CiZC engages SADC on deepening political and economic crisis bedevilling Zimbabwe.

The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition on October 30, 2018 met with the SADC Chairperson and President of Namibia, H.E Hage Geingob at State House in Windhoek, Namibia to brief him on the deepening political and economic crisis bedevilling Zimbabwe. The meeting, came upon a request by the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition and a delegation from…

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All Set for Women in Business in the Education Sector Awards Ceremony

KinderCare Zimbabwe will host the inaugural Annual conference and Awards ceremony for “Women in Business in the Education Sector (Early Childhood Development)”, under the theme, “Advancing Women’s Participation in Business- change agents of a community”. This will be held at Cresta Jameson, Harare from 1 to 2 November 2018. “We are honoured to have in our…

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Zim civil society meets SADC chair, Namibian President Heingob

By ZimRights Information Department   Windhoek, Namibia – A joint delegation of civil society leaders from Zimbabwe and civil society solidarity partners from the Southern African region, yesterday, met Southern African Development Community (SADC) chairperson and Namibian president, H.E Hage Geingob, in Windhoek, Namibia. Members of the delegation drawn from the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition…

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LEDRIZ publication focuses on socio-economic rights in Zimbabwe

By Byron Mutingwende   The Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe
 (LEDRIZ) has produced a publication focusing on the importance of upholding socio-economic rights of the citizens.   Dr. Prosper Chitambara, while introducing the publication titled “Socio-economic rights in Zimbabwe:
A Situational Analysis 1980–2018 “ to journalists in Harare on 30 October 2018, said…

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MSF leaves a big footprint in Zimbabwe’s cholera fight

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders’ response to Zimbabwe’s second largest cholera outbreak is bearing a positive impact towards addressing the epidemic. Zimbabwe has been grappling with cholera since 12 September 2018 when the outbreak was officially declared an emergency. This is the second largest cholera outbreak the country has seen after the devastating epidemic that…

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Cuba urges Zimbabwe to remain firm and resolute in its quest for development

By Byron Mutingwende Cuba’s Ambassador, Her Excellence Carmelina Ramirez Rodriguez has said her country enjoys a long-standing relationship with Zimbabwe and urged the Southern African country to remain resolute as it works towards development.   In an exclusive interview with Spiked Online Media, Ambassador Rodriguez said the relationship between the two countries that date back…

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Zimbabwe celebrates cordial relations with Turkey

By Byron Mutingwende Zimbabwe enjoys cordial relations with Turkey with common interests between the two nations increasingly pivoted on economic cooperation. In his address at the Republic of Turkey’s National Day reception held in Harare on 29 October 2018, Ambassador Chitsaka Chipaziwa from Zimbabwe’s ministry of foreign affairs congratulated Turkey on its 95th Anniversary of…

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Southern Africa explores solutions to migration challenges

By Byron Mutingwende   Southern African countries are meeting in Pretoria to share notes on the current migration management project in a bid to find solutions to the complexity of the issue affecting the regional economic community.   In his address during the stakeholders meeting, Dr. Joni Musabayana, the Director of the Decent Work Team…

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Man detained over Mnangagwa portrait

Zimbabwean authorities have stepped up their crackdown against perceived opponents of President Emmerson Mnangagwa after arresting and charging a Bulawayo man with undermining authority of or insulting the ZANU PF party leader. The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) reported that Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers on Friday 26 October 2018 arrested Wisdom Mkwananzi and…

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Vaya Lift ride service to help avert Zimbabwe’s fuel crisis

Zimbabwean companies struggling with getting their staff to work or going about their daily business requiring transport amid the current fuel crisis in Zimbabwe will be able to get round the challenge by using the new Vaya Lift ride service launched by Econet’s Cassava On Demand in Harare on Thursday.   The ride hailing service,…

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PHD clean-up campaign a positive step in promoting tourism: Mupfumira

The timely intervention to clean up the City of Harare by the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries led by Prophet Walter Magaya contributes to the cleanliness of the environment and promotes tourism, Priscah Mupfumira the Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry has said. “The responsibility for a clean, safe and healthy environment is…

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Address political, social and economic challenges: Prophet Acelimo Magaya

By Miriam Zvomuya and Gideon Madzikatidze The Zimbabwe Divine Destiny Executive Director, Bishop Ancelimo Magaya has urged the government of Zimbabwe to urgently arrest socio-economic and political decay. The clergyman said it was clear the government was incapacitated and performing worse than the previous Mugabe administration. Speaking at a press conference in Harare yesterday, Bishop…

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Oxfam Zimbabwe’s CARL project seeks to empower rural women

By Michael Mashiri Oxfam Zimbabwe has launched a programme called Climate Adaptation for Rural Livelihoods (CARL), which is an initiative designed to end poverty in rural areas. The project endeavours to make sure that rural women increase their income and economic power in sustainable agricultural crop supply chains such as groundnuts, pea beans, cattle and…

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Transformation of African trade is task for all African financial institutions: Afreximbank

The transformation of trade in Africa is a task that all African financial institutions must collectively pursue as major stakeholders in the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in its quest to facilitate African trade, Amr Kamel, Afreximbank Executive Vice President, Business Development and Corporate Banking, said in Dar Es Salam on Thursday. Speaking during a roadshow organized…

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Harare City Council celebrates the induction certification of graduate trainees

BY Miriam Zvomuya The Harare City Council in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Open University, Faculty of Commerce and Law gave certificates to 77 graduates who have successfully gone under a five-week course. The certification ceremony was held yesterday at the Rainbow Towers Hotel. The idea of graduate trainee came as a way of supporting the…

