South Africa’s President and African Union chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa and the Nobel peace laureate and former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf have commended Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), for his visionary leadership and bold initiatives to accelerate Africa’s development and to support the continent through the COVID-19 crisis. President Ramaphosa expressed…
Writes Panashe Gwesu Fast-rising Zimbabwean sungura musician, Anywere Mukani a.k.a Mr Favour Veflambo, boldly declares that the ghetto has empowered him to reach international heights, which is why he never forgets its impact on his journey. known for blending sungura music with flamboyant flair, the musician has captured the public’s attention with his unique musical…
By Joyce Mukucha Signs of Hope Trust, an organisation that inspires, empowers, and serves people with disabilities (PWDs) is decrying the negative impacts posed by the COVID-19 pandemic during the lockdown period and is embracing information communication technologies (ICTs) to reach out to this needy group. In an interview, Signs of Hope Trust founder, Samantha…
Writes Elvis Dumba Zvimba – In a bold move, Zimbabwe’s Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) launched the Sabhuku land deals campaign to tackle corruption in rural land distribution. The campaign kicked off in Hurungwe, covering five districts in Mashonaland West province which include Zvimba, Makonde, Chegutu, and Mhondoro Local leaders, government officials, and stakeholders welcomed the initiative,…
The Venice-Arte Laguna Prize has extended the call for artists and designers to November 22, 2022. The jury will select between December and January the 120 finalists who will exhibit in the suggestive 4,000 square meters of the Arsenale Nord of Venice from 11 March to 16 April 2023. The jurors, as in every edition,…
By Melissa Makoto Harare City Council is on another road works and rehabilitation programme including the erection of humps and road markings. In recent minutes by the council, they stated that the road works needed an amount of $36 457 915. “The summarised information was; 2017 Roll Over needed $2 781 012.33, 2018 ERRP needed…
As the Chikuku Development Initiative celebrates its first anniversary, the community is the biggest beneficiary with many positives to point at. “We say Ebenezar – Thus far the Lord has brought us. Upon retirement, Prof. Mufunda – the pioneer of the Chikuku Rural Hospital Initiative, sacrifices time off his busy schedule to visit and offer medical…
Analysts have projected data and internet to drive telecoms giant Econet’s business post unbundling as full-year revenue for the financial year 2019 is expected to hit $678 million mark. This will represent a 20 percent jump ahead of $578 recorded in FY18. After becoming a fully converged telecommunications, media and technology business encompassing digital banking,…
By Joyce Mukucha In 2017, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) adopted a form of electronic registration model named biometric voter registration (BVR) and during these grave times of Covid-19, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) is calling on the national electoral management body to provide citizens with alternative platforms, different from the norm, for them to…
The vibrancy of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), the legislative arm of the African Union (AU), under the presidency of Chief Fortune Zephania Charumbira, will be restored as the leadership of the institution announced that the 3rd Ordinary Session of its Sixth Parliament will be held from 24th June to 5th July 2024. This Plenary Session will…
South Africa’s Former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas
Over the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic transformed ways of working, living, and relating to each other on a global level. The education sector had to adapt radically and rapidly driven by the need to digitalize education and training processes in order to remain competitive and provide high-quality education. The new reality is one…
Escalating hunger needs in sub-Saharan Africa dominate a World Food Programme (WFP) analysis of global hunger hotspots in the first half of 2020 with millions of people requiring life-saving food assistance in Zimbabwe, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central Sahel region in the coming months. The sheer scale and complexity of…
Former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor has been banned from all cricket for three and a half years after he accepted breaching four charges of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code and, separately, one charge of the ICC Anti-Doping Code. Mr. Taylor admitted to being in breach of the following provisions of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code: Article 2.4.2 – Failing…
