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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
'Zimbabwe Going Forward: Opportunities and Constraints'
Conference organized by Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)Meikles Hotel, Harare, Thursday 23rd October 2014Cli...Published: 26 Oct 2014 at 23:10hrs | 1 | by Dr. Strike Mkandla, Alternate Secretary General (ASG), ZAPU
Philips collaborates with SA company to commercialize Wind-Up Fetal Heart Rate Monitor
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa - Royal Philips (AEX: PHIA, NYSE: PHG), today announced a partnership with South Africa based not-for-profit organization, PET (PowerFree Edu...Published: 03 Oct 2014 at 09:13hrs | 3 | by Tech Reporter
Africa wants equal partners
Interview with Maged Abdelaziz, UN secretary-general's special adviser on AfricaIn 2012 the United Nations General Assembly created a mechanism to monito...Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 07:11hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor
Mugabe castigates IMF, World bank
PRESIDENT Mugabe has urged the international financial architecture to improve the legitimacy of the World Bank and IMF to ensure the full voice and participation of African States in a bid to ach...Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Full statement by Mugabe To The 69th Session of The UN General Assembly, New York
Statement by His Excellency The President of The Republic of Zimbabwe Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe, To The 69th Session of The United Nations General Assembly, New York,September 25, 2014....Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MDGs must reflect local conditions, says Mugabe
SADC chairperson President Robert Mugabe has urged the regional and global community to prioritize Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the context of local conditions affecting each country....Published: 25 Sep 2014 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Behind closed doors: What the Chinese 'said'
State visits are in vogue these days. Almost always economics and trade are on top of the agenda.United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron took a planeload of British businessmen and sen...Published: 10 Sep 2014 at 06:14hrs | | by Tapiwa Nyandoro
Poor health services force expectant mothers to turn to Vapostori
AS health services in the country continue to deteriorate, the poor, in both urban and rural areas, have been hit hard resulting in unnecessary loss of life.Hopley Farm, an informal settlemen...Published: 09 Aug 2014 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Chombo summoned by Parliament over demolitions
Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo has been summoned to appear before a parliamentary committee to explain a recent decision to demolish unplanned houses in Chitungwiza and other towns....Published: 21 Jul 2014 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hit by shortage of midwives
A shortage of midwives in the country is threatening Zimbabwe's chances of attaining the millennium development goals (MDGs) number 4 and 5.Alice Masiyiwa was rushed to Harare Central Hospital...Published: 07 May 2014 at 11:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
MISA celebrates World Press Freedom Day 2014
3 May 2014, WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA - Every year on 3 May, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) joins the international community in commemorating World Press Freedom Day. On this day, we...Published: 02 May 2014 at 14:35hrs | | by Anthony Kasunda
Food And Nutrition Security Key To Zim's Recovery
Over the past two decades (1990 - 2010), Zimbabwe underwent a number of economic and political challenges including economic decline (hyperinflation, rising unemployment, decrease in food producti...Published: 04 Apr 2014 at 08:22hrs | | by Maxwell Teedzai
Deadly alien grass spotted in Mat-south
Livestock in Matabeleland South is under siege from a poisonous alien grass, Lantana-camara, with a senior government official from the province calling for immediate intervention.Former Matab...Published: 18 Mar 2014 at 15:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
A vision of an integrated Africa - Interview
Under-secretary-general Maged Abdelaziz, the special adviser to UN secretary-general and head of the Office of Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) and Dr. Ibrahim As...Published: 27 Dec 2013 at 15:59hrs | | by Maged Abdelaziz and Ibrahim Mayaki
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