‘Saving lives and livelihoods’ – AfDB’s reflection on one year of...
Easter Kumbana knew the novel coronavirus was a deadly and highly contagious disease, but he could not afford the basic items needed to protect...
Japan commits US$1.3mln to maternal health
Sharon Chikwanha/Herzel Mushayabasa
The Japanese government in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund and the UN sexual reproductive health agency have signed a grant...
US$1m boost for Zim’s COVID-19 interventions
Davison Kaiyo
Zimbabwe’s response to COVID-19 pandemic has received a US$1 million boost from the Japanese government through responsive and preventive care interventions to vulnerable...
Authorities bemoan rot at DDF
Staff Writer
The District Development Fund has lost approximately 90 percent of its tractor units affecting its vital tillage services to resettled farmers.
The DDF’s mandate...
Africa’s vaccinations hampered by conspiracy theories, suspicion of China, fears of...
Antony Sguazzin and Katarina Hoije
As if the struggle to secure its meagre supplies of coronavirus vaccines wasn’t bad enough, Africa is now having a...
More than 200,000 people return to Zimbabwe as COVID-19 impacts regional...
HARARE – More than 200,000 Zimbabweans have returned home over the past year due to the economic fallout from COVID-19 in countries where they...
GMB owed $2.5b for grain delivered to vulnerable groups
Sharon Chikwanha
Government, through the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, is owing the Grain Marketing Board approximately $2.5 billion for grain distributed...
Zimbabwe: Statelessness crisis traps hundreds of thousands in limbo
Hundreds of thousands of people trapped in the misery of statelessness in Zimbabwe have been forced to the margins of society, and struggle to...
Gvt turns to private sector to improve Agro-Processing Chain
Nyasha Kunyiswa
Government is turning to the private sector to improve Zimbabwe’s Agro-Processing Chain which has been decimated by a number of challenges include the...
Extreme veld fire risk in Zimbabwe
Sydney Kawadza
The favourable 2020/2021 agricultural season, while ensuring food security in Zimbabwe, has also increased the country’s veld fires risk which has been classified...