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Dakar high-level consultative meeting to discuss African food security, poverty reduction

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago2 years ago015 mins

The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and the African Union Commission Department of Agriculture, Rural Economy and Blue Economy (AUC-DARBE) in association with Akademiya2063 will be holding a high-level stakeholder consultative meeting in Dakar, Senegal, from 26 to 28 July 2022 to review the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme’s National Agricultural Investment Plans (CAADP/NAIP) success…

The OPEC Fund approves US$20m for SMEs in East Africa

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago04 mins

The bank is expanding its resource mobilization activities to meet the growing financing needs of SMEs he OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) (www.OPECFund.org) has signed a US$20 million term loan in favor of East African Development Bank (EADB). EADB will use the loan to support small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and infrastructure…

Aiden Mhere declared Chartered Secretary of the Year

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago07 mins

Hippo Valley Estates Acting Chief Executive Officer, Aiden Mhere, has been declared the 2017 Chartered Secretary of the Year. The runner-up is Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) corporate services director, Avilla Dororosa Goba. Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in Zimbabwe (ICSAZ) secretary and chief executive Farai Musamba made the announcement at…

Stakeholders Skeptic Over Government’s Call for a National Wetlands Masterplan

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago06 mins

By Tatenda Mujeyi Stakeholders are skeptical following the government’s proposed Wetlands Masterplan citing complacency, technical applicabilities, omniscient government’s role, and funding shortcomings amongst other challenges. The call by the government to establish a national wetland masterplan as announced in Cabinet this week has been labelled deceitful as key stakeholders have not been incorporated despite their…

US Embassy partners HIFA to scale up fight against HIV and AIDS

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago05 mins

The United States Embassy has promised to continue its partnership with the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) where it is supporting the First Street Stage – an arena for arts entertainment and information on HIV and AIDS related services. In addition, the Embassy will sponsor the participation of Slavic Soul Party! (SSP!), a…

ZC renames enclosure in honour of the late Peter Chingoka

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago07 mins

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has renamed the Chairman’s Enclosure at Harare Sports Club in honour of the late Mr Peter Chingoka. Mr Chingoka served as ZC chairman from 1992 to 2014, working selflessly and tirelessly to develop and elevate the game of cricket in Zimbabwe to world-class standard. He passed away on 22 August…

COVID-19 response must target African agriculture and the rural poor

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago5 years ago010 mins

By Olusegun Obasanjo and Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe Africa has so far escaped the worst health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the continent looks like it could be the worst hit from the economic fallout of the crisis: 80 million Africans could be pushed into extreme poverty if action is not taken. And disruptions in…

ECA considers setting up Agro-industrial Park for Zambia and Zimbabwe

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago09 mins

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA’s) is mooting the establishment of an agro-industrial park (AIP) for Zambia and Zimbabwe. This emerged during the ECA Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa’s virtual validation session for a study assessing the feasibility of establishing and managing a common Agro-Industrial Park (AIP) between the two countries held on Monday. An…

President Mnangagwa should do more on containing COVID-19

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago09 mins

By Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo A few days ago, the least popular political outfit, MDC-T held its elective extraordinary death trap, where the interim leader, Dr. Thokozani Khupe reportedly contracted Covid-19 soon after the drama at the Harare International Conference Centre. More than 1000 supporters were gathered without putting safeguard measures on how to combat the…

Install speed governance devices on public transport: PAZ

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago02 mins

The Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) is calling on public transport operators to install speed limiting devices on their vehicles so as to prevent road carnages. PAZ made the remarks as it has conveyed its sincere condolences to the families of victims who perished in an accident involving two buses in Rusape. “As PAZ we…

Getting Zanu (PF) implement demands requires in-depth analysis, well documented research

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago06 mins

By Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo It is only in Zimbabwe where you find an individual buying a fleet of vehicles using proceeds from the Government ( Command Agriculture), and still walking scot-free on the streets of Harare as if nothing happened. We can only find it in this country, not anywhere else in the world. Literally,…

