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Winters are unforgiving when it comes to the cold. The less privileged and homeless are mostly affected as they don’t have access to shelter or warm clothing and often depend on handouts to survive the cold. Since 2020 TM Pick n Pay has donated over 5000 blankets to 50 charities in need. The TM…
Largest ever country-led exercise to determine realistic education ambitions for 2030 shows that most countries will not meet Sustainable Development Goal 4 of universal access to quality education With less than eight years remaining to meet Sustainable Development Goal 4 of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all by 2030, governments are forecasting that,…
By Paul Sinclair, Vice President of Energy & Director of Government Relations, Africa Oil Week (www.Africa-OilWeek.com) and Green Energy Summit Africa. The continent is making policy and legislative progress towards a new dispensation where firms from the region can exploit and develop its own resources for the benefit of its people. Key to this is ongoing…
By Staff Writer Raffingora – Zvimba North Constituency legislator and Ministry of Local Government Deputy Minister, Hon Marian Chombo has urged young people living with HIV to continue having a positive outlook on life and support each other in treatment adherence for healthy living. Donating winter shoes to various HIV+ children and adolescents members of…
The 2022 Econet Victoria Falls Marathon lived to its billing on Sunday, attracting over 4 500 local and foreign athletes as the event made a strong return to the racing calendar after a three-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The popular marathon, this year attended by athletes from over 30 countries, saw Moses Tarakinyu,…
By Kevin Samaita South Africa-based businessman and Agilitee chief executive Dr. Mandla Lamba is angling to transform the global electric vehicles industry after announcing a US$20 billion Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The US $20 billion IPO will see the company selling US$ 2 billion (10 percent) of the stake. In…
Hon Temba Mliswa, the independent legislator for Norton has called on the government and critical stakeholders to put the youth at the centre of sustainable development programmes. He was contributing to the motion moved by Hon Mathias Tongofa on 21 June 2022 who had encouraged youth to be well acquainted with youth-centred policies, especially the…
The growing customers of leading state-owned mobile telephony company NetOne have hailed the telecommunication giant for its recent system upgrade that has led to an enhanced user experience. Roseline Chisveto, the NetOne Head of Marketing and Public Relations attributed the success to a number of deliberate measures taken by the mobile telephony company that gives…
By Elvis Dumba Raffingora – Zvimba North Costituency Legislator and Local Government Deputy Minister, Hon Marian Chombo hailed the government’s national registration outreach programme for allowing residents easy access to national registration documents. During a visit to two registration outreach centres at Raffingora and Yomba Schools in Zvimba North, Hon Chombo said the exercise will…
Africa’s natural gas resources provide the continent with an opportunity to speed up the energy transition, reduce emissions and deforestation while at the same time addressing energy security Despite having 620 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves, Africa’s over-reliance on wood-based biomass energy remains high, resulting in an increase in land degradation, deforestation, and…
All is set for the 14th edition of the Econet Victoria Falls Marathon, to be held in the picturesque tourist destination today (Sunday, July 3, 2022). The hugely popular marathon makes a big comeback to the resort town of Victoria Falls after a three-year absence caused by the COVID pandemic. Econet Group Chief Executive Officer…
The Deputy Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism, and Hospitality Industry for Zimbabwe, Honourable Barbara Rwodzi joined other ministers from the Republic of Mozambique and South Africa in celebrating the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCA’s) 20th Anniversary in Mozambique, yesterday. On the 9th of December 2002, the three heads of state for Mozambique, South Africa,…
By Staff Writer Banket – Zvimba South Constituency Member of Parliament and ZANU PF Central Committee member, Dr. Phillip Chiyangwa, has said for one to reach financial greatness financial discipline is a necessary virtue. Addressing ZANU PF women’s and youth league members from two Banket party districts during a presentation of one million Zimbabwe dollars…
By Elvis Dumba Banket – Local authorities have been urged to invest in waste management equipment and focus on establishing landfills to ensure community comprehensive waste management. The call was made by Vice President Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga during the National Clean-Up campaign held in Banket yesterday. ” It may take time to purchase all…
In observance of the 1st Friday of each calendar month, the National Clean-Up Campaign as declared by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, state-owned mobile network operator, NetOne today mobilized a clean-up exercise in Magwegwe, one of the oldest suburbs in Bulawayo – the City of Kings and Queens. In a bid…
