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President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called upon the private sector, civil society, and other stakeholders to join the government in the fight against corruption. He has urged them to set up integrity committees within their organisations. “The anti-corruption fight is a collective responsibility. Government cannot go it alone,” he told delegates at the annual conference and…
In preparation for COP26, two information sessions were held on September 21 on the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism. The Declaration, developed by a collaborative group of leading organizations, is an urgent call for all stakeholders to commit to a decade of climate action in tourism. The signatories of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action…
By Lazarus Sauti The Zimbabwean mainstream and alternative mediascape are awash with gory headlines and stories of political violence, murder, rape, gender-based violence (GBV), and robberies. Words and metaphors of war, like ‘butchered’, ‘ripped’, ‘smashed’, ‘evil’, ‘pathetic’, ‘thug’, ‘helpless’, or ‘clobbered’ are used in most, if not all, news reports regarding these issues. These words…
Various civil society organisations associated with Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition met on Thursday, September 23, 2021 to deliberate on the issue of a national convergence for transformation in light of the deepening multi faceted crisis in Zimbabwe. The meeting resolved to, among other issues, strengthen citizen agency and to rally ordinary Zimbabweans, including youths,…
By Jacob Kudzai Mutisi The Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill is awaiting the signature of the President of Zimbabwe to become law. The purpose of the bill is to consolidate cyber-related offences and provide for data protection with due regard to the Declaration of Rights under the Constitution and the public and national interest,…
Spiked Online Media Reporter The fact that access to information remains a fundamental right to people with disabilities comes to the fore as Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of Sign Languages which runs under the theme ‘We sign for human rights. The International Day of Sign Language was…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has said it is important to prioritize marginalised communities in Africa as well as developing nations pertaining to the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. Speaking during a special event organized to discuss how COVID-19 vaccines can be fairly distributed worldwide as a key priority for development, UNDP Administrator, Achim Steiner…
The talk-of-town, people-centred, and recently established political party, the Freedom Of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) has said it is the only genuine vehicle for Zimbabweans to enjoy a secure and prosperous future. The party President, Manyara Irene Muyenziwa (MIM) said a Foundation she founded under her name in 2021 is implementing practical and tangible activities…
The Esigodini Agricultural College e-Learning platform and the Public Finance Management System (PFMS) kiosk launched by Dr. Jenfan Muswere, the Minister of Information Communication Technology (ICT), Postal and Courier Services at Esigodini township yesterday in Mzingwane District are meant to promote smart agriculture and the advancement of a digital economy. “Online learning platforms and a…
By Joyce Mukucha The government has approved an upward review of the wheat flour producer price to $55 517,69 per metric tonne for ordinary grade wheat at a 15 percent return on investment, and $66 621,22 per metric tonne for premium grade wheat for the 2021 marketing season. Briefing the Cabinet as the Acting Chairperson…
Despite the significant contribution by the education sector to the recent increase in Covid-19 cases, schools will remain open and learners who are isolated will be provided with alternative learning platforms, a senior government official has said. Speaking during a Post-Cabinet briefing meeting on Tuesday, the Minister of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services Senator Monica…
By Joyce Mukucha In pursuit of building, promoting, and defending the internet, the Internet Society (ISOC) last week hosted the first-ever Zimbabwean Chapter School of Internet Governance which was aimed at unpacking important aspects pertaining to governing as well as the use of the digital space by different people from various backgrounds. The three-day virtual…
The Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) Party is making its intentions to occupy the State House come 2023 clearer as evidenced by its moves to build political capital through forging diplomatic and economic ties. As she landed in Zimbabwe three weeks ago from a hiatus in the United Kingdom, Manyara Irene Muyenziwa, the FORUS…
