The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG), Zimbabwe Diamond Allied Mine Workers Union (ZDAMWU), and the Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACTSA) are deeply concerned by the government’s lack of action in addressing the increasing number of employees dying and getting injured on duty and are urgently calling upon the Government of Zimbabwe and its…
By Wallace Mawire The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 5 August 2021 observed the occupation of Kashmir by India with a presentation to invited guests and delegates at the Embassy premises in Harare on the ongoing occupation and Kashmir conflict in order to bring global public awareness on the human rights violations…
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…
The new political leadership has set the tone for the economic recovery of Zimbabwe, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Priscah Mupfumira has said. Mupfumira was addressing delegates at the United Kingdom tour operators engagement reception at the Zimbabwe House in London. “The 100-day period brought new developments and investments into Zimbabwe. To mention a few,…
By Stephen Matenga ZVISHAVANE: Chief Masunda has urged women to capitalize on modern information and communication technologies in their socio-economic empowerment endeavours and in their fight against gender-based violence. She said this while officiating at the launch of the Zvishavane Chapter of the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCOZ) Thursday. The launch was part of the…
The governments of Mozambique and Zimbabwe have recorded remarkable progress in building resilience against climate shocks, including floods and drought in the Buzi, Pungwe, and Save River Basins (BUPUSA), shared exclusively by the two countries. The progress was recorded under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) – funded Management of Competing Water Uses and Associated Ecosystems…
By Bernard Marr One of the most important lessons we’ve learned from the pandemic is just how important technology is to building robust and thriving businesses. Organizations that have prospered in the last nine months have done so by leveraging cloud computing, high-speed networks, artificial intelligence (AI), and the internet of things (IoT) to push…
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has reiterated the fact that unity and resilience hold the continent together and are a platform for resurgence and sustainable development. He made the remarks in celebration of Africa Day held at the Maropeng known as the Cradle of Humankind, a place where some of the earliest human ancestors…
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay received Turkish Minister of Defence Hulusi Akar, Chief of General Staff, Full General Yaşar Güler as well as the Commanders of the Turkish Air, Land and Naval Forces. Stating that the visit of Minister Akar, Chief of General Staff Full…
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%…
By Joyce Mukucha In an effort aimed at combating the spread of the COVID-19 virus and at the same time striving to raise global awareness about the high importance of wetlands for people and the planet, the Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry is set to commemorate the World Wetlands Day (WWD) online….
Bangladesh comes third among the world’s top rice-producing countries after China and India. From less than 25% of their total available croplands, China and India grow as much rice, which together constitutes over half of the world’s annual rice output. Due to fast diminishing croplands in Bangladesh, the country has to dedicate up to 75%…
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition today, December 8, 2020 launched a documentary titled “Covid-19 and Human Rights in Southern Africa”. The documentary, which is the coalition’s second following the launch of another one titled “Terror Under the Cloak of Covid-19” on October 6, 2020 exposes rights violations during this Covid-19 era in the Southern African Development Community…
Joint op-ed by UN Women, UNFPA and UNDP The numbers are shocking: at least one in three women on the planet has suffered physical or sexual violence, usually at the hands of a family member or intimate partner. More than 700 million women alive today were married as children. Up to 250 million women and…
Writes Marlvin Ngiza World Health Organisation (WHO) has bemoaned poor liver health awareness campaigns, and poor levels of treatment and care for people with hepatitis in the world while calling for urgent action by countries to suppress the silent infection that has been claiming more than a million lives each year globally. This comes as…
By Yanitsa Boyadzhieva The World Health Organisation (WHO) conceded technology played an important role in tackling Covid-19 (coronavirus), but emphasised privacy and security regulations must not be circumvented when gathering key information as part of the efforts. At a press conference dedicated to the pandemic held on 25 March, Michael Ryan, executive director of the…
