The Zimbabwe Diaspora for Democracy Inc. has called for Zimbabweans to unite and fight the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to accommodate the Diaspora vote. In a statement, Charles Mutama, the Executive Director Zimbabwe of Diaspora for Democracy Inc. said a toxic political environment emerges in the event that the opposition suspects the ruling ZANU PF…
The United Nations (UN) in Zimbabwe joined the rest of the World in commemorating the World Biodiversity Day yesterday. Biodiversity stretches from genetic diversity within a species of diversity within entire regions of ecosystems, encompassing micro- organisms, plants and animals. Biological diversity is under threat due to a number of factors ranging from population growth,…
A total of 397 women in Zimbabwe have benefitted from repair surgery conducted at fistula repair centres under the Campaign to End Obstetric Fistula led by the Ministry of Health and Child Care and implemented with financial and technical support from UNFPA and Women and Health Alliance International (WAHA). The majority of surgeries were conducted…
he African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will commit up to $200 million to Telecom Egypt (TE) to enable the telecommunication company finance working capital and investments in its infrastructure under a deal coordinated by the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank-Egypt. The agreement for the short-term dual tranche facility, signed in Cairo on Monday, provides for TE to utilise…
By Byron Mutingwende Gilbert Noel Kanokanga is a musician par-excellence who uses his songs to teach the citizens about the political history of the country from the days of the liberation struggle to present-day political developments. Born on 21 June 1975 in Mutoko, Kanokanga did his primary education at Seke 6 and Concession…
The University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences on Friday launched the country’s first Bachelor of Science Optometry (Honours) degree programme in a ceremony at the college in Harare. Officially launching the programme, the university’s vice-chancellor, Professor Levi Nyagura thanked Cimas Medical Aid Society for donating the equipment needed for this programme. Earlier the dean…
Dr. Amarakoon Bandara, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Zimbabwe’s Senior Economic Advisor has said the youths play a critical role in championing the Sustainable Development Goals. Dr. Bandara made the remarks during the World Economic Forum’s Strategic Engagement Visit to Zimbabwe as he answered an array of questions fielded to him during a panel…
By Byron Mutingwende As the partnership between NetOne and Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) continues, lives would be saved through blood donations to people in need of that vital product. Mr. Lazarus Muchenje, the Chief Executive Officer of NetOne, speaking on the occasion where his company solidified its partnership with NBSZ by donating $25…
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…
By Byron Mutingwende Key findings from the Zimbabwe 2017 Inter-Censal Demographic Survey (ICDS) will inform policies, planning, implementation and monitoring of interventions to stimulate social and economic growth. The Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZIMSTAT) launched the ICDS results on 22 May 2018 with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Harare….
By Nevson Mpofu Mbare, Zimbabwe’s largest horticultural market receives 80% of farm produce a day. These sundry foodstuffs are in form of field crops, cereals, legumes, pulses, fruits and all types of horticultural produce from around the country’s 56 districts. Tomatoes pour on a daily basis in hundreds of tonnes every day and so do…
By Elton Gomori Beloved Daughter I hope this letter finds you well. As I was pondering on your birth , growth and future, I couldn’t help pen this letter to express my emotion, feeling and the little wisdom I have mustered from my twenty seven years of existence on this spinning planet…
The 2018 SADC Protocol @ Work Summit and Awards will take place at Cresta Lodge in Harare from the 22nd to the 23rd of May 2018. The two day summit running under the theme “Local Action for a strong 2030 A-gender in Southern Africa” will provide a platform to review and plan the way forward…
By Farai Chirimumimba An estimated 5.4 million Zimbabweans head to the polls in July/August however, actual date is yet to be announced to cast votes for a president, 210 House of Assembly members (MPs) and (60 Senators and another 60 Women quota members indirectly) and 1,958 councillors in what has been billed as the…
By Byron Mutingwende One of the leading mobile telephony companies, NetOne has donated motorised wheelchairs to persons with disabilities and some 200 netballs to women’s teams from the country’s uniformed forces. Lazarus Muchenje, the NetOne Chief Executive Officer, on 19 May 2018, handed over a wheelchair to Vernon Tukuta at Thornhill Airbase. …
By Tatenda Macheka (WFP) Support and training for smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe helps one man see new opportunities in his field Yamurayi Choruwa, 43, was born partially blind. A name given by his parents when they realised his condition,“Yamurayi,” loosely translated from the local dialect, means “a call for help,” and he admits that for…
By Staff Reporter In a way to acknowledge the significance of child helplines across the world, the Childline Zimbabwe in conjunction with the Ministry of Labour and Child Welfare will join hands in celebrating the International Helpline Day. The commemorations which will run under the theme “Using Inclusive technology for Children and young people’s well-being….