Shoko Festival, Zimbabwe’s longest-running urban culture festival, came alive yesterday! Shoko Festival 2021 will be a completely virtual festival and will run over 6 days from the 20th – 25th September including diverse programming with different events every night. The festival will be live-streamed on Shoko Festival Facebook and YouTube. The headline acts at…
Community Water Alliance (CWA), Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA), and Cleveland Action Alliance (CAA) have lamented the current destruction of the Cleveland Dam Wetland Catchment area due to construction activities of houses and buildings on the site. The organisations highlighted that it was worrisome that the construction of houses on the wetland was happening as…
The Freedom Of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) Party is sending seismic waves across the political spectrum with a massive campaign trail that has seen it interacting with grassroots in Chegutu, Kadoma, Kwekwe, Gweru, and Bulawayo. The party’s primary focus is anchored on the revival of the country’s comatose economy, with a focus on people-centred grassroots-led,…
Community information centres provide a window of opportunity for rural-based students to take up science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects, Dr. Jenfan Muswere, the Minister of Information Communication Technology (ICT), Postal and Courier Services has said. He alluded to this fact on 17 September 2021 while launching the Rafingora Community Information Centre at an…
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that Mobile Broadband (MBB) Phase III Project would not have come at a better time than this. He made the remarks yesterday in a speech delivered on his behalf by Vice President, Dr.Constantiono Chiwenga during the launch of Zimbabwe’s Mobile Broadband Phase III Project. The President explained that the…
MultiChoice launches the MultiChoice Accelerator supporting the growth of 20 South African start-ups in collaboration with C3, Galelo and the DTIC. The 20 start-ups will embark on an intensive blended learning journey leading to the showcase of their solutions at Dubai’s Expo 2020. South African news channel, Newzroom Afrika, will follow the journey of the…
Flying is one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the most climate-intensive form of transport, studies show. Despite the fact that commercial aviation is responsible for only about 2-3% of global carbon emissions, researchers indicate that aviation emissions have more than doubled in the last 20 years and the sector is…
By Åsa Pehrson and Maria Ribeiro Six years ago, 193 UN Member States rolled up their sleeves to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Agenda’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global call to action to end poverty, inequality and to tackle climate change while ensuring no one is left behind. …
By Joyce Mukucha In an effort aimed at creating a clean, safe, and hygienic environment, this week community health clubs embarked on a massive cleanup campaign clearing illegal dumpsites in Mbare at Tsiga market. According to a Facebook post by Community Water Alliance (CWA), the newly established Community Health Clubs in Mbare as agents of…
Commemorating the International Day of Peace on Friday, the UN Chief, Antonio Guterres said young people’s voices, vision, and commitment play a critical role in shaping a more peaceful world. Speaking to assembled youths at a virtual 2021 Youth Observance event, on the theme,’ Recovering Better for a Sustainable and Equitable World’, the Secretary-General called…
By Chimeno Azriel Tawanda Makwiramiti was honoured with a Golden Award for exhibiting outstanding contributions towards youths transformation, peace advocacy, and responsible leadership. He was awarded early this month by United Nations and International Peace ( UNIP) and received the Golden Award. Makwiramiti said he was happy that his charity work is now being recognised…
By Joyce Mukucha As Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Ozone Day on Thursday, the Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism, and Hospitality Industry, Mangaliso Ndlovu said it was imperative for Zimbabwe to acknowledge and embrace the Montreal Protocol and its Kigali Amendment to phase out man-made chemicals used mostly in refrigeration…
By Joyce Mukucha The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has handed over five project vehicles to the Ministry of Lands, Agricultural, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement under the Green Climate Fund Building resilience of vulnerable agricultural livelihoods in the Southern Zimbabwe project. Speaking on behalf of her superior during the handover ceremony in Harare on…
By Wallace Mawire The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has made a donation to Mpilo Central Hospital to support victims who were affected by a fire that broke out at the hospital resulting in vast damages to property. The incident happened on 26 May 2021 and affected health professionals at the hospital….
