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ZUJ Suspends National Congress

By Chipo Chabarwa The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) has temporarily suspended its upcoming special National Congress citing compliance with government’s latest Covid-19 restrictions which banned all gatherings except for funerals.  A maximum of 30 people is allowed at funerals. ZUJ president Michael Chideme announced the latest development in a …

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WhatsApp has launched a new ad campaign promoting its privacy and security features, as it continues to face backlash from both users and the public. The ads stress the importance of end-to-end encryption, which is used to ensure that only the sender and recipient of messages are able to read …

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China Reports First Human Case Of H10N3 Bird Flu

A 41-year-old man in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with a rare strain of bird flu known as H10N3, Beijing’s National Health Commission (NHC) has said. Many different strains of bird flu are present in China and some occasionally infect …

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Doctor Injured In Mpilo Hospital Fire

ONE doctor suffered a fractured leg at Mpilo Central Hospital yesterday after a staff residence was gutted by fire around midnight. Property with an estimated US$500 000 was destroyed in the fire where 39 health workers were forced to jump out through a window to save their lives. Witnesses said …

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Covid-19 Fuels Child Exploitative Marriages

By Chipo Chabarwa Child marriage statistics have shockingly increased and Zimbabwe has not been spared. This is believed to have been exacerbated by a global environment suffocating from the devastating impact of Covid-19, which has had a negative effect on the girl child. School closures, economic stress, service disruptions, pregnancy, …

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Luke Malaba Rumpus: Workers Must Unite & Seize The Moment

Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi’s unhinged, incendiary attack on the judiciary, particularly Judge President George Chiweshe, a perceived securocrat stalwart thought to be allied to a Zanu PF faction loyal to vice president Constantino Chiwenga, reflects a qualitative change in the elite factional and tribal fights in the junta – increasingly …

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