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1 month ago | 
dental.einnews.com | Harriet Chikandiwa |Ophar Mavuri |Vanessa Gonye |Tendai Sauta
The dental outreach was aimed at providing essential oral healthcare services to underserved communities in Matabeleland North province. MITESH Badiani, the founder of a United Kingdom (UK)-based dental organisation, Smilestar, has commended their partnership with Cimas Health Group for successfully providing free access to oral healthcare to remote and underserved communities in Matabeleland North province.
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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Harriet Chikandiwa
BY TAFADZWA KACHIKO“A lot of things happen here at the airport. It all depends on the money on offer,” an immigration official at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport said. In October 2021, Roselyn Dunga, a 31-year-old woman working as a security screener at the RGM International Airport stole a bag containing US$2 million from an unknown passenger, who boarded an Emirates flight to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Harriet Chikandiwa
As the Trump administration dismantles the US Agency for International Development(USAid) and retreats from funding global public health efforts, mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – is at greater risk of becoming a wider global emergency, according to aid workers and global health experts.
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2 months ago | 
southerneye.co.zw | Harriet Chikandiwa |Silas Nkala |Sharon Sibindi |Farai Shawn Matiashe
Local News THE country’s laws, which require veterans of the liberation struggle to undergo a vetting process to confirm their credentials, do not cover reburial of those who died during the war, a Cabinet minister has said.
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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Harriet Chikandiwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been drawn into raging controversy over the partial privatisation of the People’s Own Savings Bank (POSB) amid allegations that he is pushing for a controversial cleric to take a stake in the financial institution.
POSB will be privatised through a private placement after the government, which is the sole shareholder, approved the plan last year.
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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Harriet Chikandiwa
News Top human resources consultant and entrepreneur Memory Nguwi (MN) sees nothing wrong with changing one’s mind if the circumstances have changed.
Nguwi, who boasts extensive experience in strategic planning and human resources management, explained that there was a science behind goals when he appeared on the platform In Conversation with Trevor hosted by Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trevor Ncube (TN).
Below are excerpts from the interview.
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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Harriet Chikandiwa |Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has criticised the government pension scheme as outdated and to blame for the suffering of the country’s pensioners.
Zimbabwe’s never ending economic crisis has resulted in the deterioration in the quality of life for pensioners, eroding their monthly pay-outs despite years of service and contribution.
The switch to the greenback in 2009 immediately wiped out the value of Zimbabwe dollar-denominated investments, leaving thousands of pensioners destitute.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
newsday.co.zw | Harriet Chikandiwa
AT least 1 460 people were victims of human rights violations in December, whereby 95 cases were reported while the number decreased from the 141 incidents recorded in the previous month.
In a monthly monitoring report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), the violations included unfair distribution of food aid and agricultural inputs, threats of violence, assault, restricted freedoms of assembly and association, inhuman treatment, restricted freedom of expression and unlawful eviction.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
newsday.co.zw | Harriet Chikandiwa
AT 37, Tecla* reflects on her decade-long struggle as a sex worker in Kadoma, where the allure of gold is overshadowed by the persistent threat of HIV.
A resident of Rimuka, Kadoma’s oldest suburb, Tecla frequents a former hotel turned into an entertainment hub that has become one of her “hunting grounds”.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
newsday.co.zw | Harriet Chikandiwa
UNITED Nations (UN) special rapporteurs on human rights have urged the government to withdraw the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment (PVO) Bill in its entirety saying it is an assault on democratic principles.
UN rapporteurs Gina Romero, Irene Khan, Mary Lawlor and Ben Saul, expressed concern over the Bill's implications on human rights particularly the right to freedom of association if it is signed into law.
