The World Tourism Organisation’s (UNWTO) International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO) concluded its global annual meeting yesterday in Madrid, welcoming observatories and other tourism stakeholders to share experiences of measuring and monitoring the impact tourism has on destinations, and explore the opportunities provided to tourism by innovation in location services. With a revamped structure…
Banket – ZANU PF Provincial Member, Chrispen Saidi who has been on the spotlight in Banket’s party factional fights has reportedly roped in Blessing Joseph Augustine who is a niece to the late Minister Cephas Msipa, and a ZIMRA employee, Wilfred Dandajena who is from Banket to help financially oil his spirited attempt to unseat…
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 Jan Urhahn Translation by Loren Balhorn The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation promised Africa a “Green Revolution” to fight hunger and poverty. It hasn’t worked — but it has upped corporate agriculture’s profits. Local farmers are being left empty-handed, and hunger is rising. Over the last five years, the number of people around the world…
The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors (www.AfDB.org) on Wednesday approved $27.33 million in grants to boost the African Union’s (AU) efforts to mobilize a continental response to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. The approval follows a meeting of the extended Bureau of the Conference of Heads of State and Government with Africa’s private sector on…
Southern Rocks – 272-9 in 93.3 overs (Innocent Kaia 81, Roy Kaia 57, Richmond Mutumbami 37; Vincent Masekesa 3/71, Victor Nyauchi 2/30, Donald Tiripano 2/42) Mountaineers – Day 1 – Stumps The Kaia brothers, opener Innocent, and number four batsman Roy helped Southern Rocks to recover from a poor start on Tuesday and…
It will showcase films from countries including Zimbabwe, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya…and more With Africa Day coming up on 25 May, M-Net is proud to announce M-Net Movies AfroCinema Pop-Up, an exciting channel that will celebrate and showcase the best festival movies from across the continent. The channel will run from Friday 20 May to…
A delegation of 343 tourists from China who have keen interests in exploring strategic alliances and business opportunities made their last stop at Victoria Falls – Zimbabwe’s most popular tourist destination located in the north-western corner of the country. The delegation’s visit to one of the natural wonders of the world included a boat cruise…
Justice Mafusire today ruled that the ZANU PF Party should stop abusing learners, teachers and school property in pursuit of private political interests. The matter was heard at Masvingo High Court chambers. The Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) was applicant being ably represented by Doug Coltart of Mtetwa and Nyambirai law firm. Veritas…
The project is being executed under the Lusaka Sanitation Master Plan which aims to provide citywide sanitation services by 2035 “Sometimes, it looks to me like surgery in the belly of an ancient beast,” says Herbert Chinokoro, senior water and sanitation engineer at the African Development Bank’s Country Office in Lusaka, Zambia. He is describing…
By Edward Makuzva THE Zimbabwe United Nations Association (ZUNA) is embarking on a 6 month project on clean up campaigns which educate communities on the importance of waste management in order to reduce disasters from land pollution. Speaking at the Clean-up Campaign in Dzivarasekwa Extension, recently, ZUNA National Youth Vice President Shereen Nhodza said the…
‘Savannah Skies’ and ‘The Painting’ launched at an exclusive VIP screening · Films to also make their debut on DStv’s Zambezi Magic Two original feature films produced by students at the MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy for Southern Africa were given a joint premiere in Lusaka last week and will now be given greater exposure across the region. Liz Dziva, publicity…
19 June 2018 (Geneva, Switzerland) – The International AIDS Society (IAS) today announced the appointment of Kevin Osborne as its new Executive Director. “We are delighted to welcome Kevin as the new Executive Director of the IAS,” IAS President Linda-Gail Bekker said. “Kevin is a true connector who can bring together scientists, advocates, donors and policy…
By CHRA Information Section 74 of the country’s constitution grants freedom from arbitrary eviction and states that ‘No person may be evicted from their home, or have their home demolished, without an order of court made after considering all the relevant circumstances’. The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) is deeply concerned over the continued demolition…
By Charles Dhewa Periodic surveys like crop and livestock assessments have become a common feature in most African agriculture-driven economies. These surveys are often conducted during and after the planting season. While surveys like vulnerability assessments are important, in a changing climate characterized by mid-season droughts and disruptions in market supplies, periodic surveys should be…
Zimbabwean music reaches out beyond the country’s borders when it is featured on DStv platforms created to expose the music of Africa to a continental audience. Channels such as Trace Africa, MTV Base, Channel O and Trace Gospel feature a range of performers and help show the people of Africa something of the talent for…
