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ZAA Founder on Diaspora, ZIG, Xenophobia and Julius Malema
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."Aristotle's age-old dictum has been used and sometimes abused to the point of cliché.But whatever truth; b...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 13:02hrs | 559 | by Staff Reporter
Frontier Wealth Group extends their association with ZAA Australia as Nominees announced
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) have announced that wealth advisory firm Frontier Wealth Group has returned as the headline partner for the ZAA Australia Edition set for 12 October in Perth....Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 12:12hrs | 168 | by Agencies
Exciting changes for ZimAchievers UK edition, as new partnership is announced
The 2024 Edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) United Kingdom will be held on the 11th of May at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre in partnership with UK-based company Care Quality ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 19:09hrs | 7 | by Agencies
Zim Ambassador Golf day Namibia off to a Good Start
Teenage sensation Prince Robert Kahisime stole the show with a sterling performance at the recently concluded Nyaradzo Ambassadors Golf Day Namibia held at the lush Windhoek Golf and Country Club....Published: 21 Dec 2023 at 08:05hrs | 19 | by Angicies
Hail King Nero: Impotence as strength
Hail King Nero, The First and Last!"There shall be a leader and Change Champion-in-Chief (Advocate Nelson Chamisa) who shall be the Administrator and President tasked by the citizens to champi...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:42hrs | 12 | by @Jamwanda on Saturday
Zunaid Moti honoured at this year's Zimbabwe Achievers Awards
South African magnate Zunaid Moti is set to receive recognition at this year's Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA), to be held during a gala dinner scheduled for November.The nominations for the 8...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 16:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Z.A.A South Africa Nominations Announced
The nominees shortlist for the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) South Africa 8th Edition has been released, featuring some of the most enterprising personalities in South Africa as well as a list of ho...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 19:58hrs | 6 | by Agencies
ZAA Australia relaunches
After a three-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australia edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) is back for its fourth season, boasting a remarkable list of nominees across 12 ...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 14:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Regional journalists and artists in True Zimbabwe Journalists (Media) Tour
The Zimbabwean government is basking in the glory of a public relations and marketing tour by regional journalists and artists being used as a publicity ploy by the Harare regime ahead of general elec...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 19:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zihlo announced ZAA host as Diaspora Insurance named headline partner
Media personality Samantha Nozihlobo Ndlovu, popularly known as Zihlo, will be the host of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) UK Edition dinner gala on 22 April at The Leonardo City Hotel in London, ...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 23:06hrs | 6 | by Agencies
Worldremit Partners Zimachievers as Nominees Announced
Global remittance giant WorldRemit has been confirmed as Plantimun partner for the forthcoming Zimbabwe Achievers Awards UK Edition set for 22 April in London. The renewal of pleasantries betw...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 20:18hrs | 5 | by Agencies
Bulawayo's thriving car breaking industry
When you think of industries that offer opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship, the car breaking industry is probably not the first one that comes to mind.However, in Bulawayo, Zimb...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe doctor stung by bees to death
Prominent Kwekwe medical practitioner Dr Conrad Zengeza died yesterday after being stung by bees at his home.Sources close to Bulawayo2...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 07:11hrs | 9 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwe coal reserves sold for a song
LOKALIZE Investments, a company reportedly linked to businessman Billy Rautenbach, was allocated coal reserves by the government in the western areas of resource-rich Hwange through a transaction tant...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Billy Rautenbach's Green Fuel 'settles' land disputes with villagers
Business tycoon Billy Rautenbach's Green Fuel Private Limited claims to have settled its drawn-out land disputes with villagers in Chipinge South through parcelling out one-acre fields of irrigated la...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:27hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Senior citizen steals whiskey blames evil spirits
A Mutoko senior citizen left Mutoko magistrates courts in stitches after he blamed evil spirits for shoplifting. Conrad Nyandoro (...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 14:34hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mutoko
Which African countries stand to benefit from AU-EU Summit?
