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Jonathan Moyo warns CCC MPs who intend to resign en masse
The former Minister of Information in Zimbabwe, Jonathan Moyo, has warned that if the Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC) legislatures and councillors decide to resign en-masse to force it will be unc...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC press conference disruption stage-managed?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s supporters have accused the opposition of staging-managing a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) press conference disruption.A Twitter account which is believe...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 11:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'Witch' found with no clothes on, video goes viral
A video of a woman found with no clothes in Chingome Shop in Bocha, Buhera has gone viral on social media.In the video clip shared by ...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 07:39hrs | 9 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
How to use digital marketing for lead generation post COVID
Meta: Are your marketing events generating worthwhile leads are they? Here's how you can use digital marketing for lead generation in the post-Covid-19 era. By now, most brands have reali...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:39hrs | 9 | by Staff writer
Padare advocates for female vice-president
Female participation in politics has remained a contentious issue with various women organisations and pressure groups pushing for adherence to the Zimbabwean constitution that stipulates equal repres...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Let's save Nkayi from irresponsible timber extraction!
One can not silently bear the pain and sadness of the wanton harvesting of the teak and pine trees from Sivomo and Gwampa Forests, in Nkayi District, coupled with the degradation of the enamel-rich so...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses
National dialogue an opportunity to transform Zimbabwe
National dialogue is an increasingly popular tool for conflict resolution and political transformation. Normally, it can broaden debate regarding a country's trajectory beyond the usual elite decision...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 13:21hrs | | by Sibusiso Ndlamini
Enter the dragon: The rise of China
The most remarkable economic turnaround story of the 21st century undoubtedly belongs to the People's Republic of China. As the country marks the 40th anniversary of economic reforms and opening, the ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 16:43hrs | 2 | by Victor Bhoroma
Enter the dragon: The rise of China
The most remarkable economic turnaround story of the 21st century undoubtedly belongs to the People's Republic of China. As the country marks the 40th anniversary of economic reforms and opening, the ...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 14:10hrs | 3 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa and the genesis of the unseen
EDITOR,One African poet once remarked: "There is nothing wrong with the African mind. Our problem is the African mindset. It is not a lack of resources, but a deficit of resourcefulness. And o...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Mugabe's Singapore perks payback time for Mnangagwa
CROSS continental medical errands for the former First Family are not a justifiable cost to the taxpayer.They must be stopped immediately.As I see it, if deposed former President Rober...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 11:30hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Corruption major hurdle to meeting development goals
THERE are many questions which require some answers for Zimbabwe pertaining to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially on whether Zimbabwe will achieve the targets of the 17...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by David Mhlanga
Africa could use another peaceful coup this year!
There isn't a better conversation starter than this: "Africa is the wealthiest continent, but the poorest and least developed." Try it, and you'll be overwhelm...Published: 07 Jan 2018 at 10:28hrs | | by Nimi Princewill
The curse of foreign aid
Foreign aid, by design or accident, has unfortunately become the most powerful tool which certain western governments continue to use to keep Africa a begging continent.In his book titled The ...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:08hrs | | by Vince Musewe
US Embassy inclusive youth leadership programs
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. Martin Luther said so. Malcom X once said,"Edu...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 16:57hrs | | by Enos Denhere
Zimbabwe should be investing 6% of GDP in capital formation
A political analyst Vince Musewe has challenged the Zimbabwean authorities to at least invest 6% of gross domestic product in capital formation to bring the nation out of its current economic quagmire...Published: 24 May 2017 at 08:26hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwean philathropists and educationist Tsitsi Masiyiwa, received the New African Woman Award in Education
DAKAR, Senegal - The fearless Gambian human rights activist won New African Woman magazine's Woman of the Year Award (http://NAW-Forum.com) at the their Award ceremony that took place in Dakar last ni...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 18:56hrs | | by APO
Zimbabweans are nowhere near the happiest people on earth
Zimbabweans are nowhere near the happiest people on earth, according to 2017 World Happiness Report issued by a United Nations agency. Zimbabwe is ranked poorly in this year's happiness in...Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 19:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Nathaniel Moyo: A pain in the everything!
