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ZAS 2024: Kutsaga reaffirms excellence in sustainable conservation practices

Byron Adonis Mutingwende8 months ago04 mins

The Tobacco Research Board (TRB) trading as Kutsaga has once again demonstrated its commitment to sustainability and innovation, emerging as the Best Organisation Exhibiting Sustainable Conservation Practices at the prestigious Zimbabwe Agricultural Show 2024. This accolade reaffirms Kutsaga’s expanded mandate in leading the way in sustainable agricultural practices, showcasing its dedication to environmental stewardship and…

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MSF welcomes J&J’s decision to not enforce unnecessary patents on key TB drug

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago05 mins

After years of advocacy to increase access to the lifesaving tuberculosis (TB) drug bedaquiline, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) announcement to drop its secondary patents on the medicine. This decision means additional drugmakers will be allowed to make more affordable generic versions of the drug for people in low-…

Celebrating unsung COVID-19 response heroines: more than mothers, community gatekeepers, champions

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago08 mins

By Catherine Murombedzi PART 1 Like birds in flight, the wind under their arms propels them to soar higher. A toast to the heroines of the Covid-19 response in Zimbabwe. There are more unsung heroines not mentioned by name in this article. Thank you all. The adage “when you educate a woman, you have educated…

Amnesty International Zimbabwe suspended amid fraud allegations

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago02 mins

The International Board of Amnesty International has taken the unprecedented step of suspending Amnesty International Zimbabwe (AIZ) from the global movement and placing it under administration following evidence of fraud and serious financial misconduct. According to Robert Shivambu, Amnesty International Media Manager for Southern Africa, an extensive forensic audit was conducted in late 2018 which…

Tourism and peace work hand in glove: churches

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago07 mins

Tourism transcends humankind and political affiliation across the borders and it unites nations and different cultures so it is the best conduit for peace, church leaders have said. “We thank Dr Karikoga Kaseke and the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) for spearheading the Zimbabwe Peace Festival 2018. At the festival Christians united for the same purpose,…

Investing in women in agribusiness transforms Africa’s food systems

Byron Adonis Mutingwende8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

Investing in gender-sensitive policies and regulatory frameworks that encourage investment in women agripreneurs is central to the future of agrifood systems in Africa. This was revealed by Nana Amoah, AGRA’s Director of Gender, Youth, and Inclusiveness during the Africa Food Systems Forum in Kigali, Rwanda on Thursday 5 September 2024 during a deal room knowledge…

Public Health Lock-down Order: Extension of Lock-down

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago05 mins

By Veritas The current tight lock-down has been extended until the 15th February. The lock-down was to have been lifted or relaxed at the beginning of February, but in a statement broadcast last Friday the Acting President, who is also exercising the functions of Minister of Health and Child Care, announced the decision to extend…

Dialysis unaffordable for most people, says Kidney Association

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago7 years ago05 mins

Kidney disease can affect anyone but only those with access to considerable financial resources or with medical aid cover are currently able to afford dialysis, according to Kidney Association of Zimbabwe chairman Lysias Sibanda. Speaking in the wake of World Kidney Day, which was marked on Thursday 8 March 2018, he highlighted lack of awareness…

ZW$1.1 billion notes in circulation: RBZ

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago5 years ago03 mins

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has said it has disbursed ZW$1.1 billion into the market. Zimbabweans are however still struggling to access cash from banks as most banks are doling out just ZW$300 (at most) per individual each month. People have resorted to buy cash on the streets due to the cash shortages. Giving an…

Youth empowerment: Marian Chombo tackles drug abuse head-on

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago05 mins

By Elvis Dumba Mutorashanga – The drug abuse menace amongst young people in Zvimba North Constituency mining areas is slowly disappearing as the youths focus energy on various empowerment projects set up by the Constituency Member of the House of Assembly, Marian Chombo. Some of the female youths were traveling to areas such as Mapinga…

Newly-elected Zvimba Council chairperson urges unity in service delivery

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago03 mins

Writes Elvis Dumba Murombedzi – The newly-elected Zvimba Rural District Council Chairperson, Councillor Spencer Magaya, has urged councillors and council staff to unite in pursuit of improved service delivery in the local authority. Magaya was recently elected the council chairperson after polling 38 votes against Chrispen Saidi who got eight votes. “We should be united…

Allowing water shortages is ridiculous: CWA

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago05 mins

By Clemence Muchedzi Community Water Alliance (CWA) – an organization that advocates water governance issues said allowing rampant water shortages on the part of responsible authorities in the country is ridiculous and should be a thing of the past. The sentiments come following complaints by residents of Mufakose over water shortages in the community….

