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Partnerships enhance sustainable food security: Inaugural Africa Plant Health Systems Forum

Byron Adonis Mutingwende8 months ago011 mins

The inaugural African Plant Health Systems Forum has highlighted the strength of partnerships and knowledge-driven solutions towards greater sustainable food security for a growing African population expected to reach 2.5 billion by 2050. CABI, organised and launched the event, which brings together representatives from CABI’s African Member Countries, including government, development, research, farmer, and private…

2018 Youth and Voter Registration in Zimbabwe

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago08 mins

By Eric M Moyo I am now more than ready to vote, and now the wait seems like a long time. I left before I am ready to go and scribble what could be perhaps one of the most important Xs in my life on a ballot paper. Besides, when do I ever get to…

PAP Staff bemoan their fate under Gayo, petition AU policy organs

Byron Adonis Mutingwende1 year ago030 mins

The staff stated that they resorted to writing an open letter because they were prevented from appearing before the Task Force set up by the AUC Chairperson who visited South Africa in November 2023 by Hon. Dr. Gayo

Green Light International Trust positively impacting the community

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago03 mins

By Azriel Chimeno The Green Light International Trust is set to help less privileged members of the community once again when they host another event dubbed ‘BRING A SMILE’ to be held on 30 April 2022 at Harare Gardens. The Trust will also be celebrating its tenth anniversary and this year’s event is going to…

School teacher persecuted for slating education minister and ZANU (PF)

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago03 mins

By Kumbirai Mafunda A Zimbabwean school teacher has been hauled to appear before a disciplinary hearing to answer to misconduct charges after he was accused of denouncing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling ZANU PF party and criticising one of his allies for causing untold suffering among citizens. Stephen Mangoma, a teacher at Mateta (Rujeko) High School…

Diasporas contribute to national development

Byron Adonis Mutingwende8 years ago8 years ago07 mins

By Byron Mutingwende Diaspora nationals contribute immensely to the development of their countries of origin and destination countries it has emerged. This was revealed by Grasiano Nyaguse, the Director of Economic Planning and Coordination in the Ministry of Macro Economic Planning and Investment Promotion at a workshop to develop a diaspora engagement action…

Moreblessing Ali’s killer suspect arrested

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago02 mins

By Elvis Dumba Hurungwe – Pius Jamba, suspected to be behind the heinous murder of Citizens Coalition of Change activist Moreblessing Ali was arrested in Hurungwe. Zimbabwe Republic Police announced that Jamba was arrested in Chidamoyo area near Magunje in Hurungwe District, Mashonaland West “Pius Jamba was arrested in connection with the callous murder of…

Zimnat sends team to Africa’s first Abbot Major Marathon

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago05 mins

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…

Supporting the Education and Health of Young Mothers in Africa

Byron Adonis Mutingwende1 year ago09 mins

By Etleva Kadilli, Nisha; and Alexandros K Makarigakis An estimated 282 million young people aged 10-24 will reside in Eastern and Southern Africa by 2050. The potential of this population could be transformational. Yet currently, only a quarter of these young people complete upper secondary school and a quarter of young women aged 20-24 give…

Global leaders highlight peace initiatives at HWPL World Peace Summit

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago2 years ago012 mins

Seoul, South Korea – Global leaders attending the 9th Anniversary of the September 18th Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) today 18 September 2023 have highlighted initiatives aimed at promoting peace and harmony in different countries around the world. Setting the tone for the meeting during a press conference ahead of the official…

Mupambi flags foreign observer missions

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago03 mins

Writes Tafadzwa Muranganwa A local observer mission, Civil Society and Churches Joint Forum (CSCJF) national coordinator, Abigale Mupambi, has come guns blazing against some foreign observer missions for unsubstantiated reports. Speaking during the presentation of CSCJF’s 2023 elections preliminary report, Mupambi said there was a need for foreign observer missions to declare where they were…

Thomas Mapfumo returns home to a hero’s welcome

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago04 mins

Legendary Chimurenga music icon Dr Thomas Mapfumo has retraced his footsteps back home after a 14-year self-imposed absence that saw him being welcomed by a legion of his fans in a heroic fashion. True to his iconic status, Dr Mapfumo appeared at a press conference in the company of music superstar Dr Oliver Mtukudzi and…

