Zimbabwe’s efforts to boost domestic tourism pick up a gear with the inaugural Zimbabwe Food and Culture Festival scheduled to run in the capital from 23 – 25 May 2019 in the Harare Gardens from 0800 hours to 6 pm everyday. Preparations for the event are at an advanced stage. The festival’s main objective is…
Financial services giant, Zimnat recently surprised one of the Sanlam Cape Town Virtual Marathon participants who is a Zimnat social media follower with ZWL$50,000. Kenneth Manzvanda who had just taken part in the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 10km virtual peace run, could not hide his joy when he received an unexpected call from Zimnat informing…
Zimbabwe A – 319-9 in 50 overs (Dion Myers 96, Tadiwanashe Marumani 82, Chamu Chibhabha 37; Dwaine Pretorius 3/39, Lutho Sipamla 3/40, Reeza Hendricks 1/41) South Africa A – 320-4 in 42.5 overs (Theunis de Bruyn 113*, Janneman Malan 82, Reeza Hendricks 52; Tapiwa Mufudza 4/87) South Africa A won by six wickets …
By Byron Mutingwende The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has expressed optimism on the prospects of a continued growth in the economy due to the high level of interest by local and foreign exhibitors at the 2018 edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). Speaking at the ZITF on Saturday 28 April…
Anticipated new hotels will mark debut in Liberia while strengthening presence in Morocco and Ghana From the Forum de l’Investissement Hôtelier Africain in Marrakech, Marriott International (www.Marriott.com) announced three new deal signings across North and West Africa, reinforcing the company’s commitment to expanding its presence across the continent. The new deal signings highlight the company’s growth…
By Susan Reidy BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — E.U. agri-food exports are maintaining their forward momentum, breaking records in May with a total of €12.8 billion, 13% higher than the same time period a year earlier. Imports also increased to €10.7 billion, up 6% from May 2018, according to the latest monthly trade report from the European…
By Veritas Two further amendments to the Public Health Lock-down Order have been published in the past few days. The first, in SI 11/2021 of 5th January 2021 [link], declared courts to be an essential service for the purpose of the Order; the second, in SI 13/2021 of 8th January 2021 [link], declared legal practitioners to be performing an essential…
By Joyce Mukucha The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned that a new potential Tropical Cyclone Eloise is forming over the Indian Ocean and is expected to make landfalls in Madagascar, Mozambique and Zimbabwe as early as next week. This was also revealed by the International Organization for Migration. In a statement issued on the…
Eight2Five Innovation Hub, the business incubator powered by Old Mutual Zimbabwe today launches a Start-Up entry to market Event for its 4 startup partners. The Hub Incubation Programme is an intensive and inclusive process that offers early-stage startups and entrepreneurs support. Startups with high growth potential had the opportunity to enrol in the business…
Spiked Online Media caught up with the founder of Musimboti African Medicine, Mr. Morgan Zimunya who shared his perspectives on health and wellness below: According to African healing basics, conditions like cancers BP, sugar piles, kidney problems, and STIS are just symptoms. When African people visit traditional healers, they just complain about their bodies being…
By Byron Mutingwende Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are susceptible to corruption due to the fact that the majority of them are informal traders who are not fully aware of the policy legislative and institutional frameworks that exist to govern their sector, Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has said. In a speech read on her behalf…
By Anyway Yotamu and Tafadzwa Kufah Government is working hard in the utilisation of Information, Communication Technologies (ICTs) to ensure the attainment of Vision 2030. Speaking to journalists after touring Mazowe Earth Station on Monday 9th of March 2020, Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Minister Jenfan Muswere said the ministry’s vision was to…
Friends With Albinism By Setfree N Mafukidze (RGN) Often times many myths and misconceptions have come up from various persons within societies regarding albinism. For time immemorial those born with albinism have been treated unfairly with some cultures considering it a curse to give birth to a child with albinism. In some cases, women who…
By Nevson Mpofu Retailing giant OK Zimbabwe says it is feeling the heat of business difficulties the country is facing, Chief Executive Officer Mr Alex Siyavora said at the OK Annual General Meeting held in Harare. Economic challenges, among them inflation characterised by deterioration in exchange rate, were some of the reasons causing the difficulties….