By Philip Mataranyika When my grandfather Kurauone Kurai Mazikana Mataranyika died tragically in 1940, among the five children he left behind was six-year-old, Steven Tapfumaneyi Mataranyika – my father – who had stayed with our aunt (Tete) Masodzi in Nyatwe, Nyanga, before he was brought back to the village in Gwangwara, along with two other…
In pursuit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide and building a greener economy, Zimbabwe as a member of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), has developed proposals on costed economy Mid-Century Low Greenhouse Gas Emission Development Strategy (2020-2050). The Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting…
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the integration of gender equality in disaster risk management. Under the MoU, signed by the Heads of both institutions, the Parties will jointly engage in high-level…
The Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) Party President Manyara Irene Muyenziwa says she is the genuine answer to Zimbabwe’s leadership crisis. Muyenziwa was speaking to Lynette Manzini, the host of a popular online television station, Open Parly, that was broadcasted on Facebook and YouTube last Thursday. On the 2nd of September, the…
By Joyce Mukucha A new report by the World Bank (WB) has revealed that climate change is an increasingly powerful driver of migration which could force 216 million people across six world regions to move within their countries by 2050. “Climate change is a powerful driver of internal migration because of its impacts on people’s…
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to join hands to assist and save the lives of vulnerable Afghans who are experiencing the most difficult times after the Taliban seized power a couple of weeks ago. Leading the appeal in Geneva for $606 million to support emergency aid for 11…
By Joyce Mukucha Canada’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Christina Buchan on Monday paid a courtesy call to the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa and they discussed the need to cement relations in the media sector as part of deepening cooperation between the two countries. In an interview after the meeting in…
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the Fondation Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IP Dakar) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a collaborative framework to assist African Union Member States to better prepare, plan and respond to epidemics and other high-impact infectious disease outbreaks. Under the agreement, IP Dakar and ARC Agency will…
Shoko Festival has partnered with the Netherlands Embassy to present a cutting edge spoken word programme for its 2021 edition. This year’s festival running under the theme ‘‘Shoko Universe’ is set to present a unique Holland – Zimbabwe collaboration for its spoken word programme as well as an innovative poetry journey. Lost – A Spoken…
By Knowledge Kutadzaushe RUSAPE – The transition from level 4 lockdown to 2 by the government of Zimbabwe on Tuesday was well embraced by the vendors The vendors in Rusape bounced back into business since the Government has announced the flexibility of working hours and city travels last week on Tuesday night. Rusape vendors are…
By Joyce Mukucha Deaf Women Included (DWI) continues to foster collaboration among government, civil society organizations(CSOs), and women with disabilities oriented organisations as it strives to ensure that gender-based violence (GBV) against people with disabilities (PWDs), with the main focus being on women and girls with disabilities(WGDs) is curbed. The organisation is thriving to elevate…
The Minister of Information, Publicity, and Broadcasting Services, Monica Mutsvangwa has applauded members of the media for consistently, responsibly, correctly, and passionately communicating the HIV and AIDS story through both the print and electronic media. Speaking during the 2020 National Aids Council Media Awards Ceremony in Harare on Friday, Minister Mutsvangwa said the editors and…
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said mental health and psychosocial support must be seen as integral to all humanitarian, peacebuilding and development programmes across all boards, UN News reports. He was speaking at a high-level event on Mental Health Interventions for Peacebuilding in Conflict and Humanitarian settings on Thursday. The goal of…
Manyara Irene Muyenziwa, the president of the Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) Party has said women are change agents for development and promised to look after Zimbabwe in the same manner a mother cares for her own child. She made the remarks during the sold-out FORUS Party interface meeting with civil society representatives in…
By Habakkuk Trust The Zimbabwe Republic Police in Nkayi District has responded to community calls for a police base in Nesigwe area, Nkayi ward 5. In addition to the approval of a police base, the ZRP has deployed a team of five police officers to man a temporary police base situated at Nesigwe Clinic. The…
Ms. Maria Ribeiro, United Nations Resident Coordinator for Zimbabwe has reiterated the importance of peace and underscored the fact that the UN Charter adopted almost 76 years ago, has an essential element on peace. She made the remarks during a virtual Interface with the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Peace and Security via the popular online…
Cognisant of the fact that COVID-19 has amplified the need to ensure speeding up the process of connecting the unconnected, Honourable Jenfan Muswere, the Minister of Information Communication Technology (ICT), Postal and Courier Services, today commissioned the Ruwa Community Information Centre in Mashonaland East Province. “Ladies and gentlemen, today is a special day, a day…
COVID-19 has intensified the need to ensure people in low- and middle-income countries can more easily access simultaneous services that prevent and treat both infectious diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, and noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, respiratory diseases, and diabetes, finds a new report launched by the Noncommunicable Disease Alliance (NCD…
