World Water Day followed the United Nation 2012 theme, Water and Food Security.
Foster Dongozi of ZUJ said the deaths have dealt a huge blow to an industry still to recover from years of intimidation and related ills
Harare needs 2,200 megawatts of electricity per day but generates just 1,300 megawatts, importing the remainder from Zambia and the DRC
Women activists demanded an end to political violence, calling on government to protect them, especially those in the countryside
Education advocates observe that an increase in funding can curb disparities in the quality of education in rural and urban schools
Parliament estimates that government is losing about $75 million annually in ghost workers' salaries, and want the situation corrected
Trash heaps in many Harare districts are considered to be a contributing factor in typhoid outbreaks that have spread beyond the capital
Mozambique recently threatened to pull the plug on Zimbabwe over an $80 million debt
The radio station does not broadcast over the airwaves but distributes its audio programs on compact discs handed out to the public
The Public Service Commission disputed the findings of a 2010 Ernst & Young India survey of Zimbabwean state workers upon its release
Zimbabwean health officials said a total of about 2,000 cases of typhoid have been reported, with slightly over 100 new cases a day
Deputy Health Minister Douglas Mombeshora said those infected can go for up to three weeks without showing symptoms of typhoid
Director Andrew Moyse of the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe told VOA the move is a clear attack on press freedom
Residents say the response by the government and the city fathers to stop the outbreak has been inadequate
Registration fees for platinum claims are to rise from US$300 to $2.5 million; for other minerals they will rise to $100,000 from $5,000
Local authorities said health experts determined the outbreak was caused by contaminated foods traded by vendors
But observers say Zimbabwe does not have the means to increase civil servant salaries even under threat of a strike
The prepaid meters will allow customers to manage their own electricity consumption and control the costs
Unlike the other applicants, Radio VOP already broadcasts to Zimbabwe from a Madagascar transmission station under Radio Netherlands.
In an assessment of Harare's economic prospects, the African Bank also counseled that sweeping regulations will also dampen growth
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