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By Hillary Munedzi Zimbabwe’s forests are arguably the mainstay of tourism, especially in protected areas, which would in turn create jobs in rural areas, diversify and produce finished products that will improve environmental resilience in the face of climate change. Speaking during the COMESA’s all-stakeholder climate meeting, Mr. Abedinigo Marufu, the Forestry Commission Zimbabwe director-general,…
By International Crisis Group Climate change is increasing the risk of conflict across the Horn of Africa. Intensified droughts and floods render land unusable, force people from their homes and compel them to compete for resources. They also raise the stakes in transboundary water disputes. The climate-conflict link is evident in Kenya, where four consecutive…
Amid calls to preserve the natural ecosystem and ensure safety measures against veld fires to avoid the loss of lives and valuables, Firefight Trust (NGO) Director, Willson Chimwedzi, has said there is a need to train farmers in fire management. “In recent years, agriculture in Zimbabwe has been adversely affected by poor tillage due to…
Climate justice organizations and groups in Africa have launched a platform dubbed “Africa Vuka #Road2COP” (https://bit.ly/3TgpmZG) to highlight climate stories, campaigns, and calls for climate solutions on the road to COP 27 in Egypt. The platform will showcase a variety of campaigns from across the continent advocating for real climate justice and a fossil-free Africa…
A regional symposium underway in Zimbabwe’s resort city of Victoria Falls has seen stakeholders gathering to chart the way forward in ending teenage pregnancy, gender-based violence, and HIV infections in East and Southern Africa. While significant progress has been witnessed in strengthening SRHR outcomes in the region, girls and young women and key populations remain…
Plan International Zimbabwe is making a clarion call to leaders to let girls lead, participate and decide on issues that affect their lives, their bodies, and their futures. The State of World’s Girls: The Truth Gap, a 2022 global survey of 29,000 girls and women aged 15-24, from 29 countries resonates with girls’ experiences in…
As the world is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child (11 October), the European Union Delegation to Zimbabwe and UNICEF Zimbabwe are highlighting the crucial role adolescent girls and young women play in the development of the country and call for continued investment in their education, and economic and…
Staff Writer Imagine learning under a tree shade and suddenly, your fortunes are changed to an enabling environment of acquiring education in a well-furnished classroom. For those who have not seen a lesson conducted under a tree shade, it appears so remote. However, such a scenario is a reality in marginalised rural schools. What the…
With the UN Women’s statistics on gender-based violence showing that nearly a third of women have suffered abuse in their lifetime, with cases rising during crises such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Zimbabwean journalist Catherine Murombedzi has come up with a poem denouncing the vice. The poem also comes after Musasa Project, a leading organisation…
By Global Water Partnership Southern Africa Integrative and inclusive investment project planning at the transboundary and regional levels is critical in the response to challenges and catalysing development in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. This was one of the key issues raised at the transboundary water management session convened by the Lesotho ICM…
By Hillary Munedzi As developed countries fail to meet their pledges in relation to climate and development finance, women in Africa have suffered more and have been forced to invest more time in meeting family needs. The continent relies heavily on natural resources and rain-fed agriculture. This calls for urgency in meeting commitments to climate…
By Chimeno Azriel In a demonstration of high-level commitment to addressing disability, President Emmerson Mnangagwa handed over 130 wheelchairs to needy persons in Marondera. The wheelchairs were handed over to the beneficiaries by Mashonaland East Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Hon Apolonia Munzverengi who presided over the donation on behalf of the…
The AFC Insurance Company has now accelerated the provision of various short-term insurance products through a rapid expansion strategy across the country. The recently licensed entity has already made significant headway towards ensuring that insurance cover is made available to millions of households across the country, with a deliberate focus on agriculture insurance, in a…
The 15th Edition of the Sanganai/Hlanganai World Tourism Expo, undoubtedly the biggest tourism expo in Africa, will be held physically this year from Thursday to 15 October 2022. The Expo will be held at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre. In 2020 Sanganai/Hlanganai was held virtually due to the Covid 19 Pandemic. In 2021 the Expo…
The United Nations in Zimbabwe is strongly condemning the untimely death of Nokutenda Hwaramba, a 15-year-old minor, who reportedly died while giving birth at an apostolic sect shrine. The world body said all forms of violence and early forced marriages contravene the Convention on the Rights of the Child to which Zimbabwe is a signatory….