By Ronnie Chisamba There is a brighter side about the late Soul Jah Love that many people were not privy to – his humbleness, Marshall Bimha – aka Wadis Gangsta Manager, has said. “Taimbonetsana zvekutorwa chaizvo but taizogadzirisana. (We used to argue to the point of fighting a lot but eventually, we would resolve our…
Zimnat, one of the leading players in the Zimbabwean life assurance and short-term insurance industries since 1946, has donated funeral services worth $10 000 for the burial of 10 of the miners killed in the Battlefields mining disaster. The group has made the donation through Mashonaland West Province Minister of State Mary Mliswa to assist…
Cassava On Demand, a division of Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe is – for the first time in Zimbabwe – set to launch ‘Vaya Lift’, its own ‘Uber’-type ride hailing service. According to Mr Darlington Mandivenga, the Cassava International group executive director, the company is currently putting the final touches to a massive, Econet-style launch of…
Humanitarian agencies in Senegal are this week distributing aid as part of an early response to food shortage, which has been caused by the late onset of rainfall last year. This early action will help alleviate the suffering of those affected and reduce the need for them to resort to negative coping actions such as…
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…
Promoting sustainable building practices contributes to the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), it has emerged. The UN-Habitat in collaboration with the Green Building Council of Zimbabwe (GBCZ) hosted the awareness and advocacy workshop aimed at promoting sustainable building practices that contribute to the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of Zimbabwe highlighting success stories from other countries…
Key stakeholders including African Diplomats, the Canadian Ambassador, and Minister will converge in Harare for the first-ever Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) Africa Conference from the 23rd to the 25th of November. Tag a Life International (TaLI), a Zimbabwean girls and young women’s rights organization will be the host where the meeting will provide…
Combining tourism and environment under one roof requires the creation of synergies to ensure a shared vision, and a team that will be united for the success of the new ministry of environment, tourism and hospitality industry. Speaking at her Ministry’s Strategic Plan in Mutare under the theme, “Towards a Prosperous and Empowered Upper Middle Income…
It is not every day that you see an industry regulator defending the prices of products and services offered by industry players that it regulates. But this is exactly what the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) had to do recently. Faced with a barrage of criticism and an international report (that has…
By Byron Mutingwende A workshop being organised by JournAfrica seeks to capacitate journalists with knowledge on the role they can play in an effort to build better cities on the African continent. The workshop is taking place in Johannesburg from 11 to 15 September 2017 under the topic “Journalism Practice on Urbanism: The Role…
Bangladesh – 256-9 in 50 overs (Afif Hossain 85*, Anamul Haque 76, Mahmudullah 39; Luke Jongwe 2/38, Brad Evans 2/53, Sikandar Raza 1/42) Zimbabwe – 151 all out in 32.2 overs (Richard Ngarava 34*, Victor Nyauchi 26, Clive Madande 24; Mustafizur Rahman 4/17, Taijul Islam 2/34, Ebadot Hossain 2/38) Bangladesh won by 105 runs…
There will be entertainment galore from 11th to 17th of October 2021 with the following being headline acts: The Good Son Pankhudi fires the woman from her job. Later, the woman comes back to Sanjeevni Sadan and applies ‘haldi’ on Pankhudi during her ‘haldi ceremony’. Vedant gets worried when he sees the woman unconscious in…
Liquid Telecom will serve as Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) outreach partner for Africa in this year’s edition of the inclusive innovation challenge (IIC). Through the partnership, Liquid Telecom will be encouraging African-based start-ups, innovators and technology companies to take part in various challenges. The 2019 IIC has four categories; technology access, financial inclusion, skills…
Zimbabwe’s tourism sector will once again participate at a series of high-profile industry conferences and seminars at the leading global event, World Travel Market (WTM) London, which takes place from 4 – 6 November 2019 at ExCeL, London. The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) in conjunction with the Ministry of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry will…
By Byron Mutingwende One of the leading mobile telephony service providers, NetOne is set to transform the lives of the generality of the Zimbabwean population following its launch of two important products namely OneCover and OneTech. Speaking during the launch in Harare on 17 August 2017, Brian Mutandiro, the NetOne Acting Chief Executive…
By Anyway Yotamu President Emmerson Mnangagwa has moved to reopen the country’s informal market after over two months closure as part of his government’s attempts to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In his address at State House on Friday 12th of June 2020, President Mnangagwa also reopened churches but maintained the number of congregants at…
