Lockdown Day 4 Update
Heal Zimbabwe’s Early Warning and Early Response Situation Room is monitoring how communities are reacting to the national lockdown which was announced by the President on the 27th of March, 2020....
View ArticleJournalist Charged for Contravening #Covid Stringent National Lockdown...
ZIMBABWEAN police on Thursday 2 April 2020 arrested and charged Nunurai Jena, a freelance journalist with contravening some stringent regulations imposed this early week by government in a bid to...
View ArticleJournalist granted free bail on charges of disorderly conduct
Zimbabwean journalist Nunurai Jena was on 3 April 2020 remanded out of custody on free bail to 7 May 2020 when he appeared in court in Chinhoyi charged with disorderly conduct in a public place. Jena...
View ArticleHuman Rights in the Midst of the Covid-19 Global Pandemic: Zim in State of...
Executive Summary In March 2020 citizens were preoccupied with the Corona Virus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) which wreaked havoc across the globe with 30,105 deaths being recorded as of 30 March....
View ArticleCovid-19 Zimbabwe Lockdown: Humanitarian and Livelihoods Concerns
As the global health crisis deepens with Coronavirus continually ravaging the world, it is quite obvious that the crisis will spell short and longterm impact on the global economy. COVID-19 poses an...
View ArticleZimbabwe COVID-19 – Responses and Challenges
Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a global health emergency, Zimbabwe has since officially reported 9 cases and one fatality. The Zimbabwean government responded by putting in...
View ArticleBurning of Confiscated Vegetables in Mutare Must Be Investigated
Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) has received with utter shock and disbelief reports that, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Officers in Mutare confiscated and later...
View ArticleLockdown Day 5 Update
Heal Zimbabwe’s Early Warning and Early Response Situation Room is monitoring how communities are reacting to the national lockdown which was announced by the President on the 27th of March, 2020....
View ArticleImpact of COVID-19 on rural communities
Rural communities have been plunged into vulnerability following the nationwide lockdown to combat the COVID-19 global pandemic. The lockdown comes at a time when most rural households are struggling...
View ArticleJournalist Assaulted by Police, Forced to Delete Footage
Freelance journalist Panashe Makufa was beaten up by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), today around 1700hrs in the Harare suburb of Kuwadzana while undertaking his professional duties....
View ArticleLockdown Day 6 Update
Heal Zimbabwe’s Early Warning and Early Response Situation Room is monitoring how communities are reacting to the national lockdown which was announced by the President on the 27th of March, 2020....
View ArticleFirst ripples of the approaching storm? Bulawayo and Rural Matabeleland COVID...
1. Background: Arrival of Covid-19 Zimbabwe officially announced its first case of the corona virus (COVID-19) on the 20 March 2020. This was a 38-year-old man from Victoria Falls, who had travelled...
View Article“Fake News,” Confusion: The Coronavirus Allies
The fight against Covid 19 (the New Corona Virus) is one of the most complex efforts the world over. The virus is spreading like a veld fire, leaving a trail of destruction. However, not only the...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 8
Various reports indicate that to a large extent communities are staying at home in compliance with the call for lockdown. We remain concerned however with the limited observance of social distancing...
View ArticleLockdown Day 8 Update
Heal Zimbabwe’s Early Warning and Early Response Situation Room is monitoring how communities are reacting to the national lockdown which was announced by the President on the 27th of March, 2020....
View ArticleCall for the Government to uphold Peace and Ensure Accountability and...
Globally, covid-19 pandemic continues to spread in unprecedented ways, claiming lives and militating against social and economic progress by affecting the health and daily livelihoods of citizens....
View ArticleJune 2020 Examinations should be shelved
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the learning season in schools. We however applaud the early closure of schools for preventing learners and teachers from being easily exposed to the deadly virus....
View ArticleZim’s Frontline Medical Practitioners Demand Protection Over Exposure to...
ZIMBABWEAN doctors have asked government to provide them and other frontline medical practitioners with personal protective equipment (PPE) and to adequately equip public hospitals to protect them...
View ArticlePYCD COVID 19 Response strategy in Chipinge District
The advent of Corona-Virus (COVID-19) has left behind a tale of untold suffering and death forcing the whole world to respond with panic and fear as statistics of new infection and death rises every...
View ArticleDay 9 of the national lockdown
It has been nine days since the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a 21-day lockdown in a bid to limit the spread of Coronavirus in the country. Citizens took heed of the measures to...
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