the health sector experienced due…