Cholera keeps coming back to Mashonaland Central Province. Numbers show 340 people got sick, and eight died across six districts. Doctors found 68 certain cases through testing, and they consider the rest likely cholera. Medical teams currently treat fourteen patients at special centers throughout the province.
Dr. Douglas Mombeshora visited treatment places yesterday. He wants to find out why cholera returns despite efforts to stop it. Daily case numbers keep climbing into double digits. This increase made him check problems firsthand. At Matope Clinic in the Mount Darwin district, he discovered gold mining creates major issues. Many people pan for gold along Mazowe River without proper toilets or clean water.
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Families face tough money problems when their kids need to take final tests. They must pay for both the tests and extra teaching sessions. Parents who send kids to private schools suffer the most because they pay full test fees. The government helps public school families by covering half the cost for seven subjects.
Public high schools across Manicaland Province teach 49,240 teenagers, and private schools serve another 16,195 students. About 2,955 tenth graders and 734 twelfth graders attend these private schools. Many families chose these schools because they seemed cheaper at first, but test season brings hidden costs.
March 20 marks the last day to pay test fees at most schools. This deadline hits hard when families already spend...
Hands-on learning builds successful industries, making it vital for schools to stay current with new tech advances. Students need tech skills when they graduate. The head of the Youth Committee in Parliament, Mutsawashe Ziyambi, said this during visits to Magamba and Mutare training centers. He pointed out how important these centers have become, shown by the government creating a special ministry for them. Regular checks must happen to keep these schools useful.
The committee traveled around the country looking at training centers. They checked how Magamba and Mutare centers have updated their tech to match what companies need. These places matter greatly to Zimbabwe, as proven by the special ministry watching over them. Both schools...
Vendor groups across Mutare have backed up the recent action that pushes street sellers off unauthorized spots, mainly those who trade at night. Around 6,000 street merchants run their businesses without proper permits throughout the city. Street sellers have packed the roads along Herbert Chitepo Street from Dangamvura Rank to Spar Supermarket, selling everything from fruits to used clothes.
Street merchants have left official market areas empty, choosing instead busy street corners where more people walk by. The national leadership ordered cities to remove these unauthorized sellers within two days. They pointed out major health risks that might cause disease outbreaks like cholera or typhoid.
Mutare officials met Thursday and...
Two more dams near Newcastle Farm might break soon, putting over 400 families at risk downstream. This danger comes right after last Sunday when five children died because of another dam failure in the same area. These dangerous dams give water to Lot Eight, Lot Nine, Lot 11, and Lot 12. They sit close to Bandama Farm Dam, which burst last weekend and caused those deaths.
Deputy Minister Vangelis Peter Haritatos promised stronger rules for farmers about dam upkeep. The Zimbabwe National Water Authority will check dams more often. Haritatos ordered people living below the dams to move away fast. He called the deaths sad and painful and said they needed reports about all dams in the district. His team found one dam already showing...
Zimbabwe has decided to fight hard against smuggled goods entering the country. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube wants to defend local businesses from unfair competition. The government says anyone selling alcohol, soft drinks, sugar, soap, or dairy items must prove they paid import taxes. If they can't show papers, officials will treat these products as illegal goods.
The authorities already started searching for smuggled products nationwide. They found fake items worth millions of dollars. Many shoppers like these goods because they cost less money. These products don't include taxes or import fees in their prices. But they hurt honest companies who play by the rules and pay their taxes properly. When legal businesses lose customers...
Mr. Elias Magosi said yesterday that Zimbabwe has won the hearts of SADC officials through its amazing welcome and rich culture. SADC staff feel right at home when they visit, which shows how much influence Zimbabwe has gained since taking over as chair of the regional group last August. Many SADC workers have fallen in love with the country during their stays.
Since leading the group after the 44th Summit, Zimbabwe has welcomed lots of SADC meetings. These gatherings let visitors enjoy real Zimbabwean experiences first-hand. Mr. Magosi mentioned that Harare feels like home to many SADC workers because of how warmly they were treated. He praised Zimbabwe for helping everyone connect with local people and learn about their ways.
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SADC leaders decided to pull their troops out of eastern Congo as they sought peace without fighting. President Mnangagwa led a special online meeting yesterday to discuss this big decision. The group had sent soldiers from Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa to help stop the battles between Congo government forces and the M23 armed group.
These fights killed thousands of people and forced millions to leave their homes, including many women, children, elderly folks, and disabled persons. SADC first put troops there on December 15, 2023, after they held a special meeting in Windhoek, Namibia. They wanted to back the Congo government against rebel groups that started causing trouble again.
President Mnangagwa called their withdrawal...
Wicknell Chivayo just bought a fancy $7 million mansion from Augustine Chihuri, the former Zimbabwe police chief who ran away to Malawi. Chihuri stood with Robert Mugabe when tanks came to Harare in 2017 during the big power change. After his arrest, Chihuri escaped the country. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has close ties with Chivayo, who has spent time in prison.
The government tried taking Chihuri's huge house in 2020, claiming he made money through shady deals as police commissioner. They said he took about $10 million from the state illegally. But Chihuri fought back hard in court papers, saying Mnangagwa targeted him because of an old fight over a woman and because he refused to help remove Mugabe from power.
The court gave...
