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By Byron Mutingwende The Junior Chamber International Zimbabwe (JCI) is spearheading youth empowerment projects in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This emerged at the 2018 official opening of the organisation’s Harare chapter that was officiated by Prisca Mupfumira, the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality on 24 January 2018. “I am indeed…
By Byron Mutingwende The Pan-African technological giants BitMari are playing an important role of assisting those in the diaspora to remit money back home at affordable rates in pursuit of growing the economy. In June 2017 BitMari partnered with the Agricultural Bank of Zimbabwe (Agribank) to integrate Bitcoin and Blockchain technology into consumer offerings….
By Byron Mutingwende The Imire Rhino and Wildlife Conservation is one of its kind because the venture is located in the farming areas of Wedza just over 100km from Harare. Home to the big five game animals except the leopard, one cannot just but wonder at the success story of this enterprise. Arriving…
By Patricia Mashiri Following the 100-day Targeted Performance Programme initiative the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry led by Minister Priscah Mupfumira has intensified the development of the Tourism Satellite Accounting System in Zimbabwe to estimate the contribution of the sector to the economy. The Satellite Account (TSA) as accepted by United Nations…
By Joyce Mukucha In pursuit of unlocking the full potential of Zimbabwe as an economically stable country, citizens of Zimbabwe and politicians met to discuss Mugabe’s post era and his leadership so that they could craft a way forward to build a better nation by giving their opinions which they want President Emmerson Mnangagwa to…
By Joyce Mukucha Huan Ping the Chinese ambassador among other countries has signed an affirmation document of a group of foreign nationals’ musical project called ‘Lovely Zimbabwe’as a way of promoting international investment in Zimbabwe. The project which consist of Abraham Matuka (artist) and the Lovely Zimbabwe Team comprises different races of foreign nations targeting…
By Byron Mutingwende Priscah Mupfumira, the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry has called for the maximum participation of locals so as to ensure the sustainability of the sector. She made the remarks while updating the media on the policy direction her ministry is taking to promote domestic tourism. “For a long time Zimbabwe…
By Joyce Mukucha As the people of Zimbabwe seek clarity on the reported missing US$15 billion, a government official said Parliament will address the unanswered questions or the controversies around the issue. This was said during a discussion which focused on the question: “Where did the US415 billion go?” The dialogue was held at Meikles…
By Byron Mutingwende Zimbabwe is on the brink of famine following a dry spell experienced countrywide and in the entire region that has seen most crops wilting. According to the Southern African Development Community Climate Services Centre (SADC-CSC) Issue Number 2 of released on 19 January 2018, very high to extremely high temperatures have…
By Patricia Mashiri Joseph Chinotimba, the Member of the House of Assembly for Buhera South Constituency will be launching his book Masasi aChinoz on Friday 26 January 2018 which will provide humour and entertainment to Zimbabweans and the world at large. The book includes Chinotimba’s life history to date and some of his memorable jokes.The…
By Patricia Mashiri The Zimbabwe Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is failing to deliver services to farmers throughout the country. This is evidenced by the late delivery of inputs from the Presidential Scheme that were supposed to have been delivered to the farmers countrywide. The inputs comprise of 10kg maize seed, 50kg Compound D fertilizer, 50…
By Joyce Mukucha The Vendors Initiative for Social Economic Transformation (VISET) and Citizens Manifesto urged the Government to offer vendors alternative sites to carry out their trade without arresting or prosecuting them. The two organisations condemned the ultimatum which gives vendors and pirate taxi operators 48 hours to vacate the streets in all towns and…
By Joyce Mukucha The Ministries of Health and Child Care(MHoCC) and Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) have reiterated a compelling need to develop innovative ways of supporting the health sector to ensure that its value chain and all other sectors directly or indirectly are linked to health delivery are appropriately aligned to the national objective…
By Patricia Mashiri In a bid to provide accessible health services to Zimbabwean citizens, China has donated equipment for early screening and treatment of cervical cancer to the Ministry of Health and Child Care. The equipment worth US$500 000 was donated to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals and handed over to Dr David Parirenyatwa, Minister of…
By Byron Mutingwende The noble undertaking of working towards the vision of achieving universal access to sustainable energy in Zimbabwe is being impeded by a plethora of challenges that require urgent attention. This appeared at a meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy held in the Senate Chamber with the minister…
