By Elvis Dumba Harare – Zimbabwe, currently commemorating 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, will host a Women Empowerment Summit this year that will be attended by high-level delegates who include, the government, United Nations, and women organisations. The Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development, in partnership with the National…
By Elvis Dumba Zvimba – Community economic development success is hinged on the emancipation of women at the household level as they constitute a high number of the population. Zvimba North Constituency lawmaker and Local Government and Public Works Deputy Minister, Hon Marian Chombo said the financial empowerment of women at household levels helps to…
The awe-inspiring Matesti Victoria Falls has won the award for “Best for Off-grid Glamour” and has been included in the prestigious Tatler Travel Guide of the 101 Best Hotels in the World. The property joins giants like Stuart Cantor, Castles in the Air, Pioneer Spirits, Romance Revivers, Comfort and Ease, Golden Years, Rescue Remedies, and…
By Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) In the spirit of promoting democratic elections in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) observed Local Authority by-elections on 3 December 2022 in Binga Rural District Council (RDC) Ward 20, and Gweru Municipality Wards 4, 5 and 18. The by-elections in which both the ruling party and Citizens…
By Hillary Munedzi The government’s commitment to universal, free and compulsory education remains a pipe dream as 87% of the national budget is channelled towards employment costs, with 14.04% of the education budget falling short of the Dakar Declaration of 20%. The Education for All (EFA) movement is a global commitment to provide quality basic…
Young parliamentarians have been challenged to take the lead in the formulation of policies and strategies that enhance the full participation of the African youth in political and decision-making processes. The call was made yesterday at the official opening of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Youth Dialogue, hosted by the Parliament of the Kingdom of Morocco,…
By Nhau Mangirazi in Cape Town, South Africa Shehzad Joomun, a journalist from Mauritius is suffering from emotional pressure affecting communities against the effects of climate change that has resulted in property damages, food insecurity, and health challenges in his home country. Mauritius is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 2,000 kilometers off…
By Catherine Mureombedzi “Personal branding is a choice, no one is coming to do that for you…” “I am a lawyer, it is quite exciting and intimidating to stand before you, medical doctors, females. In my work, the most difficult aspect is leaving a client behind. As a lawyer, the client/lawyer privilege, encourages a client…
The National Association of Youth Organisations (NAYO) has said development cooperation connects young people to development financing, including external finance, South-South, and triangular cooperation, climate finance, cooperation among governments, civil society, and the private sector. This emerged at the NAYO Pre-High Level Meeting (HLM3) National Dialogue Held on the 2nd of December 2022 at Holiday…
By Nhau Mangirazi Cape Town, South Africa – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Education Organization (UNESCO) senior regional science programs specialist Martial Zebaze Kana has called on the media to articulate science stories with a bearing on communities. Speaking during the science training course here, Kana said the media remains part of a…
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 Tafadzwa Muranganwa The growing cyberbullying and trolling of women online, particularly those in political leadership in Zimbabwe has left media stakeholders fretting about how to tame and make digital space safe for women and girls. This was heard at a ‘National Women’s Rights Symposium on Violence Against Women and Girls’ organised by the Women’s…
Dr. Solomon Matsa, the President of the Business Economic Empowerment Federation (BEEF) who was the Guest of Honour at a prize-giving ceremony at Dambudzo school on Thursday awarded 12 students scholarships until they finish Advanced Level. Dambudzo School has 1613 students and 48 teachers, proving the need for more schools in the country since Zimbabweans…
As part of Nestlé Needs YOUth Initiative, MYOWBU is benefitting over 5, 000 young people and seeks to double its youth outreach with entrepreneurship to 10, 000 by 2025 In the world of entrepreneurship, some dream and hope their ideas become reality whilst others seize any available opportunity to make their dreams come true. In…
Zimbabwe Tourism Authority Chief Executive, Ms. Winnie Muchanyuka has urged the Tourism and Hospitality Industry to collaborate with the government in bidding for Meetings Incentives Conferences Exhibitions Tourism (MICE) events. Muchanyuka was speaking at the 2022 edition of the Hospitality Association of Zimbabwe Congress which kicked off in Victoria Falls yesterday. “I would like to…