By Linda Masarira (LEAD President) As Africa celebrates the day of the African child it is important to also note that the real African child has nothing to celebrate. African children are being exploited as cheap labour in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, South Africa and many other African countries. The African child is…
Angela Makamure (Press Officer, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa) A mental health crisis is growing in the Dadaab refugee complex, where hundreds of thousands of Somalis have been stuck for decades now. A fatal mix of pent-up despair, anxiety, and fear, combined with new uncertainties brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, is forcing refugees…
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe on Friday last week handed over a camera to photojournalist Mr. James Jemwa as a replacement for the one he lost in January 2022 whilst he was covering an opposition rally in Dzivarasekwa. The camera that was handed over to Mr. James Jemwa was in response to…
Over 250 African Parliamentarians are expected to converge on Midrand, South Africa for the Second Ordinary Session of the Six Parliament of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), scheduled from 15 May to 02 June 2023. The continent’s premier parliamentary forum is set to devise ways to fast-track the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area…
Sports and Lifestyle Correspondent Doves Funeral Assurance managing director, Talent Maziwisa has urged the corporate world to come up with measures that can sustain the lives of sportsmen and musicians past their prime. Maziwisa made the remarks in his address as the home of the country’s most illustrious and treasured soccer player of all time…
By Wallace Mawire Zororai home for the elderly in Sakubva, Mutare has received in-kind donation support from Medcom Foundation in England. William Mtisi, Founder/Director of Medcom Foundation said that the home was supported with items such as sugar, mealie-meal, bags of maize, meat, chunks, cooking oil, soap, mahewu drinks, powdered milk, matemba, salt, including wheat…
By Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo The mono-currency regime has dismally failed and we have gone back to the United States dollars by default. This has been necessitated by the transacting public’s lack of confidence in the country’s monetary policies. Inflation is ballooning and the prices of basic commodities are skyrocketing with each passing day. The black…
The Government of Senegal yesterday received symbolic cheques of US$23.1 (equivalent of FCFA 13.9 Billion) from the leadership of African Risk Capacity Insurance Limited. The cheques, given in two parts of US$12.5million (FCFA7,494,937,500) and US$10.6million (FCFA6,355,707,009) to the Government and StartNetwork assist in providing early action to support the people affected by drought during the…
Promoting a greater engagement of the tourism sector with sustainable development is the main objective of the Tourism for SDGs Platform. The online tool is designed to advance the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals through tourism, and was developed by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) with the support of Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic…
By Chimeno Azriel Multi-talented Marondera based poet Munashe “Chamapezi” Dhliwayo aims at reaching all ages with his poems and novels as he tries to send the message about social life. The poet-cum-writer is riding high with the release of his Shona novel this year and some anthologies of Shona poetries. During an interview with this…
Media is an indispensable partner and vehicle through which the Pan African Parliament (PAP) will be able to carry out its functions and deliver on its mandate, the continental body’s president, Chief Fortune Charumbira has said. Chief Charumbira made the remarks today in his keynote address during the second and final day of a capacity-building…
Staff Writer In the quest to capacitate media practitioners with skills to effectively report crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic and other health-related stories, a non-governmental organization that primarily advances the cause of women media practitioners as well as empowering women through the media, Gender and Media Connect (GMC) conducted a half-day virtual Health Reporting…
Singer and songwriter Tsitsi known as Tsitsi Kudita Chawasarira daughter of a Radio personality Pastor Godfrey Kudita will be coming back home for her first concert named IN HIS PRESENCE ZIMFEST WITH TSITSI on the 18th of August feat various artists. The artists to feature are Pastor Godfrey Kudita, Pastor Josh Kays, Pastor Olinda Marowa…
By Charles Dhewa COVID-19 has revealed the importance of understanding the roles of different actors in Africa’s food systems. When roles and responsibilities are unclear, smallholder farmers are exposed to conmen. For instance, in Zimbabwe farmers are losing produce to unregistered buyers. The situation would be better if all buyers were registered and the trading…
By Byron Mutingwende Zvishamiso Zvevapostori Church in Africa (ZZCA) has used its Passover Conference held in Marondera to pray for peaceful elections and blessings. The Passover prayer meeting, held under the theme “When I see blood, I pass over” was attended by ZZCA members from the country’s 10 provinces as well as representatives…