By Byron Mutingwende The Integrated Soil-Water Conservation and Livestock Management in the Runde Catchment area has been hailed for improving the livelihoods of the people. The environmental protection and monitoring project resulted in the improvement of the livelihoods of the population in 97 wards of Mwenezi, Chivi, Masvingo, Zaka and Bikita districts. …
The number of invasive alien species is increasing at “unprecedented” rates, and more than 3,500 of these are harmful, causing biodiversity loss and threatening ecosystems around the world, a United Nations-backed report says. The report by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), warned that the increase of invasive alien species and their negative impacts…
Safeguard Security’s Engineering division has introduced to the Zimbabwe market high security automated retractable traffic barrier spikes, which can be used for traffic control, preferably in conjunction with a traffic boom. The spikes can be raised or lowered by means of a remote control or be synchronised with an automated boom, so that when…
By Marlvin Ngiza A local youth movement has embarked on an initiative meant to restore girls’ dignity at Churu Farm. This drive comes at the right time when residents in this developing settlement are reported to be needy of basic services such as health. The drive is being spearheaded by Youth Inspire. In an interview…
Google workers staged a sit-in yesterday Wednesday to protest alleged retaliation from management toward employee organizers at the company. The demonstration, which started at 11 a.m. Wednesday, will be six months to the day of last year’s historic walkout, in which 20,000 Google workers left their offices to protest the company’s handling of sexual harassment allegations directed at key…
CAS welcomes a partnership with the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency ahead of the second instalment of the ZIMDABA investment conference, scheduled for April 9th-11th, 2019 in London. The esteemed Royal Geographical Society (RGS) is the setting for the second ZIMDABA, an investment conference aimed towards culturing investment opportunities between businesses in Zimbabwe and the…
By Kumbirai Mafunda A local quarry miner has pledged to use several methods to suppress the emission of dust and minimise noise while conducting its mining activities following protests by residents of Arcadia suburb in Harare. Through their lawyer Tinashe Chinopfukutwa of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, residents of Arcadia suburb in Harare had on…
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority continued on its drive to strengthen its tourism promotion in the African continent through the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Eswatini Tourism Authority at the ongoing Africa Travel Indaba in Durban, South Africa. The MOU is intended to establish a legal framework for the advancement of institutional and…
By Kumbirai Mafunda Mbare Magistrate Stanford Mambanje on Tuesday 22 October 2019 granted bail to three pro-democracy campaigners who were arrested early in the week and charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly staging a protest outside Harare Magistrates Court. Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers on Monday 21 October 2019 arrested Denford Ngadziore , a Councillor…
By Chimeno Azriel Zimbabwe’s Visual artists have been urged to embrace digitization as a way to market their artworks especially during this era of the Covid 19 pandemic. These remarks were made during the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East and Manicaland’s Cultural exchange program held virtually. The Visual Arts Workshop deliberated on the…
Kigali – Chido Cleopatra Mpemba, the African Union Commission Chairperson’s Special Envoy on Youth, has urged governments, civic society, the UN, and communities to hear the voices of young women and girls to prevent child marriages. On the occasion of Nelson Mandela Day, Mpemba addressed participants at the ongoing Women Deliver Conference, high-level intergenerational panel…
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has renamed the Chairman’s Enclosure at Harare Sports Club in honour of the late Mr Peter Chingoka. Mr Chingoka served as ZC chairman from 1992 to 2014, working selflessly and tirelessly to develop and elevate the game of cricket in Zimbabwe to world-class standard. He passed away on 22 August…
War veterans received US$150,000 on Tuesday during the launch of the Presidential War Veterans Fund in Midlands province. This marks the latest phase of the national rollout, following similar disbursements in Masvingo, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, and Bulawayo. The fund, which totals US$1.5 million nationwide, is part of the government’s efforts to support veterans who…
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…
The Residents Association Coalition for Electoral Reforms (RACER), an alliance of Residents Associations advocating for electoral and local governance reforms has flagged out grey areas that need to be addressed including but not limited to the continued lack of access to national registration documents, political intolerance, lower voter registration turnout, and poor service provision ahead…