By Byron Mutingwende Prisca Mupfumira, the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry has used the International Tourism Fair in Spain (FITUR) to market Zimbabwe as a safe tourist destination. The platform to address the delegates was her maiden international engagement as the new minister of tourism and especially so in Spain – a…
By Byron Mutingwende The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) has made several engagements with the Ministry of Local Government, Public works and National Housing and there seems to be no consideration of residents’ needs, as it appears the calls are falling on deaf ears. That emerged at a workshop held in Harare whereby residents…
By Byron Mutingwende Domestic tourism is one of the segments of tourism that plays a vital role in any country’s tourism development, sector players have said. This is espoused in the fact that tourism is a key economic sector that has the potential to contribute towards economic growth and development. It is a…
By Staff Reporter The Global Fund has unveiled US$ 502 million healthcare funding to Zimbabwe. The grants will be put in place by the Ministry of Health Child Care (MOHCC), UNDP together with Civil Society Organisations and National Aids Council (NAC). The funding will support HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria programmes and to build resilient systems…
By Byron Mutingwende What appeared like an ordinary social gathering on 22 December 2017 at the Magna Mudyiwa Sports Tournament has proved otherwise; as it has become a launchpad for success to some Mudzi West residents. The dexterity and skills on the ball displayed by eight of the 19 players impressed the discerning…
By Farai Chirimumimba President Emmerson Mnangagwa and team have been forced to do clean-up after ascending to power through the help of a coup and impeachment proceedings that forced Mugabe to resign November 2016. The Harare government has in recent weeks been forced to explain its legitimacy mainly stemming from a number of tweets by…
By Audrey Rundofa Germany delegates paid a courtesy call to the Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni to enhance the existing partnership with the City of Munich. Cllr Manyenyeni met with urban development planning head of mobility section Geiorg-Friendrich Koppen, town planning project management urban history Gerhard Gross and business development emerging markets for Green City Project…
By Joyce Mukucha In an initiative to offer effective implementation of programmes that uplift the lives of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and include them in all aspects of day to day lives as a right and not as a privilege the Ministry of Social and Labour Welfare has appointed the 6th National Disability Board. Addressing…
By Byron Mutingwende The Zimbabwe Parents of Handicapped Children Association (ZPHCA) gave children with disabilities a rare treat when it threw a belated Christmas party for them and donated some goodies. “Some of these do not appear in public. Our friends from China and Mimosa Mining Company donated some groceries, clothes and foodstuffs…
By Byron Mutingwende There is need for a paradigm shift in the approach of doing business within tourism since the sector has great potential to revive the economy. In her address at the briefing meeting with stakeholders on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Support facility, Prisca Mupfumira the minister of tourism and hospitality…
By Joyce Mukucha The Government of Zimbabwe is looking forward on how a 100-day quick wins programme is faring in response to the directive of His Excellence President Emmerson Mnangagwa to all government organs to implement the initiative, Cabinet minister has said. Speaking during the meeting with the ministers of state on the 11th of…
By Patricia Mashiri and Joyce Mukucha Some people can always be happy and grateful as they find joy in little things they have and learn to accept and appreciate what life give them thereby continuing to live healthy and normalising everything. A smoke can be seen billowing into the sky in the heart of the…
The UNWTO Awards on Innovation and Excellence in Tourism, African and Middle East tourism development and the Chinese Market among the activities of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) during the 38th edition of the Madrid International Tourism Fair (FITUR, January 17-21), the yearly kick-off for the world’s leading tourism meeting points. A workshop on Chinese…
By Farai Chirimumimba The impact and influence of the youths on the forthcoming general elections 2018 should be seen in the context of the existing demands and contradictions of the youths that are likely to influence the outcome. On the surface, the general elections are for the opposition to lose rather than what would have…
By Audrey Rundofa and Joyce Mukucha January is the hardest month of the year when the people have burdens of paying school fees, rentals and buying of children’s uniforms since it is the ‘ back to school month’. The time of the year is termed “January disease”. According to the survey done by Spiked Online…