AFRICA has a huge opportunity: The EU's new strategy for critical raw materials calls for diversification in supply chains, potentially opening up a big market for Africa's lithium, graphite, cobalt, ...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:10hrs | 7 | by Conrad Onyango
Mnangagwa's oligarchs: The heirs of Cecil Rhodes
As Zimbabwe's economy has spiralled down, with one million economic refugees in South Africa alone and ordinary people facing shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, there is a class of people ...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Phillip van Niekerk and a Zim-based Research Team
When it gets cold outside Zanu-PF
Last week various social media platforms and some online publications were awash with the news of a meeting in South Africa between former Zanu-PF members namely G40 kingpin, Saviour Kasukuwere, expel...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:37hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Villagers in court over witchraft allegations
TWO Guruve villagers were yesterday arraigned before Guruve magistrates courts for assulting a neighbour whom they accused of bewitching their son....Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 22:46hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Esidakeni Farm saga threatens to unearth can of worms
The ongoing Esidakeni Farm saga has unearthed a can of worms with the potential of turning into a gigantic scandal. Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi directed the Zimbabwe Republic Police t...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 11:00hrs | | by Thabo Nkiwane
All round changes as ZAA enters new era
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has announced Nicolatte Matuku as the new ZAA Global CEO, with publisher Sakhile Khanye stepping in as the Country Director for ZAA UK, in a change of leadership at the...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 13:06hrs | 14 | by Agencies
New brooms at ZimAchievers Awards
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has appointed Nicolette Matuku as the new ZAA Global chief executive, with publisher Sakhile Khanye stepping in as the country director for ZAA UK.Matuku ta...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa surrounded by dodgy characters
ALMOST four years after getting into power, riding on the narrative of removing criminals that had surrounded the then president Robert Mugabe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's circle of associates and ...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Rautenbach enjoys Zanu-PF links
MULLER Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach is one of the most controversial business moguls in Zimbabwe, with several legal challenges against him and his company Green Fuel. Rautenbach, who is into vast mining...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Inside Zimbabwean tycoon Billy Rautenbach's offshore family trust
Records from a massive offshore data leak have provided the most detailed account yet of buccaneering mining and fuel magnate Billy Rautenbach's family empire.It started with a marriage settle...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Daily Maverick
Businessman Mwanza pledges to pay Grobbelaar salary
Businessman Conrad Mwanza has pledged to pay former Warriors skipper Bruce Grobbelaar's salary for a year if the veteran is appointed Zimbabwe senior men's national soccer team coach.Mwanza ma...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 12:51hrs | 13 | by Agencies
BNC dumps Glencore, strikes fresh deal
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed nickel producer Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) saw its sales volumes return to four digit figures during the quarter ended June 30, 2021 as offshore shipments resumed ...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shona Ferguson dies from Covid-19 related complications
South African actor, producer and co-founder of Ferguson Films, Shona Ferguson, has died. He was 47.Conrad Mwanza, a representative from the Ferguson Foundation confirmed the news to News24 on...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 16:40hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
ZAA founder Mwanza to step down
ZIMBABWE Achievers Awards (ZAA) founder and chairman Conrad Mwanza has said he will be stepping down this year after serving as chief executive officer for a decade.Mwanza disclosed his plans ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Britain Zimbabwe Society honours Pathisa Nyathi with lifetime achievement award
The Britain Zimbabwe Society (BZS) has honoured renowned historian, poet and cultural custodian, Pathisa Nyathi, with its inaugural lifetime achievement award for his outstanding contribution to Zimba...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 17:24hrs | | by Staff Correspondent
Zim Achievers Awards UK bounce back
ORGANISERS of the annual Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) United Kingdom have opened the nomination platform for the 10th edition of the honours scheduled for September 11 in London.The awards ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Lobola Should not be Refundable - Love must never be refunded nor measured in monetary terms
The case of Lobola has generated a lot of interest amongst many Zimbabweans and many traditional leaders. The people of Zimbabwe put the proceedings in the public domain which they review the lawfulne...Published: 02 May 2021 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza and Denford Madekufamba
Highlanders more than a football entity
