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….pilots Virtual Office to contain COVID-19 BancABC Zimbabwe has announced a partnership with Clean City Africa to conduct wholesale decontamination and sanitisation exercise across all its facilities and branches nationwide following the temporary closure of its Head Office, Ignition Hub, and Victoria Falls branch as part of its COVID-19 prevention measures to curtail the spread…
By Anyway Yotamu In an effort to combat the spread of coronavirus, mobile telephony operators heeded the government’s call by coming up together towards promoting e-health by donating equipment in Harare on Monday the 23rd of March 2020. The equipment, which is meant to operationalise the national emergency response centre include computers, servers, mobile handsets,…
Prominent traditional healer, Sekuru Banda has said it is critical to rope in indigenous knowledge systems in the fight against coronavirus. The cultural guru’s comments come in the wake of myths from different schools of thought concerning the pandemic. He was speaking at a conference on indigenous knowledge management held in Harare yesterday to…
Governments and financial institutions are under growing pressure to make economic bailouts designed to counter the coronavirus pandemic dependent on climate action in the longer term. Over the last week, hundreds of billions of dollars worth of stopgap measures have been announced to fight the coronavirus and limit economic shortfalls. In the US, industries are…
By Lovemore Chazingwa in Chakari Former Dalny High school students under the auspices of Dalny Old Students Association (DOSA) partnered with government departments, private companies, and non-governmental organizations in the National Clean-Up exercise that was held last Friday in the dormitory settlement of Chakari some 42 km northwest of Kadoma City. That Clean-Up initiative is…
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the Government of Ethiopia received a consignment of medical equipment Africa’s response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak received a boost today as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the Government of Ethiopia received a consignment of medical equipment from…
The nation was plunged into shock and mourning as news filtered that talented journalist Zororo Makamba had succumbed to COVID-19 after his return from the United States of America. By the time of going to print, the Ministry of Health and Child Care had also confirmed the news that was initially broken on microblogging site…
By Joyce Mukucha The Boost Fellowship, Action 24, and SNV with the support of international development partners, UNICEF Zimbabwe and the Swedish Development International Agency have been implementing the green innovations aimed at presenting unique opportunities for youths to address the adverse challenges of climate change. The youth-focused projects are being implemented throughout the country…
The Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCOZ), representing non-partisan women’s rights organizations and activists in all the 10 provinces of Zimbabwe is calling on general members of the public, state and nonstate actors and duty bearers to ensure the promotion of women’s rights through the COVID 19 prevention and response processes. With Zimbabwe having confirmed the…
On World Water Day, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) is calling upon policymakers, local and central government to take concerted and coordinated efforts to develop and implement action plans on access to water that will help mitigate the impact of climate change. Commemorated every year on 22 March, World Water Day aims to underline…
By Claude Maredza Part 1 “Whoever does not inform his children of his grandparents, has destroyed his child, marred his descendants, and injured his offspring the day he dies. Whoever does not make use of his ancestry has muddled his reason. Whoever is unconcerned with his lineage has lost his mind. Whoever neglects…
This easy-to-use messaging service has the potential to reach 2 billion people and enables WHO to get information directly into the hands of the people that need it Today, WHO (www.WHO.int) is launching a messaging service with partners WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people safe from coronavirus. This easy-to-use messaging service has the potential to…
South African Airways (SAA) has announced that it will immediately suspend all international operations until 31 May 2020 in response to a government travel ban aimed at stopping the transmission of the Coronavirus (Covid-19). The COVID-19 pandemic and attendant travel restrictions resulted in a substantial decline in demand for air travel. The situation caused many airlines across…
Africa’s richest traditional healer Sekuru Banda brought together popular comedians and erstwhile friends Kapfupi and Marabha whose relationship had been on the rocks. This follows his intervention in the frosty relationship between socialites Olinda Chapel and her ex-husband Tytan Skhokho. Sekuru Banda made the move after hearing the sad news that the two…
By Jonathan Whittall How are you supposed to wash your hands regularly if you have no running water or soap? How can you implement ‘social distancing’ if you live in a slum or a refugee camp? How are you supposed to stop crossing borders if you are fleeing from war? How are those with pre-existing…