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Colemak Evolution — How that Differs From all other Robots

5 years ago4 years ago08 mins

The latest discharge of the bitcoin software, bitcoin evolution iscrizione, marks a tremendous leap forward regarding functionality. It provides users with a fully automated and versatile online forex trading platform that allows them to engage in both short term and long term positions. This very innovative software program can considerably reduce the dangers associated with…

Sweet potato export initiative a shot in the arm for women

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago03 mins

By Elvis Dumba Raffingora – Rural women from three provinces are set to benefit from the government sweet potato export initiative with Zvimba women undergoing sweet potato farming training. The government through the Ministry of Agriculture signed an agreement with a local company, Fuchs, which will see the company train rural women from Mashonaland West,…

Government removes the controversial indigenisation law

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago06 mins

By Hillary Munedzi The Government of Zimbabwe has repealed the controversial Indigenization and Economic Empowerment Act which required foreign companies to cede 51 percent of their shares to locals and the new Economic Empowerment bill is set to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Hon Sekai Nzenza, the Ministry of industry and Commerce is on record…

ACCA accreditation for NetOne

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago06 mins

State-owned mobile network operator, NetOne has recently been accredited as a Gold Partner and Approved Employer by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) for their Trainee Development Programme. This milestone makes NetOne the first Public Sector and State Owned Enterprise, in Zimbabwe, to attain this world class status. As part of Government’s focus on…

CAYACC playing a key role in ensuring youth engagement in CAADP processes

Byron Adonis Mutingwende9 months ago06 mins

The Consortium of African Youth in Agriculture and Climate Change (CAYACC) has played a significant role in promoting youth engagement in the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). Spiked Online Media had an interview with Mwaka Namukonda, the Executive Coordinator of CAYACC in Lusaka, Zambia during the ongoing Validation Workshop for Technical Working Groups…

Mliswa mourns late empowerment lobby group secretary-general

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

By Elvis Dumba Chinhoyi – Norton independent lawmaker Temba Mliswa has sent his condolence message to the Economic Empowerment Group (EEG) following the death of the group’s Secretary-General Clifford Hlupeko who collapsed and died in Harare. Hlupeko was Chairperson for Chinhoyi Residents Association. “I would like to convey my deepest condolences to the Hlupeko family, the…

#AsOne Campaign brings all stakeholders in promoting peaceful elections

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago02 mins

Heal Zimbabwe Trust launched its flagship Peace Campaign for the 2023 general election in Zaka on the 23rd of March 2023. The Campaign, dubbed #AsOne ia anchored on the three pillars of Tolerance, Harmony and Ubuntu. The launch, held in the form of a nhimbe in line with Heal Zimbabwe Trust’s tradition of using traditional…

Angola, Senegal champion SDG7 Initiative for Africa for 10,000 MW of clean energy

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago07 mins

On the margins of the United Nations Climate Action Summit convened by the Secretary-General, H.E. Mr Antonio Guterres to drum up support for climate action, a group of like-minded countries, financiers, project developers and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched on Monday an initiative to energise climate resilient development in Africa faster,…

Civil society hosts multi-stakeholder forum on human rights

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago06 mins

A civil society consortium in partnership with the United Nations’ (UN) International Organisation for Migration (IOM) held a human rights clinic and a multi-stakeholder consultative forum on human rights from 26 – 27 November 2018 in Chiredzi, Masvingo province. The civil society organisations include Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), Counselling Services Unit (CSU), Zimbabwe Lawyers…

Second African Media Convention: Journalists to craft future of rights

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago07 mins

African editors, journalists and media stakeholders are to craft a future of rights on the continent at the 2nd Africa Media Convention (AMC) scheduled for Lusaka, Zambia from 11-13 May 2023. Under the 2023 World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) theme: Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a driver for all other human…

World Food Day: Regenerative agriculture topical

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago07 mins

By Hillary Munedzi Food giant Nestle has championed regenerative agriculture as the panacea to domestic food price inflation, a development that has cushioned household food security as the world commemorates World Food Day. Zimbabwe is leading the world’s top ten countries worst affected by domestic food price inflation, all because of supply chain disruptions fuelled…

The Top 5 Benefits of Regular Exercise

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago5 years ago09 mins

The 21st-century lifestyle forces everyone to stay active and fit. The proverb “Health is Wealth” is more applicable to us now than it had ever been. Regular exercise can help one to stay healthy and enjoy life better. It also reduces the risk of chronic diseases or various ailments caused due to an unhealthy lifestyle….