UN bemoans slow pace of poverty reduction in Africa

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago5 years ago07 mins

Noting that Africa has made considerable progress in education, health and other social outcomes, Amina J. Mohammed, the United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General has said the pace of poverty reduction is slow on the continent while inclusive growth still remains elusive. Mohammed made the remarks during a Special Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for…

13th NANHRI Biennal Conference Set for November 2021

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago05 mins

By Joyce Mukucha The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) in collaboration with the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI), are geared to host the 13th NANHRI Biennial Conference virtually in Zimbabwe from 3-5 November 2021. In a statement, ZHRC said the 12th Biennial Conference which was hosted by the National Council for Human…

Mutare Accident: United Freedom Party blasts police

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago3 years ago04 mins

By Tafadzwa Muranganwa A new opposition outfit, United Freedom Party has accused the police of being complicit in the fatal accident near Mutare. The accident occurred on Tuesday along Vumba Road when a commuter omnibus plying the Mutare-Chigodora route veered off the road and overturned after a police officer allegedly threw a spike. According to…

ZANU (PF) Harare Province halts houses demolitions, condemns land barons

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago5 years ago04 mins

As the council continues its demolition of houses in the capital city’s residential suburbs, the leadership of ZANU (PF) Harare Province is unequivocal in its condemnation of the move by the municipality and land barons and called for a stop to the actions which they said are violations of human rights. This was revealed by…

Zim Ports Of Entry On Guard Against Novel CoronaVirus

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago04 mins

By Health Correspondent At least 22 people onboard of a flight from Wuhan City where the novel coronavirus was first reported, are under surveillance with the majority being Zimbabweans, Health and Child Care Ministry official has said. The country’s points of entry are on full throttle using World Health Organization’s case detection guidelines for surveillance…

Minor Hotels to Launch Anantara Stanley and Livingstone Victoria Falls Hotel

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 months ago7 months ago08 mins

Minor Hotels, an international hotel owner, operator, and investor with more than 550 hotels in 56 countries in Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Europe, and the Americas, announces the upcoming addition to its portfolio in Africa – Anantara Stanley & Livingstone Victoria Falls Hotel. A debut for both Minor Hotels and Anantara Hotels & Resorts in…

Cassava Remit boosts livelihoods as World Bank hails remittances as essential service

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago5 years ago05 mins

In more developed countries whose economies are better off than most in sub-Saharan Africa, a strong safety net of social programmes, unemployment insurance, and direct payments will make all the difference in the depth of the current COVID-19 induced downturn and will speed up economic recovery. But for poorer countries, and in the short to…

NetOne, Charles Manyuchi Sports Academy Donate To Mutoko’s Mother of Peace

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago07 mins

By Joyce Mukucha A light of hope has shined on Mother of Peace Children’s Home in Mutoko as one of the state owned mobile telephony network providers, NetOne, in partnership with the Charles Manyuchi Boxing Academy donated groceries. The donation which is in line with NetOne’s key pillars of assisting communities has been described as…

Local Action for a strong 2030 A-gender in Southern Africa.

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago07 mins

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…

EcoCash Launches Remittance Service in South Africa With New, Unique Remittance Services

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago6 years ago06 mins

Harare, Zimbabwe – EcoCash, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe’s mobile money Fintech business, has partnered with Cassava Fintech South Africa to provide an enhanced cross-border money transfer service from South Africa to Zimbabwe. Announcing the launch of the service, Cassava Fintech International Group Chief Executive Officer Mr Darlington Mandivenga said he was confident the service would do…

Realness Institute, Netflix Extend Episodic Lab Entry Deadline; Launch New Development Executive Traineeship

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago06 mins

Realness Institute’s newest program, Episodic Lab, created in partnership with Netflix, has received an overwhelmingly positive response from members of the industry online and offline. The deadline has thus been extended for submissions. Online submissions will now close upon receiving 150 additional applications or on the 8 February 2021, whichever comes first. The Episodic Lab offers…

