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Community News, Feature, Health, News March 20, 2021

COVID-19: Fired tourism workers smuggling second-hand clothes for survival

By Bokani Mudimba VICTORIA FALLS (The Citizen Bulletin) — The COVID-19 pandemic has remodelled livelihoods, with some citizens being forced to engage in various activities to eke a living and provide for their families. Some…

Feature, Health, News March 19, 2021

Investigative: Vaccine uptake remains subdued as Zimbabwe reopens

For the first time in close to one year, informal traders were allowed to operate when President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced what has been interpreted as the most forgiving lockdown conditions. The crowds are back, popular…

Health, News March 19, 2021

Investigative: Collapsed infrastructure: Another hurdle in Zimbabwe’s vaccination path

Zimbabwe is racing against time to repair its road infrastructure which was greatly affected by heavy rains experienced across the Southern African country. Due to incessant downpours, which resulted in floods in some areas, have…

Health, News March 17, 2021

VIDEO: Mnangagwa receives more vaccines from China

Health, News, Opinion March 13, 2021

Vaccination Scepticism: A Mixture of Mistrust and Lack of Information

OPINION By Takunda Mandura Since March 2020 when Zimbabwe recorded its first case of COVID-19, the country has been in various levels of lockdown. Like with the rest of the world, people in Zimbabwe have…

Health, News March 11, 2021

Vaccination: We are still to reach 100k people

By Daniel Chigundu Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Mangwiro has told Parliament that the COVID-19 vaccination program is yet to reach the 100 000 mark. Zimbabwe received about 200 000 doses of the Sinopharm…

Health, Members of Parliament, News, Parliament March 7, 2021

900 under-age girls raped in three months, Parly told

Parliament has been told that about 900 under-age girls were raped countrywide in a space of three months. The cases of rape are said to have occurred between October and December 2020 and do not…

Community News, Health March 5, 2021

Matabeleland South still sceptical about COVID-19 vaccine

By Nqobile Bhebhe MATABELELAND SOUTH (The Citizen Bulletin) — On his mobile phone, Anele Hadebe, 32, of Mangwe District, scrolls through pictures of government officials and other frontline workers moments after receiving vaccination jabs against…

Health, Human Rights Lens, News March 4, 2021

Video: Should Abortion be legalised in Zimbabwe?

Health, Members of Parliament, News, Parliament March 3, 2021

Make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory: Hungwe

By Shamiso Ndangana Senator for Masvingo Province Josiah Hungwe has called on the government to make the COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for all citizens. Zimbabwe is currently vaccinating frontline workers with the 200 000 Sinopharm vaccines…