Stage set for Logan Cup thriller as Eagles, Mountaineers clash

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago03 mins

Logan Cup champions Mountaineers and challengers Eagles will renew their rivalry when they clash in the four-day match scheduled to begin today at Harare Sports Club. Although only the fourth first-class match of the season for both teams – with neither side yet to taste defeat – the game is likely to prove a…

Senegal to host the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG)

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago04 mins

Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) nominated Senegal as the host country for the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2022. It will be the first Olympic event in history to take place on the African continent. One of the highlights of the YOG will be the leading rugby sevens teams competing against each…

Kaia brothers score fifties to shore up Rocks innings

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago09 mins

Southern Rocks – 272-9 in 93.3 overs (Innocent Kaia 81, Roy Kaia 57, Richmond Mutumbami 37; Vincent Masekesa 3/71, Victor Nyauchi 2/30, Donald Tiripano 2/42) Mountaineers – Day 1 – Stumps The Kaia brothers, opener Innocent, and number four batsman Roy helped Southern Rocks to recover from a poor start on Tuesday and…

COVID-19: Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo To Be Held Under The New Normal

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago07 mins

The year 2020 edition of the Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo is being held virtually in response to the coronavirus pandemic that has prevented the gathering of many people in a face-to-face interface, Hon Mangaliso Ndlovu, the Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry has said. He alluded to this fact while officially opening the…

Wheat planting season gathers momentum with government targeting 85 000 hectares

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago08 mins

By Elvis Dumba Banket – The government has set a target of hectares for wheat production as the country moves towards a wheat self-sufficient economy. Various stakeholders in the agriculture sector said they are geared up for the 2023 wheat season, with farmers being urged to get their agriculture inputs from reputable manufacturers to avoid…

Tick and Tick-borne Disease Control Strategy (2022-2030) launched

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago013 mins

Zimbabwe yesterday launched the Tick and Tick-borne Disease Control Strategy (2022-2030) in order to fight against a myriad of livestock diseases that pose a threat to the livestock industry. Speaking during the launch, the Guest of Honour who is the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement, Dr. John…

Whole-of-society approach to aid attainment of Vision 2030

Byron Adonis Mutingwende9 months ago03 mins

A whole-of-society approach is critical in fostering sustainable socio-economic transformation, Dr. Justine Chinoperekwei, the Director of the Centre for Organisation Leadership and Development (COLDN) has said. The sentiments come as COLDN has partnered with the Ministry of Skills Audit and Development in designing and facilitating the National Stakeholder Consultation on Skills Audit and Development that…

Government rolling out food security programs

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

By Joyce Mukucha The Government has said it was geared to roll out a number of programs to achieve food security in the country and ensure that by the year 2023, no commodities such as maize and other grains will be imported. The efforts are aimed at ensuring that farmers in the country get adequate…

Police brutality will strengthen people’s resolve: MDC Alliance

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago5 years ago04 mins

Protesters who had gathered in Harare awaiting the High Court verdict on the planned demonstration were violently dispersed by the police when they had started to sing and dance after permission to march was not granted. MDC Alliance lawyers had lodged an application against the police prohibition order banning the demonstration. MDC Spokesperson Daniel Molokele…

Nexus between power supply and mobile network operators’ viability

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago05 mins

Mobile network operators and power utility, Zimbabwe Electricity and Distribution Company (ZETDC) depend on each other for viability. Speaking to Spiked Online Media during the ongoing Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS), Mr. Prosper Mutswiri from the ZETDC public relations unit alluded to the importance of a reciprocal interface between the power utility and MNOs in offering…

Support WTO move to suspend monopolies during COVID-19: MSF

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago07 mins

By Brienne Prusak (Medical & Global Health Press Officer) Allowing pharmaceutical corporations to enforce patents would prolong the pandemic by preventing generic manufacturers from creating more affordable versions of medicines, vaccines, and diagnostics All governments, including the US, should support the request at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive certain intellectual property (IP) protections…

We are making strides in rural district councils: LEAD

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago5 years ago04 mins

BY Neil Chamisa (LEAD President Spokesperson) When we embarked on the Labour Economists and African Democrats (LEAD) project three months ago, we never guessed that by this time we will be engaged in an election campaign. The challenge presented itself in the form of Lupane East and Bubi RDC ward 22 by elections. It’s been…

