PDP condemns new Cabinet

By George Mkhwanazi Just when Zimbabweans were grappling with the ignominy of an unelected President, a new cabinet is appointed and immediately reshuffled. Its profile and size emphatically banish any remnants of hope which had been recklessly invested in a political dispensation characterised by equivocation and irony. For all intents and purposes, our democratic status…

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MSF launches multimedia campaign to fight HIV stigma in DRC

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in collaboration with National Multisectoral Program against AIDS (PNMLS), the Jeunesse Espoire (Youth Hope) Association, the Congolese Union of People Living with HIV Organizations (UCOP+), the Congolese Associations Network Together against HIV / AIDS (RACOJ) and the National Network of Organizations of Assisi Community Support People Living with HIV groups (RNOAC_GS / PLWHA) launches the #ZWA NGA BIEN (Look at…

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Address occupational health and safety hazards and risks: media urged

By Byron Mutingwende   The media has been urged to initiate programmes for accident prevention and elimination of work related illnesses at the workplace in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.   Speaking at a workshop to facilitate appreciation of occupational health and safety hazards and risks in the media industry, Precious Nyika, the Human…

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Youths with disabilities monitor the UNCRPD implementation

By Byron Mutingwende   In pursuit of improving human rights through the participation of people with disabilities in social, economic and political spheres in Zimbabwe, youths with disabilities are monitoring the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD).   Elisa Ravengai, the National Coordinator of the Federation of…

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Youths survive on green economy

By Patricia Mashiri No one has ever dreamt that waste management and recycling would be someones’s passion. Tinashe Manyonga a 29 year-old social entrepreneur started his green economy journey few years back. He studied for a degree in Crop science at the University of Zimbabwe before he turned to waste management and recycling. Manyonga who…

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EU Bank extends EUR 100m credit to Afreximbank, on the margins of AU-EU Summit in Abidjan

Abidjan, 29 November, 2017: The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) today in Abidjan, on the margins of the African Union-European Union Summit, entered into a line of credit agreement amounting to EUR 100 million, granted by EIB to Afreximbank. This facility is aimed at financing trade-related long-term productive investments by private…

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Palestinians have right to their national aspirations: Ambassador

By Byron Mutingwende   The Palestinian people have the right to realise their national aspirations, including living in freedom, dignity and prosperity, Ambassador Taghrid Senouar has said.   Ambassador Senouar made the remarks during the 40th occasion of the international Day of Solidarity with the People of Palestine. The United Nations and the Palestinian people…

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Industries harnessing SDGs for resource efficiency and low carbon development

By Byron Mutingwende and Patricia Mashiri   Zimbabwe is moving towards embracing a green economy through harnessing of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs0 for resource efficient and low carbon development.   Speaking at the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe (BCSDZ) annual conference at Cresta Lodge in Harare, Cecilia Ndwabe, the manager is in…

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ZEC impressed by Habakkuk Trust civic education programmes

Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Matabeleland South Provincial Education Coordinator Mr. Andrew Tlou has applauded Habakkuk Trust for youth oriented programmes on voter registration in Gwanda District. Speaking at a Sports and Arts Coaching Clinic organized by Habakkuk Trust  in Mzimuni, Gwanda Ward 3, Tlou said some weeks ago he met some Habakkuk Trust trained youths doing…

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Standardise and decentralise psychiatric assessment reports: Stakeholders urged

By Byron Mutingwende   Girls and women with mental disability are highly vulnerable to sexual violence and encounter enormous obstacles which impede easy access to post gender based violence services such as health, justice, counselling and shelter. As a result, stakeholders called for standardising and decentralisation of psychiatric assessment reports.   Nobuhle Moyo, the Project Officer…

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Making sense of wealth distribution in the new networked economy

By Charles Dhewa Just as they distribute commodities and knowledge to all classes of people and income levels, informal markets in developing countries continue to play a central role in redistributing wealth. African economies have traditionally been characterised and driven by community knowledge sharing and individual innovation. While individual innovation was privatised, local ideas were…

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National People’s Convention lays out demands in declaration

By ZimRights Information Department Harare – THE 2017 National People’s Convention of the church, civil society, labour and social movements held at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on the day of the inauguration of new Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa produced a declaration. The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) director, Okay Machisa, chaired one of…

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Sexual harassment against women and girls rampant in society

By Byron Mutingwende   A Cabinet minister has bemoaned the increasing levels of sexual harassment cases in society, with the scourge rampant in tertiary institutions as the current economic hardhips take their toll on women and girls.   Nyasha Chikwinya, the minister of women affairs, gender and community development made the remarks during the launch…

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Women and girls are givers of life – they need protection and respect

By Byron Mutingwende   “In Shona they say “Musha Mukadzi” loosely translated to: The home is the woman. In Ibbo language they say “Nneka” meaning Mother is Supreme. All these narratives and proverbs are meant to debunk the widely held notion that the African culture is predominantly male-chauvinist,” says sociologist John Maramwira.   From 25…

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PWDs calls for universal accessibility of tourism services

By Patricia Mashiri People with disabilities (PWDs) are calling for universal accessibility of tourism services as the minority group is usually left out in most tourism activities. The 2016 theme “tourism for all: Promoting Universal Accessibility’ calls for tourism and hospitality industry to focus on designing, developing, managing travel and tourism facilities and services accessible…

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Urban local authorities urged to embrace climate change adaptation strategies

By Byron Mutingwende   The ministry of water resources development and climate has introduced the National Adaption Plan (NAP) process to urban authorities to reduce their vulnerability to climate change impacts and facilitate the integration of climate change adaptation into their planning processes.   The National Adaptation Planning is a flexible process that builds on…

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Government embarks on reforms and initiatives to improve investment environment

By Byron Mutingwende   The Ministry of Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion is spearheading various initiatives to promote investment in the country, it has emerged.   In a speech on behalf of the minister, Dr. Judith Kateera, the Permanent Secretary for the ministry of macro-economic planning and investment promotion said there was a need to…

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Healthy eating keeps diabetes at bay

By Byron Mutingwende   A healthy, nutritious diet with minimised consumption of starch-rich foodstuffs will keep diabetes at bay, Dr. John Mangwiro, the President of the Zimbabwe Diabetic Association (ZDA) has said.   Mangwiro made the remarks during the commemoration of the World Diabetes Day held in the Harare Central Business District on 14 November…

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EcoCash signs up more banks, pushes for total integrated mobile financial services

By Byron Mutingwende Popular mobile money service, EcoCash, has integrated with MBCA Bank Limited, bringing to 11 the number of banks directly integrated with the mobile financial transacting system.   A company spokesman yesterday confirmed the integration, saying the development was set to offer EcoCash and MBCA customers more convenience, choice and flexibility.   “We…

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Women bear the brunt of extractive sector misgovernance

By Byron Mutingwende Watching the “Marange Voices” documentary on diamond mining in Manicaland Province in Zimbabwe, delegates attending the summer school on extractive sector governance organised by the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development in Namibia recently were left convinced that the effects of mining done improperly has a toll on women and…

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Persons with disabilities and political participation: Zimbabwe versus the world

By Farai Chirimumimba It’s not enough to put people in parliaments, political parties need to be inclusive, other processes accessible. Persons with disabilities (PWDs) face a whole range of legal and practical barriers in exercising their right to political participation. In one of my article titled: “Inclusion of persons with disabilities in electoral process paramount”,…

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