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Articles by Audrey Rundofa
Zimbabwe: Govt Commits to Empowering Women
By Audrey Rundofa and Ropafadzo NdangariroGovernment is committed to empowering women to promote sustainable and inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction in the country, Women and Youth Affairs Minister Sithembiso Nyoni has said. She told a stakeholders' consultative workshop held in Harare last week, that her ministry was committed to developing communities.
Zimbabwe: New Curriculum Books Launched
By Abigail Mawonde and Audrey RundofaThe Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education yesterday launched the first batch of the new curriculum framework textbooks at Dunnolly Primary School in Seke District. The 5 000 textbooks were procured with the assistance of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund at a cost of $1 790 590.
Zimbabwe: Govt Suspends Continuous Assessment of Pupils
By Abigail Mawonde and Audrey RundofaGovernment has suspended the controversial continuous assessment regime for Ordinary Level and Advanced Level pupils that was meant to start this year. Under the regime, O-Level and A-Level pupils were expected from this year to be graded on the basis of combined marks for continuous assessment and final examinations in keeping with provisions of the updated education curriculum.
Zimbabwe: People With Albinism Get One Tonne Lotion
By Audrey RundofaAn international charity organisation, Promotion of Health Opportunity Equality Benevolence and Empowerment for Black and Ethnic Minority (Phoebe), in partnership with the Zimbabwe Albino Association (ZIMAS) have donated sunscreen lotion to people with albinism. Speaking after the handover ceremony in Harare on Tuesday, Phoebe chief executive officer Mrs Mollin Delve said the donation was done annually to assist people with albinism.
Zimbabwe: Govt Commends MSF's Mental Health Drive
By Audrey Rundofa and Sibongile MarutaGovernment has commended Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) for reducing mental health prevalence and new incidences, as well as scaling up availability of antipsychotic drugs over the years. MSF efforts in reducing mental health prevalence cover Harare Central Hospital Psychiatric Unit, Harare City Health Department and the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS).
Zimbabwe: Govt to Fulfil Pledges to Tsvangirai
By Zvamaida Murwira and Audrey RundofaPresident Mnangagwa yesterday assured the family of MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai that Government will fulfil the pledges he made to the politician regarding his welfare. President Mnangagwa said Government will consult with the family to see how the promises he made to the former Prime Minister could be fulfilled.
Zimbabwe: Tension As Party Leader Chamisa, Wife Show Up at Tsvangirai Home
By Zvamaida Murwira and Audrey RundofaThere was tension at MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's residence in Highlands, Harare, yesterday, as family members deliberately ignored his widow Ms Elizabeth Macheka and left out party leaders on the itinerary when President Mnangagwa visited to pay his condolences.
Zimbabwe: Elections Body Registers 246 000 More Potential Voters
By Audrey RundofaThe Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)'s Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) mop-up exercise has registered 246 149 potential voters, who failed to register during the initial registration blitz, which ended on December 19. The new registrations bring the total number of registrants to 5 125 631 as at January 28. Nearly 4,9 million people were registered during the initial blitz. But in some areas, inclement weather conditions are still affecting the registration process.
Zimbabwe: Borehole Drilling Project Begins
By Elita Chikwati and Audrey RundofaThe Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate is spearheading a $4,5 million borehole drilling project under the Command Water Harvesting Programme. The programme, which is meant to enable communities adapt to climate variability, will see four boreholes being drilled in each constituency.
Zimbabwe: Govt Urged to Protect Inmates
By Audrey Rundofa and Ropafadzo NdangariroGovernment has been urged to take immediate action to ensure that the basic needs of Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison inmates - food, clothing and toiletries - must continue to be met, especially after the departure of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Zimbabwe: Harare in Bid to Regain Its Lustre
By Primrose Nyanzero and Audrey RundofaHarare City Council has vowed to ensure sanity returns in the city and will engage law enforcement agents to ensure vendors leave the Central Business District forever. Vendors have mushroomed everywhere, selling vegetables, fruits and other wares on roadsides since a blitz launched recently which drove them out. They are resisting orders by council and Government to relocate to designated vending sites outside the city centre.
