Award-winning Zimdancehall artist Seh Calaz, whose real name is Tawanda Mumanyi, has urged women to desist from using skin lightening, or skin bleaching creams due to peer pressure saying the cosmetic procedure is not for everyone. Skin bleaching is a cosmetic procedure that aims to lighten dark areas of skin or achieve a generally […]
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The government of Zimbabwe has prohibited vendors from selling their goods in the central business districts (CBDs) of major cities as a response to the cholera outbreak. Information minister Jenfan Muswere stated that this decision is part of a broader strategy to control the spread of the waterborne disease. He said: Government directs […]
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RISING cholera deaths have triggered alarm bells after the Health and Child Care ministry recorded 108 suspected deaths and 5 030 new cases as of Monday. According to the ministry’s latest situational report, 41 districts across the country have reported the outbreak with Buhera and Gutu emerging as hotspots. “Fifty-five new suspected cholera […]
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A CHOLERA outbreak has hit Harare with five confirmed cases reported so far, health authorities have revealed. The waterborne disease, which spreads through drinking water or eating food contaminated with the cholera bacterium which causes severe diarrhoea and vomiting, is now endemic in the country. In a notice, the Harare City Council said […]
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A CHOLERA outbreak has hit Buhera, Manicaland province, with the health authorities in the district reportedly employing all measures to stop the spread of the deadly water-borne disease. Speaking yesterday during a post-Cabinet briefing, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said government had reactivated the district’s Department of Civil Protection to enlighten residents on the subject. […]
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Issues to do with mental health have not been discussed openly and thoroughly in the past. People have been suffering in silence in the name of maintaining family dignity, or even lack of acceptance of mental health conditions in families and communities such as depression, anxiety due to life pressures and so on. According to […]
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