Without clean water coming out of their taps, residents are forced to seek unsafe water, putting their health at risk. Image by Unsplash
BY MELODY MPANDE | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | JULY 26, 2022
Although water management in Gwanda town is no longer under the Zimbabwe National Water Authority, with the municipality now at the helm, residents still battle with debilitating water woes. But who is to blame?
Careless depositing of hot residue around Collen Bawn mine puts lives in danger. Image by allAfrica
In Gwanda, residents, particularly children, and livestock are at risk of falling into hot residue carelessly deposited around Colleen Bawn mine.
BY MELODY MPANDE | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAR 24, 2023
In marginalised communities of Matabeleland, the effects of climate change are exposing women and girls to health risks during menstruation. Image by Unsplash
In marginalised communities of Matabeleland, the effects of climate change are exposing women and girls to health risks during menstruation.
BY CALVIN MANIKA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | FEB 9, 2023
Granting Infield Mineral Exploration Pvt Ltd Company an exclusive prospecting order angers poor Filabusi villagers. Image by Unsplash
BY VUSINDLU MAPHOSA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | AUG 27, 2022
Homesteads in Filabusi are built on top of gold deposits but the community here battles biting underdevelopment. The presence of multinational mining companies now triggers anger amongst locals.
Failure to access sexual and reproductive health services has resulted in unwanted pregnancies among youths. Image by Pindula News
BY GEORGINA SOKO | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAY 6, 2022
The United Nations Population Fund says COVID-19 restrictions delayed interventions against child marriage and caused a long-lasting economic downturn that will push more families into poverty, which is a key driver of child marriages.
Residents fear re-living the 2020 diarrhoea outbreak due to water shortages caused by a fall in the dams supplying Bulawayo. Image by Unsplash
BY LIZWE SEBATHA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | APR 7, 2022
In 2020, the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to declare the city a water shortage area after being frustrated with the lack of urgency by the relevant ministries.
Sewage waste drying up at a doorstep...Burst sewage systems run through houses at Vubachikwe mine. Image by Lynnia Ngwenya
A health hazard is looming at Vubachikwe Mine in Gwanda, where mine workers and residents have gone for months without running water, a situation which is a ticking time bomb for diseases like Cholera and Typhoid.
BY LYNNIA NGWENYA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAR 30, 2023
Gwanda Provincial Hospital only has 15 doctors and specialists out of a required number of 26 resulting in student nurses manning the hospital.
BY AMANDA NCUBE | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | DEC 13, 2021
Gwanda and by extension Matabeleland South is losing experienced health personnel every month, for locals, the impact is being felt in the quality of care they are receiving.