By Joyce Mukucha and Patricia Mashiri The government of Zimbabwe is working tirelessly to fix the economy of the country through a number of initiatives which were presented at the post budget seminar which took place on 08 January 2018 under the theme “New Economic Order.” The Post Budget Seminar brought to light the fact…
By Byron Mutingwende Honourable Betty Nhambu-Kaseke, the Member of the House of Assembly for Kuwadzana was catapulted into Parliament on a ruling party Zanu (PF) ticket in 2015 following by-elections in the constituency but has brought considerable development in the short space of time she has been in charge of the area. Spiked Online Media…
By PDP Information Department Emmerson Mnangagwa’s last act of 2017 was a bad decision to deploy soldiers on young protestors in Bulawayo at a church service ironically convened to celebrate the peaceful and bloodless nature of the coup of 14 November 2017. The People’s Democratic Party restates the supremacy of the constitution which in section…
By Byron Mutingwende Harare Municipality is facing a myriad of challenges but Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has put the blame squarely on executive interference and gross mismanagement for the shoddy service delivery. Speaking during a stakeholder engagement meeting at in Harare on Friday 29 December 2017, Manyenyeni highlighted that the city had no ultimate…
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has condemned the recent press proclamation by the Government of Zimbabwe that placed the Civil Service Commission (CSC) under the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC). The teachers’ union said the move undermines principles of good public administration as set out in the constitution and added that…
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the FCI and the University of Malta today in Cairo announced the opening of registrations for the 2018 cohort of the Certificate of Finance in International Trade (COFIT). Stephen Kauma, Afreximbank’s Director & Global Head of the Human Resources Department, said that COFIT 2018, which is open to banking and…
By Byron Mutingwende For Magna Mudyiwa, the Member of the House of Assembly for Mudzi West Constituency leadership is a natural calling and the legislator is using sport to unite people for peace and development. The hardworking legislator is the brain behind the annual Magna Mudyiwa Sports Tournament ever since coming into office…
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), a multilateral financial institution established by African governments and institutional investors, have signed a US$100-Million agreement and a EUR 50-Million agreement with the aim of facilitating and financing exports amongst African countries and between…
By Byron Mutingwende In a quest to improve the quality of education and consolidate Zimbabwe’s status as the leading country on literacy levels in Africa, a Cabinet minister has proffered a cocktail of measures to improve the sector. Speaking during the official handover of the Zimbabwe-China Friendship High School in Harare on Thursday…
By Byron Mutingwende Mazvita Jacob (not real name) relives the emotional experiences of the day she was raped by her uncle last year when she was 17 years old. When left alone, she cries and says she sees visions of the perpetrator coming to abuse her all over again. Her auntie Patience says…
By Byron Mutingwende The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and the African Union Commission (AUC) have established an interactive network to ensure strategic partnerships to tackle development challenges on the continent. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the African Partnership Coordination Platform in Harare on 18 December 2018, Emmanuel Nnadozie, the ACBF Executive…
By Byron Mutingwende Caregivers and members of the Zimbabwe Parents of Handicapped Children Association (ZPHCA) held a meeting to highlight challenges faced by persons with disabilities and proffer solutions that lead to sustainable and resilient solutions to this marginalised group. Speaking at a belated commemorative workshop to observe the International Day of Persons…
By Byron Mutingwende The girl child is the most vulnerable in the community due to a multiplicity of factors, chief among them gender based violence. In an effort to create safe zones for the girl child against this menace, the Zimbabwe Community Health Intervention Research (ZICHIRe) behaviour change project has introduced sporting activities targeting…
By Byron Mutingwende The failure to pay fees should not be an excuse for keeping children out of primary school, civil society otganisations (CSOs) have said. Speaking to journalists in Harare on Thursday 14 December 2017, a consortium of CSOs advocating for the rights of children took a dig at the government for…
Elton Gomori In one’s quest for success and ultimate greatness, failures and falls are inevitable and quite unavoidable at one point or the other. Indeed and in fact, every success narrative since time immemorial to posterity is and will always be punctuated by failure, set back, scandals, blunders and falls of different shapes, forms…