Writes Charles Dhewa Who really benefits from expos such as agricultural shows, trade fairs, food festivals, cooking competitions, and several other bandwagons? How do those who benefit do so? Without clear methods for evaluating these events, it is difficult to get correct answers to such questions. There is a strong feeling among many people that…
By Ivy Apolisi and Dr Liesbet Ohler South Africa has good TB policies, an impressive achievement that comes through in Step Up for TB 2020, a report released this week by Stop TB Partnership and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which assesses TB policy in 37 high TB-burden countries. For lives to be saved, though, policy must…
By Lloyd Rabaya The Zimbabwean political spectrum has, over the years, been marred by violence by the ruling party, segregation, and intentional obstruction, especially towards women who wish to hold positions of power. Inside the political parties, in councils, senate, and house of assembly representation of women is very insignificant despite them having the 52%…
The Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), an affiliate of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has registered full support for the Pan African Parliament (PAP)’s push for a visa-free continent. Addressing the PAP Committee on Education, Culture, Tourism, and Human Resources that was sitting today to deliberate on the Eradication of Visa for Sports…
With the world having gone crazy right now, there’s no time like the present to celebrate love even in the smallest of ways. So be different this year, forget about those traditional gifts of flowers, diamonds and chocolates, find other ways to spoil your loved ones, and above all don’t forget to spoil yourself. Although…
BancABC Zimbabwe, the local banking subsidiary of Pan African Banking Group – Atlas Mara, has officially made local dancehall artist Rodney Mashandure, popularly known as “Jah Master”, a brand ambassador for its popular local remittance service – City Hopper. City Hopper allows customers to instantly send US Dollars and Rands between cities in Zimbabwe through…
By Byron Mutingwende The Shona Village is helping people locally and from across the globe to understand and appreciate the national culture. It is situated at Great Zimbabwe World Heritage site that was declared a National Monument in 1937 and a World Heritage Site in 1986. The village is an ethnographic depiction of…
Duti attended a presentation ceremony at The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)’s headquarters during the 40th Annual Session of the organisation’s Ministerial Council in Vienna The 2019 The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) (http://www.OFID.org/)Annual Award for Development has been conferred upon Vida Duti, in recognition of her remarkable work in striving for sustainable water,…
Writes Hopewell Chibvongodze Harare, 25 March 2024 – Zimbabwe takes its consultations with Brazil very seriously and is working towards identifying new priority areas for cooperation in an open and cordial atmosphere, a government official has said. Foreign Affairs and International Trade, acting secretary, Rofina Chikava said this during her opening remarks at the first…
Step into the tattered shoes of these young innocent souls. It’s hard having a mother out of reach, incarcerated; unable to be taken care of. Rumbling sounds of an empty stomach every day and night; sleepless nights thinking, “Am I ready to face the next day?” How do you feel? Jedidiah Trust has taken the…
The government’s promise to continue engaging cross-border traders will come as a pleasant gesture to informal business operators, particularly women. The recommitment comes at the time researchers have found out that Covid-19 restrictions, especially border closures in the East African region, have had widespread consequences on cross-border traders. In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, East African…
By Byron Mutingwende Calls for ensuring the equal representation of women and men in politics took centre stage at the consultative workshop for “increasing women participation in decision making” held at the Harare International Conference Centre in Harare on Wednesday 26 July 2017. In her remarks during the workshop, Nyasha Chikwinya, the Minister…
By Byron Mutingwende Stakeholders in the world of work in Zimbabwe convened at a meeting to find solutions for the future of work at a time they are fixated on searching for evasive solutions to the daunting socio-economic problems they face today. This emerged at the Zimbabwe Labour Symposium on the Future of…
By Tatenda Mujeyi The Ministry of ICT, Postal and Courier Service officially commissioned the ‘Open for Business’ stamps that are being distributed by Zimpost in Harare yesterday. The stamp is assumed to be of ambassadorial significance as it should market the ‘Zimbabwean open for business’ mantra. “While a stamp is widely regarded as a prepayment…
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…
Those living in poverty and suffering inequalities and injustices should be at the centre of policies and development, the Action Aid Zimbabwe (AAZ)’s Social Justice Manifesto reveals. “The Social Justice Manifesto we are launching today (Sunday 29 July 2018) is a product of ActionAid Zimbabwe’s two (2) decades of work with people living in poverty…
The African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) program has agreed a partnership with the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) to unlock $1.3 to 2 billion in loans to women-owned Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa, by working with financial institutions to enhance their ability to lend to women….