Hon Daniel Garwe, the Minister of National Housing and Social Amenities has called on stakeholders to promote the financing of smart cities and rural development. He made the remarks yesterday at the Financing Smart Cities and Rural Connect Conference on 30 June 2022 held at the Harare International Conference Centre in the capital city. The…
The Government of Zimbabwe, together with Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the French public development institution, launched a EUR3 million project for the rehabilitation and development of the Great Zimbabwe World Heritage site in Masvingo Province, in the southeastern part of Zimbabwe. The Great Zimbabwe Development Project aims to promote sustainable and inclusive tourism development…
By Staff Writer The strengthening of cordial relations between the people of the Republic of Turkey and Zimbabwe has allowed for the inclusion of local traditional leaders in the development programmes. This augurs well with the government of Zimbabwe’s target to achieve an upper-middle-income economy by the year 2030, with efforts being made to ensure…
By Elvis Dumba Banket – Traditional leaders and councilors who often fight over resource and community control have been urged to work in harmony on community development issues. Zvimba Rural District Council executives met traditional leaders and councillors during a governance seminar where their roles were set out. Zvimba District Development Coordinator, Daniel Gumbotshuma said…
The Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism, and Hospitality Industry for Zimbabwe, Hon. Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndhlovu yesterday in Lisbon, Portugal during the UN Ocean Conference called on the formation of strategic partnerships to significantly contribute to the development of the blue economy. He said this during a side event on “Fostering international and regional cooperation in…
Honourable Chief Fortune Charumbira was yesterday elected as the 5th President of the Pan African Parliament upon which he called for collective interventions and a united front to address the myriads of challenges confronting the continent. In his acceptance speech on the occasion of his election, Hon. Charumbira urged parliamentarians to speak with one voice…
By Wallace Mawire Pavcon Industries (Pvt) Ltd’s efforts have been honoured at the CEO’s Network of Zimbabwe Awards night, with the brand being recognised for its professionalism after scooping the “Top Brand in The Construction Sector for Professional Proficiency”. The award goes a long way in showing how far the company has come, since its…
For many years, large-scale and small-scale farmers in the traditional food basket have been planting every season without paying attention to soil health. Over the years, this has resulted in dwindling productivity at the farm level as they grappled with the worst effects of climate change coupled with the high cost of farm inputs. Kenya’s…
By Veritas June 26th has been declared as the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture by the United Nations General Assembly. This day was institutionalised in the hope that there will be a world free from torture or other cruel, degrading, and inhuman treatment inflicted on our fellow human beings. Torture Torture is…
The Great Zimbabwe cultural heritage site plays a pivotal role in the revival of the country’s tourism sector post-CoVID-19 and beyond, the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) reckons. Mr. Lovemore Mandima, the Regional Director for NMMZ Southern Region in an interview with Spiked Online Media, said Great Zimbabwe is indeed great as the…
By Baboloki Semele On 24 June 2022, Presidents, prime ministers and their representatives from across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Pacific and Europe assembled in person at the Kigali Conference Centre for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic spread globally and delayed the meeting for two years. It is also the first CHOGM to…
By Baboloki Semele The Government of Uganda has scaled up the practice of voluntary local reviews – which monitor progress made by local governments towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – and is bringing their outcomes to the forefront of its national SDG reporting process. According to a media statement from Economic Commission for Africa…
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) yesterday announced that it is providing technical advisory support to a new World Bank investment project in Ethiopia. The project valued at $600 million aims to increase the resilience of Ethiopia’s food systems and its preparedness for food insecurity. As a result of climate change, smallholder farmers in…
The package ensures students carry on learning after the death of parents or guardians Zimbabwe’s largest life insurance company by policyholders, Econet Life Private Limited, has revamped its education insurance cover product to ensure continuity of school-going children’s education when a parent or guardian passes on. The insurance product, called Enda Education Cover, was originally…
UNESCO is organizing a Regional Webinar to launch the newly revamped Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) Online Course for Teachers. The webinar is organized by UNESCO Regional Offices for Eastern and Southern Africa and is bringing together stakeholders from the region. The CSE Online Course for Teachers is a self-paced online course that provides teachers…
