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More than 100 learners at Neshaya Secondary school, on the outskirts of Hwange received a boost of re-usable sanitary wear donated by a Harare based organisation, Nduna Zimbabwe Trust. The learners were identified by Hwange Youth Empowerment Initiative (HYEI). Nduna Zimbabwe Trust Programmes Officer Evelyn Mdutshwa said they were moved …

Nearly 6 000 children in the country have been admitted to healthcare institutions due to acute malnutrition since the start of the year, a United Nations agency has said. Despite a good harvest, the UN report said millions still faced severe food insecurity with 400 000 Zimbabweans having received food …

Health service providers and practitioners should embrace telehealth to enhance access to primary healthcare to citizens, especially in remote areas. This came out at the ongoing Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) annual conference which is being held here. Vice-President General (Retired) Costantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and …

The National Aids Council (NAC) has handed over 22 bicycles to the Hwange community, a move meant to ease transport challenges faced by its health ambassadors when carrying out their field work. Of these, 10 were handed over to its Brotha 2 Brotha mentors while 12 were handed over to …

Cabinet has given licensed bars the greenlight to reopen after nearly 19 months of Covid-19 restrictions, which saw the showbiz and nightlife industry go into comatose. Ironically, the announcement was made as President Mnangagwa extended the Level 2 Covid-19 lockdown by a further two weeks. The Level 2 lockdown comes …

It is 7 pm and inside the shebeen, or unlicensed bar, in Harare, men and women clutch small bottles of “whisky” and talk animatedly as they dance to loud music. One man staggers and falls over, to the amusement of other drinkers. He mumbles inaudible words as he drifts into sleep. …

It is mid-morning in Zimbabwe’s Binga district, on the shores of the Zambezi River, and the sun is already scorching. Takuchinchi Munsaka of the Batonga tribe services the diesel-powered engine of his fishing rig – a boat made up of cylindrical metal at the base, which allows it to float, …

Punching the air with excitement, children from the San community in Bulilima district are enjoying every bit of their fairy-tale visit here which has for the first time in their lives afforded them an opportunity to tour one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world, the mighty Victoria Falls …

Nearly one thousand National AIDS Council (NAC) community health ambassadors are set to receive bicycles to ease their transport woes when they go around communities preaching the health gospel in Mashonaland Central. Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Senator Monica Mavhunga officiated at a handover ceremony of the …

Unvaccinated congregants can now attend church services and police are barred from arresting them, High Court judge David Mangota ruled, Thursday. The ruling follows an August 27 urgent chamber application by human rights lawyer, Obert Kondongwe challenging the legality of the government’s August 11 decision to bar unvaccinated congregants from attending church services. …