Zimbabwe in Lockdown: COVID-19 & Human Rights from a community perspective –...
April 2020 started off on a note of national uncertainty. The government of Zimbabwe had just declared a countrywide lockdown in an attempt to contain the spread of the Corona Virus of 2019. Across...
View ArticleA Gender Crisis within the Covid-19 Pandemic One Month after National Lockdown
The Zimbabwe Gender Commission Act, informed by Section 246 of the Constitution, mandates the Commission to monitor issues concerning gender equality. To this end, the Commission notes with concern...
View ArticleNPRC visits victims of police brutality
The National Peace and Reconciliation (NPRC) has reached out to two women from Cowdray Park in Bulawayo who were allegedly abused by members of the police a fortnight ago. CITE interviewed the two...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 39 WCoZ Covid-19 Situation Report
39 Days into the lockdown and according to the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, as at 6 May 2020, the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare has conducted 8 244 rapid screening tests and 7 808 PCR...
View ArticleCommunities applaud village health workers
Village Health Workers (VHWs) continue to champion the fight against COVID-19 in most parts of rural Matabeleland. These brave men and women have kept communities abreast with key information on the...
View ArticleLockdown Update 7 May 2020
Issues covered in this update In this report, Heal Zimbabwe’s Early Warning and Early Response Situation Room provides an update on: how communities are responding to the extended lockdown,...
View ArticleLocal communities express concern over the high price of face masks
Community members from Buhera, Mutasa, and Chivi have expressed concern over the high price of face masks. Following the announcement by President Emerson Mnangagwa on 1 May 2020, that people must...
View ArticlePLWDs appeal for safety gear
The Government has been urged to secure personal protective equipment for people living with a disability to protect them during the global coronavirus pandemic. This came out during a virtual public...
View ArticleVISET and City of Harare tour Informal Traders Markets in Harare
The Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) in collaboration with the City of Harare today, Friday the 8th of May and yesterday Thursday the 7th of May 2020, conducted an...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 40 – WCoZ Covid-19 Situation Report
40 Days into the lockdown and according to the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, as at 7 May 2020, the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare has conducted 9 594 rapid screening tests and 8 141 PCR...
View ArticleCoronavirus (Covid-19) Daily Updates
Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care publishes daily updates on Coronavirus testing and cases. May 2020 8 May7 May6 May5 May4 May3 May2 May1 May April 2020 30 April29 April28 April27 April26...
View ArticleLockdown Update 8 May 2020
Introduction On the 19th of April, Zimbabwe extended its lockdown with 14 days as a way of escalating measures of reducing the spread of COVID-19. The country’s extension illustrates the government’s...
View ArticleCovid-19 Regulations and Order: Yet More Amendments – Bill Watch 26 / 2020
Late on Wednesday the Government published further amendments to the regulations and order dealing with the Covid-19 epidemic. They are contained in two statutory instruments, both of which are...
View ArticleCOVID-19: High Court Orders ZBC and Government Ministers to Improve...
Provisional Order Against Ministers About to become Permanent? The last day for filing the response from the Ministers responsible for Information, Health and Social Welfare was today, Friday 8th May....
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 41 – WCoZ Covid-19 Situation Report
41 Days into the lockdown and the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare reported that as at 8 May 2020, they have conducted 10 218 rapid screening tests and 8 741 PCR tests. On 7 May alone, the...
View ArticleBPRA WhatsApp Q&A with Bulawayo Mayor S. Mguni
Question 1: From the several grants given to Zimbabwe for the fight against COVID-19 we have read about in newspapers, has BCC received anything? Mayor: We have received $10m for renovations at...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 42 – WCoZ Situation Report
42 Days into the lockdown and the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare reported that as at 9 May 2020, they have conducted 10 944 rapid screening tests and 9 593 PCR tests. Statistics show that a new...
View ArticleHatcliffe Borehole Contaminated
A communal borehole in Hatcliffe Area 60 Consortium has been found contaminated with feacal matter. The borehole has been linked to be the source of the “suspected” typhoid cases in Hatcliffe. with...
View ArticleLockdown Update 9 – 10 May 2020
Introduction On the 19th of April, Zimbabwe extended its lockdown with 14 days as a way of escalating measures of reducing the spread of COVID-19. The country’s extension illustrates the government’s...
View ArticleMPs call on Govt to probe police brutality
Opposition MPs have called on the government to launch an investigation into police brutality following revelations by two Cowdray Park women who were assaulted by police officers for allegedly...
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