The Kigali Summit on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) takes place today (23 June 2022) alongside the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). The Summit is hosted by the Government of Rwanda, and co-convened by The RBM Partnership to End Malaria and Uniting to Combat NTDs. The Summit comes at a pivotal time…
By Clayton Masekesa MUTARE – For a greater part of his life, John (20) a gay living in Tigers’ Kloof, one of Mutare’s eastern lavish suburbs has been living a marginalized life with no strong support system and he wishes to silently take a sleeping poison and die alone quietly. When John’s father discovered that…
The Survivors in Action Grassroots Women Network (SAGWN), with support from Urgent Action Fund – Africa recently distributed 1000 sexual and reproductive health kits for women and girls affected by gender-based violence in the wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Chitungwiza and Manyame Districts. They are targeting to reach over 30 000 vulnerable women and…
By Marlvin Ngiza Youths have been challenged to engage in safe and lawful informal means of earning a living and grab any chance available to them as a way of countering unemployment in the midst of the obtaining economic crisis. This was said by one of the youths, Garikai Muteiwa who has recently successfully set…
By Muchaneta Chimuka More than 1 500 women from Gatsi Village, Seke, and Edernsburg in Manyame District in Mashonaland East Province are now earning a living through the vegetable gardening projects that have been necessitated by the Survivors in Action Grassroots Women Network (SAAGWN) which has enabled them to fight gender based violence through the…
By Elvis Dumba Kutama – Zvimba South Legislator and ZANU (PF) Central Committee member Dr. Phillip Chiyangwa has injected ZW$11 million as a revolving fund for the Constituency. He revealed this during an event dubbed ‘Dr. Philip Chiyangwa Music Competition’ held in Kutama. “I have received from parliament ZW$11, 4 million for constituency development fund…
20 June (yesterday) was World Refugee Day, a day to honour the courage, strength, and contributions of millions of people worldwide who have been forced to flee their homes due to violence, war, or persecution. It’s a day to remember that with help from hosting communities and neighbours, people can rebuild their lives and networks…
By Charles Dhewa What differentiates African food markets from the rest is that they do not just sell commodities but educate consumers. Where the majority of workers in formal markets like supermarkets focus only on selling commodities, traders in African food markets are always ready to educate consumers on different ways of preparing food. Farmers…
By Baboloki Semele Uganda is geared to co-host the third edition of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) youth symposium from the fourth to the ninth of July this year in Kampala. The APRM is a mutually agreed instrument voluntarily acceded to by AU member States as an African self-monitoring mechanism. It is often described…
By Elvis Dumba Zvimba North – A local Islamic Non-Government Organization has partnered with Zvimba North Constituency Member of Parliament Marian Chombo in the provision of safe drinking water in the least development reached communities in the area. The Turkish NGO’s Trustee will install various solar-powered boreholes in the constituency. During a tour of the…
By Baboloki Semele The fifteenth world forestry congress (XV WFC) side event organized by the African Forest Forum (AFF) and partners last month, served as a rallying call for African forestry stakeholders to place nature-based solutions in combination with other safety nets, at the heart of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies on the continent….
By Clayton Masekesa MARANGE – From a distance, the atmosphere paints a hazy picture as hot thick air pervades the dry open land that has no life, it is a sad scenario that signifies rigorous drought. After living on one of the world’s richest diamond fields, villagers in Marange have been subjected to excessive hunger…
By Chimeno Azriel Kadoma-based Hawks Handball Club this weekend celebrates its fifth anniversary and they are going to host matches and an after-party event. Hawks Handball Club is in the fifth year of its existence. Today (Saturday) they are holding anniversary matches accompanied by braai and drinks. The anniversary party is to be held in…
World-renowned adventurer Holly Budge has launched the World Female Ranger Week (June 23-30th, 2022) to amplify the impact of female wildlife rangers on a global stage. This ground-breaking global awareness week, spearheaded by international NGO, How Many Elephants (HME) celebrates and supports female wildlife rangers – They’re bold, changing the game and paving the way for…
More than 20 months since India and South Africa first proposed a landmark intellectual property (IP) waiver to lift IP monopolies on COVID-19 medical tools, World Trade Organization (WTO) members reached a decision today at the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva. The problematic version of the waiver that was adopted will essentially only waive certain IP on COVID-19…
