Zimbabwe Situation

Source: Shot in the arm for cancer patients –Newsday Zimbabwe AT least 380 disadvantaged breast cancer patients will receive a year-long free supply of tamoxifen, an oral drug used in treating breast cancer. In 2018, the Zimbabwe National Cancer registry showed that breast cancer was the second most common malignancy diagnosed in Zimbabwean women after […] …
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Source: No internet at Harare municipality offices –Newsday Zimbabwe Jacob Mafume HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday grilled the council’s Information Communication and Technology department (ICT) after it emerged that the municipality has gone for weeks without internet services. Mafume fired a salvo at City of Harare ICT manager Sam Madzokere saying lack of internet services […] …
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Source: Mlobane announced new Zacc spokesperson -Newsday Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner Thandiwe Mlobane has been announced as the new spokesperson for the commission with immediate effect. This comes after former Zacc spokesperson John Makamure is expected to appear before a tribunal set by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to investigate alleged interference with the course […] …
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Matopos is one of many Zimbabwean villages that takes part in an annual festival of art and design where women decorate rural homesteads using natural materials and traditional designs Source: ‘Everyone is an artist. We just need to learn how to see’: Zimbabwe’s My Beautiful Home contest | Global development | The Guardian Matopos is […] …
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Source: Britain fears for Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 29th October 2022 https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/52431038437/sizes/m/ As Zimbabwe’s general elections draw near, a British government minister Lord Goldsmith says the UK is deeply concerned at the challenging human rights situation in Zimbabwe. He said political parties, journalists and opponents of the government should be able to operate without […] …
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Source: JSC backtracks on former judge’s Merc -Newsday Zimbabwe THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has made a U-turn on its intentions to repossess former High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere’s Mercedes Benz after her lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa accused Chief Justice Luke Malaba of practising tribalism in the matter. The JSC recently admitted in a letter […] …
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Source: Waste pickers seek official recognition – The Southern Eye LOCAL waste pickers say it’s high time the Constitution recognised them and accord them full rights to operate without hindrance. Currently, the Constitution is silent on the role played by waste  pickers in cleaning up the environment and recycling waste. Speaking at a waste pickers’ […] …
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Source: BCC winds up polio vaccination programme – The Southern Eye BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) was expected to wind up its massive polio vaccination programme yesterday with hundreds of children having been jabbed since October 27. The intensive polio vaccination campaign was aimed at curbing the spread of the virus, which has affected neighbouring countries […] …
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Source: Works affect Forbes Border Post -Newsday Zimbabwe Forbes Border Post THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says installation works for an automatic high-rapid speed boom barrier at Forbes Border Post have affected the border post’s traffic handling capacity. Forbes Border Post near Mutare serves traffic between Zimbabwe and Mozambique, bordering the Machipanda Border Post on […] …
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Source: Human rights group welcomes delayed relocation of Lubimbi villagers -Newsday Zimbabwe THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has welcomed the delay in relocating Lubimbi villagers who will be displaced to pave way for construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam. Matabeleland North minister of State Richard Moyo recently said government had postponed the relocation exercise […] …
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