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Yesterday, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-CA), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, introduced a resolution encouraging respect for human rights and encouraging continued democratic progress in Ethiopia. Congressmember Bass was joined by Congressman Chris Smith, who serves as Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa. “Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed spearheaded…
By Anyway Yotamu In an effort to curb the rising Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases, Padare/Enkundleni Men’s Forum on Gender with other organizations namely Musasa Project and Women and Law in Southern Africa (WILSA) with the support from Christian Aid has partnered the Parliament of Zimbabwe in order to address this challenge. In an interview with…
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed on the International Day of the Girl has commended the UN focus on the diversity of adolescent girls’ voices. Below, Spiked Online Media shares her message on the day: As we mark the International Day of the Girl this year, I am happy to see our focus on the…
By Transparency International We take forests for granted. We forget they’re the reason we breathe, until they burn. We don’t know of all the ways they keep us safe, until we’re sick. We ignore how our way of life threatens them, until they’re gone. Forests are not spared by corruption: illegal logging, illicit wildlife trade, land grabbing and drug…
By David Sengeh These are difficult times. Every single country in the world has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education for Sierra Leone, I am confronted daily with the challenge of keeping schools open, while making sure students, their teachers and their parents stay safe. In the…
The Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network (ZCLDN) has noted with grave concern disturbing videos and pictures of students mostly in high schools smoking marijuana amid reports they are also engaging in unprotected sex, and drinking alcohol. Schools reopened last week after they were closed for nearly six months to curb the spread of Covid-19….
The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr Antonio Guterres has said he was delighted by the decision of the Nobel Committee to award this year’s Prize for Peace to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The World Food Programme is the world’s first responder on the frontlines of food insecurity. Mr. Guterres said in a world…
In this era of unprecedented mobility, there is a need to facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said. In a speech read on his behalf at the Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) Inter-ministerial Consultation at the Holiday Inn Hotel on 8 October 2020 by the progamme…
Angela Makamure (Press Officer, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa) A mental health crisis is growing in the Dadaab refugee complex, where hundreds of thousands of Somalis have been stuck for decades now. A fatal mix of pent-up despair, anxiety, and fear, combined with new uncertainties brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, is forcing refugees…
Bernard Marr Tackling carbon emissions is one of the biggest challenges faced by the world today. For big business, this means making a strategic and managed move towards increasing the use of renewable energy sources, as well as creating efficiencies across all aspects of their operations. It’s a difficult task to manage alone, even for…
On 8 October 2020, the World Bank (supported by the Zimbabwe Reconstruction Fund) and the Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) held online dissemination of the first round of results of the Rapid Poverty Income and Consumption Expenditure Survey (PICES) conducted by telephone among 1,747 households during July 6–24, 2020 to measure the socio-economic impact of COVID-19…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Local Works Zimbabwe Youth Program, a US$5 million economic empowerment initiative. This youth-led initiative will help create economic opportunities to address youth unemployment, increase incomes, and combat rising poverty among young people in urban and rural areas. In his remarks at the Local Works Zimbabwe…
The Zimbabwe Network of Early Childhood Actors (ZINECDA) and the Education Coalition of Zimbabwe (ECOZI) have partnered in an initiative to enhance access to quality early childhood education so that vulnerable children are ready for primary education. The organisations entered into a partnership with the Roger Federer Foundation (RFF), a non-profit making foundation based in…
Siemens – in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) – has developed multiple programs that deliver humanitarian, economic and educational benefits to the marginalized people of Sudan Siemens (www.Siemens.com) delivered 3,000 personal masks to Sudan’s Ministry of Health last month to assist in the battle against Covid-19, the company’s latest humanitarian investment…
