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By Nyasha Munashe Chiketsani Rap music, whether you like it or not, is the most influential genre of music today. According to The Independent, “Rap has surpassed rock to become the biggest music genre in the United States, according to the end-of-year report published by Nielsen Music in 2017. R&B/Rap represented 24.5 % of all…
To ramp up the valuable input of physical exercise for people in lockdown, DStv and Virgin Active have partnered to bring viewers workouts designed by the very best instructors and fitness experts from around the world. Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said that many gym regulars were housebound during lockdown…
Humanitarian agencies in Senegal are this week distributing aid as part of an early response to food shortage, which has been caused by the late onset of rainfall last year. This early action will help alleviate the suffering of those affected and reduce the need for them to resort to negative coping actions such as…
Zimbabwe remains in the grip of severe food insecurity, with millions of people already requiring humanitarian assistance due to prolonged drought, climate-related shocks, economic deterioration and the situation set to worsen as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, according to the new Global Food Crisis Report Forecast (GFCRF). The joint report, released by the European Union, FAO, OCHA,…
By Charles Dhewa The majority of developing countries are still to tear themselves away from the colonial set up where major food markets were located in cities or towns in order to provide food for low income people working in formal industries. Under that arrangement food had to travel from rural areas most of which…
The Adam Molai Foundation, a non-profit philanthropic organisation running programmes to ease poverty amongst underprivileged, has come to the rescue of nearly 100 families in Marondera amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With the effects of the pandemic being felt globally, the foundation has pushed to continue supporting the communities who need food assistance the most. The…
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) officially launched a social media campaign on Agroecology for Climate Action on April 21, 2020. The campaign will also observe the occasion of Earth Day 2020, which will be internationally celebrated today, April 22. The campaign will be live between April 21-23 on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram….
By Dumisani Nkomo (CEO, Habakkuk Trust) The extension of the lockdown is reportedly exposing more community members in various parts of rural Matabeleland to deepening food insecurity and hunger. While most communities appreciated the government’s decision to extend the lockdown as a way of preventing the spread of COVID-19, some have raised concerns over access…
By Atsuko Toda and Martin Fregene The global spread of COVID-19 and the rising number of coronavirus cases in Africa are fueling anxiety about negative economic growth, failing healthcare and collapsing food systems We are facing great uncertainty on the African continent. The global spread of COVID-19 and the rising number of coronavirus cases in…
Food security situation – Question and Answer Zimbabwe is facing a debilitating food crisis on the back of climate change induced droughts. In its Humanitarian Plan for 2020, issued in March 2020, the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said seven million people in urban and rural areas in Zimbabwe are in…
What better film to kick off SuperSport 1’s festival of the greatest sports movies of all time than the Academy Award-winning Jerry Maguire? Not only did it define an era and provide some of the most memorable quotes in movie history, but it also cut dangerously close to the truth according to former Green Bay Packers vice president…
Our Perfect Place Everyday @ 18h00 | Zee World Channel 166 Uday has become desperate after Pintu makes him realise that his plan to raid his fathers’ trust fund will be pointless. Together with Mandy, he comes up with a plan to get money out of his family, using emotional blackmail. Parimal learns of Uday’s…
Adding to the entertainment options for younger viewers during the lockdown, a new DStv pop-op channel has been created to feature stories about superheroes. Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said Toonami channel had launched on March 27 for a six-week run and was focused on animated and action films and…
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is offering an animal food safety course. The Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) for Animal Food training, will be held July 28-30 at the Inn at Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee, US. Registration for the course is now open and closes June 19. The course is one way to…
More than 4.3 million people in Zimbabwe are acutely food insecure or classified in IPC Crisis or Emergency phases. That equates to 45% of the rural population in need of urgent action. The situation would be worse if not for a large-scale humanitarian food assistance programme ongoing in the country. Currently, 45% of the rural…
Mobility has evolved over the past decade with a new technology which has brought convenience to the everyday consumer. From the scheduling system for public transport such as buses and trains leaving at a certain time, to self-driven cars which are promising to take the market by a wave especially in the first world countries….
