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Good Deeds Africa leadership seminar takes off in Harare
More than 150 delegates from across Africa are gathered in Harare for the Good Deeds Day Zimbabwe Regional Leaders Conference, a landmark event promoting community service, inclusion, and sustainable ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 17:13hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Professional beggars told to go back to Mnangagwa
A Zimbabwean woman begging at a traffic light in South Africa was publicly humiliated and forcibly driven away by a group of local women who accused her of damaging South Africa's image and demanded s...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:46hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
MRP call for self-determination as Africa celebrates Africa day
Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has reminded heads of African states that as they celebrate Africa day they must remember that there is unfinished business of some of the states like Mth...Published: 26 May 2025 at 12:44hrs | 377 | by Stephen Jakes
Chief Dakamela appointed continental AKDA director
In a major recognition of grassroots leadership and cultural stewardship, Chief Dakamela of Nkayi District in Matabeleland North Province has been appointed as the Continental Executive Director of th...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:40hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Empowering African women to thrive in a digital economy
Growing up with her hardworking mom in tough circumstances in Nigeria, Dominion Paul was determined to forge her path to success in a world that didn't always make space for her. When she discovered t...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:43hrs | 155 | by Tamaryn Brown
Madzibaba's grave sets tongues wagging
Fourteen years after his controversial passing, the final resting place of the late Madzibaba Godfrey Nzira continues to spark debate and controversy, highlighting the intersection of social status an...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:38hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
White DA minister's tactics only benefiting his DA constituency
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson has been accused of instituting oppressive style tactics at the Independent Development Trust (IDT) to only benefit his DA constituency....Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 16:05hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa among Top 10 richest black people in the world
Systemic injustice, colonial exploitation, and economic marginalization have plagued Africa and the Black population for centuries. This narrative is challenged by the emergence of black billionaires,...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:18hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
When dark babies are not good enough! Thank you Andile: what an article!
It is a pity such articles never attract attention they deserve. Your article Andile was a good read and spot on. I do not need to seek far, why our African communities do not see the need to read it....Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:28hrs | 1363 | by Nomazulu Thata
Decoloniality - a necessity in Zimbabwean Universities
Colonialism in Africa is not over, rather it is all over. One of the things that has given colonialism this staying power is the education system in Africa that largely mirrors the virtues of imperial...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:54hrs | 331 | by Dr Aribino Nicholas
Countries dependent on external inputs are colonised
COUNTRIES whose environments are not ideal for food production, but have resources like minerals and oil can afford to use those resources to import food and living a healthy life. Such countries are ...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:44hrs | 16 | by Charles Dhewa
WATCH:Gayton McKenzie praises foreigners...says South Africans are lazy
In a resurfaced vintage video circulating on the internet, Gayton McKenzie, leader of the Patriotic Alliance, is under fire for controversial remarks made during an interview on SABC's Morning Live sh...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:31hrs | 16 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zimbabwe will cause political instability in Southern Africa
Without modicum of doubt, failure to run the economy and political affairs of the Zimbabwe government due to over four decades of unfettered large scale looting, corruption, economic mismanagement, Ma...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 22:12hrs | 3 | by Israel Dube
Africans must stop eating Sadza; Here is why
Sadza is a staple food across much of Africa, particularly in Southern and East African countries. Made from ground cornmeal or cassava flour and boiled to a thick porridge consistency, sadza is a fil...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 17:50hrs | 196 | by Erick Matotoba
'Gold mafia' kingpin appointed African Union's Pan-African Parliament Ambassador
Zimbabwe's Ambassador At Large, Uebert Angel, has added another title to his list of responsibilities. Nehanda Radio reported that he has been appointed as the African Union's Pan African Par...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 09:41hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
SADC loses iconic conservationist as WhatsApp gives hunting communities 'permanent' voice in the media
The director of Zimbabwe CAMPFIRE Association, Mr Charles Jonga's death on 6 May 2023, signaled SADC's loss of an important wildlife conservation voice in the media.In an interview this week f...Published: 08 May 2023 at 15:51hrs | 5 | by Emmanuel Koro
Not to dehumanising other people based on nationality
THE Zimbabwe Community is South Africa is dismayed by the distasteful treatment and humiliation of an obviously frail and powerless patient by Limpopo province health MEC Phophi Ramathuba.The ...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Zim Community South Africa
