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Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Zimbabwe after cervical cancer. Many women in Zimbabwe face socioeconomic barriers to accessing oncology care, chemotherapy and other treatments for breast cancer. Over 80% of breast cancer cases in Zimbabwe are diagnosed at advanced stage, according to the Zimbabwe National Cancer Registry (ZNCR). Limited […]

Approximately 3.7 million adult Zimbabweans, or 54%, are unbanked. Mobile money accounts – making and receiving electronic payments via a mobile phone are tapping into the country’s unbanked. According to research from the Finscope Consumer survey report Zimbabwe 2022, about  4.4 million adults Zimbabweans or 63% have registered mobile money accounts they used to pay for

Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa resigned from his CCC party two years to after its formation. The resignation made the country’s youth more disillusioned and frustrated with the opposition party. In a statement, Chamisa said the CCC party has been “contaminated, bastardised, hijacked.” Chamisa, 45, an ordained church pastor and trained lawyer, is popular and

Zimbabwe is facing a surge in cholera cases, with reports of over 18,000 cases, 71 confirmed deaths, and more than 300 suspected deaths across all 10 provinces. As of 16 January, 396 people had been hospitalised, the ministry of health announced. Zimbabwe reported its first cholera case in February 2023 in Chegutu, about 100km west

Job Sikhala Jr opened up about his father spending more than 500 days in prison without bail or a conviction as hope starts fading of his release. Speaking in an interview, Sikhala Jr, just 23 and a law student said his most important job is to “look after the family, put food on the table

In a joint statement released on Tuesday, Amnesty International, Southern Defenders, and Human Rights Watch have urged Zimbabwean authorities to take immediate action in addressing the surge in abductions and arbitrary detentions. “Zimbabwean authorities must immediately address the escalating cases of abductions, arbitrary detention, torture and killing of parliament members, opposition political activists, and human

From November 25: The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Zimbabwe is recording an increase in domestic violence and gender-based violence (GBV). The most common form of violence that women experience in the country are sexual violence, intimate partner violence and child marriage. According to Musasa, an NGO working to empower women and girl

How one organisation is making a difference in the country’s fight against period poverty. Period poverty is a widespread issue in Zimbabwe that is worsened by an economic crisis. Young girls and women from underprivileged backgrounds cannot afford sanitary products, restoring to use rags as the cost of period products continues to rise. Period poverty

The images that appeared on Thursday afternoon are what comes to mind when democracy ends. The videos and images circulated on social media showed main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs being violently ejected from parliament and being manhandled by the police after they protested the swearing in of the recently elected Zanu PF