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By Farai Chirimumimba Members of the National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) forced the adjournment of an Extra-Ordinary General Meeting (EGM) called for last Friday saying that they needed time to consult and come up with an informed decision after the board failed to provide answers to several questions raised from the floor. The agenda for…
By Byron Mutingwende The President of the Pan African Parliament (PAP), Honourable Roger Nkodo Dang has hailed Zimbabwe’s peaceful transition and described it as the first of its kind and most peaceful on the continent. Dang made the remarks at a briefing with the media at a local Hotel in Harare upon arrival…
The President of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) H.E. Roger Nkodo Dang, which is one of the 12 organs of the African Union, is visiting Zimbabwe to pay a courtesy call on Zimbabwe’s new President ED Mnangagwa. The Pan African Parliament was established by the 1991 Abuja Treaty but started business in 2004. The PAP…
By Byron Mutingwende The Shona Village is helping people locally and from across the globe to understand and appreciate the national culture. It is situated at Great Zimbabwe World Heritage site that was declared a National Monument in 1937 and a World Heritage Site in 1986. The village is an ethnographic depiction of…
By Staff Reporter Huang Ping, the Ambassador of China expressed great joy over the development of his country’s economy and wished the some would happen to Zimbabwe with the aim of improving people’s lives. Ping made the remarks during the Chinese New year traditional reception on 02 February 2018 held at the Chinese Embassy in…
By Patricia Mashiri Elias Mudzuri, the MDC-T acting President addressed vendors who vowed to stay on the streets until the government creates employment for them. Mudzuri said the present government should not chase people away from the streets until it provides decent jobs to the people. “We want modern industries which will accommodate everyone regardless…
By Megan Darby for Climate Home News The UN Security Council has identified climate change as a driver of conflict across West Africa and the Sahel, in a statement published on Tuesday. It expands on a 2017 resolution linking the dramatic shrinking of Lake Chad to the rise of Boko Haram and other armed groups in the region….
By Byron Mutingwende Zimbabwe emerged as one of the continental torchbearers when it was among six countries honoured for exemplary leadership in driving down malaria cases by the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) at the 30th African Union Summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia recently. The 2018 ALMA Awards for Excellence were presented to the…
By Patricia Mashiri The Leonard Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe (LCDZ)’s Young Voices have engaged the newly appointed National Disability Board which was appointed on 15 January 2018 with a view of seeking to have their rights mainstreamed in all spheres of life. Speaking at the National Disability Roundtable Discussion held in Harare on 30 January 2018,…
By Patricia Mashiri The Harare City Council has urged vendors to move to designated areas following the outbreak of cholera reported in Chegutu, Mashonaland West Province. The outbreak was suspected to have been started at a funeral in the local village of Chegutu. The Harare City council is advising all vendors who handle food to…
By Byron Mutingwende Students heading for University of Johannesburg (UJ) have been urged to raise the Zimbabwean flag by excelling academically so that they will come back to participate in the rebuilding of the economy. Minister of State for Government Scholarships in the Office of the President and Cabinet Christopher Mushowe made the…
By Byron Mutingwende The Junior Chamber International Zimbabwe (JCI) is spearheading youth empowerment projects in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This emerged at the 2018 official opening of the organisation’s Harare chapter that was officiated by Prisca Mupfumira, the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality on 24 January 2018. “I am indeed…
By Byron Mutingwende The Pan-African technological giants BitMari are playing an important role of assisting those in the diaspora to remit money back home at affordable rates in pursuit of growing the economy. In June 2017 BitMari partnered with the Agricultural Bank of Zimbabwe (Agribank) to integrate Bitcoin and Blockchain technology into consumer offerings….