The MultiChoice Group, an official African media broadcast partner for The Earthshot Prize, will air the prestigious competition’s annual awards ceremony which will be filmed on Friday, 2 December at the MGM Music Hall in Boston, United States. Award-winning broadcaster, podcaster, and television presenter Clara Amfo returns for a second year to co-host the awards alongside actor, producer…
Population Solutions for Health There is no denying that consumers are becoming digital natives. For more than two decades Population Services International Zimbabwe (PSI), now Population Solutions for Health (PSH) has been strengthening healthcare in Zimbabwe towards a new future. PSH with support from PSI Digital Health Monitoring Team, recognize that consumers continue to evolve…
A slowdown in the progress made during the past decade against maternal and infant mortality is projected in the African region, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report released today finds. The Atlas of African Health Statistics 2022 assessed the nine targets related to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on health and found that at the current…
Diverse actors from 30 countries call for a comprehensive Africa Food Policy that addresses Africa’s need to feed itself in the face of global uncertainty and climate change. The social movements’ call came following the conclusion of the 4th Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) Biennial Food Systems Conference, which was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon,…
The TelOne Centre for Learning has been described as a citadel for the development of ICT and technology necessary to propel Zimbabwe into an upper-middle income economy by 2030. This was revealed by Dr. Jenfan Muswere, the Minister of Information Communication Technology (ICT), Postal and courier services during the 8th TelOne Centre for Learning (TCFL)…
Tigere Property Fund has become Zimbabwe’s first real estate investment trust (REIT) to list on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube, rang the ceremonial opening bell to signify the listing of the Trust at an event on November 30th. The Trust started trading on the bourse on December 1st. The listing…
By Staff Reporter Spiked Online, a Zimbabwean online news platform, scooped the Best Online Media award at the 6th National Aids Council (NAC) Media Awards on Thursday. The award was presented at the World AIDS Day commemorations in Marondera on 1 December 2022. Giving his remarks, Health and Child Care Ministry Chief Director, Dr. Munyaradzi…
As the world is geared to end AIDS by 2030, Mr. Edward Kallon, the United Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator has called on stakeholders to address the inequalities that drive the pandemic. He made the remarks during the national commemorative event of World AIDS Day being held under the theme “Equalise” in Marondera today….
SuperSport viewers on DStv will be treated to unrivalled coverage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, with the tournament set to run from 20 November to 18 December and provide the most thrilling distillation of ‘The Beautiful Game’. Thursday 1 December sees Group F wrap up in the late afternoon with Croatia…
By Prof Guy Marks (President and Interim Executive Director, The Union) According to their 2022 Global TB report, the World Health Organization estimates that 10.6 million people tested positive for tuberculosis (TB) in 2021. This is a 4.5% rise from 2020 and 1.6 million people have died as a result of it. There has been…
The African Union (AU) has resolved to harness the Pan-African African Parliament (PAP)’s unique value proposition as a representation of the African citizens, in its bid to consolidate democratic gains for peace and stability in Africa. H.E Hon. Chief Fortune Charumbira, President of Africa’s premier parliamentary forum was solicited by the Department of Political Affairs,…
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, who has agreed and committed to working with other institutions to support the Zimbabwean government in clearing its arrears and resolving its debts owed to international creditors including the African Development Bank, the World Bank Group and the European Investment Bank. President Mnangagwa…
Old Mutual Zimbabwe (OMZ) Group Marketing, Public Affairs, and Sustainability Executive Lillian Mbayiwa has been elected Marketers Association of Zimbabwe’s (MAZ) 7th president at an AGM held in Harare last week. Mbayiwa takes over from Prof Zororo Muranda following the expiry of his tenure. Mbayiwa will be deputized by Emilia Mabika from ZB Financial Holdings…
By Kanchan Nath Tourism leaders from every global region have met to advance plans to transform the sector against a backdrop of challenges old and new. UNWTO convened its Executive Council in Marrakesh, Morocco, as the sector’s recovery continues to gather pace. Welcoming 16 Ministers of Tourism and delegations from 36 countries, UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announced that Mrs. Kanayo Awani received the AFIS “Woman Leader” award at the annual Africa Financial Industry Summit (AFIS) 2022 in Lomé, Togo. The AFIS awards, founded in 2021, recognize and reward institutions and individuals who have made significant contributions to the growth of the African financial sector. The AFIS “Woman…
