adminUS$250m housing project ready to roll
Business Reporter
Local company Carey Farm (Pvt) Limited plans to splash US$250 million on developing the Beverly Hills Golf Estate suburb
Proposed juvenile justice system worthwhile
Teenagers can do the most stupid things, and sometimes those stupid things are also crimes. So they get arrested, go to court
NTC guilty of revenge killings
Farirai Chubvu
Talk of double standards. The NATO alliance invaded Libya under the guise of enforcing a no-fly zone to protect civilians
Debunking the myth of the ‘white man’s burden’
Bowden Mbanje and Darlington Mahuku
The target countries for this democratisation agenda were to be found in the South. Africa and Latin America became the
Urban climate: Crisis of our era
Trymore Muderere
Island and coastal nations (such as Maldives, Samoa-Apia, Torres Strait Islands, Pohnpel, Fiji, Kiribati and Bangladesh
ZDF deserves a gun-salute
Panganai Kahuni
President Mugabe described ZDF as “the fine men and women.” Indeed they are fine men and women who most of our
REFLECTIONS with Isdore: ‘Even the walls have ears’
Reflections with Isdore Guvamombe
In the village no one’s ears are for decoration. Here, even the walls have ears, imagine! The function is to selectively listen
Mexico most tolerant nation for sex scandals
LOS ANGELES. – When politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived in France last week, cleared of a New York sex scandal,
No food for suspects, say police
Daniel Nemukuyu Court Reporter
POLICE stations countrywide are failing to provide food to suspects owing to lack of funding, a development legal experts described as unconstitutional.
Food being a fundamental right as enshrined in the Constitution of Zimbabwe should be accessed by anyone despite the fact that he or she is detained at a police station as a suspect.
A fund for witnesses and suspects that was in place since the pre-independence era became erratic at the height of the economic melt down in 2007.
Most police stations rely on the suspects’ relatives and friends who provide food.
Police Deputy Chief Spokesperson Chief Superintendent Oliver Mandipaka confirmed the challenge.
“Due to poor funding, there is limited food at police stations. We would have loved to have abundant food for the suspects, but the
Poor ART supplies claim 7 000 kids annually
Herald Reporter
NEARLY 7 000 children die of HIV and Aids-related illnesses annually in Zimbabwe as the country lags behind in supplying Antiretroviral Treatment to those under 15 years.
Speaking at the ongoing national HIV and Aids conference, Unicef country representative Dr Peter Salama said Zimbabwe was not doing well on paediatric ART as compared to other countries in the region.
“Between 6 000 and 7 000 children die per year as a result of HIV and in most cases, these children have failed to access paediatric ART,” he said.
“It is important to have an early infant diagnosis as 50 percent of those children not tested will not be able to reach the age of two.”
Dr Salama said last year, Zimbabwe provided 30 percent ART universal access to children and this was less than the regional average.