By Byron Mutingwende The Imire Rhino and Wildlife Conservation is one of its kind because the venture is located in the farming areas of Wedza just over 100km from Harare. Home to the big five game animals except the leopard, one cannot just but wonder at the success story of this enterprise. Arriving…
By Patricia Mashiri Following the 100-day Targeted Performance Programme initiative the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry led by Minister Priscah Mupfumira has intensified the development of the Tourism Satellite Accounting System in Zimbabwe to estimate the contribution of the sector to the economy. The Satellite Account (TSA) as accepted by United Nations…
By Joyce Mukucha Huan Ping the Chinese ambassador among other countries has signed an affirmation document of a group of foreign nationals’ musical project called ‘Lovely Zimbabwe’as a way of promoting international investment in Zimbabwe. The project which consist of Abraham Matuka (artist) and the Lovely Zimbabwe Team comprises different races of foreign nations targeting…
By Byron Mutingwende Priscah Mupfumira, the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry has called for the maximum participation of locals so as to ensure the sustainability of the sector. She made the remarks while updating the media on the policy direction her ministry is taking to promote domestic tourism. “For a long time Zimbabwe…
By Byron Mutingwende Zimbabwe is on the brink of famine following a dry spell experienced countrywide and in the entire region that has seen most crops wilting. According to the Southern African Development Community Climate Services Centre (SADC-CSC) Issue Number 2 of released on 19 January 2018, very high to extremely high temperatures have…
By Patricia Mashiri Joseph Chinotimba, the Member of the House of Assembly for Buhera South Constituency will be launching his book Masasi aChinoz on Friday 26 January 2018 which will provide humour and entertainment to Zimbabweans and the world at large. The book includes Chinotimba’s life history to date and some of his memorable jokes.The…
By Joyce Mukucha and Patricia Mashiri The Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr David Parirenyatwa has urged the public to practice good hygiene following cholera related deaths reported in Chegutu Municipality in Mashonaland West Province on the 18th of January 2018. Parirenyatwa said there were 32 cases (30 suspected and 2 confirmed) and Four…
By Patricia Mashiri The Zimbabwe Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is failing to deliver services to farmers throughout the country. This is evidenced by the late delivery of inputs from the Presidential Scheme that were supposed to have been delivered to the farmers countrywide. The inputs comprise of 10kg maize seed, 50kg Compound D fertilizer, 50…
By Joyce Mukucha The Vendors Initiative for Social Economic Transformation (VISET) and Citizens Manifesto urged the Government to offer vendors alternative sites to carry out their trade without arresting or prosecuting them. The two organisations condemned the ultimatum which gives vendors and pirate taxi operators 48 hours to vacate the streets in all towns and…
By Joyce Mukucha The Ministries of Health and Child Care(MHoCC) and Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) have reiterated a compelling need to develop innovative ways of supporting the health sector to ensure that its value chain and all other sectors directly or indirectly are linked to health delivery are appropriately aligned to the national objective…
By Patricia Mashiri In a bid to provide accessible health services to Zimbabwean citizens, China has donated equipment for early screening and treatment of cervical cancer to the Ministry of Health and Child Care. The equipment worth US$500 000 was donated to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals and handed over to Dr David Parirenyatwa, Minister of…
By Byron Mutingwende The noble undertaking of working towards the vision of achieving universal access to sustainable energy in Zimbabwe is being impeded by a plethora of challenges that require urgent attention. This appeared at a meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy held in the Senate Chamber with the minister…
By Farai Chirimumimba On Thursday, over 30 senior police officers from the rank of Senior Assistant Commissioner to Deputy Commissioner-General were given their walking papers signed by Acting Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga. This plugging although lawful comes after Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri is on leave pending retirement as the authorities try to “clean up” the Zimbabwe…
By Byron Mutingwende Prisca Mupfumira, the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry has used the International Tourism Fair in Spain (FITUR) to market Zimbabwe as a safe tourist destination. The platform to address the delegates was her maiden international engagement as the new minister of tourism and especially so in Spain – a…
By Byron Mutingwende The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) has made several engagements with the Ministry of Local Government, Public works and National Housing and there seems to be no consideration of residents’ needs, as it appears the calls are falling on deaf ears. That emerged at a workshop held in Harare whereby residents…
By Byron Mutingwende Domestic tourism is one of the segments of tourism that plays a vital role in any country’s tourism development, sector players have said. This is espoused in the fact that tourism is a key economic sector that has the potential to contribute towards economic growth and development. It is a…
