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The 2022-2026 Zimbabwe UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (ZUNSDCF) Steering Committee and stakeholders convened jointly by the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck JM Sibanda and the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Mr Edward Kallon reviewed development results in 2022 and endorsed plans for 2023. The ZUNSDCF, delivering US$524 million in various…
Zimbabwe launched the Second National Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons – a successor plan to the first National Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons which was launched in 2016. The launch yesterday was a culmination of an extensive and inclusive consultation process by the Government represented by the Anti-Trafficking Inter-Ministerial Committee and…
Destination Zimbabwe Tourism delegation met with officials from Malaga Tourism at the ongoing World Travel Market (WTM) Africa in Cape Town, South Africa on Monday. Zimbabwe was led by the Zimbabwe Ambassador to South Africa, His Excellency David Hamadziripi. The meeting sought to discuss possible areas of cooperation while exploring mutual interests between the two…
By Elvis Dumba Chinhoyi – Plan International Zimbabwe has joined hands with the Ministry of Health and Child Care for malaria eradication in Kariba District where there will be mass malaria eradication campaigns whilst riding on collaborative action between the private-public partnership. Mashonaland West Provincial Medical Director, Dr. Gift Masoja told a Provincial Development Strategy…
Fastjet Zimbabwe on Tuesday, the 4th of April 2023 launched its additional domestic flights to Kariba and Hwange National Park. The new service routes bring to five the domestic destinations that the award-winning value-based airline now operates in Zimbabwe. Flights to Kariba and Hwange National Park are part of the airline’s domestic route development strategy…
Great Zimbabwe Development Project (GZDP) by its nature and scope calls for multi-stakeholder participation for the successful implementation and realization of project objectives. This emerged yesterday (4 April 2023) during the GZDP National Steering Committee (NSC) Sensitisation Meeting held at the Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare. This was revealed by Selesio Zvawada, the Project Manager…
Working with a high-performing team is a rewarding feature of a satisfactory work experience, according to Kundai Mapuranga, customer value management manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe. “A team that performs consistently well is one of the greatest things in the workplace, and I have the pleasure to have that experience with the great team I have…
By Wallace Mawire The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) will convene its annual field day at the CIMMYT Southern Africa Regional Office in Harare on the 5th of April 2023. The field day will be held at CIMMYT, a 12.5 km peg along Mazowe Road in Mt Pleasant, Harare. According to Moses Siambi,…
While the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has come out strongly condemning the brazen bullying of journalists, particularly as elections beckon, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Mr. Nick Mangwana has guaranteed the safety of media practitioners under President Mnangagwa’s administration. Mr. Mangwana pledged the protection of journalists while addressing Masvingo scribes during…
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) met to appraise the milestones reached as part of their existing collaborative framework. Technical teams from both parties held an engagement on lessons learned, and ways to sustain and amplify the collaboration in new areas of common interest. As a background, PAP and…
South Africa’s National Assembly (NA) Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula arrived in Abidjan – Côte d’Ivoire yesterday on a special visit to address the official opening of the Côte d’Ivoire National Assembly as a guest of honour today Monday 3 April 2023 in Hemicycle, Abidjan, the Capital City. An invitation was extended to Speaker Mapisa-Nqakula by her…
Sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies have been a growing part of business profiles ever since the term ESG originated in 2005. Yet despite its nearly 20-year permeation into commerce culture, the concept of being sustainable or adhering to ESG principles remains a mystery to many organizations. To help provide insight and share…
By Elvis Dumba Chinhoyi – The country’s tobacco output is expected to grow by 8,5% in 2023, with 230 million kilograms of golden leaf expected to be on the market. This was revealed by Mashonaland West Provincial Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka in a speech read on her behalf by…
By Chris Donkin Lenovo discontinued its gaming-focused Legion smartphone line, stating the move was part of a wider business transformation and gaming portfolio consolidation. In a statement to Mobile World Live, the electronics company reiterated its commitment to the broader gaming category, which it also uses the Legion brand in. “As a leader in gaming devices…
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) is set to lead a high-level delegation of tourism players to this year’s World Travel Market (WTM) Africa fair to be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 3-5 April 2023. Fairs of WTM Africa’s magnitude present Zimbabwe with an opportunity to network with international buyers, regional and international tourism…
