As the countdown to the Old Mutual Amazing Voices pan-African singing competition reaches its climax, auditions were in Kenya and Ghana and are underway in Zimbabwe while South Africa will soon conduct theirs towards the end of this month. The competition that has a whopping US$100 000 prize money at stake will see contestants from…
By Joyce Mukucha As the Zimbabwe Gems’ team is set to travel today for the Africa Netball Cup Tournament which will kick-start tomorrow in Cape Town, National Foods has availed ZWL$250,000 to cater for the trip. Due to financial constraints, the Gems were facing challenges in as much as participating at the tournament is concerned…
By Abigail Mzimbawakhe (Midlands Correspondent) Gweru residents are in support of the city council’s decision to suspend the Town Clerk Ms Elizabeth Gwatipedza saying it sends the right message towards improving service delivery. Gweru Residents and Ratepayers Association Director, Cornelius Selipiwe said that he applauds the move by the mayor as the town clerk was…
By Nyasha Mutena The Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development, Hon Stembiso Nyoni has urged rural women across the country to embrace and exploit ICTs centres that have been availed by the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICTs) in the provinces. In her statement on the International Day of Rural…
Two films produced by students at the MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy for Southern Africa can be seen this week and next on DStv, allowing Zimbabwean viewers to see the work created by new industry creative training at part of the MTF initiative. The films are The Painting and Savannah Skies, produced entirely by the students…
With the internet fast becoming a part of everyday life for a large majority of Zimbabweans, data consumption has increased exponentially as almost all forms of communication are internet-based. Although price hikes have become a day to day occurrence in the country, the cost of data remains a heated debate amongst peers, with local telecom…
By Byron Mutingwende Firebrand Member of the House of Assembly for Norton, Temba Mliswa has called for formalisation of artisanal mining and clampdown on marauding criminals going by the moniker MaShurugwi who are unleashing violence and looting minerals in his constituency. “I have always advocated for formalisation and regularisation of small-scale and artisanal…
By Lovemore Chazingwa in Kadoma Renowned man of cloth Apostle George Dhliwayo of Great Restoration and Deliverance International Ministry (GRDIM) and president of International Ministers Federation (IMF), has resorted to God, in word and deeds, to prepare for the removal of economic sanctions imposed on the southern African nation by the United States and her…
By Joyce Mukucha As Government focuses on mining as one of the vehicles of growth intended at transforming the Zimbabwean economy and attaining an Upper Middle-Income Economy by the year 2030, President Mnangagwa yesterday officially launched the Strategic Roadmap to the Achievement of US$12 billion mining industry by 2023. This represents a 344 percent increase…
Leading mobile network operator, Econet Wireless has announced yet another increase in bundle prices for data and SMS with effect from 15 October 2019 in what analysts say is a move meant to keep pace with the current inflation. Dr. Prosper Chitambara, the Senior Programme Officer of the Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of…
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) acknowledges the lower price offered to the government of South Africa for newer anti tuberculosis (TB) drug, delamanid, but calls for it to be significantly lower and expanded to all countries in need. Mylan, which licenses the drug from the patent-holder Otsuka, will charge about R14 000 (US$940*) for a six-month…
The twelve participating African teams embark on their journey towards the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as the first day of the 2019 Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens kicks off in Monastir, Tunisia The first day of the Africa Women’s Sevens has come to an end in the coastal city of Monastir, Tunisia. 12 teams have set off…
By Abigail Mzimbawakhe (Midlands Correspondent) The government has promised to disburse ZWL$5,8 million to Kwekwe Local Authority for the rehabilitation of their water and sewer systems. The money will also be used for the procurement and installation of an induction electric motor and a pump set as well as the procurement of gate valves for…
