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Latest news and updates from Zimbabwe.
Govt, Partners Push Stronger Child Protection Agenda for 2026
 The Government otogether with social partners, convened the first quarter Child Rights Committee meeting in Harare as authorities move to strengthen child protection systems and align interventions w...
Rising Resistance to Last-Resort Antibiotic Sparks Alarm Across Africa
 Health experts are raising fresh concerns over antimicrobial resistance in Africa following a new study that found growing resistance to colistin — one of the world’s last-resort antibiotics used whe...
From Survivor to Healer: Tanatsiwa Chikove’s Mission to Break Cycles of Trauma in Zim
 When Tanatsiwa Ntandoyami Chikove sits across from a traumatised child or a struggling family, she does not approach the moment as a distant professional observing pain from the outside. She understa...
Zvishavane Robber Gets 15-Year Jail Term
 The Zvishavane Magistrates’ Court has sentenced 23-year-old Obedience Takaedza Mutasa to an effective 15 years in prison after convicting him on two counts of armed robbery.Mutasa was part of an arme...
Doctor Kondo and Kernisha Hunzwi Face Trial Over Alleged Fraudulent Medical Letter in Custody Case
Kernisha Sheila HunzwA Harare-based medical practitioner, Dr. Micky Kondo, is now jointly charged alongside Kernisha Sheila Hunzwi in a case involving allegations of fraud and defeating the ends of ju...
MCAZ issues public alert over recalled injection drug
 The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe has issued a public health alert warning healthcare institutions and consumers against the use of a recalled contrast injection drug linked to potential ca...
Nationwide Nurses’ Strike Set for April 15–17 Over Pay and Working Conditions
 Zimbabwe’s healthcare sector faces potential disruption as nurses announce a nationwide strike from April 15 to April 17, 2026, citing deteriorating salaries and poor working conditions.Zimbabwe Nurs...
Zim Advances Climate Risk Financing to Protect Communities
 Zimbabwe is intensifying efforts to bolster disaster risk management and climate resilience as rising climate shocks increasingly threaten food security and livelihoods. The government is deepening e...
Govt, Business Seal Pact to Drive Industrial Shift
 Zimbabwe has moved to strengthen collaboration between policymakers and industry after the Ministry of Industry and Commerce signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with the ZIMSA Business Cha...
Treasury Tightens Grip on Public Accounts as Reporting Gaps Persist
 The Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion has moved to strengthen public financial accountability through a high-level technical workshop aimed at improving the quality a...