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Corruption does not invest in the future, it kills the future” – Akinwumi Adesina
“We are working hard with governments to improve transparency, governance, accountability and project delivery across the continent. Corruption does not invest in the future, it kills the future,” Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) said at the World Peace Summit of Global Leaders. According to the World Economic Forum, an estimated $116 billion a…
Medical Aid Societies increase payments for healthcare services
The Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe has increased the fees payable by its member medical aid societies to healthcare service providers with effect from Monday (February 11). Payments to hospitals have been increased by 30 percent, while those paid to all other service providers, including doctors and dentists, have gone up by 40…
“No work no pay” threat misplaced: Teachers
As the teachers’ job action has reportedly shaken the corridors of power, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has confirmed that the strike has brought business to a halt in schools country wide. In a new twist of events, the employer further threatened to cease salaries of teachers who are on the legal job action invoking…
African consumers need more investment in food safety, new report finds
Development spending efforts should target improved food safety for African consumers, who need greater information and awareness to be able to demand higher standards, finds the Global Food Safety Partnership. More than half of donor funded food safety initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa are focused on overseas markets, with less than half on domestic consumers, a new report…
Government tackling alcohol and substance use related health disorders
By Dr. Chido Rwafa, Deputy Director Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health and Child Care Alcohol and substance use disorders contribute significantly to disease burden worldwide, resulting in millions of preventable deaths. In Zimbabwe, Alcohol and substance related disorders are one of the top three diagnoses presenting to mental health services countrywide. These disorders are…
Sekuru Kamwelo Banda to set up US$500 000 Drug Rehabilitation Centre
By Byron Mutingwende Popular traditional healer, Sekuru Kamwelo Banda has committed US$500 000 for the setting up of a drug rehabilitation centre that will serve Southern Africa. Today’s youths have fallen into the habit of abusing drugs, a situation that is threatening the government from reaping the demographic dividend since they constitute more than…
PWDs: War victims’ plight neglected
By Tendai Guvamombe The Second Chimurenga atrocities brought more harm than good with an indelible mark to the war victims left with disabilities whose lives have been in jeopardy since attainment of independence in 1980. It has emerged that historians never went wrong in narrating events of the armed struggle but dismally failed to reflect…
Brazil dam collapse: ILO emphasises on occupational safety
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has reiterated the crucial importance of a functioning system to guarantee occupational safety and health for miners and protection for their communities following the collapse of a dam in Brazil. ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, has issued a statement following the collapse of a dam in the town of Brumadinho, Brazil….
RoyalGate Energy Extends License in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea’s block Z holds an estimated 3.6 tcf of gas The company plans to drill in Block Z; Equatorial Guinea’s block Z holds an estimated 3.6 tcf of gas; RoyalGate is also interested in Angola’s marginal field licensing round African independent RoyalGate Energy (RoyalGateEnergy.com) has been granted an extension on its Block Z license in…
National hero Oliver Mutukudzi left indelible mark of love, unity
The late music legend Oliver Mutukudzi who was declared a national hero left an indelible legacy of love, care and unity that transcends generations, colour creed or race. President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared the late 66-year-old Oliver Mutukudzi a national hero on Thursday 24 January 2019. The decision was received with jubilation from across the country….
Spotlight on Zimbabwe’s stay-away and protests over deterioration of economy
Soldiers were deployed to residential suburbs across towns and cities as the stay away called for by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions starting Monday 14 January 2019 turned violent. According to Generation Consensus, its activists on the ground reported widespread violation of rights by soldiers and police. The reported violations included abductions and torture,…
NTDA partners Tehilar Christian Network on anti-litter campaign
By Byron Mutingwende The National Transport Drivers Association ((NTDA) has partnered the Tehilar Christian Network on the noble anti-litter initiative being spearheaded by First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa. Following a meeting of church leaders under the banner of Tehilar Christian Network at Zimbabwe House with the First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa, the religious fraternity put…
Merck Foundation to provide Master Degree in Medical Oncology for African Doctors
This initiative is a part of Merck Foundation’s ‘Merck Cancer Access Program’ that has been initiated by the Merck Foundation to increase the limited number of oncologists across Africa Merck Foundation supports Africa through the partnership with Egypt, to build the Cancer Care Capacity in the African Continent; Through this partnership, Merck Foundation aims to…
ANAC mourns its longtime member, Patrick Kenny
The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) is mourning its beloved and longtime member, Patrick Kenny, Ed.D., ACRN, NE-BC, APRN-PMH, who died suddenly Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at his home. He was 65 years old. Patrick was a longtime member of the Philadelphia Chapter of ANAC and served the organisation as a leader in so many…
All set for Awareness Campaign on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
On Saturday 5 January 2019, the Marlborough Social Group (MSG) will host an awareness campaign on alcohol and substance abuse at St. Canisius Catholic Church in Marlborough starting at 10 am. This event has been necessitated by a need to facilitate community-level awareness, engagement and subsequently, intervention. At the event, MSG will anchor various community…
Holistic approach needed in the health sector: CiZC
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has called on the Government of Zimbabwe to apply a holistic approach in dealing with the ongoing impasse with medical doctors. The strike, which started with junior doctors downing their tools resulted in General Medical Doctors, District Medical Officers and Provincial Medical Officers also joining the job action. The…