By Ross Geller To me, home is everywhere in the world. I love the nomadic lifestyle, and with this, I conclude that I love traveling! Everybody dreams of striking on the world’s most fabulous spots in their life. Hardly a few people have their luck going on the track. You can travel well on vacations…
By Claude Maredza Part 1 “Whoever does not inform his children of his grandparents, has destroyed his child, marred his descendants, and injured his offspring the day he dies. Whoever does not make use of his ancestry has muddled his reason. Whoever is unconcerned with his lineage has lost his mind. Whoever neglects…
“In these trying times, it’s incumbent upon the creative and cultural industries to provide relief to an otherwise potentially depressed human race. Without theatre, film, music, dance and many other art forms, humanity would find itself in an abyss. Covid 19, demands us creatives to be dynamic and outward thinking in ensuring we do our…
A new film-making category has been included in the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, the seventh annual ceremony for which will be held this weekend. The new category is the MultiChoice Talent Factory Award, named in honour of the MultiChoice Africa initiative to enhance film-making talent across Africa through a series of training programmes. Liz…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of $3 million CAD from the Canadian Government to life-saving humanitarian operations in Zimbabwe. The funding supports WFP’s rapid scale-up of emergency food assistance to reach almost 55,000 people in Matobo district. Canada’s contribution comes at a crucial time when WFP is working to…
The Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement, Mr Vangelis Haritatos has said that the agricultural sector is the most significant prime-mover of Zimbabwe’s Vision 2030. He made the remarks at the two-day consultative workshop on the Enabling Business of Agriculture (EBA), pillar 1 of AGRINVEST Initiative that kicked off in Harare today….
Singer Njabulo Nkomo better known as Tytan’s social media revelation that his erstwhile former wife and popular socialite Olinda Chapel hid her ‘HIV positive’ status from him has led famous traditional healer Sekuru Banda to add a voice regarding relationships and marriages. “In marriages and relationships conflicts are bound to happen. It’s common cause…
The Stephen Chifunyise International Theatre Festival would not have come at a more opportune time than now since the man left a rich legacy in the arts industry. Stephen J Chifunyise died in August 2019 after a life dedicated to creative and cultural expression not only in Zimbabwe but Africa and the wider world through…
By Jessica Smith The merrymaking season is here, and like many people, all you can think of is making a refreshingly sweet drink that will delight your family. If that’s what you need, then we’ll show you how to ditch your old mug of mulled wine and try something new. Homemade drinks are a…
After a series of speed dating sessions, nominations have begun in the ongoing MultiChoice’s Ultimate Love reality TV show which launched last week Sunday. In a live studio session and in the full view of millions of viewers watching across Africa, on 16 February 2020, Aunty handed a list of seemingly compatible couples to Dakore Akande, co-host of the…
Singers helping other singers get their big break into the music business is both desirable and valuable, so when singer-songwriter Takura Shonhai gave his input to the current DStv talent show Old Mutual Amazing Voices, there was more than a measure of gratefulness among the contestants. He’s a popular hip-hop performer, but he regards himself…
The MultiChoice Talent Factory, an international initiative created to boost Africa’s film and television industry with new and enhanced talent, will soon host two master classes for existing industry professionals in Zimbabwe Liz Dziva, MultiChoice Zimbabwe publicity and public relations manager, said the master classes would complement the other features of the MTF initiative: the…
Leaders acknowledged the scope of the challenge but sounded a note of optimism African countries have made progress toward eradicating malnutrition and stunting but need to do more to hit United Nations malnutrition targets by 2025. This was the main message of a meeting that took place during the 33rd African Union Summit. Speakers at…
Working with aspiring creative talent can be a satisfying and rewarding experience for longstanding professionals in the film and television industry, according to film-maker Ben Mahaka. As a selection judge for the current intake in the MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy for Southern Africa, he found himself thrilled by the amount of genuine talent and enthusiasm that…
The colonialist government of Rhodesia set up a township for blacks just a stone’s throw from modern-day Harare Central Business District to enable the natives to work in town and the nearby industrial sites. The place is called Mbare and is rich in history while it maintains itself as a centre of various activities for…
