Reports

Social Services Cabinet Action Committee/UNCT link developed By invitation, the UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator and Country Team continue to participate in the GoZ Social Services Cabinet Action Committee. The committee meets fortnightly and is developing as a discussion…

JOHANNESBURG, 29 October (IRIN) - In response to the desperate need for agricultural rehabilitation in Southern Africa, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has begun an initiative aimed at providing timely inputs to farmers in the region. Having just returned from a…

JOHANNESBURG, 28 October (IRIN) - Elections in Zimbabwe were once again marred by allegations of intimidation and misappropriation of relief food - this time in the weekend parliamentary by-election in Insiza in Matabeleland South. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)…

HIV/AIDS & poverty: underlying cause of the humanitarian crisis in southern Africa More than half of the at-risk 14 million people are children Growing number of child-headed households Some three-quarters of funding needs remain unmet Click here to see southern…

By David Brough ROME, (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official believes it may be too late to prevent famine striking Zimbabwe and says the country is largely to blame for its dire food shortages. "Zimbabwe is heading into a major, major…

by Marko Kokic in Johannesburg In a show of support for the National Red Cross Societies struggling to cope with a growing food crisis across southern Africa, the secretary general of the International Federation, Didier Cherpitel, has held talks…

JOHANNESBURG, 22 October (IRIN) - The leader of the nationwide teachers' strike underway in Zimbabwe has vowed to continue pressing for better pay, despite alleged government harrasment. "The government's continued harassment has only strengthened our resolve to continue with the…

HARARE, Oct 22, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society said here Tuesday that it has intensified food distribution to needy people to cushion them against the effects of drought. Information and public relations officer Varaidzo Dongozi pointed…

Summary Winter wheat harvest and deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board commenced in September 2002. A total of 68,000 MT of wheat had been delivered to GMB in early October compared with 83,000 MT at the same…

To mark African Day on Human and Peoples' Rights on 21 October, Amnesty International's Secretary General, Irene Khan, has written to South African President Thabo Mbeki expressing the organization's concern regarding the deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe. Over 13,500…