NMB launches TapCard for fast payment with just a tap

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago6 years ago05 mins

NMB Bank has launched a TapCard that only needs to be tapped against a point of sale machine to pay for any purchase. The card is available to anyone, including those who do not have an NMB bank account. The TapCard will make it possible for people to pay their bus fares or even buy…

Proposed changes to US Global Gag Rule threaten wider harm

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago5 years ago013 mins

Seipati Moloi (Media Liaison Co-ordinator, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Estimates put the number of unsafe abortions each year at over 25 million—97% of them in developing countries—leading to at least 22,800 deaths and millions of serious complications. The United States policy known as the Global Gag Rule has had a devastating impact on women’s access…

Stakeholder collaboration on track towards eliminating cholera

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago07 mins

By Byron Mutingwende Stakeholder collaborative efforts are on the right track towards the elimination of cholera and typhoid. Speaking during the on-going media training workshop on cholera reporting in Mazowe, Dr Portia Manangazira, the Director of Epidemiology and Disease Control in the Ministry of Health and Child Care hailed stakeholder collaboration towards the elimination of…

ZLHR secures freedom of opposition activists

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago7 years ago05 mins

The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has secured the freedom of members of the opposition arrested over the political violence that broke out in Harare immediately after the 2018 harmonised elections. Courtesy of representation by lawyers from ZLHR, Harare Magistrate Nyasha Vhitorini on Tuesday 07 August 2018 set free 27 opposition party supporters who…

NAYO bemoans shrinking civic space in Zimbabwe

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago04 mins

The National Association of Youth Organizations (NAYO) – a youth umbrella body for youth organizations, is bemoaning the shrinking of civic space in the country. While acknowledging the steps being taken by the Government of Zimbabwe through the recently announced National Lockdown meant to contain the spread of Corona Virus – which has had devastating…

All set for Africa Industrialisation Week And Extraordinary Session On AfCFTA

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago3 years ago08 mins

By Samuel Agyemang The African Union Commission, Regional Economic Communities and partners are to convene an extraordinary session of the assembly Of the Heads of State and Government on industrialization, economic diversification and on the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and also observe an African industrialization week in the month of November 2022 under…

How AI will help referees at the 2022 World Cup

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago3 years ago05 mins

SuperSport viewers on DStv will be counting down the days to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, with the tournament set to run from 21 November to 18 December and provide the most thrilling distillation of ‘The Beautiful Game’. DStv is the only true home of football in Africa, offering a range and depth of action that no other rival…

AGA, ACDEG promote advancement of democracy, development

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago07 mins

By Byron Mutingwende ActionAid Zimbabwe has said it is of paramount importance to capacitate journalists and other key stakeholders on the African Governance Architecture (AGA) and the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG). For that reason, ActionAid Zimbabwe (AAZ) is implementing a 3-year project on African Governance Architecture (AGA) focusing on…

Residents call for protection and conservation of wetlands

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago7 years ago09 mins

By Byron Mutingwende “We are appalled by the construction of a filling station on a wetland in Kambuzuma. The construction further compromises water delivery and is a clear violation of our environmental rights,” fumed Joseph Kahari, the Secretary for Governance of the Blue Agenda Trust. The Parliament of Zimbabwe has produced a report…

Twins Association of Zimbabwe (TAZ) Set to Launch This Weekend

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago05 mins

By Desire Tshuma The Twins Association of Zimbabwe (TAZ ) this Saturday is set to officially launch its organization in Harare which shall be graced by His Excellency President Emerson Mnangagwa TAZ is an association that was founded in Harare in 2016 by Farai Lawyer Katonha and Tendai Mayor Katonha brothers, a set of Chitungwiza-based…

Willard Munemo Releases First Album

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago04 mins

By Desire Tshuma Borrowdale-based young artist Willard Munemo and his band the Vakiridzo Express have released their first Sungura album with singles expected to bed released in August. Vakiridzo Express was formed in the year 2020 in Harare and comprises eight members. The founder of the band’s stage name is”Willo ” who has been in…