While African countries strongly support global climate ambitions, the question of who must bear the social and economic costs associated with the world’s energy transition is of global significance, Mr. Nesbert Samu, the Chief Director of Parliamentary Programmes in the Parliament of Zimbabwe has said. Mr. Samu made the remarks during the Common Market for…
By Nhau Mangirazi HURUNGWE – The Department of Veterinary Services has challenged farmers to brand their cattle to guard against stock theft and illegal movement in disease-prone areas. Mashonaland West provincial veterinary director, Thokozani Mswele, made the passionate appeal on Thursday in Tengwe under Chief Mjinga Ward 2 during the official opening of a dip…
By Wallace Mawire At a time smallholder farmers globally and especially in Africa are clamouring for favourable market prices for the cotton crop, Zimbabwe will today (7 October 2022) join other countries globally in commemorating World Cotton Day. The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe will host the world cotton day conference in Harare. The conference is…
Real women, real stories and real impact; Spearheaded by international NGO, How Many Elephants, the pioneering World Female Ranger Award gives international recognition to a female wildlife ranger who has shown exemplary service and commitment to conservation. Purnima Devi Barman is a conservationist and biologist changing people’s perceptions of the Greater Adjutant Stork. Often referred to as a…
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is holding a Regional Preparatory Workshop of the Twenty-Seventh Conference of Parties (COP27) to be held in Egypt. Held in Zimbabwe, the regional meeting is deliberating on the key issues related to the upcoming COP27. In his welcome remarks, Hon Mangaliso Ndhovu, the Minister of Environment,…
By Emily Barone The African continent is no stranger to famine. In the 1970s and ‘80s, countries across the Sahel plunged into a drought-induced food crisis. In the mid-80s, an estimated one million people died from food shortages in Ethiopia. Somalia faced widespread famine in the ‘90s. Both those countries, along with neighboring East African…
By Dr. Richard Munang The world is on a red alert, and the planetary emergencies are getting worse. #climateChange, #biodiversity loss and #pollution and #waste are weighing down on us. # Africa’s contribution to the #climate stability of the world needs to be fronted. We must change the narrative from #Africa being victims of #climatechange requiring help to Africa alone to now front the truth, which is…
Zimbabwean Youths are making waves on the continent, taking a centre stage in socio-economic and political affairs. One such youth is Cynthia Chigwenya who doubles as the current African Union’s Ambassador for Southern Africa and a Program Coordinator for Political dialogue for Sub-Saharan Africa at Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Prior to that position, she was previously a researcher…
Lilian Gakuhi, an environmentalist from Kenya joined other champions in a roadshow to demand climate reparations, loss, and damage finance as an advocacy for climate justice. “As environmentalists, climate activists, and climate champions we can use our voices to speak for climate justice, nature, and communities existing with nature. I had a great opportunity to…
“It pains us to see young girls being married off at a tender age. Girls should reach the legal age of consent of 18 years and must have their free will to get married,” said Headman Shiku of Runde Rural District. The headman is one of the many gender champions who have been engaged through…
Stakeholders today gathered for a Preparatory Workshop for the Twenty-Seventh Conference of Parties (COP27) which is organised almost every year by the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) that will take place in Sharm El Sheikh in the Republic of Egypt from the 6th to the 18th of November 2022. Hon Mangaliso Ndhovu, the…
By Elvis Dumba Chinhoyi – Mashonaland West Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Hon Mary Mliswa-Chikoka yesterday commissioned and handed over four ambulances to various medical centres in the province. Handing over the utility vehicles at her offices, Hon Mliswa said the government has come up with tailor-made programs that ensure that no…
By Simba Jemwa HOSTS Westridge Primary won the 11th edition of the NetOne Super 6 Cricket Tournament that was held over the weekend. Six schools participated in the tournament that was sponsored by the telecom giants for the first time this year. Ariel, St. Michael’s, Lomagundi, Twin Rivers, and Alexander Park joined the hosts in…
By Elvis Dumba Chinhoyi – The Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education’s thrust for education 5.0 aligned syllabus which encourages higher learning institutions to produce innovative graduates is offering practical rather than theoretical solutions to a myriad of challenges faced by the nation. The country’s higher institutions of learning are now focusing on techno-innovative-based programs…
By Dr. Richard Munang What we see is that globally, while regulatory compliance/mandatory carbon markets are estimated to be worth about $261billion, the voluntary market is estimated at $400million. We see from the onset that the “voluntary” nature of the voluntary market makes it a “hard sell” globally, not just in Africa. Furthermore, for Africa, which…
By Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe Harare – This year marks MCAZ’s 25th Anniversary as an autonomous medicines regulatory body. Since the Authority’s establishment in August 1997, the environment in which MCAZ operates has undergone fundamental scientific, technological, legislative, and social changes. The mandate though has remained: protecting the right to quality medicines and medical…
By Wallace Mawire The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Subregional Office for Southern Africa hosted a livestock business forum under the theme ‘Making Markets Work for Smallholder Livestock’ on 28 September 2022 to discuss critical issues affecting the sector in Zimbabwe. The forum brought together representatives and key stakeholders in the livestock sector. Through the…
By Charles Dhewa Even when sufficient funding is made available, African countries may fail to feed themselves and produce excess food for exporting in a consistent manner. A major reason for this predicament is disorganized and uncoordinated food systems. In most cases, markets have no idea how much is being produced in which areas and when…
By Elvis Dumba Raffingora – Irrigation equipment worth US39 000 and 45 hectares of ready-to-harvest wheat were destroyed as a result of a runaway veld fire at Dalston Farm near Raffingora. The fire also rendered some Zvimba families homeless and without food after destroying homes. A man in Zvimba North Constituency who was clearing his…
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (GLTFCA), the Joint Management Board met on 30 September 2022 to discuss various issues related to the collaborative management of this important cross-border conservation area. The in-person meeting was held in Harare, Zimbabwe, and attended by Ms. Celmira da Silva, the…
By Nevison Mpofu Harare – UNIAIDS engaged a total of 50 men and women for a training kit for home use under the training of trainers program taking place in Harare. The training will enhance the capacity of inter-faith network institutions and leaders. The purpose of the training goes deep into inculcating high…
By Baboloki Semele Egypt’s COP27 Presidency set out its vision for the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, taking place in Egypt’s coastal city of Sharm El-Sheikh from November 7th to the 18th. The aim is to make COP27 an implementation COP by urging action across prior agreements through all areas of climate change need…
Merck Foundation Together with African First Ladies Mark “World Heart Day 2022” by Providing 720 Scholarships of Preventative Cardiovascular, Diabetes and Endocrinology for Doctors from 45 Countries Merck Foundation (www.Merck–Foundation.com) in partnership with African First Ladies and Ministries of Health provided more than 720 scholarships for one-year Post-Graduate Diploma and two-year Master’s Degree in Preventative Cardiovascular Medicine, Diabetes and…
By Baboloki Semele During the high-level week of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, leading African Ministers of Health joined UNAIDS, PEPFAR, global health institutions, and partners in New York in rallying to sustain their commitments to end AIDS and accelerate their response to current and future pandemics. The high-level side event…
By Chimeno Azriel Kadoma youthful entrepreneur, Mr. Godwin Gwara celebrated his birthday with the elderly at a ceremony held in Kadoma last Saturday. The youthful businessman celebrated his birthday in style by giving out maize to the Kadoma senior citizens in the Rimuka high-density suburb. Instead of throwing big parties and receiving presents, Gwara decided…
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of the World Tourism Day 2022 held on 27 September 2022 has said tourism stands in a unique position to significantly contribute to the reversal of biodiversity loss. “The theme of this year’s World Tourism Day is “rethinking tourism”, and…
Junior Parliamentarians today proposed a raft of innovative measures to enhance the contribution of tourism to the economy as the sector is emerging from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. They made the contributions today during the commemoration of World Tourism Month celebrations at the inaugural Debate Session by Junior Parliamentarians organised by the…
Norton-based David Mascott Country School is becoming a centre of excellence for sports and wellness in Zimbabwe as evidenced by the multiplicity of stakeholders who thronged the elite educational institution on Saturday 24 September 2022. Addressing participants during the highly-subscribed event yesterday, Hon Temba Mliswa, the Member of the National Assembly for Norton, said sports…
By Alliance for Food Security in Africa (AFSA) Africa’s small-scale farmers risk being disregarded and shut out at international climate negotiations (COP27) in Egypt this November, warns Africa’s largest civil society movement, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa. AFSA represents over 200 million small-scale farmers, fisherfolk, pastoralists, and indigenous peoples. The warning comes after…
Zimbabwe launched the My Food is African campaign at the National Seed Fair which was graced by the Guest of Honour, Dr. George Kembo, the Director-General of the Government’s Food and Nutrition Council (FNC). Zimbabwe’s National Seed Fair is hosted by the Zimbabwe Seed Sovereignty Programme (ZSSP), which the Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Zimbabwe…