“In these trying times, it’s incumbent upon the creative and cultural industries to provide relief to an otherwise potentially depressed human race. Without theatre, film, music, dance and many other art forms, humanity would find itself in an abyss. Covid 19, demands us creatives to be dynamic and outward thinking in ensuring we do our…
By Joyce Mukucha Across the world, everyone is grappling with an unprecedented large-scale crisis. The rapid spread of COVID-19 to over 100 countries all around the globe has left many struggling with uncertainty and upheaval from cancelled flights and postponed meetings to closed schools and the effects of distancing and quarantines and many more measures…
Clair Mills Full interview with Clair Mills, MSF medical director about MSF priorities, concerns and actions regarding coronavirus. As everyone knows the situation in Europe is very challenging at the moment and the health system is under a lot of stress, particularly in France, increasingly in other countries as well. This means that for MSF…
Oxfam’s Women Economic Empowerment and Care (WE CARE) also known as the ‘Work your Dreams project in Zimbabwe’ is working on exploring how to break the barrier of unpaid care work that limits women’s empowerment and their participation in all spheres of life. Basically the project explores how unpaid care work serves as a…
By Rumbidzai Venge At a fundamental level, a person’s sex is determined by his or her genes. Human beings are born with 46 chromosomes in 23 pairs, the X and Y chromosomes determine a person’s sex. Women carry 46 XX and men carry 46XY chromosomes. Upon birth, sex determination is crucial in assigning gender to…
By Rumbidzai Venge A child is defined as any boy or girl below the age of eighteen. Children have no capacity to enter into contracts and require curatorship and supervision. To this end, the vulnerability of children calls for the adults surrounding them to provide protection from harm, food, health care, shelter, education, and above…
Although there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 cases in Zimbabwe, the old adage “prevention is better than cure” is important in curbing an outbreak of this pandemic, the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has said. The umbrella body of churches said with cases on the increase in South Africa, Zimbabwe’s largest trading partner,…
Oxfam is working towards enhancing stakeholders’ collective capacity to respond to humanitarian emergencies. Mirjam Van Dorssen, Country Director of Oxfam in Zimbabwe made the remarks while officially opening contingency planning and emergence response training workshops for stakeholders that rolled to life in Harare on 16 March 2020. “These two workshops should equip us…
By Joyce Mukucha To ensure that the basic right of the child to access state-funded education is protected, Tag a Life International (TaLI) has urged the Government of Zimbabwe to consider the current suffering of citizens and review its position and abolish exam fees to guarantee those poor children who constitute more than 70 percent…
A new era dawned on the morning of Thursday 12th March 2020 when the Parliament of Zimbabwe launched its new caucus focusing on Population Development, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (PDSRHR) The caucus seeks to incubate and propagate a new generation of Parliamentary Champions who will help to promote or proactively advocate for all issues…
By Charles Dhewa African agriculture requires banks with a vision to invest in infrastructure which can be used by farmers to anchor production in ways that simplify loan repayment. For instance, Vision 2030 should have financial products that speak to a 10-year horizon. Financing inputs is just like providing consumer loans that do not have…
By Joyce Mukucha As it continues to take strides in fighting Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) through urging women to speak out, Katswe Sistahood has partnered with Trocaire, Plan International, Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), Adult Rape Clinic and government of Zimbabwe by hosting a girls and women’s symposium in Epworth. The gathering which has come…
The Ministry of Youths Sports and Recreation in partnership with the Betty Kaseke Foundation hosted a Women And Girls Sports Festival at Dzivarasekwa Stadium as a belated commemoration of International Women’s Day. The Foundation chose to celebrate the day through sports and recreation. Activities such as Ball games (soccer, netball, basketball, volleyball) and indigenous mind…
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org/en) on Wednesday approved a $121.7 million loan (ZAR 1.893 billion) and Euro 3 million grant from the Rural Water Supply Sanitation Initiative Trust Fund to support Namibia’s “Water Sector Support Program”. The program will facilitate sustainable production and transfer of water resources to improve access…
The new Africa presents the continent’s youth with an excellent battleground to join and wage the economic struggle that will finally liberate Africa, Prof. Benedict Oramah, President of the African Export-import Bank (Afreximbank) has said. Speaking on Wednesday on the topic “Unleashing the Power of the Youth” while delivering the 14th Convocation Lecture of the…
