SA housing activist gets Swedish prize
South African activist Sibusiso Innocent Zikode has just been awarded a prestigious Swedish prize for his work promoting human rights for residents of informal settlements at a virtual ceremony broadcast
4 Gutu family members, 2 dogs found dead
Kimberly Kusauka GUTU— In a suspected case of food poisoning, four members of a family including a their two dogs were found dead last Saturday with the police having already
IcodZim to donate textbooks to 4 varsities
The Institution of Community Development in Zimbabwe (IcodZim) has pledged to donate textbooks to the country’s four universities which participated in the organisation’s Moot Court Competition for Disability Rights hosted
Masvingo hospital suspends theatre operations due to water problems
MASVINGO – Theatre operations at Masvingo Provincial Hospital are being intermittently suspended due to water problems which have plunged the whole city into a crisis with boreholes and water bowsers
Hurungwe farm clinic closed after health staff threatened
By Nhau Mangirazi Hurungwe Rural District Council (HDRC) has roped in traditional leaders and policymakers to help over conflict management following the closure of Lanlory clinic where staff was threatened
Masvingo public relations officer faces suspension
… ‘improper’ relationship with Tiringindi among the charges By Clayton Shereni City of Masvingo is investigating its Public Relations Officer (PRO) Ashleigh Jinjika ‘on many allegations’ including her alleged intimate
Rome undertakers protest as coffins pile up in cemeteries
A man walks past funeral wreaths with the words “Apologise but they don’t let us bury your loved ones” written across them are laid out by funeral workers as Rome’s
Rwandan woman deported from US over genocide involvement
A woman who won political asylum in the US after hiding her and her family’s role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide has been deported to Rwanda after serving a 10-year
Thousands of Zimbabweans ‘deemed stateless’ due to lack of essential documents
Thousands of Zimbabweans are struggling to access education, healthcare and housing because they have been classed as stateless, Amnesty International says. The rights group’s report – We Are Like “Stray
Journalist interrogated for saying Malawian president is a comedian
Malawian police recently summoned a journalist for interrogation after the reporter wrote an article that was critical of President Lazarus Chakwera. Watipaso Mzungu, the chief reporter of the privately-owned news