MUTARE- A leading human rights organization has called for an inquiry into the underlying causes of dismal Grade seven results and deteriorating education standards in the country. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said systemic challenges in the education sector were weakening schools making them less
The Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AFHoZ) has paid tribute to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration on the way it has handled the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking during Webinar meeting on COVID-19 vaccination held recently, AFHoZ board chairman, Noah Matimba acknowledged Government’s commitment to the planned vaccination
Health experts have urged Zimbabweans to take up vaccines saying it is the only way the country can succeed in its effort to curtail further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zimbabwe received a donation of 200 000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines from China yesterday with the
Diversified listed group, Meikles Limited yielded to headwinds propelled by the COVID-19 pandemic to post an earnings decline of 7 and 8 percent in inflation-adjusted terms for the quarter and nine months to December 2020, respectively. Sales volume at the supermarkets segment declined by 4 percent
By Victor Bhoroma The pace of Zimbabwe’s road infrastructure decay has reached alarming levels which call for a policy change by the government owing to successive years of neglect and under-investment. Over the past 40 years the government has failed to maintain or expand the existing road network,
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe has appealed to government to consider journalists among the first group of people to be considered for COVID-19 vaccination. MISA recommended that the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) facilitates modalities for the roll out since the media was declared
Catherine Kyobutungi, African Population and Health Research Center Tanzania’s health minister said earlier this month that the country has no plans to procure COVID-19 vaccines. Moina Spooner, an editor with The Conversation Africa, asked Catherine Kyobutungi to explain Tanzania’s COVID-19 response and why it’s problematic. Why has
The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent national lockdowns have underlined the importance of reliable data services in keeping people, communities, businesses and the nation at large connected, and in ensuring essential commercial and public services continue unhindered. Authorities have had to impose lockdowns to arrest the
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended the level four lockdown by a further two weeks with business and curfew hours adjusted. Addressing the nation at State House, President Mnangagwa said the lockdown extension will allow active cases and those incubation to rescind. "The number of active cases and
Human Rights watchdog, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has accused the government of lacking seriousness in its COVID-19 response. In its COVID-19 accountability tracker that seeks to highlight abuse of authority, rampant corruption, poor public accountability mechanisms and lack of transparency, ZPP says the Government is
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