By Hillary Munedzi Zimbabwe’s leading hotel and leisure company, Meikles Group, managed to recoup lost revenue with the segment’s operations in Victoria Falls growing by 244% to ZWL1.3 billion from ZWL398 million in the reviewed financial announcement for the six months ending 30 September 2022. African countries are having an influx of international tourists with…
By Mathew M. Abang (Ph.D., MBA) One of the main constraints to food security, poverty alleviation, and economic growth in the SADC region is low agricultural productivity, which is partly attributed to the underuse of fertilizers that are at times of poor quality. An adequate supply of, and access to, good quality fertilizer that is…
Zimbabwe today joined the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. His Excellency Mr. Edward Kallon, the United Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator delivered the United Nations Secretary-General’s message on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People at a colourful event held at the…
By Fitzgerald Munyoro The government of Zimbabwe through an amalgamation of the ministry of land, agriculture, fisheries, and rural development and the Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services has partnered with an African development conglomerate, Smart Africa, in the development of a real time agricultural data mapping system called Agriculture Information Management…
The Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services, left the Midlands Province ICT-enabled following the launch of five (5) community information centres (CICs) and six (6) ICT labs in Shurugwi on 28 November 2022. Gracing the launch were the Deputy Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, Hon. Dingimuzi Phuti; the Director General…
By David Kamau and Peiman Milani The world is facing a global food crisis like none other, with food prices at historic highs, supply chains disrupted by war and disease, and climate change threatening harvests in virtually all geographies. Global food insecurity is rising so rapidly that hunger pushes one child per minute into severe malnutrition and in 2021, up to 828…
By Veritas In early medieval Europe, taxes were often paid in kind, with taxpayers providing labour or other services or handing over goods and produce to the tax collectors. A thousand years or so later, Zimbabwe adopted the same system for the payment of miners’ royalties. On the 4th of November, the President published a…
By Hillary Munedzi The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) is urging stakeholders to address the drivers of child marriages and sexual exploitation, among them cultural and religious norms, poverty, and the unavailability of sanitary wear. Speaking during a press conference in Harare recently on the preliminary findings of the national inquiry on sexual exploitation and abuse…
Hon. Chief Fortune Charumbira, the President of the Pan-African Parliament has today offered a goodwill message at the 2022 Second Ordinary Session of the Fifth Legislature of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, Nigeria. Present at the meeting are His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Guinea Bissau and Chairperson…
By Charles Dhewa Middlemen are often blamed for reaping off farmers and consumers. However, most of the criticism is based on a poor understanding of how markets function and the gaps closed by middlemen. All markets have unique ways of assigning roles to different actors. If middlemen were not important in coordinating supply chains and…
The Wedza Residents Development Initiative Trust (WERDIT) applauds the Government of Zimbabwe for moving with speed to complete the construction of the New Government Complex and the Civil Registry offices. The New Government Complex will house all the district offices of government departments while Wedza residents will be able to obtain identity documents and passports….
Thirty-seven of 52 African countries have become more industrialized over the past eleven years, according to a new report from the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), the African Union, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The Africa Industrialization Index (AII) report provides a country-level assessment of 52 African countries’ progress across 19 key indicators….
By Elvis Dumba Chinhoyi – Mashonaland West Minister for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Hon Mary Mliswa-Chikoka has recorded another first by bagging a prestigious award. Hon Mliswa-Chikoka was awarded Outstanding Woman CEO Award 2022 by CEO Network Zimbabwe, making history as the first provincial minister of state to receive such an accolade. The Mashonaland West…
By Elvis Dumba Uzumba – Sexual abuse cases reported in the country in 2022 revealed that children accounted for at least 58% of the reported cases, a figure which is worrying. This was revealed by Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development, Hon Sithembiso Nyoni during the official launch of National 16…
By Persistence Gwanyanya While the $4,5 trillion budget might have given a great deal of consideration to the urgent need to balance growth and stability, its implementation remains key. Given the structural nature of our challenges, I never expected a silver bullet type of budget that addresses all of them. Economic rebuilding is a journey…