Abuse and harassment driving girls off Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, global survey reveals Largest ever survey on online violence shows that one in five girls (19%) have left or significantly reduced use of a social media platform after being harassed, while another one in ten (12%) have changed the way they express themselves. HARARE: Girls…
By Desire Tshuma Villagers in Insiza North have urged the local leadership to conduct an urgent traditional road cleaning ceremony after four pedestrians and one cyclist was hit by motorists within a short space of time. A strip along the Bulawayo-Masvingo road, in Gwatemba area in Insiza North, has claimed many lives dating back to…
By Desire Tshuma Education Coalition of Zimbabwe (ECOZI) on Tuesday 29 September held it’s the third quarter back-to-school campaign at Cresta lodge in Harare to discuss further on the safe learning environment in schools during the COVID-19 era The campaign was based on the role of the civil society organizations on how best they can…
Concerned about the destruction of the environment and a dip in tourism around Lake Chivero, Gary Stafford, the Managing Director of Kuimbashiri Bird Sanctuary has come up with the Chivero Challenge to give a lifeline to the tourism giant in Zimbabwe. Introducing the concept during a press conference at Kuimba Shiri today, Stafford reminisced on…
By Anyway Yotamu The government has plans to launch the national elderly policy document in partnership with stakeholders that will guide programs and other developmental issues on the matter. Speaking to this publication on the sidelines of the commemorations of the International Day of Older Persons at Mazowe River Bridge Old People’s Home in Rushinga…
By Anyway Yotamu One of the country’s cooking oil manufacturer, Pure Oil through its brand ZimGold has donated cooking oil to underprivileged homes in Chitungwiza as part of their ZimGold Givers community social responsibility initiatives meant to assist needy families during this Covid-19 pandemic period. Speaking to this publication, Lesley Gibbons said the cooking oil…
Angela Makamure (Media Liaison Co-ordinator, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa) After nearly 10 years of providing quality HIV and cervical cancer treatment and prevention services in Gutu District, Zimbabwe, the international medical humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is handing over its project activities to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) and…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday commenced cash disbursements in the scale-up of the Urban Social Assistance programme thanks to funding from the United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID’s support will provide relief for vulnerable families in eight urban areas across Zimbabwe struggling to meet their daily…
By Bernard Chiketo MINISTER of State for Manicaland Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba has commended the United Methodist Church (UMC)’s US$24 000 Covid-19 prevention response targeting 38 000 people through 96 rural schools across Manicaland province. This comes as the country is relaxing lockdown regulations, reopening schools, and allowing local and international travel, thereby increasing the risk…
Hon Advocate Jacob F. Mudenda, the Speaker of the National Assembly has said the lack of access to personal identity documents is an infringement of human rights. He made the remarks at the Official Launch of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) Report on the National Inquiry on Access to Personal Documentation at the Meikles…
Steward Bank has partnered with businesses under parent company Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe to launch AgroFuture, a new agribusiness product that is set to improve agricultural production in the country. The product – to be delivered in partnership with Cassava entities EcoCash, EcoSure, Vaya, Moovah, and EcoFarmer – offers tailor-made solutions to specific needs of the…
Zimnat, a leading financial service provider in the country has honoured rising musical sensation Jah Master of the “Hello Mwari” fame through a treat to some of their products and services. The honour is in recognition of his contribution in making life better during the COVID-19 induced nation lockdown through his song which has become…
The Pan African Positive Women’s Coalition (PAPWC-Zim) has said the incidence of HIV is higher among girls and women compared to boys and men hence the need for gender-sensitive policies that address the disparities. In his keynote address at the Zimbabwe Women Living With HIV National Forum Leadership (ZWLWHNF) and Governance Workshop that roared to…
Aayushi Pratap The Covid-19 pandemic has likely had serious health implications for patients living with tuberculosis, suggests a new global survey conducted by several health advocacy and civil-led groups. Seven out of ten healthcare workers who participated in the survey reported a decrease in the number of people coming to health facilities for tuberculosis testing….
