Diaspora Community Chips In To Ease Poor Access To Education Material

Diaspora community delivered tonnes of textbooks for the worst affected schools. Image by Lizwe Sebatha | The Citizen Bulletin

BY LIZWE SEBATHA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAY 14, 2021

Quality education in Bulilima is being hampered by poor access to textbooks and other learning material, the diaspora community has mended a gap, however much more needs to be done.

Diaspora Community Props Up Bulilima’s Health Sector

Bulilima community has taken it upon themselves to build local clinics. Image by Bana Bengwana Development Trust

BY LIZWE SEBATHA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | APR 15, 2021

COVID-19 has brought with it several challenges; however, for this community, it brought awareness of the severe difficulties of access to health care, promoting the diaspora community to post bail.

In Bulilima, Absence of Police Encourages Crime

Bulilima area has turned into a crime hotspot following the absence of a police base nearby.

BY AMANDA NCUBE | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | JUL 9, 2021

For most villagers, the nearest police base is 15 to 30km away, in many cases, criminals are not apprehended.

Let's Make Education Accessible To All

Examination fees should be affordable even to the poorest in the village. Image by The Citizen Bulletin

BY THE EDITORIAL TEAM | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAY 28, 2021

Access to education is a fundamental human right; the perennial astronomical increase in examination fees is a violation of that right.

Matjinge Clinic Opens Doors to Better Care for Women

The opening of Gambu rural health centre is a relief to pregnant women who suffered poor access to health services in Bulilima district.

The official opening of Gambu Clinic has lightened the load for villagers who had to walk up to 20 kilometres to access nearest health facility.

BY MELODY MPANDE | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | FEB 13, 2023

No ID No Job: The Bleak Plight Of Undocumented Citizens In Mat South

BY AMANDA NCUBE | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAY 14, 2021

For some youths in Matabeleland South, a failure to access national identity documents is costing their future.