Amagugu to hold traditional foods and beverages expo
Amagugu International Heritage Centre (AIHC) in partnership with the African Food Revolution will host the sixth edition of the Traditional Food and Beverages Expo from May 6 to 7. The exp...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 14:57hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Sisi Safety Wear Launches the First South African Manufactured Metaguard Safety Footwear for Women
Over the years, women are making up a greater proportion of the workforce in sectors that have typically been male-dominated such as mining, manufacturing...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:57hrs | 115 | by Evolution PR
10 reasons to consider African trade and investment opportunities in 2022
1. Visible green shoots – rising commodity pricesThe pandemic closed borders and stopped trade, other than for essentials, across the continent and was the principal reason for a decline in ...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:19hrs | 15 | by Lerisha Naidu
SADC rural communities demand win-win benefits from international hunting
Once considered to be voiceless and almost powerless, southern African hunting communities are increasingly becoming powerful and are now demanding win-win benefits from international hunting by remov...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 08:07hrs | 32 | by Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg
Zimbabwean model crowned Miss Africa South Australia
AUSTRALIA-BASED teen model Lian Tadiwanashe Takayidza (19) shrugged off stiff competition from 20 other contestants to be crowned Miss Africa South Australia at Paradise Influencers Church in Adelaide...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Edgar Lungu's last words: Are you an African?
Journalist Simba Chikanza telephones Zambian government spokesperson to the President Edgar Lungu over the deployment of the Zambian army by the PF government during the counting of the ballot votes: ...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 13:53hrs | 18 | by Nomazulu Thata
Maphosa: Philanthropist who knows no border
KNOWN back home as a humble businessman, South Africa-based Zimbabwean entrepreneur Justice Maphosa - chief executive and founder of Bigtime Strategic Group - has all, but shown that compassion and a ...Published: 30 May 2021 at 09:10hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Turning the tide of moral degeneration
Sometimes one struggles with the concept of "societal progress" and its meaning. It loosely refers to "an advancement of major conditions of societies and people's lives in a direction considered to b...Published: 13 May 2021 at 12:24hrs | 6 | by Mpumelelo Ncube
Botswana bounces back on international hunting map after long absence
Africa's hunting culture, including that of Botswana, will never die, no matter how much Western animal rights groups try to influence African leaders to ban it. For a country that missed...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 16:53hrs | 12 | by Emmanuel Koro
Biti's attack on people of Chipinge deserve utmost condemnation from all civilised people
Editor,The recent unsanctioned comments by MDC Alliance vice president, Tendai Biti, deserve utmost condemnation from all civilised people.The comments were not only offensive, but ver...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 15:48hrs | 3 | by T. Kandemiiri
International organizations urge Africa to oppose EU ivory trade ban bid
"The European Commission's proposed ban on international trade in ivory will be a disaster for those African communities who rely on wildlife for food and job security" according to a joint statement ...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 17:33hrs | 17 | by Emmanuel Koro
AID to Africa is dead aid: It must be stopped
We need to ask ourselves critical questions; is foreign aid good for Africa? What purpose is it intended for? Is aid helping the people it is intended to assist in alleviating hunger and poverty in Af...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 12 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mozambican community's promising hunting revenue powered development
Wildlife hunting is increasingly becoming the main 'driver' for not only socio-economic development but also for wildlife and wildlife habitat conservation, in southern African communities that co...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 17:03hrs | 10 | by Emmanuel Koro
Vaccine at Zimbabwe State House?
Once again in a desperate move to cause anarchy and pandemonium in Zimbabwe an audio which featured Mr Simba Chikanza and an i identified male made rounds. The audio was celebrating the deaths of Zimb...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Demand Arrest Of Chicken Thieves Not Wildlife Poachers' - Animal Rights Tell Africans
One of the most curious and harmful lessons that Western animal rights groups continue to teach African rural communities co-existing with wildlife and the African public, in general, is 'demand the a...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 12:54hrs | 8 | by Emmanuel Koro
Human wildlife conflict stops agriculture where hunting brings hope
Co-existing with wildlife can be both a curse and a blessing. The human-wildlife conflict has brought the century-old culture of agricultural production to a sad and difficult end in Bots...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 18:21hrs | 3 | by Emmanuel Koro
VAYA and Thumela eKhaya unveil on-demand grocery delivery service
VAYA Technology Limited (VAYA) has partnered with South Africa based e-commerce firm Thumela eKhaya to facilitate the delivery of groceries bought in from the diaspora to Zimbabwe. Mr Peterson...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 16:25hrs | 3 | by Agencies
Who is to blame for Zimbabwe's land reform disaster?