Expired drugs scandal exposes cruel and uncaring leadership: MDC
By Jacob Mafume (MDC Spokesperson) The Zanu PF government never runs out of shockers, the expired drugs scandal is yet another bizarre episode of a cruel and uncaring leadership. The issue of expired drugs is just but a manifestation of expired leadership. It boggles the mind to even imagine a government delighting in procurement of…
Vivo Set to Launch Y93 3GB RAM, 64GB Storage Variant in India Soon
Earlier this week, Vivo launched the Y93 budget Android smartphone in India. Currently, the smartphone is available in a single memory configuration with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. However, it now appears the company may soon launch another storage variant of the Y93 in the country. Vivo Y93 3GB RAM + 64GB Storage Variant…
MultiChoice prioritises skills development, community engagement in 2018
This past year has been a busy one for MultiChoice Zimbabwe. Not only has the broadcaster supported multiple local media and film initiatives in an effort to proactively build these sectors, but also brought the very best in world-class entertainment to Zimbabweans through community-oriented broadcast events. One of the biggest highlights of the year was…
UNWTO/ETC Launch Report on Health Tourism
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), together with the European Travel Commission (ETC) launched a new report on health tourism. Part of their joint research programme, the study is the first attempt to set a coherent conceptualisation of health tourism and define the motivations behind travellers looking for health-related services. Health, wellness and medical tourism have grown…
Ghana’s First Lady Joins Network of African Leaders for Nutrition Champion
The African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) initiative is a platform for high-level advocacy and engagement to advance nutrition in Africa, endorsed by the Assembly of Heads of State and Governments of the African Union (AU) The African Leaders for Nutrition on Monday inaugurated Ghana’s first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo as a Nutrition Champion, acknowledging her work…
Mayor’s Cheer Fund early Christmas for mothers of newborns
By Miriam Zvomuya Under the Mayor’s Cheer Fund, Councillor Herbert Gomba gave donations to three Council Hospitals targeting mothers with newly born babies and people suffering from infectious diseases. Donations to patients are usually done at the end of each year to patients for Christmas through the Mayor’s Cheer Fund. The Mayor said,”This year we…
Address Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHP) in Zimbabwe: FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has emphasised on the need to address Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Zimbabwe. Speaking at the HHP workshop held in Harare on 13 December 2018, Gabriele Ranieri (Officer in Charge) FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa, said the world over, countries are facing the challenge…
Cover disability issues in a positive way: Media urged
The Disability, HIV and AIDS Trust (DHAT) has urged the media to report positively about people with disabilities. Speaking at a dialogue that was held in Harare today at DHAT’s offices located in Eastlea, Disability, HIV and AIDS Trust Programmess Officer Yeukai Mazhawidza said people with disabilities were being side-lined by the society. As a…
Conflict leaving scores of sexual violence survivors behind in eastern DRC
“Whenever there are clashes here, they come and they rape women. Pregnant women, and also children and old women.” In Salamabila, Maniema Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, civilians, and particularly women, are among the many victims of armed conflict that have intensified in the region since the beginning of the year. The need for…
Zimnat assists children with disability project
Zimnat on Thursday last week handed over bed linen, an examination bed and a storage container, together worth more than $7 000, to St Christopher’s Children with Disability project, which aims to provide therapeutic and other services to children with disabilities in Hatcliffe. St Christopher’s Children with Disability project aims to improve or restore lost…
Netherlands Embassy in Harare leads Human Rights Day Commemorations
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Harare will this year mark Human Rights Day and the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through a unique five-day film and live music tour to five suburbs in Harare and Chitungwiza. To promote wider awareness on issues surrounding human rights, from 11th – 15th December,…
Sexual harassment in the workplace slammed
By Owami Sithole The Zimbabwe Gender Commission slams sexual harassment of women in workplaces, tertiary institutions and in public places in celebration of 16 days of activism against gender based violence. The Chairperson of Gender Commission Mrs Margaret Mukahanana Sangarwe made the remarks as the institution celebrated the 28th anniversary of the commemorations running under…
Report sexual harassment in public spaces: Women urged
The Zimbabwe Gender Commission has urged women to report issues to do with sexual harassment to the Gender Commission or to the police. Speaking today at a march which was hosted by Katswe Sisterhood that was entitled; ‘Let’s march against harassment of woman in the streets, bogus taxis and unresponsive police force,’ Mrs Caroline Matiza…
Muzinda Hub and Theirworld join forces to bridge tech gender gap in Zimbabwe
Muzinda Hub has partnered with global children’s charity Theirworld (a Code Club initiative) to provide wider access to basic technology and coding courses to 120 young girls aged 10 and 20 years of age in Harare, Zimbabwe. The project will teach and train girls in computer literacy, basic coding, how to create apps as well…
Civil society holds diplomatic briefing on Zim situation
By Special Correspondent The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) director, Okay Machisa, implored the diplomatic community and the civil society solidarity partners in Southern Africa to help Zimbabwe urgently resolve its socioeconomic and political problems. Machisa was speaking during a diplomatic briefing on the Zimbabwe situation held at the Sirra Burgers Park Hotel in Pretoria,…
Nutrition from our environment: A book by Bernadette K Warambwa
By Byron Mutingwende Mrs Bernadette Warambwa has a colour-illustrated book that encourages healthy eating using resources from our local environment. Titled “Nutrition from Our Environment” the book contributes towards the promotion of sound nutrition in both rural and urban areas. “The book is unique in its own ways and displays culinary genius….
