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In the face of a global and national climate crisis, the United Nations has reiterated its full commitment to climate action as espoused under the Paris Agreement of 2015. Dr. Esther Muia, Country Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announced the commitment on the 74th Anniversary of the UN in her statement on behalf…
By Joyce Mukucha Driven by the desire to ensure that sustainable quality health delivery systems prevail in Zimbabwe, the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are demanding for the increase of health financing in the 2020 National Budget to promote health, dignity and wellbeing of citizens. The CSOs advocacy core team suggested that domestic financing of health…
EcoSure has launched a transport service that will give its existing policy holders the convenience of access to free transport during their time of bereavement. The new package, which will give EcoSure clients access to free transport when they lose a loved one, will be offered by EcoSure in partnership with Vaya, and will be…
By Engineer Jacob Kudzai Mutisi It is time for the youth to take the leading role as economic drivers. Zimbabwe is not in this economic turmoil because of sanctions, government policy need to shift 180 degrees. How did Rhodesia and South Africa prosper under sanctions. With the white Afrikaners building the biggest economy in Africa….
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has placed workers on mandatory paid leave purportedly to conduct an investigation into corruption concerns raised by auditors. On 22 October 2019, NSSA suspended 24 executives and senior managers on the orders reportedly directed by the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Sekai Nzenza, to the board…
Advertising digitally is one of the most effective ways to grow your cannabis business. The biggest challenge you face while promoting your business is negotiating and steering through the restrictions of advertising in the popular digital platforms. Though the legalisation is still pending in more than a dozen states, studies show growth of $23 billion…
Protecting forests, planting trees, reducing food waste and changing diets critical to cool, liveable planet; the US, the EU, China and Brazil among countries that can lead on efforts to slash land sector emissions A new report published in Nature Climate Change today unveils a land sector roadmap laying out critical actions on forests, farming and food systems the…
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is partnering stakeholders like the ministries of education and health to reduce early and unintended pregnancies (EUP) among young people so as to foster sustainable development. Speaking at a Media Capacity Building Workshop in Mazowe, UNESCO National Associate Project Officer – HIV and Health Education, Mr…
The Pan African Parliament (PAP) has honoured and paid tribute to the late former Zimbabwean President, His Excellency Robert Gabriel Mugabe who passed on last month due to “advanced cancer” describing him as a “Giant of Africa”. The PAP paid tribute to Mugabe after a draft motion was moved by Honourable Jaynet Kabila of Democratic…
Cassava Smartech’s Maisha Health has unveiled a new partnership with Cancerserve Trust which seeks to assist Zimbabweans living with Cancer. Through the partnership, Maisha has committed a portion of its monthly revenue to supporting cancer treatment of patients in Zimbabwe’s public hospitals through the Cancerserve Trust. Announcing the ground-breaking partnership, Cassava Smartech CEO Mr Eddie…
By Charles Dhewa The survival of African informal markets is hinged on fluid succession pathways based on indigenous knowledge systems. Old people who inherited trading stalls from their parents smoothly move out of the market after training their children or relatives to take over. Those taking over will have taken years under-studying those retiring and…
Central African countries surveyed in new opinion study believe that halving malaria deaths is more achievable than elimination by 2030; Malaria experts are very concerned that climate change could increase the threat of malaria in the region: Surveillance and programme delivery need to improve to drive progress. Central Africa is fighting to maintain momentum in…
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has launched emergency assessments in the east and north-east of South Sudan where severe flooding has left thousands of people stranded in inaccessible areas, threatening to make worse an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis. MSF is urging all actors to mobilize resources to mitigate the impact of rising flood levels in affected…
By Lovemore Chazingwa in Kadoma Humble and socio-economic sensitive life philosophy has led a Kadoma based businessman, Filmon Ncube, to embrace and practically implement the Zimshop concept for the sole benefit of citizens, especially civil servants, it has emerged. The Rimuka based businessman operates a retail shop, Confil Groceries within the confines of a small…
Farmers from around the country have paid tribute to EcoFarmer Vaya Tractor, saying the service had come in handy in helping with mechanised equipment, and assisting them to meet delivery deadlines, especially for contract farmers. Vaya Tractor – which officially launched its services to the nation earlier this month at a ceremony attended by the…
