Copied from Dominic Muntanga’s Facebook Wall. Last week Zimbabwe’s First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa visited Mbuya Zinyoro, a member of St John’s Apostolic Church of the Whole World, who helped more than 70 mothers successfully deliver babies. This story has been the subject of...
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Celebrating International Day of the Girl Child; Girls Challenges
Staff Reporter Recently, Plan International held a girls’ symposium aimed at supporting vulnerable children particularly girls, to confidently proclaim their rights and influence policy-making at national, regional and international levels. It is a known fact that its important that girls...
ZUPCO Reintroduction A Relief for Commuters; But Is It Sustainable?
Staff Reporter In a move to increase convenience at the same time reducing transport costs for commuters a few weeks ago, government opened the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) franchise to commuter omnibus operators. The franchise ZUPCO kombis and buses come at the right time...
New Currency in the Streets, Will This Work for Zimbabweans?
Letwin Mubonesi The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has started injecting new $2 and $5 notes into the financial system to improve the level of cash in circulation and this is expected to make life easier for ordinary citizens including the elderly (the pensioners) who are spending long hours...
Sanctions a Target on the Ordinary Citizens
Nyaradzo Mashayamombe The so called ‘illegal sanctions’ imposed on Zimbabwe targeting a few individual and a few companies, as well as ZEDERA are not even affecting those people and the few corporates, but are piling more misery on the ordinary citizens especially women, youths and...