Sasai Remit (www.SasaiRemit.com), one of Africa’s leading digital money transfer providers and a business of Cassava Technologies, a leading pan-African technology group, has announced a partnership with Qoki Zindlovukazi, a United Kingdom-based women’s networking, and empowerment organisation. The partnership has enabled both organisations to empower thousands of Zimbabweans to use a safe and secure fintech…
The works entail the immediate rehabilitation of 265 km of MGR tracks between Malaba and Mukono, including the line to Jinja Pier and Port Bell on Lake Victoria The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) is providing $301 million to overhaul the Kampala-Malaba Meter Gauge Railway (MGR) in Uganda. The railway line is part of the…
By Desire Tshuma Villagers in Insiza North have urged the local leadership to conduct an urgent traditional road cleaning ceremony after four pedestrians and one cyclist was hit by motorists within a short space of time. A strip along the Bulawayo-Masvingo road, in Gwatemba area in Insiza North, has claimed many lives dating back to…
Mercy has emerged winner of Big Brother Naija 2019 TV reality show on DStv! She becomes the first female to win the BBNaija competition beating fellow housemates Mike, Frodd, Omashola and Seyi to win the coveted grand prize worth N60 million. After 99 days of excitement, intrigues, suspense and nail biting drama, Big Brother Naija…
ZAMBIA, LUSAKA | Fastjet Zimbabwe, on 09 April 2025, successfully operated the inaugural Harare to Lusaka flight, connecting these vibrant cities with a thrice-weekly flight available Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Fastjet deployed a 50-seater Embraer ERJ145 aircraft for this service. The aircraft type is known to provide the versatility to build a sustainable regional…
The country’s largest mobile network operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has adjusted its data bundle tariffs upwards in a move that was largely expected, following State-owned competitors NetOne and Telecel’s data bundle price adjustments a few days back. Econet’s new data portfolio now offers a wider selection as it now gives subscribers more bundles to choose…
Writes Panashe Gwesu Nokutenda Bungu, a determined 16-year-old form 4 student at Manunure High School in Kwekwe, has set her sights on claiming the prestigious title of Miss Midlands soon, with aspirations to eventually compete at an international level. She said this following her recent victory as Miss Kwekwe Schools, when she expressed her heartfelt…
The state of Palestine is demanding the Israeli occupation state to return all the stolen artifacts from Gaza heritage sites.
Destiny of Afrika Network (DANET) yesterday held a successful economic empowerment seminar for pastors in the Manicaland Province in Mutare, with detractors who allegedly sought to block this initiative put to shame. Before yesterday’s successful event, Wilson Masokovere, the DANET Projects Manager; and Temba Sauramba, the Treasurer; had run a smear campaign against Reverend…
By Elvis Dumba Banket – Residents of the small farming town of Banket are experiencing perennial sewer pipe bursts resulting in raw effluent flowing in residential suburbs, thereby threatening a disease outbreak. Inhabitants of Kuwadzana suburb interviewed expressed fears they could contract deadly diseases such as cholera, dysentery, and typhoid if the situation is not…
Climate, Indigenous and youth leaders, environmental activists and musicians will be among 700 delegates meeting to hash out vital restoration strategies at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) in New York on Sept. 28, in preparation for the launch of the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The decade will provide a framework for landscape conservation and restoration, a process…
By Byron Mutingwende The Patron of the Zimbabwe Amalgamated Council of Churches (ZACC) and Consumer Power, Jimayi Muduvuri is fronting the Coalition Against Sanctions initiative that has seen some people camping at the United States Embassy in protest against the economic embargo imposed on the country. This comes against the background of a…
Writes Marlvin Ngiza The amendment of Section 193 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act Chapter (9:07) which previously provided for the detention of people who are deaf or mute or both and did not provide sign language interpretation during court proceedings has been applauded with expressions that the development was going to necessitate access…
By Joyce Mukucha The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), the highest decision-making body on environmental issues is set to commence its 5th Session, virtually from the 22nd to the 26th of February 2021. This session is preceded by the Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OEPCR) to which Zimbabwe is a party to which is kick-starting…
