Lulu Brenda Harris

Returnees housed in quarantine centres in Bulawayo have raised concerns of the deplorable conditions at the government facilities, with some complaining of overcrowding, lack of testing and overstaying beyond the mandatory 21 days.

A year after a mysterious explosion rocked Bulawayo’s White City Stadium during a rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, some survivors say they feel neglected by the government.

COVID-19 samples are also now conducted at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory (NTBRL) at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo. But lack of adequate machinery and working space at the health facility, affects output.

A staunch Zanu PF supporter in Bulawayo has described in graphic detail how he was brutalised by soldiers during a crackdown against civil society and opposition activists that followed the January 14,2019 protests

Poor yields and recurring drought have forced farmers to focus their energies on growing a variety of lost crops due to little rainfall. These were cultivated extensively in the past but were later overtaken by hybrid crops.

THE decision by the regulator of global wildlife to impose a near ban on sending African elephants to zoos abroad drew an angry response from Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe, is home to the second largest elephant population–84 000 jumbo– in the world after Botswana.