In the face of potential floods due to incessant rains, Platform for Youth Development community monitors are on high alert, tracking the thread of the destruction in Chipinge. Reports that are...
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UN: Africa, Zim face Strongest El Nino
AT least 11 million children in eastern and southern Africa face hunger, disease, and water shortages as a result of the strongest El Nino weather phenomenon in decades, the United Nations children's...
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Race against time to save Kariba dam
A catastrophic failure of the Kariba Dam on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia would put three and a half million lives at risk and knock out forty per cent of southern Africa’s hydroelectricity...
Chingwizi victims to be relocated again
Thousands of people displaced last year by floods along the Tokwe Mukosi basin and resettled at Chingwizi in Nuanetsi ranch need to be relocated again. Acting Zanu (PF) provincial chairman Paradza...
More trouble for Tokwe Mukosi flood victims
It never rains but pours for Tokwe Mukosi flood victims who were displaced last year following heavy flooding along the dam basin. They have failed this year to till their land or plant any crops due...
Tokwe Mukosi dam complete
by Regerai Tukutuku The government says it has finished constructing the giant Tokwe Mukosi dam in Chivi district in Masvingo province at a cost over half a billion dollars, bringing joy to farmers...
Minister promises schools for Chingwizi victims
by Regerai Tukutuku The government will this year build a primary and secondary school at Chingwizi camp to cater for thousands of school children who dropped out of school due to flooding in the...
$2m for flood victims’ relocation
Government has secured $2 million dollars to compensate the flood victims in Masvingo who have been living under inhuman conditions since February this year. Some of the villagers started getting...
GVT officially closes Chingwizi holding camp
The government has officially closed Chingiwizi transit camp where at least 12 000 people affected by flooding along the Tokwe Mukosi dam basin have been staying since February amid reports that...
NGO trains children to fight abuse
Defence for Children International Zimbabwe (DCIZ) has blamed ‘well-wishers’ for the rising cases of child abuse. The chief executive, Elfas Mcloud Zadzagomo, said some 'co-called' well-wishers who...
NGOs spend $3m at Chingwizi
Contrary to government claims that Non Governmental Organisations were shunning Chingwizi flood victims, it emerged this week that the NGOs have so far spent close $3 million in both material and...
Flood victims start sewing, knitting club
by Tonderai Saharo Amid the gloom of life among victims of the Tokwe Mukosi dam floods housed in tents at Chingwizi camp, some enterprising individuals have come up with novel ways of earning a...
Politicisation of food aid hits Chingwizi holding camp
Thousands of villagers displaced by the Tokwe Mukosi floods have been living in appalling conditions in Chingize holding camp since January. Last month, with their children strapped on their backs,...
Vulnerable groups get irrigation lifeline
by Pamenus Tuso When Portia Mucharemba and other ward 19 villagers in Shurugwi were relocated from their homesteads and farming plots in 2000 to pave the way for the Anglo-Platinum Unki Mine, their...
Hunger tightens grip in Chingwizi
by Regerai Tukutuku Hunger and starvation have tightened their grip at the Chingwizi holding camp where more than 3,000 people displaced by the floods along the Tokwe Mukosi basin are now living. It...
Young women mobilise for sanitary wear for flood victims
In a move aimed at addressing the sexual and reproductive health challenges of women and girls affected by the Tokwe Mukosi flooding, a group of young women from Harare are mobilising for sanitary...
Govt urged to use NGO expertise
by Sofia Mapuranga Government should partner civil society organisations and implement a comprehensive and coordinated approach to help families affected by floods in Tokwe Mukosi. The Communications...
Army accused of beating and harassing flooded villagers
Villagers living along the Tokwe Mukosi dam basin have accused troops and police harassing and intimidating them for resisting eviction. The soldiers and police deployed by the government ostensibly...
Disaster aid stuck at SA border
Humanitarian assistance intended for flood-hit areas of Zimbabwe remains stuck in South Africa for lack of transport. The assistance was mobilised by the Barbara Nyagomo Foundation, founded and run...
11 doctors help Tokwe Mukosi victims
A team of 11 volunteer doctors has been dispatched to Chingwizi area where over 2,500 families displaced by the Tokwe Mukosi dam flooding are currently staying amid fears of a disease outbreak. The...