Zimbabwe is fully committed to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) hence the refurbishment and modernisation of the Beitbridge Border Post and the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Chirundu highway, Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Felix Mhona has said. Speaking to Spiked Online Media in Victoria Falls, Honourable Mhona said the refurbishment of the…
The organisation has contributed immensely towards reducing the rate of unemployment on the African continent Africa holds a very high rate of youth unemployment. In Ghana for instance, about 120,000 young people graduate from various institutions with about 10% getting employed after the first year of completion. Over 16% will never work in their lifetime,…
Remembrance of those who passed during the liberation struggle should be recognised and respected for it is through them we took the first step towards democracy, the Freedom of Rights Under Sovereign (FORUS) party has said in its commemorative message for the Heroes and Defence Forces days. FORUS president, Manyara Irene Muyenziwa said her…
On 24 February 2022, The International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) hosted the ‘Only Peace Dialogue’, an annually held global event aimed to promote IWPG’s activities. Various aspiring women that have a common aim of contributing peace to society attended the event whose theme was “The importance of mental health as we advocate for sustainable Gender Equality”. The…
Yesterday the United Nations in Zimbabwe launched a social and outdoor media campaign dubbed “#NoWay! End violence against women and girls”. The campaign, which will run throughout the month of March, aims to highlight the Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls and facilitate public discourse for action through visual and digital messages….
From next week Zimbabweans living in the UK and South Africa will be able to send money home direct to an EcoCash Foreign Currency Account that they control – for just 2,5%. This represents an almost 80% reduction in fees normally charged. The service, which will be available to anyone who downloads the Sasai App,…
President Mugabe’s insistence that he will stay and contest the 2018 elections way past logic, sense and his physical abilities is very much in line with his fellow African leaders all over the continent, scheming and coming up with plots to remain in power. He is now third on the log for longest ruling Presidents…
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…
BMW and Daimler are putting more than $1 billion into a joint venture that will develop ride-sharing, charging and parking services. The rival German carmakers announced the investment in Berlin, describing their mobility business as a “global game changer” that could help fend off challenges from upstarts including Uber. “Our mobility services have developed a…
By Davison Kaiyo Soon after his inauguration the President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that he has a list of individuals and corporates that has been externalising money and assets and granted them a three-month moratorium to bring them back after which the law will take its course. There were high expectations of high profile…
The Paris Summit is expected to build on ground-breaking clean cooking initiatives launched at COP28 and the African Development Bank’s Adesina (www.AfDB.org), Tanzanian President Hassan, Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol will co-chair the event. Development partners gathering in Paris on 14 May are expected to pledge…
The importance of digital technologies in tourism, providing opportunities for innovation and preparing the sector for the future of work, is at the centre of World Tourism Day 2018, to be celebrated in Budapest, Hungary (27 September 2018). World Tourism Day, celebrated every 27 September around the world, is a unique opportunity to raise awareness…
By Byron Mutingwende Music is a critical form of socialisation whose impact is immense, a top scholar and academic has said. Speaking at a workshop to promote national consciousness and discuss the role of music with artists at the Zimbabwe College of Music in Harare on Tuesday 19 September 2017, Dr. Augustine Tirivangani,…
Zimnat, a diversified financial services group in Zimbabwe, is sending a team of six runners to the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, Africa’s first Abbot Major Marathon. The team includes four staff members, one strategic partner, and one customer, Lilian Chivasa, who won an all-expenses-paid trip to the marathon in a social media challenge. The Sanlam…
Following defeat by Hon Senator Chief Fortune Charumbira in the bid to represent the Pan African Parliament (PAP)’s Southern Region Caucus, Hon Miles Sampa, a legislator from Zambia, working with his erstwhile comrade, Hon Ashebir Gayo of Ethiopia, made frantic efforts to block today’s candidate for the top post of the continental legislative body in…
By Megan Darby for Climate Home News The UN Security Council has identified climate change as a driver of conflict across West Africa and the Sahel, in a statement published on Tuesday. It expands on a 2017 resolution linking the dramatic shrinking of Lake Chad to the rise of Boko Haram and other armed groups in the region….