HIGHLANDERS FC is more than a football entity. It is life and everything to some and leaving Bosso in 1976 would have seen club legend Douglas Mloyi disowned by his own family. The decision no...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZimAchievers Awards host inaugural ZAA Botswana gala
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has honoured Zimbabwean achievers who have been outstanding in the year at the inaugural ZAA Botswana Awards Dinner Gala held at Cresta Lodge in Gaborone on Friday....Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 12:36hrs | | by Tinashe Mukono
ZimAchievers Awards light up South Africa
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) honored the year's high achievers at a glittering ceremony held at The Venue Melrose Arch graced by the Zimbabwean Ambassador to South Africa HE David Hamadziripi in Jo...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 11:19hrs | 4 | by Agencies
CMG presents ZAA Global Virtual Summit
CMG International Media Group has announced a two-day ZAA Virtual Summit penciled for 26 and 27 November, to create an engagement platform for diaspora home-based stakeholders.The online event...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 10:10hrs | | by Agencies
ZAA Canada and USA go virtual as WorldRemit is announced as partner
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has announced a combined virtual awards event for the ZAA USA and Canada editions in partnership with WorldRemit on 12 December 2020.The ZAA USA editi...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 08:07hrs | | by Agencies
ZAA SA Nominees announces as Dates are set for SA and Botswana dates
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has announced the nominee and voting dates for the ZAA SA and Botswana editions which are set to be held on 5 and 11 December 2020, respectively.ZAA SA will...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 18:33hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe in its own league
Readers had a lot to chew last week. So much to chew that if one was not perceptive, he or she could have ended up in a maze. Let's dissect events of last week one by one and assess their impa...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa: a hero or villain?
The firebrand Norton legislator Temba Peter Mliswa is a refreshing and entertaining contributor to every Parliamentary session he attends. He has won the admiration of many hearts in Norton over his d...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zimbabwean entrepreneur launches Europe's first autonomous delivery vehicle, Kar-go
The vehicle was praised by both English Dukes and Zimbabwean dignitaries Zimbabwean, William Sachiti and his team at the Academy of Robotics laun...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 06:08hrs | 2 | by Agencies
ZAA break new ground with Canada edition
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards International (ZAA) have spread their wings further with the launch of the ZAA Canada edition which was held on Saturday at Radisson Hotel in Edmonton in a glittering ceremon...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 19:25hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
All set for ZimAchievers Canada Edition
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards International have announced that all is set for the inaugural edition of the ZAA Canada Awards Dinner Gala set to take place this Saturday the 29th June at Radisson Hotel in...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 11:51hrs | 4 | by Agencies
ZAA UK celebrates 9th Anniversary in style as winners are announced
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards UK hosted an excellent awards dinner gala on their 9th anniversary at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in London on Africa Day which saw a number of people and organisations i...Published: 28 May 2019 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Unknown secrets about Dabengwa
It was in 2007 when l had four consecutive dreams about the same thing: l was talking to Dr Joshua Nkomo& he instructed me to go to Silobela&meet an old man from the Moyo clan& to deliver ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 01:04hrs | | by Benard Conrad Magugu
Mandatory fuel blending ratio up
Government has increased the mandatory blending of unleaded petrol from five percent ethanol to 10 percent with immediate effect. This was announced in a extraordinary Government Gazette publi...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZAA Canada announces inaugural nominees
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (Z.A.A) has announced the nominees list for the inaugural Z.A.A Canada edition with the Awards Dinner Gala set for Saturday 29th June 2019 in Edmonton at the Radisson Hotel....Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
9th Anniversary ZAA UK Nominees Out
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards UK (ZAA UK) have released the much anticipated list of nominees for the 9thAnniversary ZAA UK event set for Saturday 25 May 2019 in London at The Millennium Gloucester Ho...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 09:28hrs | 4 | by Agencies
Who is profiting from negative reporting?
Not so long ago, Aljazeera correspondent Haru Mutasa was denied a visa by one Western embassy ostensibly because of lack of a guarantee that she would return home.While it is the prerogative o...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:44hrs | | by Ranga Mataire
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