By Harry Ruka Mazhindu “A career decision is momentous. It’s not only a declaration of independence; a once off expression of one’s identity, but more importantly, an assertion of what one wants to be moving forward”- Julian Kimble. For IIanga, this moment came 31 years ago with the release of their first album “Visions Foretold”…
By Byron Mutingwende The ZANU (PF) Chairwoman for Harare Province, Ratidzo Mukarati is behaving like a demi-god and should be stopped in her tracks because she is a Grace Mugabe re-incarnate, Betty Nhambu Kaseke, the Member of the House of Assembly for Kuwadzana has said. MP Kaseke equated Mukarati to former First Lady…
The Pan African Parliament (PAP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations partnership is working tirelessly to address food security and nutrition challenges on the continent. During the ongoing sixth ordinary session of the fourth parliament in Midrand, South Africa, various stakeholders, including Members of the Pan-African Parliamentary Alliance for Food…
Post-divorce environment body will not enforce climate change regulations, says proposal, but UK lacks direct replacement for EU institutions. By Megan Darby for Climate Home News The UK government has excluded climate change from a proposed post-Brexit green watchdog, raising concerns about enforcement of climate laws when the country leaves the EU. In a consultation document, the department for…
The European Union Film Festival returns to Harare this week for its second edition with an exciting and artistic programme of arthouse movies. Once again, the Theatre in the Park will set the stage from 15th to 19th May for the line-up of an acclaimed assortment of films from eleven EU Member States. Everybody is…
Gideon Madzikatidze recently in Mwenezi Opinion leaders have been urged to promote preserve and initiate peace before during and after elections, founder of Kuera Apostolic Church, Bishop Honest Mupepe has said. Speaking during a week-long workshop on “promoting peace in rural areas and healing of political violence victims among the marginalised and underprivileged” members of…
The significance of tourism to Africa and its economy was once again cemented at this year’s Africa’s Travel Indaba with delegates from 80 countries in attendance. According to Africa’s Travel Indaba organisers, overall registrations reached the 7 000 mark, resulting in an increase of 4% from last year’s figures. “Indaba’s goal is to create a…
Norton Legislator Temba Mliswa has vowed to continue spearheading developmental programs in his constituency shunning petty politicking as his ZANU PF rival Chris Mutsvangwa has resorted to doing. Mutsvangwa recently donated various foodstuffs such as maize-meal and meat for various constituencies in Norton with people gathering to cook and eat in Jinx Town and Sandringham…
By Joyce Mukucha and Patricia Mashiri The Centre for Conflict Management and Transformation (CCMT) has partnered with the Voices in Vision of Africa (VIVA) in creating dialogues that unite young people as well as directing them towards conducting peaceful 2018 harmonised elections. The dialogues involve youths from different political parties to encourage them to desist…
This week, 14th to 18th May 2018, Zimbabwe becomes the 8th African country to introduce Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunisation programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. The HPV vaccine is a World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended intervention to prevent infection with two types of human papillomavirus known to lead to about 70% of…
By Byron Mutingwende The leadership of the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) met in the capital on 12 May 2018 to select the committee of the Harare Province amid calls for unity and peace. Busani Sibanda, the ACCZ Vice President said it was high time the church put aside unnecessary squabbling and…
THE Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions’ (SACAU) will hold its Annual Conference and AGM at the Kingdom Hotel in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from the 14th to 15th of May 2018. The Conference and AGM will be co-hosted by SACAU’s two members in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU) and Commercial Farmers’ Union (CFU). Held under the theme, Trade…
Despite the benefits of breastfeeding, 1 in 5 babies in high-income countries are not breastfed at all, compared to just 1 in 25 in low- and-middle-income countries The number of babies missing out on breastfeeding remains high, particularly among the world’s richest countries, UNICEF said in a new analysis released on 10 May 2018. Worldwide, approximately…
By Harry Ruka Mazhindu Based on experience, a coalition government cannot provide the required stability for the development of the country because of the bickering on service delivery issues such as sanitation, water and electricity in relation to complex national policy issues. The coalition government formed by ZANU-PF led by former president Robert Mugabe and…