Multichoice launches #TisuMaShark campaign

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago04 mins

Among the many DStv customers in Zimbabwe are successful business people, homemakers, sporting and creative personalities, professionals, artisans, and people from just about every walk of life, and in coming weeks and months many of them will be profiled in a new awareness campaign being launched by MultiChoice called #TisuMaShark. Liz Dziva, publicity and public…

Pan African Parliament congratulates new AUC Chairperson, Deputy

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 months ago04 mins

Chief Fortune Charumbira, the President of the Pan-African Parliament, has on his behalf and that of the Bureau, and the entire membership of the Pan-African Parliament, conveyed hearty congratulations to His Excellency, Mohamed Ali Youssouf, the Government and people of the Republic of Djibouti, on his election as Chairperson and Her Excellency, Ambassador Salma Malika…

NetOne Champions Inclusive Development through Mtetengwe Marathon and School Renovation

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 weeks ago05 mins

NetOne Cellular marked a major milestone in its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts this Saturday with a dual-impact initiative that brought together over 500 community members for the Run For Hope anti-drug marathon and the official handover of a fully renovated Mtetengwe Secondary School. The event was graced by the Honourable Vice President of…

NetOne Gears Up for SADC 44th Summit: Showcasing Digital Excellence and Seamless Connectivity

Byron Adonis Mutingwende1 year ago05 mins

As the 44th SADC Summit approaches, NetOne, Zimbabwe’s premier mobile network operator, is pulling out all the stops to demonstrate its unwavering commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction. With the summit scheduled for August, the company has been working tirelessly to ensure that its digital solutions, network infrastructure, and customer support services are not just…

9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago5 years ago023 mins

By Bertalan Meskó, MD, PhD One of the most common childhood fears is going to the dentist. Who would not relate? Sitting in a huge chair illuminated by blinding light; enduring lengthy seated sessions with someone looking and poking inside your mouth using edgy and frightening devices. And finally, when the torture is over, that…

Mliswa champions development of structured, standardised grassroots sporting activities

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago7 years ago09 mins

By Byron Mutingwende Temba Mliswa, the Member of the House of Assembly for Norton Constituency is spearheading the revival of the nearly dysfunctional Norton Country Club so as to promote the development of various sporting disciplines at grassroot level. In his speech during the official launch of the Podium Performance Programme spearheaded by…

Mr Chocolate promises fireworks

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago03 mins

BOTSWANA-based music star – Craib ‘Mr. Chocolate’ Muchenjekwa – is ready to conquer the music industry and has promised fireworks following the release of his debut album ‘Go Sheba Sheba’ which he collaborated with Botswana music queen Slizer. Mr. Chocolate and Slizer (born Naledi Kaisara) collaborated on the title track ‘Go Sheba Sheba’ and have…

ADC crew scoops Mr P’s inaugural dance award

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

By Ronnie Chisamba An upcoming dance group, ADC Crew scooped the inaugural Mr. P Best Dance Group Award at the finals of this year’s Zim Talent Running under the theme: “Raising awareness against drug abuse.” The event was held on Friday, at Harare Gardens’ Theatre in the Park. The purpose of the talent show…

ITC, Switzerland Global Trade Partnership empowers small businesses, promotes sustainable trade

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago04 mins

Through the new contribution agreement, SECO will invest CHF 8 million throughout 2021-2025 to strengthen the competitiveness and resilience of small businesses across developing countries with a focus on global public goods. Ms. Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch, State Secretary and SECO Director, and Ms. Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director of ITC, signed the contribution agreement during a ceremony in Bern…

EGPAF’s Regional Accelerated Strategy offers impressive health outcomes

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago07 mins

Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)’s Regional Acceleration Strategy uses an innovative, integrated implementation strategy for sustaining health programming in local government and is offering impressive health outcomes. Speaking to Spiked Online Media on the sidelines of the ongoing 2023 International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) in Harare, Dr. Sajida…

“How archaeology in Pakistan is forced to deny the nation’s Hindu past”

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago013 mins

By Own Correspondent Don’t be taken in by the Pakistan government’s lip-service to becoming a multi-religious society every time it promises the repair or reconstruction of a destroyed Hindu temple in that country. It just cannot mean what it says in this context. That is the way to read the recent drama in Pakistan over…