0N August 31, the government of Zimbabwe announced that foreign white farmers settled in the country who lost land between 2000 and 2001 under the late former President Robert Mugabe's controversial l...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | 2 | by Tafi Mhaka
Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase announces top-line showcasers for September fashion show
LONDON: Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase (ZFS) will return in September for a high-class weekend of fashion – showcasing some of the African communities rising UK based designers.Scheduled for 28 S...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 16 | by Tidi Kwidini
On Decolonising Governmentality
It is a truly careless but also stubborn truism that if we had no nation-states in the world we would not have nationless and stateless people. Nations and states are the source of nationlessness and ...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:57hrs | 1 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Statement on xenophobic attacks going on in South Africa
Following the recent and ongoing xenophobic attacks in Durban, following hard after Vuwani in Limpopo, and not so long-ago Mpumalanga, we are compelled to issue a statement strongly condemning the vio...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 08:28hrs | 10 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Zimbabwe cyber security expert to be honoured in Australia
The author of the successful book, the Five Anchors of Cyber Resilience, Phillimon Zongo will be honoured at the Australian edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA).Zim Achievers Internation...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Agencies
The continuous aggression in the unmaking of African religion
African religion continues to suffer violence and aggression in the post-colonial era in the hands of its own target beneficiaries! (Matthew 11:12). And it is them that must rise and save it by force ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 15:58hrs | 28 | by Reginald T. Gola
Generating more degrees not best way to intelligent economy
The extent to which farming and non-farming activities in developing countries can create decent employment remains a fertile ground for serious research.While some African governments and chu...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Charles Dhewa
Tribe and the ism that fights unity in diversity
LAST week's issue of The Sunday News published a very thought-provoking article by Micheal Mhlanga on tribalism in which the author tried to justify that concept, and quoted a couple for what one can ...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
'Social media causing a threat,' says Zimbabwe army commander
ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) commander Lieutenant General Philip Valerio Sibanda has urged Zimbabweans to preserve their culture, saying social media is posing a serious threat to the identity of most...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
JZ Moyo's death: seeking the identity of interests behind the heinous act
When the Pearce Commission of 1972 was impending, nationalists realised the need to appoint people to rally opinion against the proposed constitutional package. For example, nationalists in Gonaku...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nkosi Johnson honoured on the World Aids Day in Bushbuckridge
On Thursday 01 December 2016, more than 300 children gathered at Thulamahashe New Stadium in Thulamahashe ,Bushbuckridge to raise awareness about World AIDS Day through soccer ac...Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 20:43hrs | 5 | by Adam Sibuyi
Mushohwe berates private media
The private media in Zimbabwe has been indicted for continuing to abet the West's regime change agenda and Government is doing all it can to ensure that the media follow professional ethics.Ad...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Lovemore Chikova
Masiyiwa's wife to be honoured at Zim Achievers
African philanthropist and social entrepreneur Tsitsi Masiyiwa will this year receive the Chairman's honorary award at the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA), for her contribution to charitable causes an...Published: 06 May 2016 at 12:15hrs | 1 | by Tidi Kwidini
Investing in safe water for African communities makes business sense for Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover is growing and we take our role as a responsible corporate citizen seriously. For over 60 years we have invested in communities around the world supporting social, educational and en...Published: 09 Mar 2016 at 09:56hrs | | by Nigel Clarke, Operations Director of Jaguar Land Rover Sub-Saharan Africa
In 2015 is Africa zeroing on dismal failure?
The African Union (AU) meetings that were held in South Africa (11-14 June 2015) have implicitly highlighted on two important historical political decisions which, for a foreseeable future will suppo...Published: 18 Jun 2015 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Andrew M Manyevere
Bulawayo girl vies for Miss Perth Africa
Bulawayo born Sakhile Ndlovu is one of the 13 contestants from 10 African countries competing for the title Miss Africa Perth this Saturday the 13th of June. The selection process was earlier thi...Published: 05 Jun 2015 at 12:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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