Jah Prayzah, Jan Jam sign a Partnership

By Joyce Mukucha An authentic fashion corporate for men’s wear, Jan Jam has partnered with one of the best Zimbabwean artists, the Military Touch Movement singer, Mukudzei Mukombe popularly known as Jah Prayzah and appointed him as their brand ambassador for the year 2019/2020. This is in an effort to promote artistry by elevating and…

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AfDB approves $1 million grant to children’s food and nutrition security programs

The Bank’s intervention will complement a separate therapeutic and supplemental feeding program for vulnerable households The African Development Bank (https://AfDB.org/) has approved a grant of $1 million to boost a children’s food and nutrition security program in Bié province in Angola. The resources are from a special relief fund to the government of Angola, in…

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Zimbabweans own FlashBack Identity: Manluckerz

Zimbabweans are the owners of the book FlashBack Identity, author Luckson Makandire better known as Manluckerz who is now based in Sweden has said. Manluckerz broke the good message to Zimbabweans while officially launching the book which coincided with his birthday on October 6. The great author said the book would bridge the gap between…

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Strictly Come Dancing 2019 original line-up changed

As the Strictly Come Dancing 2019 competitive sequences start airing on DStv this weekend, there has already been a change to the original line-up of celebrities introduced in last weekend’s launch of the popular reality series.  Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said the 15 stars of the show were introduced…

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Strictly Come Dancing reveals the celebrity and professional dancer pairings for 2019

Dance fans in Zimbabwe are gearing up for the 17th series of British reality show Strictly Come Dancing, which launches on DStv on Sunday September 29.Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said the series would again feature a line-up of celebrities being coached by professional dancers, all with their eye on the…

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UNGA: Strong plea to boost food security through South-South cooperation

Leaders gathering for the United Nations General Assembly from 17-30 September 2019 in New York have made a strong plea for enhanced South-South cooperation to strengthen food security during a session co-hosted by the African Development Bank (https://AfDB.org/en). Speaking as part of this session on the role of South-South cooperation to achieve sustainable development for…

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UNGA 2019: Scaling Up Nutrition Lead Group meets to chart way forward

The meeting of the group’s leaders took place at the UNICEF headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly “Energy, passion and a lot of young people who care about nutrition” will underpin the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement’s newest phase, alongside stronger private sector engagement, members of the Lead Group…

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USAID Provides Additional US$41, 9 Million to Boost Zimbabwe’s Food Security

By Joyce Mukucha The United States(US) Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided an additional of US$ 41, 9 million to respond to the critical food security situation in Zimbabwe. The fund is meant to ensure that more than one million rural vulnerable Zimbabweans in sixteen districts have access to…

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SMEs Investing in Fish Farming Projects

By Joyce Mukucha Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Zimbabwe have realised the potential in offering aquaculture related training which aims at exposing participants and prospective investors to fish farming business with a lot of income being generated from the projects. Professional organisations in the Zimbabwean aquaculture industry are making tireless efforts in helping the…

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Rural Communities Survive on Wild fruits as Food Shortages Increase

By Joyce Mukucha According to surveys and researches, it is estimated that 70 percent of the Zimbabwean population reside in rural areas and approximately, 80 percent of the rural population’s livelihoods are dependent on rain fed agriculture making them highly vulnerable to climate change induced weather extremes, variability and climate impacts. Due to the fact…

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Zee World Weekly Highlights 23rd – 29th September

Fire & Ice Everyday @ 18h00 | Zee World Channel 166 Twinkle gives in to Yuvraj’s demands just to save her husbands life and tricks Yuvraj into signing Yuvraj’s release papers. Yuvraj kidnaps Kunj and takes his place as Twinkle’s groom. Anita reveals that the documents Kunj and Twinkle signed were divorce papers. Twinkle decides…

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MultiChoice Talent Factory: feature films produced by the Academy’s Class of 2019!

