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Offering hope to Zimbabwe’s most desperate http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ As Zimbabweans struggle to cope with food shortages and rising prices, Peta Thornycroft meets one woman trying to help the ever-growing ranks of suffering citizens. By Peta Thornycroft, Bulawayo 7:00AM GMT 16 Jan 2011 As the great great granddaughter of one of imperial Britain’s greatest African foes, the …
Unsung Heroes http://www.morningmirror.africanherd.com There are many unsung heroes in Zimbabwe, and one of those veryspecial people is Matron Mary Winifred Brewster who was on Thursdayawarded an MBE! In Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s New Year’s Honours List, (DiplomaticService and Overseas) Mary Brewster was bestowed as a Member of theBritish Empire for services to the sick and …
Hungry Masvingo Villagers Assault Their Chief http://www.radiovop.com/ 12/12/2010 11:20:00 MASVINGO, December 12, 2010 – Hunger stricken villagers from ward 13 in Masvingo South constituency on Saturday teamed up and severely assaulted their chief Ephias Murinye who had instructed aid agency Care International to stop giving food hand-outs to people in the area. Murinye who arrived …
UN Issues $415M Zimbabwe Humanitarian Appeal to Bridge 2011 Hunger Season http://www.voanews.com UN Humanitarian Coordinator Alain Noudehou said one in three children in Zimbabwe is chronically malnourished and that malnutrition is a factor in nearly 12,000 child deaths a year in the country Sandra Nyaira | Washington 03 December 2010 The United Nations humanitarian coordinator …
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Zimbabwe needs $415 mln in food aid http://www.radiovop.com 02/12/2010 20:03:00 HARARE, 2 December – The United Nations on Thursday appealed for 415 million dollars (315 million euros) to feed almost two million Zimbabweans facing near immediate malnutrition. “An estimated 1.7 million Zimbabweans will face severe food insecurity in the peak hunger period of January to …
Fear grips Chipinge East as soldiers go on rampage http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tichaona Sibanda22 November 2010 MDC activists have gone into hiding in some areas of Chipinge East after armed soldiers went around the constituency flushing out known opponents of ZANU PF and beating them up. The soldiers, camped at Suwesu farm in Chipinge, have been …
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Soldiers go on rampage in Chipinge East http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tichaona Sibanda10 November 2010 Heavily armed soldiers wearing military fatigues on Wednesday launched a lunchtime raid on Green Valley farm in Chipinge East, in an operation in which they took away MDC officials. One of those ‘abducted’ by the soldiers, who were brandishing AK47 rifles, is …
Pensioners, workers cry over NSSA remittances http://www.thestandard.co.zw Saturday, 06 November 2010 20:46 Pensioners and workers, who have entrusted all their life savings with the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), say they have now been made destitute by the organisation which pays them starvation remittances every month and does not adequately cater for those injured while …
Starving villagers trade daughters for maize http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Staff ReporterMonday, 11 October 2010 15:38 MASVINGO – As hunger wrecks havoc in arid Masvingo province, some desperate and starving villagers in Chikombedzi in the Low-veld district of Chiredzi are giving their daughters away in marriage for as little as ten bags of maize each to elderly …
Zimbabweans Squat In Cape Town Consulate Office http://news.radiovop.com 20/09/2010 18:22:00 Cape Town, September 20, 2010 – While AfriForum is waiting for the courts to decide if it can go ahead with auctioning an abandoned building belonging to the Zimbabwe government, homeless people, predominantly Zimbabwean refugees, have occupied it. Over 20 people, most of them Zimbabwean …