By Joyce Mukucha The impacts of climate disasters have continued to make headlines around the world and this has seen cases of gender-based violence, including sexual harassment, domestic violence and sexual exploitation increasing amongst rural based girls and women. Research and statistics indicate that floods, wildfires, and droughts are decimating communities across the globe. Already,…
Climate change is disproportionately impacting developing countries in the Global South as witnessed by incessant droughts, flooding, heat-waves, sea-level rise, water shortages, famine and disease. This emerged at the Advocates4Earth half-day Meeting on the theme Climate Change Negotiations at Cop25: Implications and Challenges for Zimbabwe held at today at the Bronte Hotel in Harare. Anna…
By Dr Henry Madzorera Zimbabwe faces a grim future if government does not immediately step up efforts to prevent a full scale corona virus outbreak in Zimbabwe. The fact that COVID-19 is spreading so fast around the globe, and that our neighbour South Africa has already reported 7 cases should send a cold chill down…
The successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could help Eastern African countries reap $1.8 billion and revive the region’s intra trade, a new report from the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) indicates. Andrew Mold, officer in charge of ECA’s sub-regional office based in Kigali, told Business Times that the $1.8…
By Adelle Thomas The 2020 International Women’s Day theme: I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights is closely linked to climate change impacts and the need for ambitious climate action. As the global community assesses progress made for women’s rights during the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, it is timely to take…
Civil society organisations (CSOs) under the banner of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) have vowed to mobilise citizens to reject the proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill No 2, accusing the ruling Zanu PF party of railroading the legislature to amend the laws to settle its factional fights. The position was taken during a CiZC coordinating committee…
By Joyce Mukucha In an effort to improve visibility of women Members of Parliament in the digital era ,promoting women’s empowerment, equality and diversity, the Gender and Media Connect (GMC) is conducting a two-day media skills coaching workshop with the Zimbabwe Women Parliamentary Caucus in Harare. The training’s main thrust is aimed at creating a…
Tens of thousands of people across Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique are still suffering 12 months after Cyclone Idai battered Southern Africa, warned Oxfam yesterday. Cyclone Idai, one of the worst cyclones to hit Africa, made landfall on 14th March 2019. A new Oxfam briefing, ‘After the Storm,’ highlights that over 100,000 people in Mozambique and…
By Anyway Yotamu Government has rolled out a massive irrigation programme targeting 100 thousand hectares which will be turned into green belts of maize and other strategic crops under the smart agriculture concept. The Command Agriculture programme has moved a gear up, with several farmers who have reliable sources of water being targeted under the…
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and Harare Wetlands Trust (HWT) have welcomed the report of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment and Tourism on Wetlands Management, presented to Parliament in February 2020. The report was prepared in response to submissions made by ZLHR and HWT to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment and…
By Charles Dhewa All over the world, information sources are no longer just important for journalists. African policy makers who really want to transform their agro-based economies cannot afford to remain silent about their sources of information. There is emerging consensus to the effect that information from academic institutions, private companies and development agencies is…
… but major breakthroughs still can be made New multi-sector, nation-wide research shows Zimbabwe recorded a decrease in maternal mortality from 614 to 462 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births since 2014, and an increase in full immunisation coverage to 85%. But more needs to be done in several areas such as to…
By Joyce Mukucha Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has partnered with the Informal Traders Empowerment Association (ITEA) and other stakeholders in commemorating the International Women’s Day 2020. Several studies by TIZ reveal that despite that Zimbabwe having taken great strides in advancing gender equality through the establishment of various institutional, legal and policy frameworks, the country…
Safeguard Security has invested significantly in its dog section, which in Harare has moved from Graniteside to a more spacious environment in Greendale, where dogs are housed in modern purpose-built kennels with plenty of room for exercise and training.. “Our kennels meet international standards and, because of the built-in drainage system we have in place,…
Joseph Makamba Busha, the President of FreeZim Congress Party has thrown a tantrum on government for neglecting pressing needs of the populace in preference to programmes that do not change people’s lives positively. Speaking to journalists in Harare today, Makamba singled out government’s prioritisation of a new Parliament building and possibly a new city…
