Transport Challenges Affect Covid-19 Vaccines Distribution in Mat North
Matabeleland North province is in dire need of fuel and vehicles to transport vaccines to rural health clinics, a health official has said. Munekayi Padingani, the province’s medical director told...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 478 – WCoZ Situation Report
478 days of the COVID-19 Lockdown, and as of 19th of July 2021, the Ministry of Health and Child Care reported that, the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases had increased to 85 732 after 2 113 new...
View ArticleIs there any Political Will on the Implementation of Devolution in Zimbabwe
The decentralization of powers from central government to lower tiers of authority is in itself plausible. It has the potential to promote the enrichment of communities beginning at the grassroots as...
View ArticleVISET Continues with its Constitutional Awareness Initiatives
Since inception, VISET has endeavored to ensure that Informal Traders have an understanding on what the law says about the Informal Economy. This entails an understanding of their constitutional...
View ArticleCovid-19 Puts Children at Risk of Online Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
While the world is battling the health and economic effects of the coronavirus, another scarier global issue is raging in tandem, with little notice – and without the additional money and resources...
View ArticleDzikwa Trust Arts and Culture Programme
Dzikwa Trust is an education support programme for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Dzivarasekwa. It empowers children and mainstreams Unhu/Ubuntu, gender rights, children’s rights through...
View ArticleBoth Houses Sitting this Week – Bill Watch 51/2021
Both the National Assembly and the Senate sat yesterday, 20th July, and will continue sitting today and tomorrow. Only small numbers of members will be physically present in the two chambers. Other...
View ArticleCovid-19 Stalls Implementation of Issuance of Documentation for Gukurahundi...
The operationalisation the implementation matrix initiated in 2019 that included resolutions to deal with the emotive Gukurahundi massacres and other developmental issues affecting Matabeleland...
View ArticleIncrease in Cases of Human Rights Violations in Masvingo Province, a Cause...
Human Rights Monitors (HRMs) trained and deployed by Heal Zimbabwe have expressed concern over the increase of cases of human rights violations during the COVID 19 lockdown. This came out during a...
View ArticleMPs Demand Constituency Offices
Makoni Central Member of Parliament (MP), David Tekeshe has called for the setting up of Constituency offices particularly in rural areas to make it easy for them to engage with their constituents....
View ArticleNPRC Watch Newsletter – Jan-Jun 2021
The January to June edition of the NPRC Watch is out. The edition covers developments in the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission which include the launch of the Hate Language Report, the...
View ArticleMISA Double Barrelled Submission to UPR on Zimbabwe
MISA Zimbabwe has made two submissions to the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Zimbabwe, where it noted improvements in the legislative environment, but decried clawback...
View ArticleQuestioning of Witnesses by Parliamentary Committees – Economic Governance...
Questioning of Witnesses by Parliamentary Committees: No Place to Hide Are people who have been summoned to give evidence before Parliament or a parliamentary committee entitled to refuse to answer...
View ArticleCovid-19 Disrupts Sanitary Wear Distribution in Rural Schools
The closure of schools due to the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the distribution of sanitary wear for girls in rural areas, Parliament has heard. Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs,...
View ArticlePostponement of Public Interviews – Court Watch 14/2021
The Judicial Service Commission [JSC] has announced the postponement until further notice of the public interviews that were scheduled to take place from Monday to Wednesday next week. New dates for...
View ArticleUniversity Students Fight Mental Health Issues
University students in Bulawayo have embarked on a campaign to fight mental health issues in tertiary institutions and high schools. Mental health issues have become prevalent in tertiary learning...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 482 – WCoZ Situation Report
482 days of the COVID-19 Lockdown, and as of 23rd of July 2021, the Ministry of Health and Child Care reported that, the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases had increased to 95 686 after 2 265 new...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 483 – WCoZ Situation Report
483 days of the COVID-19 Lockdown, and as of 24th of July 2021, the Ministry of Health and Child Care reported that, the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases had increased to 97 277 after 1 591 new...
View ArticleClosure of ZEC Offices
The Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced that the Commission’s offices will be closed for 14 days from 26 July- 8 August 2021 as part of managing the spread of the...
View ArticleConstitutional Awareness Initiatives: VISET Champions Freedom of Profession,...
On Monday the 19th of July 2021, Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) held a discussion on ZiFM stereo to unpack Section 64 of the Constitution; freedom of profession,...
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