TDB guarantees NMB Bank loans to SMEs sector

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago06 mins

The Eastern and Southern Trade and Development Bank (TDB), formerly the PTA Bank, yesterday signed a three-year ZWL1 million dollar credit guarantee in favour of NMB Bank, guaranteeing loans from NMB to Untu Capital for on-lending to small businesses. The guarantee, which was signed at TDB’s Southern African Regional Office in Newlands, Harare, enables NMB…

Interest-free revolving loans boost Zvimba youths businesses

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago04 mins

Zvimba – Young business owners in various parts of Zvimba South Constituency are basking in glory as their businesses including grocery selling, poultry, and agro-based processing got a financial boost through the Constituency Youth Business Revolving Fund. The Fund which is a free interest revolving fund was set up by Zvimba North Constituency Member of…

Regional Media Conference Tackles Emerging News Industry Challenges

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago04 mins

BULAWAYO — The shifting role of traditional news platforms from being primary sources of information to being sources of validation of already-consumed news leads the agenda at this year’s 5th edition of the Africa Journalism and Media Summit (AJMS). The AJMS, formerly known as the Zimbabwe New Media Summit, is an annual congregation of stakeholders…

DPA launches innovative technology for residential, the Huawei Smart Energy Fusion

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago04 mins

DPA and Huawei partner on new Lithium-Ion battery technology In pursuit of building synergies in energy technology, Distributed Power Africa (DPA), an Econet Global company is partnering with Huawei Technologies to transform African communities through smart batteries and solar. This collaboration will culminate in the offering of the Huawei Smart Energy Fusion product to be…

Biennial Review Reports: Member states off-target on achieving CAADP commitments

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 months ago05 mins

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Progamme (CAADP) Biennial Review Reports have shown that countries have missed targets on enhancing investment finance in agriculture, ending hunger, halving poverty, boosting intra-African trade, enhancing resilience to climate variability, and promoting mutual accountability by 2025 as espoused in the commitments that support the Malabo Declaration. This was revealed by…

Justice For Anna Machaya: Law Reforms Need To Be Expedited To Protect Girls From Child Marriage

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago07 mins

The case of a teenage girl who died while giving birth in Marange has prompted organisations like Plan International Zimbabwe and the Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) to issue statements encouraging lawmakers and stakeholders to expedite the crafting of laws that protect the girls from child marriage. In a statement yesterday, Plan International Zimbabwe…

Ambassador Almassri condemns ongoing Israeli genocide against Palestinians

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago04 mins

Ambassador of the state of Palestine in Zimbabwe, Dr. Tamer Almassri condemns in the strongest terms the devastating occupation war on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which includes the bombing and destruction of civilian structures (hospitals, schools, supermarkets, government buildings, and residential flats), killing and displacement of Palestinians, and confirms that it has plunged the…

COVID-19: USAID, WFP provide relief to over 10 000 urban dwellers

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago5 years ago04 mins

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday commenced cash disbursements in the scale-up of the Urban Social Assistance programme thanks to funding from the United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID’s support will provide relief for vulnerable families in eight urban areas across Zimbabwe struggling to meet their daily…

Young people welcome Presidential Youth Fund

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 months ago05 mins

Young people have welcomed the proposed launch of the Presidential Youth Fund by His Excellency, President Dr ED Mnangagwa following the successful implementation of the Presidential War Veterans Fund, which has already made a significant impact on the lives of the country’s liberation heroes. The Presidential Youth Fund will be launched through Dr. Paul Tungwarara,…

Zimnat launches another innovative billboard campaign

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago03 mins

Motorists driving towards Harare’s city centre along Borrowdale Road are likely to be surprised to see just before the racecourse what appears to be boulders falling from a container on a billboard and a car beneath the billboard that appears to have collided with them. This is Zimant’s latest innovative billboard advert intended to illustrate…

Maize estimates breach 11m tons – boosting supply outlook

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago03 mins

Adequate maize supplies for 2018/19 marketing season • Positive for food inflation • Could impact positively on interest rate outcomes By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agri-Business The latest production estimate showed a further upward adjustment to the crop estimates with maize, South Africa’s major staple food, now just above 11 million tons….

