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.

Rural Matabeleland South villagers feel left out in the COVID-19 vaccination program.

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

An upsurge of COVID-19 cases has increased the demand for vaccination, however, for many Matabeleland South residents, poor access is the impediment.

Nkayi villagers fear gold panners have polluted their water sources with dangerous chemicals like mercury. Image by Mining Zimbabwe

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

For a village in Nkayi, gold panners on the shores of their rivers are adding salt to a festering wound.

Women protestors demanding their husbands' outstanding salaries picketed HCCL offices.

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

“We have been quiet out of fear. We don’t have any legal representation. The world thought we had won when we left the streets in 2018,” Thobekile Shoko.

Cheap smuggled goods have taken over trading spaces in Bulawayo. Image by The Zimbabwe Independent

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

The government has tightened security to stop goods from being smuggled into the country from neighbouring countries, but, is this enough?