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Harare’s Disaster Risk Test: Can the City Act Before the Next Crisis?
 When disaster strikes, the response is often visible: emergency crews rush to the scene, fires are extinguished, affected families are assisted and damaged infrastructure is repaired.But for Harare,...
When silence becomes a barrier to sexual health care
Zimbabwe’s sexual and reproductive health crisis is increasingly exposing a problem that cannot be solved simply by building clinics, distributing condoms or producing more health messages: people can...
Chiredzi’s Tax Contribution Raises Fiscal Devolution Questions
Chiredzi’s growing contribution to Zimbabwe’s tax base has renewed calls for a more predictable system of fiscal devolution, amid concerns that communities generating significant economic activity are...
Kariba Disaster Forces Govt to Rethink Water Transport
Government is moving to establish an inland water transport system for Zimbabwe’s lakes and dams following the Lake Kariba ferry disaster that killed at least 97 people, with President Emmerson Mnanga...
CCTV footage, missing docket: army man's K2 fraud case in limbo
Gilbert MunetsiFor Kelvin Nyamhika the prison doors have barely closed behind him, but another alleged fraud case is threatening to follow him into jail.The 33-year-old Chitungwiza man was this week s...
Tanzania Mourns First Gentleman
Tanzania’s First Gentleman, Hafidh Ameir Hassan, has died while receiving treatment at a hospital in Zanzibar after suffering from a heart condition.Hassan died at 8am local time on Monday at Emilio M...
Government’s Vendor Crackdown: Cleaning Up Harare or Protecting Retail Giants?
 Government says it is chasing street vendors out of Zimbabwe’s cities to restore order, improve sanitation and create cleaner public spaces.But as the September 9 deadline for informal traders approa...
Anti-Rights Push Threatens Gains on Women’s Health, Equality
 Growing efforts to use family, culture, religion and sovereignty narratives to restrict women’s and girls’ rights are threatening hard-won gains on gender equality and health, speakers at a recent SH...
7 Days for the Vendor, 2 Years for the Politician
 A Zimbabwean vendor has been given until September 9 to get off the streets.Families occupying land they were never supposed to occupy are watching demolition teams arrive.Structures built without th...
Delta Hands Over US$10,000 Tailoring Project to Child Care Centre
DELTA Corporation Limited has handed over a US$10,000 tailoring project to the Child Care Centre in Harare South, with the initiative expected to equip beneficiaries with practical skills while creati...