Zimbabwe still lags behind on electoral reforms: ERC
Electoral Resource Centre (ERC) director Tawanda Chimhini said Zimbabwe is still lagging behind in implementing electoral reforms which the opposition and civil society have been calling for since 2013. Chimini made the remarks on 17 December 2019 while launching the…
Women with disabilities face double marginalisation: DWI
Deaf Women Included (DWI) has called on government to consider them when making new policies as they suffer the double jeopardy of being marginalised for being both women and disabled. Addressing journalists on 13 December, WDI member Samantha Sibanda said…
Harare South youths get lifeline
Harare South youths have turned to income generating projects following a series of successful life skills training conducted by Restless Development, Silveira House and Hopley Can Change Initiative (HCCI) in a bid to eradicate robbery, prostitution, early child marriages and…
The return of Zim’s coup general
https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/11/the-return-of-zims-coup-general/
NSSA saddled with bills over idle ICT system
Harare city starts drawing water from Darwendale
The Harare City Council has started drawing water from Darwendale Dam, 15 km from Morton Jafray Water Works as it tries to finds stop-gap measures to the severe water situation in the capital. The city has been struggling to provide…
Women bear the brunt of health crisis
Women from high density suburbs continue to bear the brunt of the deteriorating health delivery system in Zimbabwe evidenced by an increase in number of women giving birth without medical supervision as a result of closure of many polyclinics in…
Introduce youth quota in politics: WeLead
A national youth organization, WeLead, has called on parliament to introduce a quota system to absorb youths into decision-making and leadership positions. Zimbabwe has a burgeoning youth population (15-40), but this is not reflected in positions of authority as the…
Suicides spike as economic crisis deepens
THE continued economic turmoil is sending many Zimbabweans into depression as they fail to make ends meet or doing their obligations as breadwinners, ultimately driving some to commit suicide as the only way out of their misery. Many Zimbabweans have…