Sisters with a voice call on Parliament to implement Child Marriage Law
By Nevson Mpofu. The Southern Africa Parliamentary Support Trust (SAPST), Parliament of Zimbabwe and Katswe Sisterhood came to the Legal rescue of five girls who had previously been sexually , physically, emotionally abused and exposed to child labour while below the age of 18 years. The five girls Loveness Mudzuru, Ruvimbo Tsopodzi, Gladys Chihozhwa,…
Cimas launches Buckle Up campaign
Cimas Rescue, which is part of the Cimas Medical Aid Group, has launched a seatbelt awareness campaign to educate people on the importance of wearing a seatbelt even when travelling in the back of a car. “Wearing a seatbelt can save your life in the event of an accident or sudden emergency braking. Some people…
Safeguard urges safe storage and transportation of cash
With robberies on the increase and cash a major target, a local security company has called on members of the public to avoid keeping large amounts of cash at home or the office and certainly to avoid moving cash themselves. Safeguard Security Head of Cash in Transit Services Josephat Zvarova urged those with significant…
Merck Foundation honours the First Lady of Central African Republic
Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck Germany met The First Lady of Central African Republic – C.AR., H.E. MADAM BRIGITTE TOUADERA to underscore their commitment to build healthcare capacity in the country. The discussion was led by Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg Haverkamp, Chairman of the Executive Board of E. Merck KG and the Chairman of Merck Foundation Board of…
Providing new models of HIV service delivery in Mwenezi
In Mwenezi, people living with HIV used to travel as far as 60 kilometres to get to the nearest clinics to collect life saving anti-retroviral treatment. In extreme cases, patients were forced to walk for two days to reach clinics in neighbouring districts to collect medication. Health facilities are very scarce in Mwenezi, with only…
EU and UNICEF working together to prevent and control cholera in Zimbabwe
The European Union has contributed €400,000 to support UNICEF’s response to Zimbabwe’s cholera outbreak. The contribution will fund critical water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) activities to address the challenges driving the epidemic. In cholera-affected and high-risk areas, over 250,000 people are expected to benefit from disinfection of water sources and follow-up on cholera cases with hygiene promotion and support…
Afrexbank in MoU with Russian Railways for Railway Development
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) yesterday in Moscow signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Russian Railways and the Russian Export Center (REC), agreeing to cooperate in implementing export and investment projects in the railway sector in Africa. Under the terms of the MoU, the parties will cooperate by undertaking mutual consultations on export and investment projects…
MSF: Pharmaceutical Corporations Failing Children with HIV
Developing countries are struggling to provide HIV-positive children with World Health Organisation (WHO)-recommended treatments because paediatric versions of HIV medicines don’t exist, are priced out of reach, or haven’t been registered in all countries that need them, said the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ahead of a Vatican City meeting…
Senegal: Digitising payments could add FCFA 104 billion to GDP every year
By digitising 50% of all national payments, Senegal’s economic growth would increase by over FCFA 104 billion (over USD 177 million) per year After making good progress on financial inclusion (httpss://GlobalFIndex.WorldBank.org/), Senegal has turned its attention to digitizing payments in order to speed up its growth and inclusive development. By digitizing 50% of all national payments, Senegal’s…
2018 Poised to Advance Tourism’s Leadership among Top Global Economic Sectors
The latest figures on world tourism issued by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) show that international tourist arrivals grew 5% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2018. This reflects continued strong demand in a favourable overall economic context. All world regions enjoyed robust growth in international tourism in the first nine months of this…
UNICEF develops illustrated storybooks for Zimbabwean children aged 0-6
Sixteen illustrated storybooks for children aged 0-6 were recently developed by UNICEF and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education during a week-long Master Class workshop for Zimbabwean artists, photographers and graphic designers. The books were designed to support Early Childhood Development and foster a love for learning among young Zimbabwean children. The storybooks will…
Cassava Smartech unveils education insurance cover
Cassava Smartech has launched an education insurance cover product called ‘Enda Education Cover’. The launch of the ‘Enda Education product,’ which is underwritten by Econet Life, Cassava Smartech’s Insurtech arm, offers a school fees benefit for primary and secondary education in the event of the death of the parent or legal guardian of the student….
MSF hands over SGBV Clinic to City of Harare
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has handed over the Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Clinic in Mbare to the City of Harare’s health department. The incident coincided with the official opening of an Adolescent clinic in the neighbourhood. MSF started the Sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) project in Mbare in 2011 in…