Zimbabwe: University Students Call for Vice Chancellor's Ouster
By Melisa Makoto and Audrey RundofaUniversity of Zimbabwe students yesterday staged a demonstration and refused to write their examinations calling for the resignation of Vice Chancellor Professor Levi Nyagura. The students said they were tired of corruption at the university, including the allegedly "dubious" award of a doctor in philosophy degree (PhD) to First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe in 2014.
Zimbabwe: Tobacco Exports Reach U.S.$615 Million
By Audrey RundofaZimbabwe has so far exported 135 million kilogrammes of semi processed flue-cured tobacco worth $615 million to various countries, with China being the top buyer.
Zimbabwe: Call to House Vendors in Unoccupied Buildings
By Audrey RundofaThe Zimbabwe Informal Traders Council (ZITC) is appealing to local authorities to accommodate vendors in unoccupied buildings within the Central Business District as a way to curb the vendor menace. ZITC is a grouping of 15 vendor associations that ostensibly lobbies for best business practices, workspace, funding, training and social security.
Zimbabwe: Govt Lauds UN On Humanitarian Aid
By Audrey RundofaGovernment has commended the United Nations for its contribution towards humanitarian assistance in Zimbabwe. Speaking at the 72nd anniversary of the United Nations in the capital yesterday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Walter Mzembi said Zimbabwe was proud to reaffirm its strong belief in, and attachment to, the United Nations multilateral system it represented.
Zimbabwe: Govt, Zimplats Launch Albinism Campaign
By Audrey RundofaGovernment and platinum mining giant Zimplats on Wednesday launched a campaign to demystify albinism. Dubbed "Friends with Albinism Campaign", the undertaking is meant to raise awareness and protect people with albinism against discrimination and abuse in society. Launching the campaign, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Patrick Zhuwao said the project sought to facilitate the provision of sun-protection creams, hats and sunglasses to albinos.
Zimbabwe: 'Disability Issues Need Fair Coverage'
By Audrey Rundofa and Joyce MukuchaTHE media must cover disability issues and also raise awareness in order to promote inclusion and equality particularly for people living with disabilities, Leonard Cheshire Disability Rights Advocacy project officer Ms Juliet Muzondo has said. Speaking at a media workshop in Harare yesterday, Ms Muzondo said the organisation's thrust was to promote media that is friendly to people with disabilities.
Zimbabwe: Authorities Warn of High Temperatures
By Audrey RundofaThe Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned that the country will continue to experience hot temperatures. In a statement yesterday, the MSD said nights were becoming warmer while higher temperatures of around 30 degrees Celsius were being experienced during the day due to low humidity. The MSD advised people to stay in the shade as high temperatures are associated with different health and environmental problems.
Zimbabwe: Agricultural Marketing Authority Urges Farmers to Register
By Audrey RundofaThe Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) is calling on input suppliers and companies willing to contract farmers during the 2017 /18 cropping season to register. In a statement yesterday, AMA said all institutions and individual farmers who intended to grow crops during the 2017 /18 cropping season should register with the authority for the cropping season, which will run from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018.
Zimbabwe: Farmers Launch Seed Company
Photo: The Herald Lands, Agriculture Mechanisation and Irrigation Development secretary Ringson Chitsiko By Elita Chikwati and Audrey RundofaFarmers have launched a seed company, Champion Farmer Seed Cooperative, expected to alleviate chronic shortages of certified small grains seed. The move will also economically empower smallholder farmers. Women will also benefit as they will own and control the means of production.
Zimbabwe: 'Harare Now Free of Typhoid'
By Ropafadzo Ndangariro and Audrey RundofaThere are no more cases of typhoid in Harare owing to measures taken by the Ministry of Health and Child Care and its partners, a Cabinet minister has said. Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa last week said the last case confirmed in Harare was on June 20. The community has also been commended for working hard to fight typhoid in the city and prevented it from spreading.
Zimbabwe: National Herd Increases 4%
By Audrey Rundofa and Primrose NyanzeroThe national herd has increased by four percent during the 2016/ 2017 cattle production season, with about 5,5 million beasts compared to 5,3 million during the same period last year. According to the latest Crop and Livestock Assessment report issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development, 90 percent of cattle are owned by smallholder farmers.
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