Zimbabwe helps meet refugees’ food needs
-No matter the circumstances that have pushed refugees to flee their countries, we serve them without discrimination and ensure that they are able to put food on their tables, Francesca Erdelmann, WFP Representative and Country Director in Zimbabwe, said. -John Cassim HARARE, Zimbabwe (CZ) – The Zimbabwean government has contributed 4.400 metric tones of maize […]
Zimbabweans urged to conserve the environment to achieve good public health
– If you look at it, you see that the environment is actually the source of whatever comes back to us as diseases, experts said. John Cassim Harare, Zimbabwe (CZ) – Zimbabwean health experts on Friday made a call for the conservation of nature and warned that today’s health challenges emanate from a degraded environment. […]
Health scare as Mhandamabwe Clinic goes for months with no water.
“For now, we do not have water, and we have to buy three buckets for US$1, a local nurse revealed John Cassim Harare, Zimbabwe (CZ) – A health disaster is looming at Mhandamabwe Clinic in Chivi District, as it has gone for months without water. Chivi is a district in Masvingo, nearly 300 kilometers south […]
Zimbabwe to compensate victims of human-wildlife conflict
-The Human-Wildlife Conflict Relief Fund will offer some monetary relief to victims of human-wildlife conflict, the cabinet said John Cassim HARARE, Zimbabwe – The Zimbabwean government has given the green light for the creation, of a Human-Wildlife Conflict Relief Fund to compensate the victims. During the post-cabinet media briefing on June 6, an announcement was […]
Mana Pools Conservation Agreement established for Zambia & Zimbabwe
John Cassim Zimbabwe and Zambian Ministers Mangaliso Ndlovu and Rodney Sikumba, after signing the LOZAMAP TFCA MoU in Harare. Harare, Zimbabwe – Zambia and Zimbabwe have established the Lower Zambezi-Mana Pools (LOZAMAP) TransFrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) after signing an MoU. The approach a few weeks ago by these two governments is meant to promote regional […]
16 White rhinos reintroduced to DR Congo national park
Staff Reporter HARARE, Zimbabwe – Sixteen southern white rhinos have been released into Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), officials said on Saturday, reintroducing an endangered species that was decimated by poaching. The last northern white rhino in the park, which lies in the DRC’s northeast, was poached in 2006. […]
Zim hospitals powered up through Global Fund S4H
-Hospitals could not store the vaccines due to power cuts, resulting in pregnant mothers having to prolong immunisation, a pregnant mother in Umzingwane revealed. Harare, Zimbabwe – Everjoice Banda (24) a mother of one from Umzingwane in Matabeleland South, is one of more than six million beneficiaries of the Global Fund-funded Solar for Health (S4H) […]
UNDP’s solar project improve drug storage in Zimbabwe
-we are now able to store our medicines for three to four days without electricity which is a cost-cutting measure for NatPharm John Cassim HARARE, Zimbabwe – UNDP’s Solar for Health (S4H) project, has transformed drug storage at National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) Masvingo branch, located 295 km south of Harare. Masvingo NatPharm had 640 solar […]
IFC invests in the in Sub-Saharan Africa tourism fund
– Tourism is critical to the long-term survival of conservation landscapes across the African continent, officials said. John Cassim Harare, Zimbabwe – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced a US$13 million investment in the Africa Conservation and Communities Tourism Fund (ACCT Fund). This is aimed at supporting the post-pandemic recovery and sustainable growth of […]
ZimParks arrest rangers for illegal mining in wildlife sanctuaries
– Yes, we have arrested a few, some have been fired and further investigations are being done, a top ZimParks official has revealed. John Cassim HARARE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management (ZimParks) has arrested some of its rangers while others have been fired as they had been caught in illegal mining activities, a […]