 ‘Savannah Skies’ and ‘The Painting’  launched at an exclusive VIP screening   ·         Films to also make their debut on DStv’s Zambezi Magic Two original feature films produced by students at the MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy for Southern Africa were  given a joint premiere in Lusaka last week and will now be given greater exposure across the region. Liz Dziva, publicity…

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ZNCC, COMESA Promotes Intra-Trade for Small Agro Processing Businesses

By Joyce Mukucha The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) in partnership with Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Business Council (CBC) is taking strides in trying to promote intra-trade for Small Market Enterprises (SMEs) within the COMESA region. The two organisations are also supporting and promoting competitive and interconnected industries to actively participate…

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Another BBNaija Double Eviction: Gedoni & Jackye evicted from the “Pepper Dem” House

It’s Double eviction season as two more Pepper Dem Housemates; Gedoni and Jackye have been evicted from the show. The housemates who were evicted on Sunday, August 25th at the live eviction show are the 11th and 12th housemates to be evicted from the house.   Gedoni and Jackye were up for eviction alongside other…

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ZiCHIRe advancing SRHR at 2019 Harare Agricultural Show

By Byron Mutingwende   The Zimbabwe Community Health Intervention Research (ZiCHIRe) true to its mandate is exhibiting at the 2019 Harare Agricultural Show where it is providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services and knowledge to the public.   The ZiCHIRe main thrust is focusing on the Sista2Sista Sexual Reproductive Health Rights in line with…

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African legislators draft “model law” to strengthen Food Security and Nutrition in Africa

By Staff Reporter The Pan-African Parliamentary (PAP) Committee on Rural Economy, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources recently came up with this draft model law on food security and nutrition in Africa whose main objective is  to strengthen and consolidate positions on food security and nutrition, as well as the right to adequate food. The model…

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Government embraces bio-fortification

By Owami Sithole The Government is supporting the scaling up of the fight against hidden hunger by promoting bio-fortified crops, a promising, cost-effective and sustainable technique of delivering micronutrients to a population that has limited access to diverse diets and other micronutrient interventions. Agriculture is one of the sustainable key sectors towards achieving the nation‘s…

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BBNaija: The Icons Up for Possible Eviction

…as Veto Power Holder, Diane, saves SirDee and replaces with JoeThe ‘Pepper Dem’ housemates took part in the first Nomination Challenge on Monday night following the new twist Biggie introduced to the season. The housemates were last week split into teams – Cruisetopia and The Icons – in which they would compete in a series of challenges with the…

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Zimbabwe Launches Revised Humanitarian Appeal to Respond to Increased Vulnerabilities

With new evidence of increasing vulnerabilities in Zimbabwe as a result of climate and economic shocks, the Government, the United Nations and the humanitarian partners felt the urgency to revise the appeal to cover the multi-sectoral humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable communities up to April 2020. UN Resident Coordinator, Ambassador Bishow Parajuli made the…

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Nominations Cancelled and House Camps formed in the BBNaija House

If you thought Big Brother was done with his twists this season, you got it all wrong! The ‘Pepper Dem’ game just went a notch higher as Big Brother cancelled nominations this week and introduced House camps. On Monday Night, Big Brother assembled all housemates in the Arena and announced that this week’s nomination process…

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WWE® goes all day, every day on new DStv pop-up channel!

Pop-Up Channel to be available on DStv Premium, Compact+ & Compact packages until December WWE fans in Zimbabwe can enjoy even more family-friendly action and entertainment from their favourite WWE Superstars like Roman Reigns™, Seth Rollins™ and Becky Lynch™ with the launch of a WWE pop-up channel on DStv channel 128 on Thursday, August 1. The new pop-up channel…

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A food systems approach or bio fortification – which is more relevant?

By Charles Dhewa At a time communities in developing countries are diversifying their food systems in order to cope with climate change, isn’t a narrow approach like bio-fortification counter-productive? Could this be yet another example of interventions that are influenced by funders and their collaborators? In several African countries including Zimbabwe, both urban and rural…

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ZUNDAF registers significant progress despite economic challenges

By Byron Mutingwende   The Zimbabwe United Nations Development Assistance Framework (ZUNDAF) has recorded significant progress regardless of the current economic challenges, which have been exacerbated by climate change effects, Dr. Misheck Sibanda, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet has said.   In a speech read on his behalf at the High Level…

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