Debt Threatens SADC Development Goals

By Nathan Guma CIVIL society organisation ActionAid has identified the ballooning regional debt as a potential drawback in meeting regional goals such as sustainable industrial development, trade integration, infrastructure development,…

El Nino Drought Interventions Show Promising Results

Staff Writer The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Zimbabwe, Mr. Edward Kallon, undertook a comprehensive two-day field visit from 23 to 24 July 2024 to Buhera District, Manicaland Province.…

Cash transfer scheme lacks transparency

By Nathan Guma QUESTIONS have arisen over the distribution of funds under the Harmonised Social Cash Transfer programme (HSCT), which is supposed to help ultra-poor, food insecure and labour- constrained…

Call for US$84.9 million El Nino emergency in Zim

UNICEF’s appeal will provide emergency support to 866,000 children Staff Writer UNICEF is urgently appealing for USD 84.9 million to fund its emergency response aimed at assisting children and women…

Is Livestock in Africa, Zimbabwe at risk of extinction? Part 1

BY DR. TONY MICHEL MONDA The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), states over 65 percent of the population of the Southern Africa region depends on farming, which includes livestock.…