The African Network of Parliamentary Budget Offices (AN-PBO) is aimed at human and institutional capacity development and strengthening by providing useful insights to Members of Parliament into how the budgets impact economies and societies’ development on the continent by driving development towards attainment of the Agenda 2063. This was revealed by Dr. Dumisani Jantjies, the…
Theatre in the Park will host Steve Makoni this November as part of the Handiende In Concert Tour 2023 which began in January in Mutare. The concert comes at no better time than coinciding with the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence as the title Handiende speaks to all genders against exploitation. Also, to…
By the United Nations INTRODUCTION These guidelines have been prepared by the United Nations Office at Geneva as part of efforts to implement the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy, launched in 2019. The Strategy is a key framework for policy and action to mainstream disability inclusion at the United Nations. It is aimed at removing…
Anesu Masvaure, the Author of the famous book “Hearing the Voice of God” who is leading mobile telephone giant NetOne’s Executive Personal Assistant of the Group Chief Executive Officer, Engineer Raphael Mushanawani was last night at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, honoured with the Comesa Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) Business Women Excellence Awards, together…
The Pan African Parliament (PAP) has held a workshop on the African Union (AU) theme of the year 2024, “Educate an African Fit for the 21st Century: Building Resilient Education Systems for Increased Access to Inclusive, lifelong, quality, and relevant learning in Africa.” In welcoming participants, Chief Fortune Zephania Charumbira, the President of the PAP,…
By Ashton Bumhira Zimbabwean youth constitute the largest constituency of over 60% of the population but continue be socially, politically, and economically marginalized. It is worrisome how the youth have been schemed out and marginalized from governance. The present administration’s insensitiveness to youth’s inclusiveness in governance is a point of worry and needs urgent attention. In…
The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has joined forces with 11 other international organisations to assist developing countries to build resilience against the impact of natural disasters caused by extreme weather. Following a series of deadly weather events that have caused widespread destruction, especially in Africa, the institutions came together at the COP 25 climate change…
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed on the International Day of the Girl has commended the UN focus on the diversity of adolescent girls’ voices. Below, Spiked Online Media shares her message on the day: As we mark the International Day of the Girl this year, I am happy to see our focus on the…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) yesterday in Cairo released its unaudited financial statements for the nine months ended 30 September 2020. Notwithstanding the impact of the pandemic, the Bank recorded net income amounting to US$217.06 million (2019: US$225.36 million) for the period, showing a slight decrease in the comparable period last year. Net interest income for…
As Zimbabwe battles shortages of essential medicines and drugs in hospitals, one of the gallant children of the soil, Prof Jacob Mufunda is devoting his time and expertise to improve the health outcomes for the people of his area in Chikuku in the Bikita District of Masvingo Province. Spiked Online Media has been tracking the…
By Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo Our nation is grappling lack of cohesion. We are buffeted by inconsistencies and incapacitation to achieve national goals. We are a wounded nation, and we require proper leadership remedial for national healing. This is the only country where you find people working only on national television, ZBC TV, and on the…
By Joyce Mukucha The Minister of Sports, Arts and Recreation, Kirsty Coventry has appealed to the Government to increase the budget for sporting activities in the country. Speaking during the welcome ceremony for the 2021 International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifiers in Harare yesterday, Minister Coventry made it clear to President Mnangagwa…
The 15th Edition of the Sanganai/Hlanganai World Tourism Expo, undoubtedly the biggest tourism expo in Africa, will be held physically this year from Thursday to 15 October 2022. The Expo will be held at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre. In 2020 Sanganai/Hlanganai was held virtually due to the Covid 19 Pandemic. In 2021 the Expo…
Barely six months after its introduction to the Zimbabwean market, Vaya has virtually become every individual’s mobility choice, and every business’ logistics services partner. Commercially launched in October 2018 as the first ever ‘Uber type’ ride hailing service in the country, Vaya has grown phenomenally in market size, with officials reporting in February that the…
