Election advocacy group, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) has called on the country’s election stakeholders to ensure that past mistakes that led to a disputed 2018 plebiscite are not repeated. In a statement on what the think tank is expecting ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections,
The Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) has implored the Government to introduce a comprehensive and supportive policy that encourages the legalisation of artisanal miners. SARW’s call comes at a time the central government has banned the exportation of raw lithium, a move that the organisation says
Zimbabwe has undertaken several activities to strengthen the country’s prevention, control and management of cholera and typhoid. For example, following a cholera outbreak in 2018, a National Task force for Cholera Elimination was created to support cholera elimination in Zimbabwe, through a multi-stakeholder approach. This
The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has tightened mining regulations in a move aimed at curbing the rampant exportation of various high-value minerals in raw form. A new Statutory Instrument on base minerals export control (Unbeneficiated Base Mineral Ore) order 2023, was gazetted last week
Popular Zimdancehall chanter Wallace "Winky D" Chirumiko has said he learnt a lot from different industry colleagues he collaborated with on his latest body of work, Eureka Eureka. Winky D made the remarks in a statement where he told fans that he concluded the release of
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law the Health Services Amendment Act which bars healthcare workers from embarking on strikes that last more than three days. Over the years, healthcare workers have embarked on prolonged strikes citing poor working conditions and low wages, a situation that
A total of US$ 1.1 billion was allotted to local companies for productive purposes from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)-run foreign currency auction system during 2022, latest official figures show. The auction system was established as a price discovery mechanism for the local currency as
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has decried recent acts of politically motivated violence that rocked Bhunu area in Murehwa North where seven elderly people believed to be opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters were harassed and assaulted by suspected Zanu PF youths. The incident
Elections advocacy group, the Election Resource Centre has called on the electoral mother body Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to address concerns raised by stakeholders over the draft delimitation report presented in Parliament last Friday. Political parties and analysts have raised concerns over the report citing that
XBB.1.5 - the most transmissible Omicron subvariant detected so far - accounted for 27.6% of COVID-19 cases in the United States for the week ended Jan. 7, health officials have said.
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