Article by H.E. Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu first published in The New York Times ANKARA, Turkey — It is dismaying that Turkey’s military operation in northeastern Syria is being spun in the American news media as an attack on Kurds, as weakening the fight against the remnants of Daesh (or the so-called Islamic State) and hurting…
By Abigail Mzimbawakhe (Midlands Correspondent) A women’s rights advocacy organisation has urged the private and public institutions in the country to provide affordable sanitary wear for the girl child since the prices have gone up. The Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) General Secretary Muchanyara Mukamuri said that access to sanitary wear remains a challenge to…
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has said recent announcements by the government, that it would disburse $2.8 billion for the Command Agriculture and issuing some $300 million in Treasury bills is a serious cause for concern, judging by the murkiness that has surrounded the same over the years. The opposition party said the regime…
BY MAME BOUGOUMA DIENE & SIMON WOOLLEY “Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me.” —Tupac Shakur It’s time for a grown-up conversation about the racialization of antidrug policies. Ethnic and racial minorities are incarcerated, policed, shot, and killed at growing rates across the globe. The…
By Africa Geographic Editorial “Elephant damage!” is now a common phrase in reaction to the sight of fallen trees, and landscapes bereft of trees. The apparent loss of large savanna trees such as marula and knobthorn in Africa’s protected areas is often blamed on elephants, and this perceived direct link between elephants and treefall drives…
Africa50, Colas, Jovena and SN Power signed a shareholders’ agreement last Friday to develop the Volobe hydropower plant in Madagascar. The project entails the construction and operation of a 120 MW hydropower plant on the Ivondro river, 40 kilometers from Toamasina, to be operated under a 35-year concession. It also includes the construction of…
Today, in commemoration of International Day of the Girl Child, girls selected from the Junior Parliament of Zimbabwe through an essay competition took the helm of UN leadership replacing the roles of the UN Resident Coordinator, and six UN heads of Agencies making a symbolic statement on the need to empower girls to make decisions,…
In bodybuilding, you need different foods to help you get energy, and the necessary protein to grow your muscles. There are also bodybuilders who rely on steroids to help them get the results they want. Among the most common sources of protein that bodybuilders use is meat. However, not everyone likes or eats meat. So, what…
Within weeks of sending home graduates from the first year of training, the MultiChoice Talent Factory Academies in Nairobi, Lagos and Lusaka have welcomed the class of 2020 for a year of training and career preparation. Liz Dziva, publicity and public relations manager of MultiChoice Zimbabwe, said two Zimbabwean students joined 18 others from across…
Distributed Power Africa (DPA) this week unveiled a 1.2MW solar installation at Liquid Telecom’s Campus in Midrand, South Africa – one of the renewable energy company’s largest projects to date in South Africa. The company, which continues to expand its clean energy offer to commercial & industrial businesses across sub-Sahara Africa, also recently announced…
By Veritas The 10th October is the day on which the United Nations every year urges countries of the world to abolish the death penalty. Zimbabwe has not yet heeded the call, even though no one has been executed here since 2005. Our courts continue to sentence prisoners to death for murder, and these prisoners…
Residents from Bulawayo’s Eastern suburbs have requested organisations in Bulawayo to conduct a shadow census process to determine the actual number of people living in the city for planning purposes. Speaking at a Habakkuk Trust advocacy training workshop, residents alluded to the highly contested census results compiled by Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZimStat) in 2012…
By Abigail Mzimbawakhe (Midlands Correspondent) Gokwe District has started engaging in ward-based projects following the devolution funds disbursement by the government to the three local authorities. Gokwe is looking forward to construct schools and clinics as well as buying equipment needed by the local authority with the funds that they were offered by the government….