It is indeed challenging to critique this young man by all account. When the article read "Jonathan Moyo the competent face of an incompetent corruptocracy:" it was the best description we could get. ...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 17:23hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
This below the belt kind of thinking! Stinks to high heaven!
When we say our thinking and our ways of life has not changed to better ourselves and our communities this is one classical example. It is just sad and backward to say a girl-child does not dese...Published: 05 Dec 2016 at 20:19hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Misplaced priorities: Mathebeleland is marginalized and abjectly poor
The seeking to restore a monarch in Mathebeleland never ceases to amaze most of us who come from the region. Is restoring a Khumalo clan indeed a priority for our region? What value is the King of Mat...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 16:32hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
MDGs left us blank; will SDGs recoup Binga's lost hope?
The United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that had high promises for the development of rural areas like Binga has left us hopeless anymore. Do the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals...Published: 09 Jun 2016 at 14:28hrs | 1 | by Quegas Mutale
President Mugabe's ACP summit address refreshing
The African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries should applaud and welcome President Robert Gabriel Mugabe's call for the countries in that bloc to rely more on their natural resources for economic ...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 13:28hrs | | by Kazamula Matilaya
Africa day is time to tabulate the success stories of Africa,
On the 25th of May African countries celebrated Africa day reminiscing the glorious past of Africa, saluting the founding fathers of the African Union formerly the Organisation of African Unity. A...Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 16:26hrs | | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Mugabe lashes Western countries
PRESIDENT Mugabe has called on Western countries to drop the course of destructive engagement of punitive economic sanctions in favour of friendship and co-operation to help the world move towards ach...Published: 22 Apr 2016 at 08:00hrs | | by Caesar Zvayi
US escalates hostility towards Zimbabwe
The measures against the two fertiliser companies by the US Government are calculated to ensure that the countless beneficiaries of our national land reforms are unable to take full advantage of the l...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 05:30hrs | | by Dr Chris Mushohwe
MP bemoans state of affairs at Mpilo hospital
A member of the house of assembly N Mguni has bemoaned the state of affairs at the Mpilo Central Hospital saying patients were bringing their own blankets and sourced their own medication which made t...Published: 06 Mar 2016 at 06:01hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
UN pledges $15 billin to Zimbabwe
The United Nations plans to mobilise roughly US$15 billion to help Zimbabwe implement Sustainable Development Goals over the next 15 years.Government has stated its commitment to SDGs, priorit...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 07:41hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka and Lungile Tshuma
MDGs: An assessment of Africa's progress
Was development goals' yardstick unfair to Africa? In just two decades, primary school enrolment in two of the world's poorest countries - Niger and Burkina Faso - increased from 20% to m...Published: 29 Jan 2016 at 23:03hrs | | by Jaspreet Kindra and Juliet Wasswa-Mugambwa
Can Zimbabwe implement UN-Adopted SDGs?
An organisation fighting for community empowerment says Zimbabweans should spearhead the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly last ...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 09:28hrs | | by VOA
Community participation a panacea to Mwenezi's WASH problems
With many boreholes broken and a few sanitation facilities worth a mention, Mwenezi has not been spared of the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) problems bedeviling many such rural districts in Zim...Published: 14 Dec 2015 at 09:42hrs | | by Matthew Chirambamhanda
Zanu-PF Conference: Much ado about nothing
The ZANU PF annual circus rolls into the magnificent national resort of Victoria Falls while a bewildered and bemused nation wonders how a group of men and women can recklessly sacrifice this beautifu...Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 16:00hrs | 1 | by Moses Manyengavana, PDP Youth Assembly President
'I foresee a world without poverty'
Amina Mohammed is the United Nations secretary-general's former special adviser on post-2015 development planning. She was heavily involved in planning the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new ...Published: 05 Dec 2015 at 08:28hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor
Financing Africa's development agenda
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will build on the expiring Millennium Development Goals, which were launched in 2000 to end extreme poverty by 2015. What do the SDGs mean for African countrie...Published: 05 Dec 2015 at 08:15hrs | | by Jocelyne Sambira
Sustainable Development Goals are in sync with Africa's priorities
Newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals could transform the continentOn 26 September, a day after world leaders adopted the new development age...Published: 20 Nov 2015 at 21:55hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor
Millennium Development Goals! Did Zimbabwe miss the targets or did the world miss the point!
