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While every child in Zimbabwe has the right to a full primary education and at least four years of secondary education, there are many children who have to walk long distances each day to exercise this right, hence the need for a denser network of schools. As temporary measures, in some areas satellite classrooms were […]
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Isdore Guvamombe RHODESIA: Nyagomo (Negomo) communal lands in Mbire is a place of rugged terrain, where scores of rolling valleys interlock with hills and hillocks. Here, white colonial settlers in Rhodesia made sure only black people settle by forcefully relocating them from a vast track of prime farming land situated between the ever-flowing Dande River […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke-Health Buzz Last week, the world celebrated World Kidney Day and it brought to the fore painful stories about people whose lives have been affected profoundly by renal diseases. World Kidney Day brings global attention to the importance of kidney health. The day seeks to raise awareness about the various kidney diseases that exist […]
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Shelton Dzapasi-Correspondent In 2023, Zimbabwe and China marked a new milestone as trade between the two countries hit a record high of US$3,12 billion, reflecting a 29,9 percent increase from the previous year. Zimbabwe reportedly exported goods worth US$1,71 billion to China and imported US$1,41 billion from China, resulting in a trade surplus of US$307 […]
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The latest report by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) show how different regions in the world have improved women representation. Sub-Saharan Africa recorded the highest improvement among all regions on women’s parliamentary representation in 2023 Progress on women’s representation in national legislatures globally was “slow and mixed” in 2023, registering a growth of 0.4 per cent […]
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Phyllis Kachere in Beitbridge With no food, cellphone, money, bus fare or even clothing, 36-year-old Mr Thandabantu Dumani from Plumtree says he was deported to Zimbabwe via the Beitbridge Border Post on March 11 from Lindela Holding Camp in South Africa where had been held up for the past year. “I was arrested last year […]
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The Herald, 19 March, 1980 AN empty desk, three telephones, a desk lamp and a row of settees and chairs greeted Mr Robert Mugabe when he first set foot in the Prime Minister’s office yesterday. The richly carpeted and curtained office on the first floor of Milton Buildings, once the official office of the former […]
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THE growing and near intolerable traffic congestion in central Harare and surrounding areas is a direct function of the rapidly growing number of private motor cars, the inadequate public transport especially in terms of comfort and convenience, and the growing business area that arises from the economic expansion. To this needs to be added the […]
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Jacqueline Ntaka Correspondent IN Zimbabwe, the establishment of trauma centres backed by robust Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure could be a game-changer. These centres, strategically located and equipped with the latest in medical technology and telecommunication, have the potential to significantly improve patient outcomes and alleviate the burden on public hospitals. Public hospitals in […]
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Dr Chido Rwafa Madzvamutse Mental Wellness As discussed in previous articles, mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which an individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a meaningful contribution to their community. Bullying […]
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The Herald, March 18, 1980 TWO top officials of Mr Peter Mandaza’s National Front of Zimbabwe said yesterday they had resigned from the party, and would join Zanu (PF). Mr Christopher Rambanapasi, the party’s election director and economic planning secretary, and Mr Crispen Chitando, the publicity secretary, said in a joint statement their decision had […]
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Moses Magadza Correspondent A child that never leaves its mother’s kitchen is in grave danger of growing up thinking that its mother is the best cook in the world, so goes an African saying. SADC Parliamentary Forum Members of Parliament were in Germany last week to participate in a fact-finding tour on parliamentary democracy as […]
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Charles Mandla In modern politics, the United States has often used a highly restrictive sanctions regime on countries that seek to pursue independent but progressive lifestyles outside Washington’s hegemony. From Harare to Moscow and little everywhere else in the world, the US has abrogated itself the right to police everyone and punish countries that seek […]
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Gibson Nyikadzino Correspondent The problem that people are facing in their failure to understand the goings on in Gaza is because they want to start from October 7, 2023, instead of 1948 when the Israelis started committing serious crimes against humanity towards Palestinians. Now, global media organisations from either side of the Atlantic, the British […]
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