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Month: December 2020

Prominent rights activist Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo dies

Prominent civil society activist and human rights advocate Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo died from Covid-19 at a Gwanda hospital late Thursday.

Marketplaces must be clean

Our government always come up with wrong solutions to solve problems despite the correct solutions staring them in the eye. The problem of Cholera, typhoid and other waterborne diseases cannot be wholly attributed to vendors selling their wares and fruits…

#CycloneChalane update: Manicaland health provisions and list of evacuation centres

The Zimbabwe government has started providing security and health provisions to evacuation centres in the seven districts of Manicaland, where scores of people are set to be relocated for safety in the event that Cyclone Chalane hits the country on…

Traditional leaders urged to join hands in fight against land barons

Traditional leaders have been urged to join hands in combating illegal land sales that are fast gaining prominence in most communal areas surrounding Harare.

Latest: 17 perish in Mutoko head-on collision

Seventeen people perished in a head-on collision involving an Isuzu double cab vehicle and a BMW in Mutoko on Sunday night.

Journalists Stopped From Burying Late Colleague, Foster Dongozi

THE Zimbabwe National Editors’ Forum (ZINEF) has confirmed late journalist and union leader Foster Dongozi died from Covid-19 with the latter’s media colleagues now barred from taking part in his burial over health concerns. This comes amid media claims the…

Mwonzora wins MDC-T presidency

Douglas Mwonzora has been elected MDC-T president after defeating Thokozani Khupe in a disputed party presidential election in which he got almost 1,000 votes.

Woman throws baby into toilet

A woman from Marange in Manicaland has been arrested for dumping her newly born baby into a pit latrine.

Man marries off daughter for US$10

A Mutare man raped his 13-year-old daughter before marrying her off to a polygamist for uS$10, a magistrates court was told.

Lockdown spikes Zim’s child marriages as hunger bites

As Zimbabwe Government ponders on its next decision regarding the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown decree, child right advocates are riled that girl child has been exposed to more danger due food insecurity in both rural and urban households. By Nhau Mangirazi…