The National Energy Policy ((NEP) is expected to yield positive results through advocating for initiatives that promotes generation of power from clean sources. In this regard, Riverside Power Station in Mutoko continues to operate in the way advocated by the policy. The station is generating 2,5MW power to the national grid. The project is in…
Celebrate World Elephant Day with National Geographic Wild (channel 182)on DStv this August. They are smart. They are family-oriented. They remember forever. They have complex emotions and they look after each other. On 12 August 2019, National Geographic Wild has lined up a jumbo content block dedicated to these iconic tusked giants. Not only are they the…
By Nevson Mpofu Washington Zhakata, the Director in the Department of Climate Change of the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement commented the launch of Annah Brazier’s book on climate change. The book titled Frequently Asked Questions about Climate Change has been taken to rural communities to educate folks there because it…
By Tatenda Mujeyi The country’s local production and consumption motivational association ,Buy Zimbabwe, has engaged SME’s in Harare on a discussion that is geared towards generating knowledge on how they can better perform. The dialogue tackled a variety of issues from certification, challenges, potential engagement areas, procurement issues, building competitive advantage among other issues geared…
The EU has announced that it is providing an additional €10 million in funding (about USD 11.15 million) to help address growing humanitarian needs in Zimbabwe A combination of climatic shocks, exacerbated by the economic crisis, led to critical food shortages. The situation is not expected to improve until April 2020, when the next harvest…
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…
By Joyce Mukucha There are fears that the Kariba hydro power station which is the Zimbabwe’s massive power plant might shut down next month as the water inflows continue to decrease. Worries are that power constraints will continue in the country until there is reliable, sustainable and universal energy to the Zimbabwean populace. Contentions between…
Zimnat, one of the country’s leading insurance and financial services groups, on Friday (August 2) handed over an ablution block for girls to Chizungu Primary School in Epworth. Zimnat undertook the construction of the ablution block in partnership with Fund a Child’s Education Zimbabwe (FACEZ), a non-profit making organisation that assists marginalised and underprivileged children….
While remaining a key prestigious event, the African Football Night also becomes a platform engaging the sports community and public and private decision-makers to develop the African sport economy As a conclusion to 6th edition of The African Football Night, Foot Media Events (https://FootMediaEvent.com) and the Organizing Committee released the key facts and figures of the event…
Efforts to achieve market opening should be accompanied with industrialisation and capacity building initiatives to help African countries produce value-added goods, Kanayo Awani, Managing Director of the Intra-African Trade Initiative at the African Export-Import (bank (Afreximbank), has said. In a keynote address during the opening of the Trade with Africa (TWA) Business Summit in…
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…
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has said it is seriously concerned with the negative effect of the 2019 Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review and Supplementary Budget Statement presented by Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube on 1 August 2019. The union said the supplementary budget, instead of giving hard pressed Zimbabweans some room…
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…
The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) this year marks the 20th anniversary of founding its ‘Access Campaign,’ which has been working to secure access to affordable medicines, diagnostics and vaccines, including promoting their research and development, for people in MSF’s care and beyond. Marking this milestone provides an opportunity to reflect on…
THE World Food Programme (WFP)—the biggest buyer of relief food in the country for its operations in the East African region has urged agri-preneurs to step up production of sorghum as there is waiting market. The WFP Country Representative Michael Dunford said here on Tuesday that there huge opportunity for farmers and agri-businesses in the…
As part of its comprehensive efforts to observe the Lupane East Constituency National Assembly, Nkayi Rural District Council (RDC) Ward 23 and Bubi RDC Ward 22 by-elections, for the Lupane East constituency by-election, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) deployed 14 long-term observers who also observed at the ward collation centre on Election Day and…
Nurses and doctors at hospitals throughout Zimbabwe are set to get free transport for 30 days as Vaya once again rolls out exciting new services. These are a car-sharing service called Vaya Carpool and a minibus service called Vaya Shuttle. Both services will be launched on the 15th of August. The Vaya Carpool will be…
The Housing Corporation Zimbabwe (HCZ) has noted the release of the final Report on the Forensic Investigation into the Affairs of the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) conducted by BDO Zimbabwe Chartered Accountants (BDO). According to HCZ, the report contains several falsehoods as regards to the corporation. HCZ said the untruths are attributable to the incompetent…
OWN CORRESPONDENT Internecine fights are the order of the day in Harare where residents feel that the City Council has abdicated its duty of providing efficient service delivery at a time when economic hardships have lowered the standards of living for the citizens. A survey by this publication revealed that some Harare residents are calling…
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and Community Water Alliance (CWA) have expressed great concern over recent reports of an outbreak of typhoid in some parts of Harare’s high-density suburbs. According to media reports and monitoring reports by CWA’s health monitors, typhoid cases have been recently recorded in some of Harare’s high-density suburbs. More…
The win for Zimbabwe maintains their unbeaten streak having beaten Zambia and Uganda in the first two matches Zimbabwe Sables remain unbeaten in the 2019 Victoria Cup after a nail biting 30-29 victory over Kenya Simbas at Hartsfield Stadium in Bulawayo. The win for Zimbabwe maintains their unbeaten streak having beaten Zambia and Uganda in…
As the worst Ebola outbreak in the history of DRC is entering its second year, the situation on the ground is concerning. In July, between 80 and 100 people were diagnosed with the disease each week. Uganda saw its first Ebola patients who had travelled from DRC in June, while Goma, a city of 1.5…