Writes Elvis Dumba Banket – Mashonaland West Province intends to surpass 45,000 hectares of irrigated wheat as the winter wheat season for 2024 beckons. This was revealed by Mashonaland West Province Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Hon Marian Chombo during an agricultural stakeholders interactive meeting on agricultural programs held at Banket Sports…
Pan-African businessman Strive Masiyiwa has called on young African entrepreneurs – that he has called ‘digital, liberated young entrepreneurs’ – to lead a wealth-creation, entrepreneurial revolution on the continent. Masiyiwa writes: I remember a time when the richest man in the world was always an old man; a very old man. Before Bill Gates, the…
By Pofela Ndzozi Leaders for Africa Network (LAN) in partnership with renowned academic Ibbo Mandaza’s regional think-tank, the Southern African Political-Economy Series (SAPES) Trust, is set to launch a book tracing the philosophical footpath and political grounding of the former President of Zimbabwe, the late Robert Gabriel Mugabe. The book will be launched at an…
By Charles Dhewa Discovering and maintaining agricultural commodities markets is not enough for developing countries. They have to build a culture of synthesising and sharing evidence in real-time. Absence of a culture of synthesising information and knowledge from diverse sources remains a big challenge among farmers, economic actors, consumers and policy makers in the majority…
20- 26 February INTERNATIONAL SERIES The Brit Awards 2019 20 February at 22:00 CAT on BBC Brits The 2019 Brit Awards will be held on 20 February 2019 at The O2 Arena in London with Jack Whitehall was announced as the host for the second year running. What The Killer Did Next S1 21 February…
By Lloyd Rabaya The government of Zimbabwe in May introduced a national carbon credit framework that is allegedly meant to oversee carbon trading as the much-hyped global initiative helps in mitigating the effects of climate change. Last month, the government also put in place Statutory Instrument (SI) 150 of 2023, which is meant to regulate…
By Patricia Mashiri The Zimbabwe Table Tennis team have confirmed that they are now prepared for the Region 5 games to be held in Botswana from 25- 29 January 2018. Noah Ferenando, The National Director for Zimbabwe Table Tennis has confirmed that their players are getting enough preparations in terms of training from different points…
By Staff Writer Chinhoyi – Local authorities have been urged to freely give out information related to their operations to residents for a mutually conducive working relationship. The call was made by Liberty Chitiya, Mashonaland West Provincial Chairperson for Zimbabwe National Organization of Associations of Residents Trusts during a provincial induction workshop for community coordinators…
Mr. Fradreck Maguramhinga, the President of the Zimbabwe Union of Drivers and Conductors (ZUDAC) has bemoaned the hardships being endured by drivers and conductors of commuter omnibuses owing to their ban by the government as a temporary measure to contain the spread of COVID-19. ZUDAC is the trade union for truck, bus, kombi, and taxi…
– After successful beta testing, innovative platform opened to industry – 10+ carriers and vendors have signed up as participating members i3forum, a leading industry association focused on driving global collaboration and innovation within the international communications sector, is proud to announce the launch of its Numbering Plan Community Platform. After completing successful user…
On September 18, 2024, the 10th Anniversary of the HWPL World Peace Summit will be celebrated in South Korea and various locations worldwide reaching 122 countries. Under the theme ‘Creating World Peace Community Through Regional Collaboration’, this event commemorates, global leaders’ and citizens’ commitment to peace that lasted for a decade, with an eye towards…
By Byron Mutingwende Terry Taona sits under the cool shade of the mango tree at his parents’ house in the Westlea Suburb of Harare, reading newspapers just after his return from South Africa where he had been an economic refugee for more than eight years. “I left Harare to South Africa in January…
By Charles Dhewa When agro-based African countries embrace a foreign currency mentality, there is a serious danger of marginalizing the majority of economic actors like farmers who do not need foreign currency for their daily needs. It becomes difficult for people to be patriotic about their currency when the reserve bank is always focusing on…
Experts and agricultural researchers have advocated the adoption of technologies and innovation to produce intensive agriculture and bridge the yield gap between Africa and other continents so as to ensure food security in the continent. The researchers, from different research groups including the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), WorldFish,…
Writes Itayi Tawona Muchemwa The current state of Zimbabwe’s opposition is marked by a significant leadership deficit, which has resulted in its decline and inability to effectively challenge the ruling ZANU-PF party. This deficit is evident in the opposition’s disintegration, failure in local governance, and lack of a clear direction or strategy. The passing of…
