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FIFTY HIV/Aids activists last week marched from Mhondoro to Harare to raise awareness about the disease and to pressure the government to ensure universal access to life prolonging drugs. The members of the Simbarashe National Network of People Living (SNNPL) with HIV left Mhondoro on Wednesday morning and arrived in the capital on Saturday morning.
SOUTH African HIV/AIDS advocacy group Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has bemoaned what it says is a culture of fear among Zimbabweans that has stifled the fight for universal access to treatment and care for people living with the virus. TAC made the observation at the end of a fact finding mission to Zimbabwe last week where it also called for political commitment in the fight against the ...
THE Deputy Minister of Media and Information Jameson Timba says photojournalists in Zimbabwe should be given the freedom to work without any form of restrictions. Timba said it was time the local media was liberated so that photojournalists can shoot images that tell the true story of Zimbabwe.
AFRICA'S yesteryear hits are set to be on the limelight on Saturday at the Rainbow 7Arts Theatre in Avondale when local artists perform copyrights of some of the popular songs from the continent. The show, which is titled Songs Out of Africa is the first of its kind in the country as previous shows have focused on local and Western copyright tracks.
TEDCO Limited has asked its shareholders to approve or reject its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of TN Financial Holdings Limited (TNFH) in a deal that will result in TNFH's reverse takeover of the furniture manufacturer. By virtue of TNFH shareholders having a controlling shareholding in the new company it means they can call the shots and hence the change of the name of the ...
THE Harare City Council has ordered investigations into the way several projects and outsourced jobs were handled in a move that could unearth massive corrupt activities dating back to the time the municipality was run by commissions appointed by the government. Council also plans to restructure some departments it considers contributed to the suspected corrupt activities.
ZIMBABWE booked a berth in the quarterfinals of the 2009 Orange CECAFA Senior Challenge tournament after a two-all draw against Rwanda at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi Kenya yesterday. Rwanda topped Group B with seven points with Zimbabwe on second spot with five points.
ZIMBABWE has been recording huge monthly trade deficits with China since the beginning of the year in yet another blow to Zanu PF's populist "Look East Policy", latest data from the government statistical agency has revealed. The only time Zimbabwe recorded a trade surplus was in February when exports of US$28.8 million were more than imports of US$6 032 612, according to data from the Central ...
TWELVE Zimbabwean students at Fort Hare University who had their presidential scholarships withdrawn for allegedly supporting the MDC-T are stuck in South Africa because they fear for their lives if they return home. The students were struck from President Robert Mugabe's controversial scholarship programme in September for their alleged political activities.
Matthew Takaona finally left office as president of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) on Friday following the election of a new executive, but says he will remain a "powerful ordinary member" of the union. Takaona had been ZUJ president since 1999 and there were growing concerns from some sections of the media fraternity that he wanted to cling on to the position.
TONGOONA Charamba is living proof that in professional golf you are never satisfied.
HESTER Theron, the elderly mother of Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) president, Deon Theron, who was facing eviction from her farm, has won a temporary reprieve after she successfully launched a High Court appeal against a magistrates' court ruling.
THE Attorney-General's office has stopped the prosecution of the Bindura Provincial Hospital acting medical superintendent who was facing 135 counts of corruption amid claims the case could have exposed Zanu PF big wigs. Beauty Basile was left to go scot-free after her trial was stopped midway following the intervention of the AG's office.
There is nothing that makes a person express himself/herself better than in the use of art, a Greek philosopher once said. This saying rings true for 22 boys and three girls from Mutasa district in Manicaland who were part of Cultural Crossroads, a programme created by the American embassy's Public Affairs section and Nhaka Afrikan Worldview - a community based organisation working at the ...
ZIMBABWE adopted the British First-Past-the-Post electoral system in 1985. This was undoubtedly part of the love-hate relationship that Zanu PF has with our former colonisers.
ARTISTS have demanded representation in the constitutional reform process saying they have been left out in consultative thematic committees. Musicians, sculptors, actors, filmmakers and other artists that converged at a two-day Constitutional Reform and National Healing seminar at a hotel in Harare said they would only be satisfied with a constitution that addressed their issues.
Notorious criminal Ananias Mathe was sentenced to 54 years in jail by the High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
KwaZulu-Natal has managed to slash HIV transmission from mothers to their newborn babies by almost two thirds - to seven percent - since it introduced "dual therapy".
Gauteng provincial government departments will today hold information sessions about the services that are available for people living with disabilities, abused women and children.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe is to lead a two-day anti-poverty roundtable discussion beginning today.
South Africa is one of the safest countries in the world in which to travel by air, says Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele.
President Jacob Zuma has declared an official funeral for the former high commissioner to Namibia and struggle veteran, Curtis Nkondo.
In responding to the global economic crisis, governments should avoid unfairly placing the burden of the downturn on the poor and vulnerable, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies.
The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) has dispatched inspectors to the accident scene where two passenger trains collided in the North West.
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has entrusted the seven new members of National Lotteries Board (NLB) with the responsibility to ensure compliance in the sector.
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