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It's time African leaders were barred from foreign medical care!
So, the people of Cameroon have no idea where their president is. Paul Biya, who is now the oldest head of state in the world, at 91 years old, has not been seen in public for the past three m...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 10:51hrs | 1115 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Brand Zimbabwe campaign launched
THE Brand Zimbabwe campaign, designed to enhance the country's domestic and international appeal to investors and tourists was launched in Harare yesterday backed by a wide cross section of many busin...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mobilises funds for Kazungula project
GOVERNMENT has mobilised funds to conduct detailed engineering designs for the construction of a bridge at Kazungula One Stop Border Post (OSBP), which will service Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana as pa...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is Brics becoming a fading giant?
IT was 13 years ago when the world, mainly developing countries, celebrated the birth of what would be known as Brics — a group of five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and So...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Tapiwa Gomo
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
Rural areas provide hurdles for Matabeleland female politicians
WHILE women's political participation has been shown to be particularly influential in communities in Zimbabwe, rural areas-based female politicians still battle male dominance.Senzeni Mpofu, ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Afro-Sino economic relations in the 21st Century: Mixed Reactions and Misinterpretations
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National U...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:21hrs | 21 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Demolition of houses: An insensitive and unjustified gesture
In the past years, Zimbabweans have witnessed the demolitions of houses on the grounds that the houses were built illegally. The city council is instrumental in the destruction of the structures deeme...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 09:45hrs | 3 | by Joseph Yamikani Mvero
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 | 2 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
High taxes lead to more poverty, underdevelopment
WITH the introduction and effective operation of the 2% tax on cash transfers, the poor households in Zimbabwe will remain in abject poverty.This tax will hit poor households the hardest, as t...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:30hrs | | by David Mhlanga
Govt appreciates nurses' work despite challenges
The government appreciates the works of nurses despite challenges associated with their work which they face, The Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Obadiah Moyo has said.This came to light ...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | | by Virginia Zifesho
Water is a human right, It is illegal to disconnect domestic taps: a Petition to the UN
Water is a human right: It is illegal to disconnect domestic tapes: a Petition to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the way to UN...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 20:11hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
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 | 2 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
African countries should adopt Rwanda 2020 vision to boost economy growth & better health facilities
The Rwanda 2020 vision proved to the whole world whatever is lacking, we have means to acquire it not to depend of international aid . The main message is that we should not remain mentally married to...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 19:45hrs | | by Enos Denhere
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 | 2 | by David Mhlanga
The multi-pronged dilemma of abortion
A CROWD gathers around the dumpster and many are busy taking videos of the lifeless body of a new born baby.The horrible sight is made worse by the garbage and filth that surrounds the tiny pi...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Whither Mnangagwa, how tactful thou art
The plight that we read time and again of some former government senior officials after leaving their posts leaves a lot to be desired. It leaves ample space for validating views that government funct...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 10:11hrs | 3 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Analyst, Johannesburg
Will Mugabe's National Patriotic Front project pull the trigger
As we welcome the entrance of the new kid on the block National Patriotic Front into the Zimbabwe's political landscape, we expect voters to critically interrogate the motive behind such mushrooming o...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
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 | 12 | by Vince Musewe
Chinese mining company builds $7m Grace Mugabe school
EVEN though President Robert Mugabe accuses the Chinese of looting US$15 billion in diamond proceeds, we can exclusively reveal that his wife received US$7 million from one of the Chinese mining compa...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe arrives in New York
PRESIDENT Mugabe arrived here yesterday to attend the High-Level United Nations Conference on the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, commonly known as the Oceans Conference.The...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by APO
Mugabe appoints new RBZ governor
President Mugabe has appointed respected economist and Deposit Protection Corporation chairperson Dr Jesimen Tarisai Chipika as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.The appointm...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 08:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Girl-Students are cooking meals for their boyfriend in Zambia: First letter to the women of Zimbabwe
International Women's Day 2017 Of late the social media was telling us big time what is going on in Zambia: the dear neighbours north of us. The young women are going traditional: they are coo...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 16:46hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Uptake of ICTs towards self employment and economic development
Government is making immense effort to achieve one component of the Millennium Development Goals by bringing access to ICTs for all, as ICT is being used as a vehicle for delivering services, catalyzi...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 10:20hrs | 1 | by Tatenda Gono
Gains made in fight against malaria
Africa is finally making headway in its decades-long fight against malaria The World Health Organization (WHO) announced in December 2015 that the glob...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 22:12hrs | 5 | by Amelia Tan
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 | 2 | 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 | 2 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Is Africa rising?
Africa Day, 25 May, has come and gone and we remain with the burdens of being Africans, the burden of the indignities and humiliation of colonialism, the burden of slavery which no other continent suf...Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 16:13hrs | 1 | by MDC President Professor Welshman Ncube
Mugabe sets target for greenhouse emission
PRESIDENT returned home yesterday from New York, the United States where he joined other heads of state and government at two high-level events at the United Nations headquarters.First on the ...Published: 26 Apr 2016 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Caesar Zvayi
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
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 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 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
Zapu is gender insensitive
With all due respect I have for the party Zapu, (I was born inside this party, both my mother and step father: Mr. Zephaniah Sihwa and Mrs. Louisa Sihwa were founder members of Zapu and they died unsh...Published: 21 Jan 2016 at 20:12hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Chaos looms as Zimbabwe burns
With Zimbabwe continuing on its precipitous decline that is widely blamed on President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF - and which is now manifested by a stone-broke State that can't pay its workers, as wel...Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
Nelson Mandela Prize winners feted
A former Portuguese president and a Namibian eye surgeon are recognized for outstanding public service The planting of a small food garden this s...Published: 24 Dec 2015 at 19:32hrs | 14 | by Bo Li
Chinese billionaire expected in Bulawayo
CHINESE billionaire William Ding is expected in Bulawayo today to attend the Local Government Economic Development Forum 2015. William, also called Ding Lei, is the chairperson of NetEase, one of Chin...Published: 15 Dec 2015 at 05:34hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
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 | 1 | by Matthew Chirambamhanda
Cuba eradicates mother to child HIV transmission
At the recent ICASA ceremony in Zimbabwe, it was refreshing to note that The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Cuba has become the first non-western country in the world to stamp out tran...Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 14:05hrs | 1 | by Suitable Kajau
'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 | 1 | by Jocelyne Sambira
Chinese billionaire to explore opportunities in Bulawayo
CHINESE billionaire William Ding is expected in the country on December 15 to explore investment opportunities in the property sector. During his visit, Ding will address the Local Government ...Published: 01 Dec 2015 at 05:39hrs | | by Innocent Ruwende
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