Africa Magic will announce nominees in all 28 categories in the 7th Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) on Thursday, 6 February 2020. DStv viewers should tune in at 22:00 to watch the broadcast LIVE on all Africa Magic channels. The AMVCAs Nominee announcement will be hosted by Nollywood’s Linda Ejiofor and Ibrahim Suleiman. Channel Director, Africa Magic, Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu, said: “The…
The African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org/), the African Union Commission, along with the government of Lesotho, will host a dinner for the African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) on Saturday 8 February 2020, on the sidelines of the 33rd African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The dinner is an opportunity for African leaders to draft recommendations…
Leading Medical Aid Society Cimas has today launched the iGo Wellness Hub, a one stop health facility to provide Cimas medical aid members access to fitness, dietician, wellness coaching and general risk profiling under one roof at the Borrowdale Racecourse. iGo- a health and wellness package that is unprecedented in the medical aid sector now…
By Anyway Yotamu The Minister of Industry and Commerce, Dr Sekai Nzenza has issued a stern warning to retailers against hoarding of the maize meal with regards the Roller Meal subsidy programme. The statement comes as retail shops are reportedly running out of maize meal due to panic buying by shoppers and hoarding by some…
By Dr Vandana Shiva George Monbiot’s Lab-grown food will soon destroy farming – and save the planet is a dystopian vision of the future, with no people on the land, and humans eating fake food produced in giant industrial factories by genetically engineered microbes. As Monbiot concludes in his article “Farmfree food will…
The Zimbabwe Civil Society Organisations Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance (ZCSOSUNA) is calling on the government of Zimbabwe to make attainable and measurable commitments in preparation for the 2020 Japan Nutrition for Growth Summit. “As the country’s Civil Society Alliance in Scaling Up Nutrition, we applaud the government of Zimbabwe for making a commitment during the…
The European Union has mobilised an additional 16.8 million EUR (approx. 18.7 million USD) to help address emergency food needs and support vulnerable people in Zimbabwe. The funding comes as large parts of the country and the wider region of Southern Africa are in the grip of the harshest drought in decades, which is compounded…
Are you looking forward to becoming a pro surfer in Big Bay and Blouberg? You are not alone. There are many people who spend most of their time in their professional lives, and, because they live far from the beaches, they only get a little time to go to the beaches to practice. As a…
Exercising is just one step towards building muscles. It is because even with numerous hours of strenuous exercise, the wrong nutrition will most likely interfere with your muscle-building journey. Your body requires macronutrients to build and maintain lean muscles. Below are seven foods to optimize for muscle growth and recovery: Eggs Lack of proteins in…
Dealing with transboundary pests is tricky at the best of times. Standards, practices, capacity levels and engagement vary across countries and regions, and responses are often ad hoc and ineffective. However, matters become even more complex when the pest in question flies over borders, threatens the food security and livelihoods of millions, and causes severe…
Organiser of Miss tourism Zimbabwe, Mrs Sarah Mpofu Sibanda has announced that the bus ferrying Finalists of the 2019 Miss Tourism Zimbabwe Finals was involved in an accident on its way to Eden Lodge in Vumba last night. Nine Finalists sustained injuries and are currently under observation at Murambi Gardens Clinic in Mutare. Medical professionals…
Every surfer requires a surfboard roof rack that is going to enable him or her transport surfboards both safely and efficiently. The best rack will ensure no damage occurs on either car or surfboard. It is also going to ensure that the surfboards don’t torque during the journey but instead remain still. In case you…
By Arvin Donley LONDON, ENGLAND — Total grains trade is forecast to reach an all-time high of 375 million tonnes in 2019-20, up 3% from last year, according to supply and demand forecasts presented at the International Grains Council (IGC) 50th Council Session on Dec. 3. The IGC put total grains (wheat and coarse grains)…
In the season of goodwill and giving it’s always good to have access to a bonus gift for the whole family, and that’s what many Zimbabwean DStv viewers are getting when they renew their subscriptions before Christmas: a free upgrade to the next bouquet package at no extra cost. The special offer was launched in…
