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unaids.org UNAIDS Patson Manyati, a gay man living with HIV, at the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe drop-in centre in Mutare, Zimbabwe in October 2019. Credit: UNAIDS/C. Matonhodze Calvin Mapangisana, a counsellor at the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) association holds up a message on a placard at the GALZ drop-in centre in Mutare, Zimbabwe. October 2019. Credit: UNAIDS/C. Matonhodze Member of the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) association at the GALZ drop-in centre in Mutare, Zimba...

Prevention is better than cure Huge trucks excavate coal from an open cast coal mine at Hangwe Colliery. In Zimbabwe, environmental rights are among the fundamental rights and freedoms conferred on every person as per the Constitution. Before the enactment of the new Constitution in 2013, environmental rights were not recognised as a fundamental human rights issue. Although the government had developed various strategies and legislation on environmental conservation, like the National Conservat...

By Staff Reporter THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has added to growing calls for government to protect the interests of the people of the Dinde community in Hwange, who are facing expulsion from their ancestral homes to make way for a Chinese mining company, Beifa Investments (Pvt) Ltd. After government granted Beifa a special mining exploration permit to conduct exploration activities in the Dinde area, the company has since started its work in Ward 13. This has given rise to fears the local ...

A man in Zimbabwe, who had been presumed dead by his family reappeared almost a week later. Lovemore Chatindo was last seen on Christmas Day last year and ev

By Tafadzwa Muranganwa Three years ago, three university students were at the cusp of their journalism careers, looking forward to starting their journeys in newsrooms in Zimbabwe. However, they met with unforeseen roadblocks.   Nicole Kurebwasweka couldn’t get placement for the industrial attachment unit of her journalism course at the University of Zimbabwe. The production department of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation turned her down, saying they had a preference for male pro...

Home | News & Events | U.S. Government Assistance to Zimbabwe in 2020 The U.S. Government provided over $341 million in U.S. assistance to Zimbabweans in calendar year 2020.  The funds included over $200 million for health, with $163 million for PEPFAR’s HIV/AIDS programs alone, $80 million in emergency assistance, $26 million for resilience programs, and $12 million to promote agriculture economic growth.  We have provided over $3.5 billion in assistance to Zimbabwe since 1980.   H...

A destructive pest is spreading in southern Africa, damaging the livelihoods of fruit growers. The invasive fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, is harming the crops of mango farmers from Mutoko,…

As the climate warms, a destructive pest is spreading its wings and damaging the livelihoods of fruit growers in southern Africa. The invasive fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, is preventing farmers like Susan Zinoro, a mango farmer from Mutoko, Zimbabwe, from literally and figuratively enjoying the fruits of their labour. Mango farmers Susan and Batsirai Zinoro from Mutoko District, Zimbabwe are using Integrated Pest Management methods to control a fruit fly pest. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS BULA...

Tino Katsande PROMINENT actress and television personality Tinopona Katsande and her siblings were reportedly barred from attending the funeral of their late father Chief  Nyamukohwo (real name Samson Katsande) in Mutoko last week, Zim Morning Post can reveal. Chief Nyamukoho died on Thursday after a long illness. His second wife, Dorcas, had a sour relationship with Tino and her siblings following accusations that she was angling herself to take over the wealthy chief’s vast business empi...

Vaccination roll-out kicks off Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa, flanked by Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda (left) and the ministry’s permanent secretary Mr Nick Mangwana, presents the post-Cabinet report to the media at Munhumutapa Building in Harare yesterday. -– Picture: Believe Nyakudjara Mukudzei Chingwere Herald Reporter VaccinatiON against Covid-19 starts tomorrow with 49 000 health workers and thousands of ot...