Reports

Blessing Zulu WASHINGTON DC— UNICEF has assured victims of last year’s Tokwe-Mukosi floods that they will get the much-needed assistance as the rainy season fast approaches with most of them still living in poor conditions. Most of…

This report covers the period 1 January to 31 December, 2014. Overview 2014 was a year in which the National Society built the capacity of its staff and volunteers, realigning its policies by considering organisational development (OD) and…

INTRODUCTION Zimbabwe’s Constitution is laudable for the inclusion of socio-economic rights in the Declaration of Rights. Just like civil and political, socio-economic rights are equally important as they are basic standards without which people cannot live in…

Thousands of people displaced last year by floods along the Tokwe Mukosi basin and resettled at Chingwizi in Nuanetsi ranch need to be relocated again. Acting Zanu (PF) provincial chairman Paradza Chakona said a high powered delegation…

Blessing Zulu WASHINGTON DC— International human rights group, Human Rights Watch, has appealed to the United Nations to assist the more than 20,000 people affected by the flooding of the Tokwe Mukosi basin in 2014. The rights group…

Zimbabwe: Coerced Into Precarious Resettlement 20,000 Displaced Flood Victims Lack Adequate Food, Shelter The Zimbabwe government has used violence, harassment, and the deliberate restriction of humanitarian aid to coerce an estimated 20,000 flood victims to resettle on tiny…

It never rains but pours for Tokwe Mukosi flood victims who were displaced last year following heavy flooding along the dam basin. They have failed this year to till their land or plant any crops due…

by Regerai Tukutuku The government says it has finished constructing the giant Tokwe Mukosi dam in Chivi district in Masvingo province at a cost over half a billion dollars, bringing joy to farmers in the lowveld. The completion…

by Regerai Tukutuku The government will this year build a primary and secondary school at Chingwizi camp to cater for thousands of school children who dropped out of school due to flooding in the Tokwe Mukosi dam…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster Zimbabwe was affected by floods, landslides and hailstorms in January and early February 2014, affecting approximately 20,000 people. Hailstorms and unprecedented widespread flooding occurred in most low lying areas of Zimbabwe…