By Byron Mutingwende Stakeholders in the world of work in Zimbabwe convened at a meeting to find solutions for the future of work at a time they are fixated on searching for evasive solutions to the daunting socio-economic problems they face today. This emerged at the Zimbabwe Labour Symposium on the Future of…
The United Nations Team in Zimbabwe has oiled the machinery to galvanise climate action in the country as espoused at the just ended 74th Session of the UN General Assembly that spotlighted climate action to boost ambition and accelerate actions to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. These were the remarks of the UN…
By Lovemore Chazingwa in Kadoma Reproductive and family health utility institution, National Aids Council (NAC), yesterday rekindled efforts on free cancer screening, HIV testing and family planning interventions, at Ground Number 4, for City of Kadoma population, with the main focus on female residents, it is established. The exercise was conducted in strong partnership with…
By Joyce Mukucha and Anyway Yotamu In the quest to promote comprehensive breast cancer control programmes as part of national cancer control plans as well as recommending early detection strategies that save lives, NetOne in conjunction with the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe held a Free Breast Cancer Screening in Mabvuku. The efforts follow the…
The Bank’s intervention will complement a separate therapeutic and supplemental feeding program for vulnerable households The African Development Bank (https://AfDB.org/) has approved a grant of $1 million to boost a children’s food and nutrition security program in Bié province in Angola. The resources are from a special relief fund to the government of Angola, in…
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the e-commerce sector of 6 Central America countries are set to reap greater benefits from participation in international trade thanks to the existing partnership with eBay and two new partnerships struck by the International Trade Centre with PayPal and Payoneer, two leading global payments system providers. To kick…
Prof. Benedict Oramah, President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), today in Washington, D.C., received the 2019 2019 Man of the Year Award from Diaspora Today magazine and the African Diaspora Distinguished Leadership Award of Prince Georges County of Maryland, United States. Presenting the two awards, Angela Alsobrooks, Prince Georges County Executive, said that they were…
The German Government, through its development bank, KfW, today contributed €10million to the second phase of the Education Development Fund (EDF) to improve access to quality education for Zimbabwe’s children. The funds will be used to support the strengthening the resiliency of the education sector through building capacity in Disaster Risk Reduction at national, sub-national…
High demand for tractors through Vaya Tractor by large commercial farmers and organizations that do contract farming has surprised the Cassava management team as the service takes off. “We thought all the demand would come from smallholder farmers, who don’t own tractors. But even large commercial farmers are coming to us enquiring for the service….
By Byron Mutingwende There is need to raise awareness on the importance of public hearings by Parliament when soliciting for the views of the citizens in the budgetary process so as to steer the trajectory of economic development for Zimbabwe. Hon Felix Mhona, the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance…
By Joyce Mukucha and Anyway Yotamu In an effort to support land mine victims in Mudzi, Starlight Global Events, a UK based company has handed over a US$2, 479 and 210 Pounds donation to Mudzi Orphans Development Trust. The donation is meant to start up a Commercial Goat Farming Project, a scheme which will be…
Conference of the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa (CoM SSA) Accra International Conference Centre, Ghana Accra, under the theme, “Towards the institutionalisation of Local Climate Action and Access to Finance,” begins today as part of the Climate Chance Summit, Africa 2019. The conference will be opened by the Hon. Hajia Alima Mahama, Minister of Local Government and…
By Joyce Mukucha As the Zimbabwe Gems’ team is set to travel today for the Africa Netball Cup Tournament which will kick-start tomorrow in Cape Town, National Foods has availed ZWL$250,000 to cater for the trip. Due to financial constraints, the Gems were facing challenges in as much as participating at the tournament is concerned…
By Abigail Mzimbawakhe (Midlands Correspondent) Gweru residents are in support of the city council’s decision to suspend the Town Clerk Ms Elizabeth Gwatipedza saying it sends the right message towards improving service delivery. Gweru Residents and Ratepayers Association Director, Cornelius Selipiwe said that he applauds the move by the mayor as the town clerk was…
By Nyasha Mutena The Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development, Hon Stembiso Nyoni has urged rural women across the country to embrace and exploit ICTs centres that have been availed by the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICTs) in the provinces. In her statement on the International Day of Rural…