Mr. Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General has noted the challenges and hardships brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and underscored the importance of financing for development in his opening remarks at the High-Level Meeting on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond. Below, Spiked Online Media shares his full speech: THE…
The Chief Executive Officer of the National AIDS Council (NAC), Dr. Bernard Madzima has shown a clear indication that he is committed to steering the organisation in the right direction in the quest of ending HIV. Dr. Madzima started work in April and came on board at the onset of COVID-19 and when NAC had…
Environment, Climate, Tourism, and Hospitality Industry Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu on Monday urged Zimbabweans at home and abroad to take up investment opportunities in rural service centres and position themselves for imminent growth and development. Speaking at the occasion of the World Tourism Day Celebrations 2020 at Chinhoyi University of Technology, Ndhlovu said Government has begun…
Tourism and environment players on Monday marked World Tourism Day Celebrations by handing over the Kore Kore Cultural Village, to the Makonde community. The Kore Kore Cultural Village was funded by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority as part of the Ministry’s 100 Day projects. The development was in line with this year’s theme of ‘Tourism and…
Seipati Moloi (Media Liaison Co-ordinator, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Estimates put the number of unsafe abortions each year at over 25 million—97% of them in developing countries—leading to at least 22,800 deaths and millions of serious complications. The United States policy known as the Global Gag Rule has had a devastating impact on women’s access…
In the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic and on World Contraception Day, the UN’s reproductive health and rights agency – the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and partners have called for greater efforts to ensure access to contraceptives for women and girls of reproductive age. This is towards “Zero unmet Need for Contraception” even…
By Sowell Chikwari PROMINENT Afro-chimurenga songstress Jane Marimo’s new video titled These Walls Must Fall has brought under the spotlight the plight of refugees across the globe. The video, which was produced by Takesure Chari at Simba Studios in Darwendale, has since become a global hit after it was adopted as the theme song by…
As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, bridging the digital divide for the 3.6 billion people who remain off-line worldwide is being made possible through information communication technology, Dr. Jenfan Muswere, the Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services has said. Dr. Muswere made the remarks at the official opening of the Sadza Community…
By Anyway Yotamu The United States of America through USAID has announced that it is fully committed to improving the country’s health sector which is on its knees. The challenges in the health sector are due to shortages of much-needed equipment in hospitals and the deteriorating economic hardships precipitated by the outbreak of the COVID-19…
By Anyway Yotamu Embattled Harare Town Clerk Hosiah Chisango, representing the City of Harare has been jointly arraigned before the Magistrates Court together with Michael John Van Blerk representing Pokugara Properties (PVT) LTD facing fresh criminal charges of perjury. According to the summons, the two are to appear in court on the 28th of September…
One year ago (24 September 2019), there was a commitment to educating and empowering ten million women entrepreneurs over the next ten years through the Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator (WEA). The WEA began to lay the groundwork for a systemic transformation to break down the barriers keeping women from achieving financial independence and contributing to a…
On the 22nd of September 2020, the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa, released a special edition of an online magazine showcasing how 50 young Africans are resourcefully helping fight the COVID19 Pandemic. The magazine – dubbed Africa Innovates, is timely as the world grapples with a response and recovery to a global pandemic. Africa Innovates…
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has mobilized international support for the workers of Zimbabwe who continue to bear the brunt of a free-falling economy, neoliberal policies, and a battered local currency. In its solidarity message today, the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) said it appreciates the support of trade unions from across the…
By Habakkuk Trust The gaps within the legislative framework governing the natural resources sector particularly gold mining have given rise to conflicts in mineral-rich areas. Recently in Domboshava village in Matobo Ward 17, a mining dispute erupted after a group of miners reportedly invaded a protected area to prospect for gold. The miners were in…
As Shoko Festival’s week-long digital offering kicks off the festival’s team have announced their second batch of headline acts. This year, Zimbabwe’s longest-running urban festival will run from 21 to 27 September 2020 where all sessions and performances will be screened live onto Shoko Festival’s Facebook page and their website. This year’s iteration, dubbed “The…
Brienne Prusak (Medical & Global Health Press Officer, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) The media’s focus as COVID-19 has washed over the globe has largely concentrated on urban centers, a preoccupation that is justified by the high case numbers in cities. Yet, as the pandemic slows, it is increasingly clear that COVID-19 has not been a…
NetOne and TelOne have been hailed for partnering to assist the Government by mobilizing resources towards the mitigation and containment of COVID-19 as part of their Corporate Social Investment (CSI). In a speech at the unveiling of a fully-equipped and refurbished Ward B5 at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo today that he made on behalf of…