Fix The Patent Laws Campaign (FTPL), launched a global campaign today calling on pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to lower the price of its anti-tuberculosis medicine bedaquiline to no more than R15 per day for people everywhere who need it, in order to allow scale-up of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) treatment and reduce deaths. …
By Anyway Yotamu and Joyce Mukucha The Government of Zimbabwe is taking strides to adopt the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) to ensure that there is improvement of both quality and comparability of financial information reported by the public entities. The framework is also aimed at strengthening good corporate governance, accountability, transparency and decision…
As Ecobank Day was celebrated across 33 African countries in which it operates on Saturday, the Zimbabwe arm honoured the day by providing free health promotion services for Budiriro residents. This year’s edition was held under the theme “Prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in African Countries”, and was meant to draw public attention to their…
The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) has called for transparency and accountability on the administration of the recent water and wastewater deals worth US$868 million to be signed between the Harare City Council and Chinese firms. The Harare City Council approved the signing of the deals on October 7, 2019. CHRA’s call for…
By Abigail Mzimbawakhe (Midlands Correspondent) Gweru Ward 14 Councillor, Danny Ndava pleaded with the city fathers to construct electrified boreholes for Ward 14 since the available one is not user friendly for people with disabilities. Ward 14 has only one borehole working at Mkoba 14 Bus Terminus which is sustaining the whole ward. The borehole…
Joining third-party fact-checking programmes in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon and Senegal, Facebook (https://www.Facebook.com/) today announced the expansion of its Third-Party Fact-Checking programme to 10 additional African countries. In partnership with Agence France-Presse (AFP), the France 24 Observers, Pesa Check and Dubawa, this programme forms part of its work in helping assess the accuracy and…
By Primrose Zimano Residents of Warren Park D are pleading for more Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) buses which are much cheaper as compared to kombis plying the same route. The ZUPCO buses charge only $1 bond note while kombis have hiked the fares to $5 bond notes during peak hours. In an interview with…
By Lovemore Chazingwa in Kadoma Elderly inmates at a home for the aged in City of Kadoma, Rimuka Old People’s Home (ROPH), yesterday received goodies from a well-wisher who was doing it as a gesture of helping the needy, it is on good record. Munyaradzi Matombo delivered a consignment of provisions to the elderly at…
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…
The Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHCD) have met the leaders of the two main political parties ZANU (PF) and the MDC and presented them with messages on the need to urgently come up with solutions to address the root causes of Zimbabwe’s national challenges. Addressing a press conference in Harare today, Reverend Dr. Kenneth…
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) recognises the important role of labour administration in socio-economic development, a labour expert has said. Ms Hopolang Phororo, Director of ILO Country Office for Zimbabwe made the remarks on the African Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC)’s 15th Annual Meeting that kicked off in Harare on 8 October 2019. “This 15th…
Hon. Jasmine Toffa, the MDC Secretary for Energy and Power has said her party notes with great concern the continuation of the escalating energy crisis in Zimbabwe which she argued is being worsened by the “cluelessness” of Mr Emerson Mnangagwa government in solving the country’s multi-layered crisis. “The MDC notes that every Sunday since…
By Joyce Mukucha and Anyway Yotamu Driven by the commitment to play a pivotal role in the revival of the nation in the agriculture industry, the country’s largest manufacturer and supplier of fertilisers and agricultural chemicals, Zimbabwe Fertiliser Company(ZFC) Limited has invested in a new fertiliser blending plant . The plant valued at US$500 000…
Vaya Tractor plans to plough at least one million hectares of land for smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe this year. The On Demand Logistics platform, developed by Cassava, already has 3 000 tractors on its platform and over one million smallholder farmers registered with its EcoFarmer network. Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe CEO Eddie Chibi said the platform…
Mercy has emerged winner of Big Brother Naija 2019 TV reality show on DStv! She becomes the first female to win the BBNaija competition beating fellow housemates Mike, Frodd, Omashola and Seyi to win the coveted grand prize worth N60 million. After 99 days of excitement, intrigues, suspense and nail biting drama, Big Brother Naija…
By Kumbirai Mafunda High Court Judge Justice Owen Tagu on Thursday 3 October 2019 reserved judgment on an urgent chamber application filed by Community Water Alliance Trust (CWAT) seeking an order to compel President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to urgently act and ensure the provision of water to Harare residents and avert a crisis…
By Joyce Mukucha The Youth Against Alcohol and Drug Dependency (YADD) joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Alcohol Free Day as it seeks to create heathy alternatives to substance abuse amongst young people in Zimbabwe. Speaking during the commemorations in Harare on the 3rd of October 2019, the YADD Executive Director, Tungamirai…
By Tatenda Mujeyi This year marks the 25th anniversary of the ground breaking International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and yesterday stakeholders convened at the Rainbow Towers Hotel to draft Zimbabwe’s commitments to the summit slated for next month in Nairobi, Kenya. The ICPD 25 is an inter-governmental commitment to improve the conditions of women that…
Mbare residents said corruption within the local government and the high level of political polarisation in the community is the major hindrance towards the development of their constituency. Speaking at a Constituency Indaba facilitated by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) in Mbare at Mai Musodzi Hall on the 24th of September 2019, Mbare…