By Staff Reporter Cabinet received and adopted proposals to address water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) issues in Zimbabwe, the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Monica Mutsvangwa said yesterday while delivering the 36th Post Cabinet briefing. As part of ongoing efforts to provide basic water, sanitation and hygiene facilities to all segments of the…
Viewers on DStv can look forward to exclusive coverage of the second tennis Grand Slam of 2021, the French Open, live from Stade Roland Garros in Paris until Sunday 13 June. SuperSport is your #HomeOfSport and the ultimate destination to see all the best tennis action from around the world, including the four Grand…
Over 9 000 business leaders, decision makers and topic experts, 600 speakers as well as 100 fin-techs will converge in London beginning on September 23 to 26 for Sibos, the world’s premier financial services showcase. Blue Code Africa, who are developing the future of mobile payment in Africa and Europe, will be exhibiting at…
A delegation of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) led by the President, Prof. Benedict Oramah, on Wednesday in Bali, Indonesia, held talks with a Zimbabwean Government team led by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Prof. Mthuli Ncube, and the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Dr. John Mangudya, to discuss Afreximbank’s support…
Between a death and a burial was hardly the best time to show up in a remote village in Madagascar to make a pitch for forest protection. Bad timing, however, turned out to be the easy problem. This forest was the first one that botanist Armand Randrianasolo had tried to protect. He’s the first native…
Funding will support different key interventions to protect children against violence, abuse, and exploitation Harare, 16 May 2023 – Her Excellency Ms. Åsa Pehrson, Ambassador of Sweden in Zimbabwe, and Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale, UNICEF Representative in Zimbabwe, signed today a funding agreement of 5.8 million USD to support child protection programmes in Zimbabwe. The event…
There is a need for countries to have a stand-alone budget for the infection prevention and control (IPC) programme to prevent healthcare-associated infections and future outbreaks, it has emerged. In her official opening remarks for the media briefing on the advocacy for a domestic IPC budget held in Harare today, the Director of Nursing Services…
By Kumbirai Mafunda The Supreme Court will on Friday 24 May 2019 preside over the hearing and determination of an appeal filed by Gift Machoka Konjana of MDC Alliance party who is seeking an order to overturn the Electoral Court’s decision confirming Dexter Nduna of the ruling ZANU PF party as the legislator for Chegutu…
By International Crisis Group Climate change is increasing the risk of conflict across the Horn of Africa. Intensified droughts and floods render land unusable, force people from their homes and compel them to compete for resources. They also raise the stakes in transboundary water disputes. The climate-conflict link is evident in Kenya, where four consecutive…
Writes Reginald Tapfumaneyi Zimbabwean youth-led project, Green Energy Accelerator (GEA) by Youth and Economic Capital Fund in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), together with the Ministry of Energy and Power Development, has been selected as one of the top 30 Global innovations for Renewable Energy to compete at the Global Youth4Climate Conference…
The Land and Agricultural Development Bank of Zimbabwe has appointed a new board of directors. Addressing members of the media in Harare at Ngungunyana Offices on Friday, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Resettlement Minister, Dr. Anxious Masuka said the board was significant in ensuring a vibrant agricultural transformation of other relevant parastatals in the…
Zimbabwe will host a Logistics 4.0 and Supply Chain Finance Summit that is an important opportunity to learn about the latest trends, ideas, and developments transforming working capital and supply chain management. Slated for Thursday 29 September 2022 at the Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare, the in-depth event tracks the transformation of supply chain finance,…
The Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has urged the New Government to prioritise strengthening of Primary Health Care (PHC) to achieve Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs). “Now that the elections are over, the people of Zimbabwe expect the fulfilment of the election manifesto, in which you promised massive improvement in…
By Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu After every cataclysmic event one tends to think that the world will never be the same. This time it is true that in certain ways the world must change. Global history is laden with such turning points almost all being painful. For years we have been warned that a pandemic could be…
By Byron Mutingwende An environment conducive for peace and security is the cornerstone of tourism development, a Cabinet minister has said. In his address to on the occasion of the study visit by officers from the National Defence University in Harare on 9 October 2017, Walter Mzembi, the minister of tourism and hospitality industry…