By Harry Ruka Mazhindu There is no doubt that our diversity of ethnicity makes us uniquely special; an amalgam of over 20 tribes (when we break-up the Shona group), beautiful topography and Zimbabwe’s legendary good naturalness mixed with drive and energy makes Zimbabwe a paradise of sorts. Deeper, the fissures along partisan politics that open…
By Joyce Mukucha and Patricia Mashiri The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) appealed to the media to be gender-sensitive when reporting during the country’s forthcoming elections. Magaret Mukahanana- Sangarwe, the Chairperson of ZGC said it was important to engage with members of the media in order to enhance that there was balanced reporting in as much…
The Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has said it was saddened by the death of a secondary school student when a commuter omnibus overturned before Southlea Park turn-off along Simon Mazorodze Road on 9 May 2018. “We join the relatives and friends of the 12 who were seriously injured in praying for their recovery. PAZ…
Amadeus IT Group today announced a historic initiative that will see the creation of a new model for public-private collaboration in the tourism industry in South Africa. This partnership will initially develop a new, National Tourism Visitor Information System (NTVIS). In addition, a new Travel and Tourism Training Academy will be established to accelerate skills…
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has demonstrated its stellar organisational capabilities by bagging top global and national awards for outstanding human capital development. The company was recently awarded the top SMI (Success Motivation International) World Client of The Year prize in the USA, in recognition of its immense investment in employee development and adherence to global…
By Byron Mutingwende Zimbabwe is “a World of Wonders” that is ready for tourism investors, Priscah Mupfumira, the minister of tourism and hospitality industry has said. She reassured the audience at a cocktail reception held for tour operators at the Hilton Hotel in Durban on 9 May 2018 that the drive was in…
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has expressed concern about the government’s attempt to block transparency in the running of the 2018 harmonised elections. This week, leader of the government business in the National Assembly and Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister, Hon. Zyambi Ziyambi, opposed a motion by the opposition MDC-T for open tendering…
By Farai Chirimumimba Manifesto moments are when voters sit up and listen in order to compare and contrast between party X and party Z. However, in Zimbabwe the opposite holds true. Voters are usually partisan and do not read much into manifestos because they vote on partisan lines rather than substance. No doubt it was…
This year’s Africa’s Travel Indaba BONDay sessions highlighted that while Africa needs to tell stories about itself, these must not be the stereotypical view of the continent. Instead these stories need to be unique, to be heard above all the noise, both in content and how they are told. Locals need to travel…
By Byron Mutingwende Zimbabwe and South Africa are working on a common ground to improve tourism, which is a major contributor to the economic growth of both countries. Priscah Mupfumira, Zimbabwe’s minister of tourism and hospitality, addressing journalists at the International Convention Centre in Durban soon after her courtesy call on her South…
By Joyce Mukucha To ensure the continuation of the Enterprise and Business Development Programme (EBDP) on improving livelihoods of rural women, the Government of Swedish has partnered We Effect and signed a SEK 30 million (US$ 3,6 million) agreement. Speaking during the signing ceremony on the 8th of May 2018 in Harare, Sofia Calltorp, the…
Zimbabwe’s colonial-era public health laws must be revised to guarantee the human rights, and the dignity and equality of everyone, including adolescent girls who bear the brunt of existing discrimination, Amnesty International said ahead of the parliamentary debate on the Public Health Act Amendment Bill. The organisation warned that Article 35 of the Bill, as…
By Joyce Mukucha and Byron Mutingwende The Embassy of India in Zimbabwe and the United Nations in partnership with Art of Living Foundation have joined hands in promoting the adoption of Yoga as a lifestyle and wellbeing strategic investment in the prevention of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Zimbabwe. The International Day of Yoga (IDY)…
Africa’s largest tourism show the Travel Indaba will run from 8-10 May this year. This will see the continent showcasing its’ wide variety of top drawer tourism products and attract international buyers and media from across the globe. This convergence also provides a business and policy platform forum for African Tourism Ministers each year. Zimbabwe…