By Staff Reporter The Global Fund has unveiled US$ 502 million healthcare funding to Zimbabwe. The grants will be put in place by the Ministry of Health Child Care (MOHCC), UNDP together with Civil Society Organisations and National Aids Council (NAC). The funding will support HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria programmes and to build resilient systems…
Patricia Mashiri and Joyce Mukucha Cases of children who are surviving on the streets of Harare are notably increasing on a daily basis and the estimated statistics is around 4 701. What is raising eyebrows of the majority is that some of these children come to solicit on the streets during the day go back…
By Byron Mutingwende The Palestinian question can only be addressed adequately through dialogue, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda has said. He made the call during the courtesy call by Taghrid Senouar, the Ambassador of Palestine at Parliament Building on 16 January 2018. “Dialogue is the best approach to the Palestinian…
By Byron Mutingwende What appeared like an ordinary social gathering on 22 December 2017 at the Magna Mudyiwa Sports Tournament has proved otherwise; as it has become a launchpad for success to some Mudzi West residents. The dexterity and skills on the ball displayed by eight of the 19 players impressed the discerning…
By Farai Chirimumimba President Emmerson Mnangagwa and team have been forced to do clean-up after ascending to power through the help of a coup and impeachment proceedings that forced Mugabe to resign November 2016. The Harare government has in recent weeks been forced to explain its legitimacy mainly stemming from a number of tweets by…
By Audrey Rundofa Germany delegates paid a courtesy call to the Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni to enhance the existing partnership with the City of Munich. Cllr Manyenyeni met with urban development planning head of mobility section Geiorg-Friendrich Koppen, town planning project management urban history Gerhard Gross and business development emerging markets for Green City Project…
By Joyce Mukucha In an initiative to offer effective implementation of programmes that uplift the lives of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and include them in all aspects of day to day lives as a right and not as a privilege the Ministry of Social and Labour Welfare has appointed the 6th National Disability Board. Addressing…
By Byron Mutingwende The Zimbabwe Parents of Handicapped Children Association (ZPHCA) gave children with disabilities a rare treat when it threw a belated Christmas party for them and donated some goodies. “Some of these do not appear in public. Our friends from China and Mimosa Mining Company donated some groceries, clothes and foodstuffs…
By Byron Mutingwende There is need for a paradigm shift in the approach of doing business within tourism since the sector has great potential to revive the economy. In her address at the briefing meeting with stakeholders on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Support facility, Prisca Mupfumira the minister of tourism and hospitality…
By Joyce Mukucha The Government of Zimbabwe is looking forward on how a 100-day quick wins programme is faring in response to the directive of His Excellence President Emmerson Mnangagwa to all government organs to implement the initiative, Cabinet minister has said. Speaking during the meeting with the ministers of state on the 11th of…
By Patricia Mashiri and Joyce Mukucha Some people can always be happy and grateful as they find joy in little things they have and learn to accept and appreciate what life give them thereby continuing to live healthy and normalising everything. A smoke can be seen billowing into the sky in the heart of the…
By Farai Chirimumimba The impact and influence of the youths on the forthcoming general elections 2018 should be seen in the context of the existing demands and contradictions of the youths that are likely to influence the outcome. On the surface, the general elections are for the opposition to lose rather than what would have…
By Audrey Rundofa and Joyce Mukucha January is the hardest month of the year when the people have burdens of paying school fees, rentals and buying of children’s uniforms since it is the ‘ back to school month’. The time of the year is termed “January disease”. According to the survey done by Spiked Online…
By Joyce Mukucha and Patricia Mashiri The government of Zimbabwe is working tirelessly to fix the economy of the country through a number of initiatives which were presented at the post budget seminar which took place on 08 January 2018 under the theme “New Economic Order.” The Post Budget Seminar brought to light the fact…
By Byron Mutingwende Honourable Betty Nhambu-Kaseke, the Member of the House of Assembly for Kuwadzana was catapulted into Parliament on a ruling party Zanu (PF) ticket in 2015 following by-elections in the constituency but has brought considerable development in the short space of time she has been in charge of the area. Spiked Online Media…
By Patricia Mashiri Masvingo province is currently experiencing a dry spell compared to the 2016-17 farming season which received high rainfall amounts that resulted in bumper harvests. High temperatures are being experienced in the province with no adequate rains to till the lands. Nomusa Madakadze, the Agritex Extension Officer for Masvingo North Ward 1, in…