International Year of Millets: Nutritional and health benefits of millets

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago011 mins

By Patrice Talla – FAO Subregional Coordinator for Southern Africa and FAO Representative in Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Lesotho This year we are celebrating the International Year of Millets. The year was endorsed by Members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its Governing Bodies and declared at the 75th Session…

Vendors urged to prevent cholera spread

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago04 mins

By Patricia Mashiri The Harare City Council has urged vendors to move to designated areas following the outbreak of cholera reported in Chegutu, Mashonaland West Province. The outbreak was suspected to have been started at a funeral in the local village of Chegutu. The Harare City council is advising all vendors who handle food to…

YouTube Sports Streaming in South Africa With SuperSport

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago07 mins

YouTube has clarified its recent statement that it would give South Africans access to live streaming of basketball, rugby, cricket, and football events in partnership with SuperSport. The company said in a press statement on 2 July that it had partnered with SuperSport and NBA Africa to bring fans live sporting events. It said the…

Shumba, Burl fireworks in vain as Ireland level series

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago3 years ago07 mins

Zimbabwe – 152-5 in 20 overs (Milton Shumba 46*, Ryan Burl 37*, Wessly Madhevere 21; Shane Getkate 3/20, Ben White 1/33) Ireland – 153-3 in 18.3 overs (Kevin O’Brien 60, Paul Stirling 37, George Dockrell 33*; Ryan Burl 2/24, Tendai Chatara 1/20) Ireland won by seven wickets A brilliant unbroken sixth-wicket partnership of…

Harare business partners in a wrangle over land worth nearly US$20 million

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago010 mins

By Anyway Yotamu Harare businessman Mr George Katsimberis has taken his Zimbabwean business partner based in Ukraine Mr Kenneth Sharpe to High Court over 21 hectares land wrangle. Kenneth Sharpe is being sued over US$18 million by his business partner, who claims he has lost millions of United States dollars in three land development joint…

CUMA goalie Gurure glows over clean sheet

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago04 mins

By Lovemore Chazingwa Agile CUMA Academy goalminder, Godknows Gurure, says he is filled with a sense of glow each time he leaves the pitch with the score line crediting him a clean sheet. The short-frame goalkeeper also said any goal he concedes hurts him to the nerve, even if his team may come out victorious…

Zimbabwean Peacekeeper Wins 2021 Military Gender Advocate of Year Award

Byron Adonis Mutingwende2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

A Zimbabwean peacekeeper who recently completed her assignment with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), will receive the 2021 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. Military Observer Major Winnet Zharare, 39, served in Bentiu, South Sudan, in 2021-2022, and will receive the award from the Secretary-General António Guterres during a ceremony marking the…

Power Giants company donates to Mufakose community

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago03 mins

By Sowell Chikwari (Lifestyle Reporter) SCORES of touts, rank marshals, and vulnerable members of the Mufakose community last Friday received food hampers as well as essential Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) to mitigate the effects of the lethal virus, courtesy of regional power utility firm, Power Giants Private Limited. Titled “Power Giants Mahwindi Covid-19 Relief…

Media gender stereotyping pushing females out of elections: WCOZ

Byron Adonis Mutingwende1 year ago02 mins

Writes Elvis Dumba Chinhoyi – The media has been accused of pushing women out of electoral participation, the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe Mashonalnd West Provincial Coordinator, Nonsikeleleko Ngwenya claimed. Making a presentation at the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) Election Reporting Workshop in Chinhoyi, Ngwenya accused the media of portraying women as sex objects. “The…

Muzarabani bounces back as Zimbabwe name side to face Pakistan

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago03 mins

Blessing Muzarabani is set to resume his international career after he was named in Zimbabwe’s squad for the limited-overs series in Pakistan. The 24-year-old fast bowler was selected for the tour after he recently ended his stint with English county side Northamptonshire. Muzarabani had played one Test, 18 one-day international (ODI) matches and six Twenty20…

6th FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit on the cards

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago4 years ago06 mins

Since its inception in 2016, hosted as a prestigious gala event, the FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit (LeadingWomenSummit.co.za) has been a platform bringing together a unique collection of female leaders and trail-blazers from across Africa and the world. Held a year after the first reported COVID-19 case in South Africa in March 2020, the…