Clayton Masekesa With furtive glances over his shoulder, Samson Muchibo (not his real name), the firewood poacher, creeps through the Burma Valley forest in Mutare South constituency, his worn axe slung over his shoulder. He knows the Zimbabwe Republic Police, Environmental Management Agency (EMA), and Zimbabwe Forestry Commission authorities are on the lookout for him,…
Based on the study of environmental DNA cellular material released from living things into their surroundings, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Monday launched a project to protect and preserve biodiversity. This comes after the organization noted with concern that species are under threat so the project is also aimed at making…
Writes Elvis Dumba Mutorashanga – Zvimba North Constituency Legislator who was accorded a second term by the electorate after a landslide victory in the country’s last month harmonized elections has already started fulfilling her elections pledges in the constituency. Hon Marian Chombo donated a variety of textbooks to Windsor Primary School near Mutorashanga as she…
By Wallace Mawire A four-day farmer exchange visit facilitated by the Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM-Zimbabwe) in Mazvihwa community in Zvishavane from 10 to 13 August 2022 has capacitated local farmer organizations to learn and share knowledge, information, and ideas to promote water harvesting in the wake of climate change, especially in the arid…
This Environmental Finance 2020 bond award was given by an independent panel comprising 30 of the world’s largest green, social and sustainability bond investors The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) received on 30 March 2020 an award for its successful one billion Norwegian krone (NOK) social bond issued in 2019. This Environmental Finance 2020 bond award…
By Joyce Mukucha Following Cyclone Idai which struck Zimbabwe in March 2019 causing extensive damage in Manicaland, psychosocial support is being extended to the victims to guarantee individuals and communities heal, adapt, accept and cope with the situation caused by the disaster. In an interview, the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs for Manicaland Honourable…
By Charles Dhewa Discovering and maintaining agricultural commodities markets is not enough for developing countries. They have to build a culture of synthesising and sharing evidence in real-time. Absence of a culture of synthesising information and knowledge from diverse sources remains a big challenge among farmers, economic actors, consumers and policy makers in the majority…
Engaging youth in volunteerism brings countless benefits in fostering development, Hon Kudakwashe Mupamhanga, the Deputy Minister of Youth Empowerment, Development, and Vocational Training said at the Occasion of the Commemoration of the International Volunteers Day (IVD) today in Harare, the 7th of December 2023. “In Zimbabwe work in volunteerism has been focused on the youth…
Writes Amkela Sidange (Environmental Education and Publicity Manager for EMA) The 5th of June is World Environment Day, which is a day that was set aside by the United Nations to raise awareness of environmental issues and provide solutions to environmental challenges that we are experiencing both at a national and global scale. The 2024…
The 2023 Seed Sector Performance Index (SSPI) Status Report for Africa was disseminated at the African Food Systems Forum’s 2024 Summit on 2 September in Kigali, Rwanda. The SSPI is a new, single score-based measurement tool that provides “a bird’s eye view” of the health of national seed systems across the continent. The SSPI was…
African Union Commissioner of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment, AmbassadorJosefa Correia Sacko, assured in Tangier (Morocco), that the health of the oceans is fundamental for global climate stability, biodiversity conservation, food security and the future of human beings. The African diplomat, who was speaking at the African consultation event in preparation…
New research maps fossil fuel threats to vital strongholds for biodiversity with huge climate implications Protected areas remain one of the best tools currently available for protecting biodiversity, storing natural carbon, and providing human communities in surrounding landscapes with innumerable ecosystem services. It would seem obvious that protected areas are, in fact, protected. However, a…
The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org) – the voice of the African energy sector – in partnership with global energy market research and intelligence company S&P will host the Dubai leg of the Invest in African Energy event (https://apo-opa.info/3ECln4A) on March 30, to showcase investment and partnership opportunities across Africa’s burgeoning energy sector. Following successful Invest…
With piracy on the increase and determined efforts being made throughout the arts and entertainment world to eliminate the threat to its well-being by illegal operators and operations, a focus has fallen on people and organisations in support services whose role when legitimate is positive but destructive when based on illegitimacy. The scourge of piracy…
