To achieve herd immunity Bulawayo targets to vaccinate about 400 000 residents. Image by The Citizen Bulletin

BY LIZWE SEBATHA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | AUG 21, 2021

With vaccination increasingly becoming mandatory some youths in Matabeleland say without access to formal spaces, they are not under pressure to get vaccinated.

Infrastructure haunts Matabeleland schools resulting in some children learning in the open. Image by Zenzele Ndebele

BY VUSINDLU MAPHOSA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | AUG 16, 2021

An unending challenge of poor access to quality education in Matabeleland is premised on several issues including poor infrastructure. With the rainy season a few months away, this could get worse.

The Bulawayo City Council blames water pipe bursts and rolling electricity outages for water-shedding. Image by The Citizen Bulletin

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

Despite Bulawayo’s water supply dams receiving significant rainfall inflows in the last rainy season, water shortages have persisted in the city, the alternative—boreholes, raise safety concerns.

Bhale villagers come together to build a dam year after the responsible authorities fail them. Image by The Citizen Bulletin

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

With the support of a non-governmental organisation, the community, secluded from the rest of the world may soon have a water source nearby.

The need for survival is driving youths to crime in Esigodini. Image by Starofmysore

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

For many young people in Matabeleland South, the economic opportunities accessed by their parents in yesteryears are a fleeting dream, to make ends, many are crossing lines.