Mobile World Live Research company IDC cited problems in Huawei’s supply chain, weak consumer demand, and delays in the launch of major flagship handsets for a 14 percent year-on-year drop in Q3 smartphone shipments in China. In a statement, the analyst company’s research manager for client devices in APAC Will Wong noted escalated US trade restrictions…
The book is a collection of all IIFA resolutions on leasing, with the resolutions arranged, classified, and explained along with the evidence backing them The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) has released a new book on the Islamic jurisprudential resolutions related to the leasing contracts, as part of a series of contemporary financial fatāwa in light…
The Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) drew to a close with a call to recognize and enhance the role of soil organisms in sustaining life on Earth. Soils are one of the main global reservoirs of biodiversity. They host more than 25 percent…
NetOne, the leading government-owned mobile telephone company has dismissed a post by journalist Hopewell Chin’ono alleging that it is now using a rate of Z$40,000 to US$1 for airtime sales. In his post on X, formerly Twitter, Chin’ono argues that Zimbabwe is in hyperinflation and has the highest inflation rate in the world. “Hyperinflation is…
Mater Dei Hospital, one of Zimbabwe’s leading hospitals, has begun a multi-million dollar expansion project that will see additional facilities being constructed in phases at their site in Hillside, Bulawayo. The Mater Dei Hospital which was founded by the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood (FMDM) almost 70 years ago after their arrival in the…
Staff Writer Nicole Roos is the first woman to be appointed as Nestlé’s Chief Executive Officer for East and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) taking over the reins from Bruno Olierhoek who served as Chairman and Managing Director in the region since 2018. Roos is currently the Business Executive Officer (BEO) for Coffee and Beverages for…
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has noted with great concern the shocking massive price hikes that have affected almost every basic commodity, worsening the plight of the already struggling masses of Zimbabwe. Prices of most products have gone up by over 50 percent and the prices continue to rise at break-neck speed and…
By Elvis Dumba Banket – It looked coincidental that on the day the country joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Health Day running under the theme ‘Our planet, our health ” which focuses on climate change, farmers in Mapinga and Banket were counting losses following heavy rains that fell on the day…
By Tatenda Mujeyi The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) held a consultative workshop to inform the process of implementing the AFCFTA in Harare today. The consultative workshop is aimed at informing the process of implementing a national…
Mountaineers – 171 and 147 all out in 65 overs (Tony Munyonga 41, Donald Tiripano 40, Joylord Gumbie 39; Faraz Akram 4/30, Brad Evans 4/38, Wessly Madhevere 1/35) Eagles – 172 and 148-4 in 40.3 overs (Wessly Madhevere 44*, Kudzai Maunze 44, Rodney Mupfudza 25; Wellington Masakadza 3/42, Dion Myers 1/12) Eagles won by six…
By Judith Kajuma Preparations for the women’s premier showcase market that will run from the 27th to the 29th of July at the Long Cheng Plaza in Harare are at an advanced stage. The Entrepreneurs will be showcasing high quality handmade artisan products and traditional foods that support local communities. Professor Hubert Gijzen, UNESCO Regional…
The second phase of the Future farm will also include upgrades to the existing road and farm infrastructure and digitizing the mechanisation and agronomy training material AGCO, Your Agriculture Company (NYSE:AGCO) (www.AGCOCorp.com), has revealed plans for further development of the Future Farm project in Zambia. This was announced on 31 July, 2019, at the 150ha…
By Elvis Dzvene A floating exchange rate regime entails liberalisation of the financial sector by removing all government interventions in the financial sector, whereby the value of a currency will be determined by the market forces based on supply and demand of our currency on the international currency market. This is in contrast to a…
The Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Hon Barbra Rwodzi has said the Zimbabwe Tourism Fund should be a standalone entity to ensure a transparent management of revenue to develop the tourism sector. She made the remarks at the interactive media workshop between the tourism sector players and journalists held at the Monomotapa Hotel in…
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…
Entertainment Writer Popular preacher and gospel musician, Prophet T Freddy has unveiled a new single, accompanied by a video titled I Wanna Cry (Lamentations of a prophet). The 3:29 mins track which was produced by Naxo Films in Harare is reminiscent of the hit Ndirikurwadziwa which the cleric did a year ago after his church…