In Kansas, more than 2,000 cattle died in a record heat wave. In Tunisia, fires razed fields of grain to the ground. In southern China, historic flooding damaged almost 100,000 hectares of crops. In northern Italy, a farm lobby warned that drought could claim half the region’s agricultural output. That was just June. The global food supply is taking a hit from…
OWN CORRESPONDENT Cuiabá (Brazil) – African Union Commissioner Josefa Correia Sacko today defended the need for climate-resilient agricultural practices, climate information services, and agricultural insurance programmes to support farmers in Chapada dos Guimarães in central Brazil, 62 km from the city of Cuiabá, capital of the state of Mato Grosso. Speaking at the G-20…
By Joyce Mukucha The Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Rtd. Gen. Hon Perrance Shiri said Climate change was a cross-cutting issue affecting all socio-economic development sectors and urged line ministries to integrate climate change into their policy planning and budgeting frameworks as a way of mitigating the consequences. He was…
By Byron Mutingwende Diaspora nationals contribute immensely to the development of their countries of origin and destination countries it has emerged. This was revealed by Grasiano Nyaguse, the Director of Economic Planning and Coordination in the Ministry of Macro Economic Planning and Investment Promotion at a workshop to develop a diaspora engagement action…
By Philip Mataranyika Connecting the dots… Volume 10 My bones shall rise… The girl children of the Makoni people have always played an important role both at the household and clan level, from the days of our great patriarch and ancestor, Gunguwo, to the current generation. The roles assigned to them transcend everyday routine duties…
Writes Chimeno Azriel Mashonaland West Division 1 pacesetters, CUMA Football Academy, are now focusing on winning the ticket to Division 1 after sending a statement of intent through a brilliant performance as they collected maximum points to become joint log leaders with Golden Valley. The Cuthbert Malajila-owned football Club turned in a mastery display to…
The appointment of Simba Chikore as the Chief Operations Officer at Air Zimbabwe has brought to the fore the need for transparency when recruiting for the government or state-owned enterprises, Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has said. Air Zimbabwe used to be a public entity in which the State had total control but due to economic hardships,…
The African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Limited (ARC Ltd) today made payouts of USD 1.4 million to the Government of Zimbabwe and another US$ 290,288 to UN World Food Programme (WFP), in parametric drought risk insurance payouts to support the extensive drought response efforts in Zimbabwe. The payouts announced via a virtual ceremony were the…
In response to a barrage of criticism from subscribers who have become attached to the country’s leading mobile money transaction platform which underwent a system upgrade from Saturday, EcoCash has announced that it successfully migrated to a new platform over the weekend, and that it was now addressing post-cutover stabilisation issues. “We successfully implemented…
The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is promoting the adoption of smart agriculture in Ethiopia in a bid to address the complexities involved in agricultural processes using technology in pursuit of attaining food security as espoused in the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). Speaking to Spiked Online Media on the sidelines of…
Zimbabwe and the Drylands Sustainable Landscapes – Impact Programme (DSL-IP) Southern Africa Regional Workshop is convening to find ways to respond to Southern Africa’s environmental challenges particularly desertification, land degradation, and the impacts of drought. Addressing stakeholders during the official workshop running from 22 to 26 May 2023 in Harare, Ambassador Raphael Tayerera Faranisi, the…
Africa risks continued exposure to climate extremes unless it makes serious efforts to enhance and remodel its early warning systems, experts caution. “The message for Africa is simple — increasing ambition for action is an urgent imperative,” Dr. Richard Munang, the Africa Regional Climate Change Coordinator at the UN Environment Program (UNEP), told the Alliance for Science….
