By Mellisa Gombe The water crisis in the country has reached alarming levels with Government claiming that it is stepping up efforts to solve the problem that has hit Zimbabwe over the past years. Harare and Bulawayo, the country’s biggest cities are on the forefront with regards to water shortages, …
Read More »Vaccine tourism: South Africans cross border to Zimbabwe for Covid-19 jab
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has his temperature taken as he arrives for the presentation of the 2021 National Budget at the parliament in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo BY SHARON MAZINGAIZO Zimbabwe is seeing a boost in vaccine tourism as foreign nationals have started arriving in the country to …
Read More »Vitiligo: UZ Student Defies The Odds
By Chipo ChabarwaDespite having a rare skin condition that has affected her since she was seven, Christine Tafadzwanashe Matyavira, a 21-year-old model from Kwekwe, remains upbeat. The University of Zimbabwe Film and Television Production student, like many of her peers, has big dreams. But unlike most of her age mates, …
Read More »Covid-19 Infections Escalate In Schools Despite Govt’s Assurance
By Melissa Gombe While government continues to re-assure the nation that it has the Covid-19 situation in the education sector under control, infections continue to escalate at the country’s learning institutions. The outbreak of the pandemic has been on the rise mostly at boarding schools in the past weeks with …
Read More »High demand for contraceptive pills smuggled in from Zimbabwe
The market is fuelled by the struggle women have to access health facilities By Kimberly Mutandiro Birth control pills freely distributed in Zimbabwe are being smuggled into and sold in South Africa.Many Zimbabwean women prefer these pills above those from South African clinics.The market is fuelled by the struggle women have …
Read More »Traditional Healers Give Thumbs Up To Covid-19 Vaccine
Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers’ Association (ZINATHA) president George Kandiero has commended Government’s efforts to avail the Covid-19 vaccine for every citizen. In an interview with Nhau/Indaba Kandiero said that they are very happy with the government initiative to provide the Covid-19 vaccine to all citizens. “As Zinatha we work with …
Read More »President Mnangagwa Gets Covid-19 Dose, Urges Citizens Not To Hesitate
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some opposition politicians received China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in the tourist resort of Victoria Falls on Wednesday as part of efforts to encourage citizens to get inoculated. Zimbabwe has registered vaccines from China, India and Russia for emergency use but none so far from Western …
Read More »‘Mutoriro’ Makes Us Forget Our Troubles: Use Rises During Zim Lockdown
Inside a tiny room in Kuwadzana, a township in Harare, Solomon Sigauke* and his friends talk animatedly about football and listen to loud music. The misty vapour from the crystal meth fills the room as they take turns on a fluorescent pipe. Sigauke, 25, has no cigarette lighter so he …
Read More »Hwange Villagers Finger Mines In Water Pollution
Hwange Villagers Finger Mines In Water Pollution By Rutendo Mapfumo Villagers surrounding Deka River in Hwange have decried lack of clean water as a result of pollution stemming from mines that are allegedly dumping contaminated water into the river, Nhau has learnt. Deka River, their main water source flows through …
Read More »Kadoma Covid-19 Infections Waning
City of Kadoma is operating on a high note following results showing that there are no longer any Covid-19 cases active in its jurisdiction. According to the City’s Situational Report (Sitrep) seen by Nhau, no new infections or deaths have been recorded as of yesterday. “Kadoma has since March of …
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