The Naked Truth: Zimbabwe’s sex edutainment TV show launches

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago06 mins

The Naked Truth Show premieres its first episode, “Sex and Addiction”, on the 26th of November 2020 at 7 pm CAT streaming on YouTube and Facebook. The Naked Truth Show is Zimbabwe’s Premium show that exercises prominence on Sex Health Education aimed at elucidating taboo conversations about SEX, SEXUALITY, and SEXUAL HEALTH. As the common…

Erhürman: “We are doing our best for a fair and permanent solution”

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago02 mins

The Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Mr Tufan Erhürman said that Turkish Cypriot people wish to reach a fair and permanent solution and have been struggling for years to be included in the international community. Erhürman said that lifting of isolations will make the Turkish Cypriots more powerful and contribute…

What Is Seed Cycling? Effects on Hormones and Menopause

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago08 mins

Getting off hormonal birth control pills can cause a myriad of undesirable side effects. The most popular ones include irregular periods and breast tenderness. The body naturally restores its natural cycle through hormone balancing. However, it may take a while before your cycles are back to normal. Although there are various solutions available to women,…

Miserior donates Land Cruiser vehicle to ZPHCA for increased mobility

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago04 mins

The Zimbabwe Parents of Handicapped Children Association (ZPHCA) Coordinator, Mrs. Theresa Makwara expressed her gratitude to Miserior for donating a Land Cruiser vehicle to the organisation for the purpose of increasing mobility. The organization is now expanding to reach out to children with disabilities and their parents in far rural remote communities in Zimbabwe in…

Zimbabwe Institute of Risk Management To Foster Good Corporate Governance

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago6 years ago04 mins

By Anyway Yotamu and Joyce Mukucha The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA), First Mutual, TelOne, Mimosa amongst other stakeholders has partnered with Institute of Risk Management (IRM) Zimbabwe regional group to officially launch the Zimbabwean regional group to ensure that the nation catches up with the leading global practice. The IRM regional group’s main thrust seeks…

VAYA provides critical transport relief during the lockdown

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago04 mins

The outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has forced many countries, including Zimbabwe, to impose 21 to 30-day restrictive lockdown periods – some even longer, where the epidemic has been more widespread. The lockdowns are designed to protect citizens from the spread of the deadly and infectious disease by restricting contact among people. In Zimbabwe, the…

MSF urges governments to support WTO move to prevent COVID-19 monopolies

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago06 mins

Ahead of a critical meeting at the World Trade Organization tomorrow, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is urging all countries, including the US, to support the landmark proposal by India and South Africa to waive certain intellectual property (IP) during the COVID-19 pandemic. This call to allow more affordable…

Institute of Entrepreneurs Zimbabwe offers transformative training

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago02 mins

The Institute Of Entrepreneurs Zimbabwe, a revolutionary institute striving to equip those passionate about transforming their organisations with cutting-edge entrepreneurship skills held its well-attended SALES TRAINING from the 14th to the 17th of March 2023. The Institute had the pleasure to announce and pronounce in this publication those who successfully attended and completed the Institute…

Kenyan, Mauritian experts address Zimnat trade credit conference

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago06 mins

A high level conference on the role of trade credit insurance in promoting and supporting increased trade will be held on June 8 at Cresta Lodge in Harare. The conference, which has been organised by the Zimnat Trade Credit Insurance, Bonds and Guarantees Division of Zimnat General Insurance will be addressed by local and…

ICT stakeholders deliberate on health effects of EMF radiation

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago6 years ago08 mins

Information communication technology (ICT) stakeholders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are meeting in the resort town of Victoria Falls to deliberate on the health effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) to users of telecommunication equipment and come up with measures to ensure a safe environment for telecoms users. Officially opening the meeting in Victoria…