Munashe “Chamapenzi” Dhliwayo tackles social issues through poetry and novels

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago3 years ago07 mins

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…

Harare’s oldest township wins song “Mumbare” from gifted artist

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago04 mins

The colonialist government of Rhodesia set up a township for blacks just a stone’s throw from modern-day Harare Central Business District to enable the natives to work in town and the nearby industrial sites. The place is called Mbare and is rich in history while it maintains itself as a centre of various activities for…

COVID-19 pandemic impetus for greater regional integration, African countries told

Byron Adonis Mutingwende4 years ago06 mins

The regional index report, a joint publication of the Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank and the African Union Commission, provides up-to-date data on the status of regional integration in Africa As countries rebuild their economies following COVID-19, Africa needs to step up productive and infrastructural integration, participants heard at a regional presentation…

PES Lawyers Report on Battlefield mines disaster exposes loopholes in ASM

Byron Adonis Mutingwende6 years ago07 mins

The People and Earth Solidarity Law Network (PESLawyers) report has said the disaster that occurred at the large-scale miner RioZim Limited owned Cricket Mine and at Silver Moon Mine in the Battlefields was avoidable and painted shortcomings within the artisanal and small-scale mining sector (ASM). PES Lawyers said the effects of the disaster are still…

Masiyiwa in humanitarian plea to global funders to support Zimbabwe and Sudan

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago5 years ago06 mins

Businessman Strive Masiyiwa has appealed to the World Bank, the IMF and other multilateral institutions for humanitarian support for Zimbabwe and Sudan in the wake of the economic devastation brought about by the COVID-19 Coronavirus epidemic. Said Masiyiwa in his appeal: “As many of you on this platform know, I have been at the forefront,…

Rugby Players struggle for survival

Byron Adonis Mutingwende9 years ago07 mins

By Trevor Makonyonga A general belief is that when one earns themselves a place among the crème de le crème of local sport, and is selected to represent their nation, a decent living is well inline. This is not the case in local rugby where players are struggling for survival. They earn very little money…

T-Hustle and Russel Tawanda’s Chakafukidza Top the Charts

Joyce Mukucha3 years ago01 mins

By Ronnie Chisamba HARARE- T-Hustle (real name Fungai Kativhu) and Russel Tawanda (real name Russel Tawanda Matinyarare) are currently riding on the waves of stardom after topping The Zones’s Top five charts. The duo’s latest offering Chakafukidza made history when it was voted as the number one musical video on the popular ZBC TV Saturday…

Sanitary wear should be affordable: YWCA

Byron Adonis Mutingwende5 years ago03 mins

By Abigail Mzimbawakhe (Midlands Correspondent) A women’s rights advocacy organisation has urged the private and public institutions in the country to provide affordable sanitary wear for the girl child since the prices have gone up. The Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) General Secretary Muchanyara Mukamuri said that access to sanitary wear remains a challenge to…

2017 Zimbabwe Human Development Report focuses on climate resilience building

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago08 mins

By Byron Mutingwende Building a climate resilient nation is among the country’s aspirations and the focus of the 2017 Zimbabwe Human Development Report (ZHDR) on this theme resonates with this trajectory. In her remarks at the launch of the report at Meikles Hotel on 16 March 2018, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, the minister of environment,…

ICC changes Zimbabwe’s Under-19 World Cup schedule

Byron Adonis Mutingwende3 years ago03 mins

Zimbabwe will now face Papua New Guinea in their first match at the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022 on Saturday after their fixture schedule was changed to accommodate Afghanistan who could not travel to the West Indies in time for the start of the tournament. Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea were…

Taking “Ndisiye” to the world

Byron Adonis Mutingwende7 years ago7 years ago04 mins

By Patricia Mashiri An award winning gospel Zimbabwean male artist Tatenda Mahachi has released a brand new song featuring the legend Dr Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi titled “Ndisiye” meaning leave me alone. The theme of the song is a direct command to the devil to leave people alone as it comes to destroy, steal and kill….