Tag: Masvingo
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US aid freeze: “Gvnt will not abdicate on its duty to take care of its citizens”
By Hazvinei Mwanaka MASVINGO-Permanent Secretary in the office of the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Dr Addmore Pazvakavambwa has assured the public that the province has enough stock of the Anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs to last for the next seven months and government will not abdicate on its duty to take care of citizens living…
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Zimbabwe’s hunger crisis turns fatal
By Tatenda Chitagu MASVINGO, ZIMBABWE-There is a popular vernacular saying that goes; ‘Kange mbeu kurima kwakona.‘ Loosely translated, it means; ‘Better eat the seeds since farming has failed.’ This saying turned out to be true for a hunger-stricken family from the arid Mwenezi district of southern Masvingo province that consumed a meal prepared from treated…
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When aging becomes a ‘curse’ in Zimbabwe
By Tatenda Chitagu/Hazvinei Mwanaka MASVINGO, ZIMBABWE-The tolling bell marks lunchtime at Mucheke Old People’s home in Masvingo city, ending hours of sun basking for 18 elderly inmates at the institution nestled in the heart of the populous Mucheke High density suburb. While others trudge to the dining hall, which is about five meters away from…
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Masvingo mad gold rush: the aftermath, one year on
By Tatenda Chitagu WENDEDZO, MASVINGO-Two grubby boys in their mid-twenties are camoufloudged by the red soils while submerged in the massive pits and shafts that go deep down into the belly of the earth. For starters, this is the area where there was a mad gold rush in February last year that drew hundreds of…
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How an old sewage pump station is a threat to Zimbabwe’s second largest inland dam
By Tatenda Chitagu MASVINGO-It is now like the proverbial black sheep in the family. This sums up the Masvingo City Council (MCC)’s old Rujeko sewage pump station, which is now not only a nuisance to the residents or the environment, but to the local authority as well. While the city is lauded in other areas…