BY FARAI MAPOSA Farmers at Mbare Musika in Harare, Zimbabwe are complaining on the available ablution facilities provided by the city council as a ‘ticking health bomb’. Most of the farmers who are women said they are concerned with their health as most of the toilets are not cleaned timely but they pay the city…
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Deploying new resources and actions for the progressive adaptation of the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca and Formentera) to the objectives of the 2030 Agenda, is one of the main objectives of the agreement signed between the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and the IMPULSA BALEARS Foundation. Its aim is to jumpstart the process of the strategic…
Zimbabwe Under-19s – 208-7 in 48 overs (Panashe Taruvinga 47, Tashinga Makoni 39, David Bennett 34; Parmveer Kharoud 3/39, Kairav Sharma 2/46, Gurnek Johal Singh 1/29) Canada Under-19s – 182 all out in 37.5 overs (revised target: 185 in 38 overs)(Jash Shah 49, Ethan Gibson 39, Anoop Chima 33; Victor Chirwa 2/30, Alex Falao 2/42,…
By Kudzayi Zvinavashe Nigerian chanter Burna Boy(23) who gave a sterling performance at Pabloz, the newly opened joint in Borrowdale left journalists stunned after he professed oblivion of who Buffalo Souljah was. Buffalo Souljah is a multi-award winning South African based dancehall artist who has for years dominated the continent in his genre. He is…
By Veritas On Friday 5th July the Freedom of Information Bill was published in the Gazette; it is available on the Veritas website [Link]. It is the first of three Bills the Government intends to present in Parliament to replace the much-criticised Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act [AIPPA]. In fact the Bill has little…
By Joyce Mukucha The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Liaison Office with the United Nations (UN) in New York in collaboration with Emerging Ag Inc, governments, non-governmental organizations, and all other relevant stakeholders yesterday held a virtual event to celebrate World Pulses Day. The event which was aimed at raising awareness and recognising the contribution…
In the past few weeks, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), has been the subject of cybercrime attacks from unknown individuals and entities. The perpetrators have created a series of fake websites, emails, loan application forms, and URLs impersonating IFC in Zimbabwe including https://www.ifcbusiness.org/ and https://www.ifcbusiness.org/sme-loans. The online…
By Dr Tapiwa Mashakada (MDC Secretary for Finance and Economic Affairs) The 2019 National Budget must be read and construed as a transitional budget whose slant is the sanitisation of the fiscal mess created by the Zanu PF government over a prolonged period of time. Its a stop gap measure budget that is bereft of…
The African Energy Chamber (EnergyChamber.org) has entered into a technical assistance cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Petroleum of the Republic of South Sudan to strengthen the country’s capacity to manage its hydrocarbons sector and wealth. South Sudan has over the past year demonstrated a commitment to peace, which gives the country an opportunity to…
By Tatenda Mabara (Researcher) The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all sectors of the global economic ecosystem and the tourism and hospitality sector will experience the most severe impact. This is mainly because tourism is increasingly hypermobile and largely based on interaction among people. Based on the latest COVID19 induced developments such as quarantine measures, travel…
Since the birth of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) through the Maputo Declaration of 2003 followed by the Malabo Declaration of 2014, tremendous progress has been made by the member states in transforming agriculture despite facing various challenges including the effects of climate change, pandemics, geo-political conflicts, and global recession, a senior government…
Writes Sowell Chikwari The rampant practice of early child marriages in rural and communal areas has been cited as a major driver of Gender-based violence, a vice that has consumed many communities, leaving behind a trail of broken families. Speaking at a recent workshop held in Mvurwi, traditional leaders bemoaned the proliferation of GBV and…
Zimbabwe’s president declared a state of national disaster over a drought that’s curbed farm output in the southern African nation. The announcement follows similar declarations last month in neighbouring Zambia and Malawi, where poor rainfall has cut production of the staple corn and other grains and contributed to higher food prices that have hurt poor…
Sekuru Banda wipes away tears of people with albinism By Byron Mutingwende People with albinism face a plethora of challenges but through his benevolence, Sekuru Banda has embarked on an initiative that will wipe away their tears. A beneficiary with albinism narrated some of the challenges he and many others with a similar condition with…
The countdown to Mapopoma Festival in Victoria Falls has begun with all the heavy hitters having confirmed to rock the anticipated huge crowd comprising local and international visitors. Hosted by Patrick Musonza (DJ Spevah) and Hweva Mvura (DollarbillThatDj) came up with an affordable alternative, the Mapopoma Festival, which is meant to cater for the town’s…