ViiV must do more to ensure people in low- and middle-income countries, including MSF patients, have access to injectable PrEP as generic versions are likely years away The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called yesterday on ViiV to immediately take steps to urgently expedite people’s access to the HIV prevention…
Hon Mabel Chinomana, Zimbabwe’s Senate President addressed the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation during the state visit to the European country. The legislator hailed the privilege to be accorded the rare opportunity to address the Russian August House. “I would like to express my gratitude for your invitation and for the honour and hospitalities…
Heal Zimbabwe Trust launched its flagship Peace Campaign for the 2023 general election in Zaka on the 23rd of March 2023. The Campaign, dubbed #AsOne ia anchored on the three pillars of Tolerance, Harmony and Ubuntu. The launch, held in the form of a nhimbe in line with Heal Zimbabwe Trust’s tradition of using traditional…
On the 28th of March 2023, Heal Zimbabwe took the #AsOne Campaign to Buhera West and introduced it to community leaders. The local peace structure, aptly named Kugara Kunzwanana Peace Club convened a nhimbe (group of farmers working together) at the Chipuriro homestead to harvest finger millet, which brought more than 40 villagers including 5…
Learning from their parents’ work experiences is often a valuable means by which people can shape and enhance their own working lives. This is the belief and experience of Louisa Kajama, a customer services representative in MultiChoice Zimbabwe’s customer value management department, whose role focuses on customer retention through educating and informing customers about the DStv products and services on offer and assisting them to have the best possible viewing experiences….
Zimbabwe is geared to host the 6th Transform Africa Summit (TAS) from the 26th to the 28th of April 2023 at Victoria Falls. The Transform Africa Summit is the leading African tech and digital event organised by Smart Africa which gathers over 3000 delegates from more than 100 countries to engage in the digital transformation…
The shift from the current (linear) economic model (extract, make, use, throw away) to an increasingly regenerative (circular) one is an opportunity to achieve both economic and social well-being and environmental safeguarding. Especially the private sector is keen to learn more about possible value creation and seeks assistance in piloting and demonstrating new materials, new…
A climate change expert has said COP 27 was unable to agree on the inclusion on the special needs and circumstances of Africa with the main challenge being that other developing nations are arguing on similarly being recognized for their special needs and priorities, mostly from Latin America. These were the sentiments of Dr. Mithika…
Support from a global consortium will expand access to shorter TB prevention options, help advance efforts towards TB elimination across seven counties The Unitaid-funded IMPAACT4TB Consortium, led by the Aurum Institute, announced on 23 March that it will provide 250,000 patient courses of short course rifapentine-based preventive treatment regimens to seven countries to help…
By John Wilson I am writing this on World Water Day, March 22nd. The UN’s tagline for the day is ‘Be the change. Every drop counts.’ This is very true. If we are going to return water cycles everywhere to what they used to be, then it will start with each one of us understanding…
The Zimbabwe Association of Church-related Hospitals (ZACH) in collaboration with the National AIDS Council (NAC) is hosting a sensitization workshop for journalists on violence against women (VAW), HIV, as well as violence against girls and young women (VAGYW) with a focus on the implementation of the Start Awareness Support Action (SASA) model. This is part…
A training workshop organised by UN Women Zimbabwe in partnership with Lower Guruve Development Association (LGDA) capacitated the media on how to report on gender (women, men, boys, and girls) during the humanitarian crises with a reflection on how the journalists in Zimbabwe tackled this during COVID-19. The training took place physically in Bindura, Mashonaland…
By Patrice Talla – FAO Subregional Coordinator for Southern Africa and FAO Representative in Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Lesotho This year we are celebrating the International Year of Millets. The year was endorsed by Members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its Governing Bodies and declared at the 75th Session…
Climate change is impacting biodiversity and threatening the development of traditional medicine, Dr. Mithika Mwenda, the Executive Director of the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance has said. He was addressing a sitting of committees of the Pan-African Parliament at the precinct of the African Union’s lawmaking organ in Midrand South Africa that ran from the 6th…
Far from feeling disadvantaged, Gertrude Mayanga has found motivation and inspiration in fighting attempts to discourage her as a woman in a business environment. Celebrating the message of International Women’s Month, she believes that whenever she has been treated unfairly on the basis of being a woman she has found the strength to prove herself and…
