Residents appeal

Herald Reporter
Harare residents have urged Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo to stop the city from splashing US$307 000 on luxury vehicles for two senior employees.

Namibia: Making healthcare accessible

Moses Magadza Features Correspondent
OPUWO. — At 26 years of age Vemupomanda Tjivinda commands a lot of respect among his fellow Himbas, a community of pastoral nomads that roam Namibia’s hard-to-reach Kunene region with their goats and cattle in search of water and grazing. Tjivinda is one of 34 young Himba men and women who have just graduated as Namibia’s first health and extension workers after undergoing comprehensive training in the provision of Community Based Health Care Services (CBHCS) under an initiative spearheaded by the Namibian Government with the financial and technical support of Unicef, USAID and other development partners.

CPU appeals for funds

Herald Reporter
The Civil Protection Unit is yet to assist Mt Darwin families whose properties were recently destroyed by violent winds.

Imam Husayn: The reformist

Mohammad Assadi  Features Correspondent
There is a popular saying within the Muslim world which goes: “Every day is Ashura, every land is Karbala”. This statement is derived from the event of Ashura, which marks the martyrdom of Imam Husayn, is widely commemorated and observed within the mainstream Shiite and Sunni Muslims during the first month (Muharram) of the Islamic year.

City in development

Masvingo Bureau
Masvingo is set for a major social and economic transformation following the establishment of a development association trust to spearhead socio-economic development in the province.

Parties nominate Constitution officials

Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
Parties in the inclusive Government have identified three ministers who will sit in the committee tasked to break the deadlock stalling the constitution-making process.

Too young to get married

Marcia Gore Features Correspondent
At the age of 14, Evelyn Magumise (not real name), who is a domestic worker in Glen Lorne has seen life’s good, bad and ugly sides. Having lost her mother and forced to marry at the age of 13, Magumise had two miscarriages which resulted in her divorce. She has endured the pain and horror of being a mother while still a child. Magumise’s is just one of the many cases of early forced marriages and their negative impact on the livelihoods young women.

Ambush on Zim escalates tensions

Brezhnev Malaba in WASHINGTON DC
A CRUDELY-EXECUTED ambush on Zimbabwe at the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme plenary by European Union-funded non-governmental organisations has escalated tensions here.

Domestic violence still a challenge

Roselyne Sachiti Deputy Features Editor
MARTHA (26) (not real name) has seen it all. Having customarily married her boyfriend who had forced himself on her resulting in an unplanned pregnancy a few months before writing ‘O’ Level examinations, she reminisces every chapter of her married life painting a chilling picture.

Zimfala 2012 blazing into action

The third annual Zimbabwe Festival of Afrikan Inspired Animation, ZIMFAIA will take place in Harare next month.

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