Anna Chibamu

1 day ago | allafrica.com | Anna Chibamu

STIGMA and discrimination remain the most damaging barriers to the country's national HIV response, Health and Child Care Minister Douglas Mombeshora has said. Addressing journalists at a Zimbabwe National Network of People Living with HIV (ZNNP+) breakfast meeting in Harare this Thursday, Mombeshora said stigma discouraged vital actions meant to reduce the spread and treatment of HIV. The stigma index 2.0 has risen to 69.7% from 65% between 2018 and 2023.

2 days ago | allafrica.com | Anna Chibamu

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Thokozani Khupe has demanded a ministerial statement from the Ministry of Finance on the disbursement of the US$38 million collected through the sugar tax for the procurement of cancer treatment equipment. On a point of national interest, Khupe who was diagnosed with cancer in 2011, told Speaker Jacob Mudenda that there are alarming cancer deaths countrywide and needed urgent attention from government.

1 week ago | allafrica.com | Anna Chibamu

A member of Parliament in the National Assembly last week alleged that there was a lot of corruption in the courts leading to murder suspects being granted bail, increasing chances of evading prosecution. In Zimbabwe, bail is granted to individuals in custody pending trial unless there are compelling reasons for continued detention.

2 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Anna Chibamu

PARLIAMENT has intervened in the ongoing University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers' industrial action, which has now clocked its 59th day without a resolution in sight. A legislator this Tuesday called upon the Higher and Tertiary Education Minister (Fredrick Shava) to urgently deliver a ministerial statement on the strike to the National Assembly. On a point of interest, Mpopoma-Mzilikazi MP Charles Moyo requested through the Speaker, Jacob Mudenda, to have the crisis resolved.

2 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Anna Chibamu

DISTURBED by the deadly Pit Bull Terrier dogs' vicious and fatal attack of a Harare resident recently, legislators want the breed banned in Zimbabwe. The Pit Bull Terrier, commonly known as Pitbull, is an aggressive type of canine.