The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) says it will intensify patrols to enforce COVID-19 preventive measures. Government through Health Minister and Vice President Constantine Chiwenga on Saturday announced a ban on all public gatherings except funerals as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. In a
Organisations working with Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) have welcomed the national disabilities policy launched this week describing it as a positive development in uplifting livelihoods of persons with disability. President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday launched the national disabilities policy as part of measures to ensure inclusivity. In
With abortions outlawed in the country, illegal backyard abortion clinics are using assorted concoctions to terminate pregnancies of desperate girls and women and the practice is rife in high density suburbs where medical imposters are performing illegal abortions. Investigations by 263Chat led to a quack doctor
The number of extremely poor citizens rose to 7.9 million in 2020 due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and its impacts, according to the World Bank’s latest economic analysis for the country. The Zimbabwe Economic Update, Overcoming Economic Challenges, Natural Disasters, and the Pandemic: Social and Economic Impacts,
Human rights pressure group, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) says human rights violations are on the increase ahead of the 2023 elections with the gun already in charge. In a monthly report for May, ZPP says the ruling Zanu PF party contributed much of the violations
Policy makers are fully aware of the key actors in illicit gold trading but remain short of tightening screws to mitigate the scourge, an independent group lobbying for the promotion of human rights and environmental protection, the Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) has noted. In a
Harare North legislator Norman Markham has castigated Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo saying he has failed to uphold the Constitution. In his answering affidavit in a matter in which he is seeking reversal of a land deal between the City of Harare and
MDC Alliance Secretary General Chalton Hwende says the ruling Zanu PF party is in panic mode following the launch of the Agenda 2021 program by the opposition party president, Nelson Chamisa. In a statement, Hwende said the ruling party was using state media to suggest that
The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly has described as false and malicious, the recent reports published in the local media alleging in-house divisions over the leadership of its chairperson, Obey Sithole. Reports had suggested that factional fights had emerged within the main opposition movement amid allegations that
The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) says the recently gazetted Statutory Instrument 127 of 2021 (SI 127 of 2021) maintains existing economic disparities within the country. SI 127 of 2021 sets out offences (referred to as civil infringements) and penalties associated with the infringement
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