Zimbabwe seriously missed the targets of the MDG and the world missed the point too. President Mugabe was signatory to the 2000 Millennium Development Goals. He together with 189 countries pledged to ...Published: 15 Nov 2015 at 18:09hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Mugabe attends African Cities Urbanising conference in New York
President Robert Mugabe today attended the African Cities Urbanising conference hosted by the UN Habitat, where UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon said African urbanisation is an engine to sustainable ...Published: 24 Sep 2015 at 20:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sanitation conference kicks off at ZITF
The second edition of the water, sanitation and hygiene and energy conference (WASHEN 2015), kicks off today at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo with more than 150 delegate...Published: 24 Sep 2015 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe arrives in New York City
President Robert Mugabe has arrived in New York City, US for the 70th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.The President is accompanied by the First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe, the M...Published: 23 Sep 2015 at 21:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
$100,000 ONE Africa Award Deadline Extended
The deadline for applying for the 2015 ONE Africa Award has been extended until midnight Monday, September 7, 2015, it has been announced.African Press Organisation announced through ema...Published: 02 Sep 2015 at 09:06hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zim among countries set to reduce HIV and AIDs pandemic- report
Media reports have revealed that Zimbabwe is among countries that have significantly reduced the HIV and Aids pandemic, according to a latest United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS) report on th...Published: 24 Aug 2015 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo is the City of boozers
BULAWAYO Metropolitan Province has once again emerged as the place with the highest figures of heavy drinkers of alcoholic beverages, with a consumption rate of 38.3 percent compared to the national a...Published: 13 Jun 2015 at 12:48hrs | 1 | by Leonard Ncube
Millions of girls remain out of school
The gender gap has narrowed, but progress is starting to stall Bright-eyed and clever, a young girl from a small village in Malawi shares her wish ...Published: 06 Jun 2015 at 06:40hrs | | by Franck Kuwonu
23% of the rural population in Zimbabwe is extremely poor - UN
United Nations Development Programme has indicated that 76% of the Zimbabwe rural population is poor while 23% is extremely poor.Resident co-ordinator Bishow Parajuli says poverty and hung...Published: 05 Jun 2015 at 11:13hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Chief pushes for disability levy
The Senate Thematic Committee on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has recommended the establishment of a disability levy to cater for the welfare of disabled persons. Deputy president o...Published: 15 May 2015 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man's cars petrol bombed in SA's xenophobia violence
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Xenophobia and Animalismus: the worst equation ever, an open insult to animals!
Animalistic behavior associated with animals and not human beings - VideoIt is very insulting to equate the a...Published: 09 Apr 2015 at 22:57hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe could be an outright desert in just 35 years
Harare - There's a buzz in Zimbabwe's lush forests, home to many animal species, but it's not bees, bugs or other wildlife. It's the sound of a high-speed saw, slicing through the heart of these ancie...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 19:47hrs | | by Jeffrey Moyo
Concerned over Zimbabwe's high maternal mortality rate
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed concern over Zimbabwe's "unacceptably high" maternal mortality rate, which currently stands at 614 deaths per 100 000 live births."Materna...Published: 17 Jan 2015 at 12:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
HIV testing and counselling campaign launched
Harare, November 21, 2014 (OWN)-Government says it remains committed and focused on working towards reversing the spread of HIV in line with the Millennium Development Goals.Minister of St...Published: 21 Nov 2014 at 10:52hrs | | by Portia Sigauke
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