It has been a year since the ouster of former Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, but Zimbabweans’ hope that their lives will improve is fast evaporating.

The MDC Alliance president, Nelson Chamisa, on Saturday reinforced his claim that he is the legitimate leader of Zimbabwe claiming that he received 2, 6 million of the presidential votes in the July 30, 2018, elections.

An Internet service provider and State enterprise, TelOne has been forced to revise its data prices because of the prevailing foreign currency shortages and the weakening of the surrogate local currency.

Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has quickly moved in to stop people from importing large quantities of various good by slapping punishing duty on goods that exceed what they permit per person.

A cross section of female activists and stakeholders in the health sector have welcomed the government's plans to remove customs duty on sanitary pads, saying the move would improve access to menstrual products.

The recent price increase in the price of medical drugs has seen some Zimbabweans resort to buys medicines from the black market where the prices are lower.

Chiefs here have demanded that they be the first beneficiaries of the government funded Command Livestock Programme because of their position in their communities.

Hundreds of war collaborators here have demanded that the government recognise the role they played during the 1970s war of liberation, by awarding them benefits similar to those given to former combatants.

Small-scale and artisanal miners operating in Zvishavane, Shurugwi and Mberengwa say they resort to illegal mining because the government was taking time to issue them with mining licenses.

Zimbabwe Activist Alliance (ZAA) Manicaland Co-ordinator, Lynette Mudehwe said the prolonged political bickering by the main political parties was unhealthy and hampered development.