Writes Persistence Gwanyanya Now that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has kick-started the transition to a market-based exchange rate mechanism by injecting foreign currency into the interbank market, through the wholesale foreign currency auction system, and removing the limits on forex trading margins, the next step to achieving stability is to boost the Zimbabwe…
Zimbabwe Cricket has named two strong squads to face English counties Derbyshire and Durham across three formats starting this weekend. The Zimbabwe Select side picked to take on Derbyshire in two T20 matches, two 50-over games and two three-day fixtures at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo includes Under-19 stars Wesley Madhevere, Milton Shumba and…
Civil society has expressed alarm following as yet unconfirmed reports that Judge Paddington Garwe has been cited in a scam that is strategically meant to capture and dismantle the judiciary order in Zimbabwe. Abigail Mupambi, the National Coordinator of the Civic Society and Churches Joint Forum expressed great concern about claims that the George Soros…
By Simbarashe Manhango Constant medical check ups and screening has been cited as the panacea in dealing with the growing cancer mortalities, a health expert has said. This comes at the backdrop of a report by the health ministry which estimates that a general population of 30 000 people around the country were suspected of…
By Joyce Mukucha In the quest to address operational challenges of migration and ensure the provision of decent working conditions for all, human dignity, well-being and safety for labour migrants, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in partnership with the Government of Zimbabwe is implementing a project entitled “Strengthening Capacities for Labour Mobility Governance in…
By Brian Raftopoulos Since the November 2017 coup that toppled Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe and the elections in 2018, the regime of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has forged two forms of rule. These have been based on coercion on the one hand, and on the other dialogue. Following the 2018 general elections and the violence that…
Zimnat, one of the country’s leading insurance and financial services groups, on Friday (August 2) handed over an ablution block for girls to Chizungu Primary School in Epworth. Zimnat undertook the construction of the ablution block in partnership with Fund a Child’s Education Zimbabwe (FACEZ), a non-profit making organisation that assists marginalised and underprivileged children….
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has noted with profound concern the imposition by the United States of America announced on 2 April 2025 of new tariffs on imported products, including those from SADC Member States. A new baseline tariff of 10% on all imports will take effect from 5 April 2025, while “reciprocal” tariffs…
By Byron Mutingwende Soccer lovers were entertained as MultiChoice Zimbabwe screened the exciting launch events of the 2018 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament at St Joseph’s Home for Boys in Harare on Friday. “We at MultiChoice are pleased to present this screening today and we are especially pleased to be able to do…
By Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe Harare – This year marks MCAZ’s 25th Anniversary as an autonomous medicines regulatory body. Since the Authority’s establishment in August 1997, the environment in which MCAZ operates has undergone fundamental scientific, technological, legislative, and social changes. The mandate though has remained: protecting the right to quality medicines and medical…
By ANRS The ANRS RalFE study coordinated by Dr Jade Ghosn (hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, APHP) and funded by the ANRS demonstrated that raltegravir free concentrations did not significantly decrease during the third trimester of pregnancy in HIVinfected women. These results were presented this Thursday, 26 July at the 22nd international conference on HIV/AIDS (AIDS 2018), being…
Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco) and the Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC) today signed a joint venture agreement for the construction of a 400 kiloVolt (kV), 100-kilometre (km) transmission powerline from Sherwood (Kwekwe) to Manhize in Chivhu. In his remarks during the signing ceremony, Mr. Benson Xu, the DISCO representative said the project is…
The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19. This decision has been taken by representatives of the COP Bureau of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), with the UK and its Italian partners. Dates for a rescheduled conference in 2021,…
By Georges van Montfort This week, representatives of African governments, United Nations Agencies, civil society organisations, private sector, women groups, youth groups and other stakeholders converged in Victoria Falls for the sixth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development. Organised annually, the forum provides an opportunity for African countries to advance the implementation…
Yesterday, during the opening of the 6th World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) campaign for Africa in Cameroon, AU-IBAR’s Director Dr. Huyam Salih highlighted the urgent need to address Antimicrobial Resistance (hashtag#AMR)—a growing global threat that knows no borders. Dr. Salih underscored that 60-75% of emerging human pathogens originate from animals, making the responsible use of…
