Let’s restore dignity through toilets
 
                        The report noted some progress, with the proportion of households without toilets in the province dropping from 53% in 2024 to 46% this year.
                      
                      
      
                        By Newsday 
                         Oct. 1, 2025
                      
                    Mat North has highest number of children getting food at school
 
                        According to ZimLAC, this is a near three-fold increase compared to 29.8% of learners in the province who received hot meals at school last year. 
                      
                      
      
                        By Silas Nkala 
                         Sep. 28, 2025
                      
                    ‘66% of households in Zim do not own cattle’
 
                        On the distance walked to the nearest primary school, the report stated that about 72% of the households had a primary school that was within a 5km radius.
                      
                      
      
                        By Silas Nkala 
                         Sep. 27, 2025
                      
                    60% of Mat South households do not own cattle: ZimLAC
 
                        Livestock, including cattle and goats, is a source of wealth for many Zimbabweans, with villagers in Matabeleland South famous for keeping large herds of the domestic animals.
                      
                      
      
                        By Silas Nkala 
                         Dec. 6, 2024
                      
                    Child wasting soars to 4,9%
 
                        This comes amid indications that since January, more than 2 million children aged six to 59 months were screened for wasting and 7 004 children were treated.
                      
                      
      
                        By Lorraine Muromo 
                         Oct. 22, 2024
                      
                    Matabeleland South hard hit by livestock deaths
 
                        On livestock diseases, the report stated that Chirumhanzu (53%) and Zaka (46%) had the highest proportions of households which reported livestock diseases.
                      
                      
      
                        By Silas Nkala 
                         Oct. 8, 2024
                      
                    Matabeleland has the highest number of widows in Zimbabwe
 
                        “Matabeleland South (27.3%) had the highest proportion of household heads who were widowed against the national proportion of 23.6%,” the report reads.
                      
                      
      
                        By Silas Nkala 
                         Sep. 29, 2024
                      
                    Harare, Mat South record high alcohol consumption levels
 
                        The report states that more males (26%) than females (4%) above 18 years in urban domains reported to have ever consumed alcohol.
                      
                      
      
                        By Silas Nkala 
                         Sep. 28, 2024
                      
                    Masvingo tops child food poverty at 58%
 
                        The report also said nationally, 31% of children consumed other foods within the first three days after birth.
                      
                      
      
                        By Silas Nkala 
                         Sep. 27, 2024
                      
                    
 
                      
                     
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  