New Coalition of Leaders to End TB to be announced as preliminary data expected to show a reduction in the gap between estimated TB cases and diagnosed patients, to less than 3 million people in 2022 The Stop TB Partnership yesterday issued a positive World TB Day reset, ‘Yes! We Can End TB,’ to rally…
By Elvis Dumba in Murehwa Chief Mangwende, born Morgan Gatsi, has been described as a gender equality champion after he set up by-laws in his jurisdiction that are intended in eradicating gender-based violence and inequality in the community. Chief Mangwende said he led the initiative after the rise in gender-based violence, child marriages, and divorce…
The Institute Of Entrepreneurs Zimbabwe, a revolutionary institute striving to equip those passionate about transforming their organisations with cutting-edge entrepreneurship skills held its well-attended SALES TRAINING from the 14th to the 17th of March 2023. The Institute had the pleasure to announce and pronounce in this publication those who successfully attended and completed the Institute…
Goromonzi – Women empowerment projects that have been supported by the European Union, United Nations agencies, and other partners have progressively impacted communities. A diary project that was established in 1983 in Ward 11, Goromonzi, has economically transformed the community and created employment for hundreds of women. Mercy Mujuru, Chairperson of Chikwaka Kubatana Dairy Cooperative,…
The Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, UNICEF and partners have officially launched the next phase of the Emergency Social Cash Transfer (ESCT) Programme that aims to provide cash payments to close to 19,000 households in five new rural districts. The programme was launched during a workshop held in Bulawayo, recently. Under this…
The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on governments and donors to speed up access to new, shorter, safer, and more effective treatments for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), as well as the diagnostic tests needed to initiate treatment on these medicines. This is part of a “Call to Action” that…
Under the theme “Institutional Peace: Strengthening Communication to Build Trust,” an international peace NGO, Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), holds its 7th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) from March 14th to 19th in 41 countries from Africa, Europe, North America, and Asia. “This declaration, which is made…
By Elvis Dumba Harare – The European Union Delegation to Zimbabwe and its partners have been capacitating women across the country in the advancement of transformative technology and digital education. European Union Delegation to Zimbabwe, its partners, community-based organizations, and government departments will converge in Murehwa for a special day exclusively set aside to celebrate…
By Atiyyah Khan Innovative ways of thinking around heritage interpretation and presentation were explored at the World Heritage Futures Lab hosted in January this year in Windhoek. Eager participants from Southern and Eastern Africa joined for a 3-day laboratory highlighting UNESCO heritage sites. Community members from each region were paired up in teams with creative…
By Clayton Masekesa Smallholder farmers in Burma Valley in Manicaland province continue to embrace cigar wrapper tobacco farming after exploring a potentially lucrative international market. Speaking at a Cigar Tobacco Wrapper field day at Mapote Farm owned by Lindsay Guild in Burma Valley last Thursday, the host farmer, Guild said most farmers in Burma Valley…
By Wallace Mawire Zororai home for the elderly in Sakubva, Mutare has received in-kind donation support from Medcom Foundation in England. William Mtisi, Founder/Director of Medcom Foundation said that the home was supported with items such as sugar, mealie-meal, bags of maize, meat, chunks, cooking oil, soap, mahewu drinks, powdered milk, matemba, salt, including wheat…
The President of the Pan-African Parliament, HE Hon Senator Chief Fortune Z. Charumbira met yesterday in Manama in the Kingdom of Bahrain the President of the House of Councillors of the Kingdom of Morocco Enaam Mayara. In this meeting, President Charumbira expressed his great willingness to work with Morocco to contribute to the development of…
The ratification of legal instruments and legislation with regard to people with disabilities and older persons in Africa has come under scrutiny at the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) with calls for governments to ratify the relevant instruments. This came to the fore at the joint sittings of the Committee on Gender, Youth, Family and People with…
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority participated in the MATTA Fair in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) was held from 17 – 19 March 2023. MATTA Fair KL is an annual travel fair organized by the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA). It is the biggest travel fair…
By Charles Dhewa Besides being instruction-oriented, conventional extension models were designed to promote a narrow range of hybrid crops and livestock. This has rendered extension services in many African countries unfit for the purpose given that African food systems are too broad and includes wildlife that co-exists with farmers. In most communities, baboons, monkeys, wild…