With the internet fast becoming a part of everyday life for a large majority of Zimbabweans, data consumption has increased exponentially as almost all forms of communication are internet-based. Although price hikes have become a day to day occurrence in the country, the cost of data remains a heated debate amongst peers, with local telecom…
By Byron Mutingwende Firebrand Member of the House of Assembly for Norton, Temba Mliswa has called for formalisation of artisanal mining and clampdown on marauding criminals going by the moniker MaShurugwi who are unleashing violence and looting minerals in his constituency. “I have always advocated for formalisation and regularisation of small-scale and artisanal…
By Lovemore Chazingwa in Kadoma Renowned man of cloth Apostle George Dhliwayo of Great Restoration and Deliverance International Ministry (GRDIM) and president of International Ministers Federation (IMF), has resorted to God, in word and deeds, to prepare for the removal of economic sanctions imposed on the southern African nation by the United States and her…
By Joyce Mukucha As Government focuses on mining as one of the vehicles of growth intended at transforming the Zimbabwean economy and attaining an Upper Middle-Income Economy by the year 2030, President Mnangagwa yesterday officially launched the Strategic Roadmap to the Achievement of US$12 billion mining industry by 2023. This represents a 344 percent increase…
Leading mobile network operator, Econet Wireless has announced yet another increase in bundle prices for data and SMS with effect from 15 October 2019 in what analysts say is a move meant to keep pace with the current inflation. Dr. Prosper Chitambara, the Senior Programme Officer of the Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of…
By Abigail Mzimbawakhe (Midlands Correspondent) The government has promised to disburse ZWL$5,8 million to Kwekwe Local Authority for the rehabilitation of their water and sewer systems. The money will also be used for the procurement and installation of an induction electric motor and a pump set as well as the procurement of gate valves for…
By Abigail Mzimbawakhe (Midlands Correspondent) A women’s rights advocacy organisation has urged the private and public institutions in the country to provide affordable sanitary wear for the girl child since the prices have gone up. The Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) General Secretary Muchanyara Mukamuri said that access to sanitary wear remains a challenge to…
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has said recent announcements by the government, that it would disburse $2.8 billion for the Command Agriculture and issuing some $300 million in Treasury bills is a serious cause for concern, judging by the murkiness that has surrounded the same over the years. The opposition party said the regime…
BY MAME BOUGOUMA DIENE & SIMON WOOLLEY “Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me.” —Tupac Shakur It’s time for a grown-up conversation about the racialization of antidrug policies. Ethnic and racial minorities are incarcerated, policed, shot, and killed at growing rates across the globe. The…
By Africa Geographic Editorial “Elephant damage!” is now a common phrase in reaction to the sight of fallen trees, and landscapes bereft of trees. The apparent loss of large savanna trees such as marula and knobthorn in Africa’s protected areas is often blamed on elephants, and this perceived direct link between elephants and treefall drives…
Africa50, Colas, Jovena and SN Power signed a shareholders’ agreement last Friday to develop the Volobe hydropower plant in Madagascar. The project entails the construction and operation of a 120 MW hydropower plant on the Ivondro river, 40 kilometers from Toamasina, to be operated under a 35-year concession. It also includes the construction of…
Today, in commemoration of International Day of the Girl Child, girls selected from the Junior Parliament of Zimbabwe through an essay competition took the helm of UN leadership replacing the roles of the UN Resident Coordinator, and six UN heads of Agencies making a symbolic statement on the need to empower girls to make decisions,…
Within weeks of sending home graduates from the first year of training, the MultiChoice Talent Factory Academies in Nairobi, Lagos and Lusaka have welcomed the class of 2020 for a year of training and career preparation. Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said two Zimbabwean students joined 18 others from across…
Distributed Power Africa (DPA) this week unveiled a 1.2MW solar installation at Liquid Telecom’s Campus in Midrand, South Africa – one of the renewable energy company’s largest projects to date in South Africa. The company, which continues to expand its clean energy offer to commercial & industrial businesses across sub-Sahara Africa, also recently announced…
Residents from Bulawayo’s Eastern suburbs have requested organisations in Bulawayo to conduct a shadow census process to determine the actual number of people living in the city for planning purposes. Speaking at a Habakkuk Trust advocacy training workshop, residents alluded to the highly contested census results compiled by Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZimStat) in 2012…