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Cassava unveils much anticipated Vaya Lift service

Rolls out convenient, App-based Uber-type transport service Embarks on massive driver recruitment campaign Cassava On Demand Services has launched the much-anticipated ‘Vaya Lift’ ride service, a safe, convenient and affordable passenger transportation service that can be easily booked from anywhere, at any time, via the convenience of a mobile application (App). Speaking at the launch…

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Stakeholder collaboration on track towards eliminating cholera

By Byron Mutingwende Stakeholder collaborative efforts are on the right track towards the elimination of cholera and typhoid. Speaking during the on-going media training workshop on cholera reporting in Mazowe, Dr Portia Manangazira, the Director of Epidemiology and Disease Control in the Ministry of Health and Child Care hailed stakeholder collaboration towards the elimination of…

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ITC, SDF launch Mini-Loans Scheme for young Gambian entrepreneurs

Access to finance initiative to offer loan products youth-led micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the Gambia. The International Trade Centre’s (ITC) Gambia Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) and the Social Development Fund (SDF), a non-profit organisation, yesterday announced the launch of the Mini-Loans Scheme, which will increase access to finance for youth-led micro,…

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Zimbabwe one of Africa’s best destinations in 2019

Zimbabwe has been described as one of Africa’s safest destinations to visit in 2019 because its tourism has excited travel editors, researchers, locals and influencers.   Because of that, according to Times Live, it made it to Lonely Planet’s list of Best Countries to visit in 2019. The publication said Zimbabwe also made the list,…

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Chief Fortune Charumbira elected Vice President of PAP

Honourable Senator Chief Fortune Charumbira has been elected Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) representing Southern Africa. “The road has been long. I won against Hon  Professor Lungwangwa who is the former Minister of Higher Education in Zambia in October last year. In May this year, I won against Dr. Penyo Butale of Botswana….

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MSF bemoans high prices of TB drugs

People suffering from drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) continue to be deprived of today’s best-possible treatment in part because of high drug prices, according to a new report — DR-TB Drugs Under the Microscope — released by Doctors Without Borders ( MSF) at the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health in The Hague. MSF is now calling on…

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Very soon Zimbabwean problems will be over: Bishop Tinashe Mazangwa

By Byron Mutingwende Charismatic South-African based prophet and preacher, Bishop Tinashe Mazangwa has assured the nation that the Zimbabwean problems will be a thing of the past very soon. Zimbabweans are enduring persistent economic hardships that were worsened by the recent fiscal and monetary policy statements by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank Governor…

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Spatial Data the Focus of UNWTO Sustainable Tourism Observatories Meeting

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…

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Sekuru Banda donates R11 million worth of goods to people with albinism

Sekuru Banda wipes away tears of people with albinism By Byron Mutingwende People with albinism face a plethora of challenges but through his benevolence, Sekuru Banda has embarked on an initiative that will wipe away their tears. A beneficiary with albinism narrated some of the challenges he and many others with a similar condition with…

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Youth Organising and Leadership (YOL) model brings positive developmental outcomes

By Byron Mutingwende The Youth Organising and Leadership (YOL) model being spearheaded by ActionAid is bringing about positive outcomes among communities in Zimbabwe. Helene Bach, the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator of ActionAid Denmark, speaking at the workshop in Harare, said the YOL model seeks to pilot and test a broader geographical imprint and network,…

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PAP calls for stronger African integration

The first ordinary session of the fifth Parliament of the Pan-African Parliament kicked off officially on Monday 22/10/2018 at the Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda, where legislators from across the continent convened to dissect matters pertaining to the continent’s progress. Held under the theme: “Winning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation”, the sixth ordinary…

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Senior appointments at the African Development Bank

The President of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, is pleased to announce the following senior appointments. Director, Integrity and Anti-Corruption Mr. Alan Bacarese has been appointed the Director for Integrity and Anti-Corruption in the Office of the President with effect from January 1, 2019.  Alan, a British national, comes with 30 years of experience as a…

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Gertrude Mandizvidza shines at Zimbabwe National Women’s Awards 2018

By Byron Mutingwende   Mrs Gertrude Mandizvidza’s star continues to shine as she has once again stamped authority as a person of high achievement when she walked away with two prestigious awards at the Zimbabwe National Women’s Awards 2018.   The awards were held at the glamorous Meikles Hotel on Friday 19 October 2018. The…

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Mthuli Ncube ditches Nick Mangwana, creates parallel Ministry of Information: MDC

By Jacob Mafume (MDC National Spokesperson) Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube is a fraud. He has removed all doubt by his decision to give Acie Lumumba a treasury job. Lumumba is being rewarded for peddling pedestrian propaganda while expressing a vote of no confidence in Nick Mangwana who is so desperate to fill the George Charamba…

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Linda-Gail Bekker receives Desmond Tutu Award for HIV prevention research

The co-chairs of HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P 2018), the world’s only scientific meeting dedicated exclusively to biomedical HIV prevention, have announced that the 2018 Desmond Tutu Award for HIV Prevention Research and Human Rights will be presented to HIV researcher, physician and community advocate Linda-Gail Bekker of Cape Town, South Africa. The presentation will…

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Patients in dilemma as pharmacies demand foreign currency for medication: CWGH

The Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has urged the government to urgently avail enough foreign currency to the pharmaceutical industry to enable patients to access their life-saving medications which they are failing to buy because most pharmacies are demanding payment in foreign currency.   CWGH highlighted that about 90% of the country’s workforce earn…

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