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New dawn for marginalised communities
Fungi Kwaramba-Political Editor
THE Government has come up with a national master plan which will transform hitherto marginalised communities into areas of growth with capacity to economically contribute to the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
To start the ball rolling President Mnangagwa on Sunday dispatched his deputy, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga to Chiredzi, one of such areas that has been marked for transformation in the shortest possible time.
Other areas that will be transformed under the masterplan include Kanyemba in Mashonaland Central, Gwai-Shangani and Binga in Matabeleland North, Beitbridge in Matabeleland South and Pfungwe and Kotwa in Mashonaland East among other places.
Manica Post reports.
Gogo Savie Nenohwe was spotted by a 12-year-old girl as she breastfed the snake while uttering names of fellow villagers whom she wanted her âbabyâ to deal with.
Gogo Nenohwe and Gogo Ethel Sithole have since been dragged before Chief Mutambaraâs court on witchcraft allegations.
The traditional leader advised the two women to consult a white garment prophetess, Madzimai Loice Mukono.
The âprophetessâ revealed that a snake that resides at Gogo Sitholeâs homestead is used by the ladies for witchcraft.
Narrating the breastfeeding incident before Chief Mutambaraâs Court last week on Saturday, the key witness, a 12-year-old girl, said:
Home | News & Events | U.S. Government Assistance to Zimbabwe in 2020
The U.S. Government provided over $341 million in U.S. assistance to Zimbabweans in calendar year 2020. The funds included over $200 million for health, with $163 million for PEPFAR’s HIV/AIDS programs alone, $80 million in emergency assistance, $26 million for resilience programs, and $12 million to promote agriculture economic growth. We have provided over $3.5 billion in assistance to Zimbabwe since 1980.
Health
The U.S. Government remains the largest overall bilateral donor to Zimbabwe and provides the most support to the country’s health sector. Assistance concentrates on the prevention and treatment of three of the most significant health threats in Zimbabwe HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria to help Zimbabweans live longer and healthier lives. The U.S. Government also focuses on programs that reduce maternal, infant, and child illness and deaths. In 2020, the U.S. Government invested
Trade tops new minister’s agenda
Elita Chikwati
Senior Reporter
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday swore-in Dr Fredrick Shava as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade at State House in Harare.
Dr Shava was until his appointment the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.
The minister could not take oath of office together with four other appointees made by the President as his appointment had to be regularised in terms of the Constitution.
The other newly appointed ministers are Cde Nokuthula Matsikenyere (Minister of State for Manicaland Province), Cdes Felix Mhona (Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development), Kindness Paradza (Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services) and Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Deputy Minister Ruth Mavhungu-Maboyi have since taken their oaths of office.