Peace and Security status on the continent will take centre stage in Egypt when the Committee on Cooperation, International Relations and Conflict Resolutions meets in Cairo as part of the August Sittings of the Permanent Committees of the 5th Parliament of the Pan African Parliament (PAP), from 02 to 10 August 2019. Hosted by the Egyptian…
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…
Manchester City and Liverpool will raise the curtain on the 2019/20 English top-flight season when they meet in the FA Community Shield on Sunday 4 August 2019, kick-off at 16:00 . The NFS (New Football Season) is finally upon us, and this year DStv is bringing this game down to DStv Access so more people will have…
By Joyce Mukucha The Ministry of Tourism, Hospitality and Industry in conjunction with the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and other stakeholders urged Hurungwe residents to desist from causing veld fires. It has been observed that in Zimbabwe, the Hurungwe area has the highest rate of triggering veld fires. According to statistics, 122 people in this…
Integrated App offers unique Pay, Chat and Explore features Cassava Fintech International (CFI), in partnership with its local subsidiary Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, and with Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, have launched SASAI, an integrated social payments platform that combines Payments, Chat and Entertainment services on one single App. “We are excited to bring to the Zimbabwean market…
Old Mutual, Zimbabwe’s leading financial services provider in partnership with British Council launched the Value Creation challenge on 1st August 2019 at Three Anchor House in Harare. The Value Creation Challenge is a nationwide competition aimed at supporting ideas that provide innovative and sustainable solutions to socio-economic challenges. Speaking at the launch dubbed “Eight2Five Value…
One year on, the soldiers who opened fire on protesters in the aftermath of the general elections, killing at least six of them and causing injuries to scores more, have still not been held accountable for their actions, Amnesty International said today. The army, which was illegally deployed, used live ammunition to disperse protests in…
Financing from the government, private sector and development partners is an imperative to climate change mitigation, delegates at the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMES) workshop in Harare were told. The Workshop is a follow-up to another one that focused on issues related to climate change that was meant to facilitate knowledge generation…
By Tatenda Mujeyi The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Retired Lieutenant General Dr. Sibusiso Moyo has called for calmness and appraisal of government efforts to address economic challenges at an exporters’ breakfast workshop held in Harare. The minister’s remarks came following mutually shared calls by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), the Zimbabwe…
The Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (ZACRAS) has welcomed the appointment of a Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe Board to regulate Zimbabwe’s broadcasting sector. ZACRAS cited separate statements published in the evening of the 31st of July 2019 on the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services official Twitter handle where the public was advised…
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…
The August Sittings of the Permanent Committees of the fifth Parliament of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) are scheduled to be held from 02 to 10 August 2019 at the seat of the continental Parliament in Midrand, South Africa. The August Sittings will be guided by the African Union theme of 2019; ‘Year of Refugees, Returnees and…
Medical aid societies affiliated to the Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe are paying healthcare service providers at least once a month and in some cases twice a month, AHFoZ has said. However, because most healthcare service providers are benchmarking their fees in United State dollars and using the prevailing exchange rate to charge…
By Tatenda Mujeyi The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) country representatives are converged for a training workshop on country tracking compliance on the Paris Agreement by 2020. The workshop is aimed at creating locally designed solutions to the climate change issues as called for by the Paris agreement of 2015. “The Nationally…
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 Charles Dhewa Between key informants and literature reviews, which are the most reliable sources of knowledge in developing countries? There is an unfortunate tendency to under-value information and knowledge from key informants like farmers who are coping with climate change. Traders who have seen the informal market surviving several droughts and food processors who…
By Victor Vimbai Mwendamberi Death is not my destiny but is a right of passage after someone has done their will. Reclining, recollecting and yearning for the good old days as I am thinking loudly regretting the present times, I know surely my time will come. As we celebrate our independence what independence are we…
By Tatenda Mujeyi Cabinet ratified the Beijing Treaty on Audio and Visual performances in a development that will ensure that artists will benefit from their work. “Cabinet considered and approved the Ratification of the Beijing Treaty on Audio Visual Performances which was presented by the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs,” the Chairperson of…
By Francis Kokutse Interventions such as supplementary irrigation could make the growing of a mixture of crops in soils left behind by floods improve smallholders’ incomes, food security and livelihoods, a study says. According to researchers, several African communities in areas prone to floods grow crops in soils left behind by floods – a practice called flood…
Adverse Report by Parliamentary Legal Committee By Veritas On the 24th July the Deputy Speaker of Parliament announced that the Parliamentary Legal Committee had issued an adverse report on the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill, meaning that the Committee had found some provisions of the Bill to be unconstitutional. The report can be seen on…
By Farai Chirimumimba For four months, one seat in National Assembly has sat empty. Three more have been vacant for the past month. That the seats are empty in the first place was an affront of nature. The previous incumbents, elected only in 2018, died less than a year in office. The first seat fell…
By Joyce Mukucha The Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Dr Sekai Nzenza dismissed social media claims that she was hiding fearing the arrest over alleged corruption. Addressing the media at a press conference held in Harare on the 29th of July 2019, Dr Nzenza said she was in Chikomba East in Mashonaland…
By Nevson Mpofu Retailing giant OK Zimbabwe says it is feeling the heat of business difficulties the country is facing, Chief Executive Officer Mr Alex Siyavora said at the OK Annual General Meeting held in Harare. Economic challenges, among them inflation characterised by deterioration in exchange rate, were some of the reasons causing the difficulties….
