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Namibia to change 'status-quo' of white-farm ownership
Okahandja – Vibrant rows of neatly lined plants grow on a patch once trampled by the cattle of a large commercial farm run by a family of German descent in Namibia.From that 2 400 square-met...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 13:52hrs | 841 | by AFP
Zimbabwean startup takes home best AgriTech Prize
The 19 winners in this year's Southern Africa Startup Awards (SASAWARDS) were announced at a glittering event held in Johannesburg on Thursday, 28 November 2019. Now, they will go through to the Globa...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 21:56hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri in Namibia poll rigging row
Namibia's opposition parties are crying foul after incumbent President Hage Geingob was re-elected for a second term with a reduced majority on Saturday.Geingob's rivals are claiming vote mani...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:30hrs | 2587 | by Staff reporter
Namibian army steps in
Namibia media have announced that the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has upheld its decision to beef up security to its highest level until further notice.This it says is necessitated by serious...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 21:01hrs | 22751 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Let's avoid elections for the next ten years and build Zimbabwe
Dr Walter Mzembi's quotes Our eyes must be focused on creating a progressive generation, rather than focusing on elections. Our worry must be the future, g...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 17:55hrs | 3358 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
SWAPO wins Namibian election amid corruption scandal
President Hage Geingob and his ruling Namibian South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) party won Wednesday's election, the country's electoral commission announced.The SWAPO party rece...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:27hrs | 1532 | by Al Jazeera
Stampede as Black Friday frenzy hits Bulawayo
THE Black Friday festive season shopping craze took Bulawayo by storm yesterday as people elbowed each other at shops to get the best deals with some getting injured. An old lady identif...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:44hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe named among Africa's finest safaris
AFRICA's largest online market place for safari holidays on the African continent, SafariBookings, has named Zimbabwe among the continent's finest safari destinations for the year 2019. Zimbab...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:34hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans on 950km Cape Town-Namibia walk to escape xenophobia
SCORES of South Africa based Zimbabwean migrants are reported to be among more than 200 refugees who have started a long walk from the port city of Cape Town into neighbouring Namibia.The dist...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 07:12hrs | 2802 | by Staff reporter
South Africa reignites historical bonds of unity
Something unprecedented happened on November 18, 2019 in South Africa.For the first time in many years, a neighbouring country took it upon itself to hold a convention to pragmatically explore...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:10hrs | 127 | by Ranga Mataire
Zimbabwean receives prestigious scholarship in SA
Prospective University of Cape Town (UCT) student Terrell Demorgan is the inaugural recipient of the Daniel Samuel Maseko Memorial Scholarship and will enrol for his Bachelor of Business Science (BBus...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 17:55hrs | 1344 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teacher killed for his phone in SA
Police are investigating a case of murder after a 49-year-old schoolteacher was shot and killed for his cellphone. The incident happened on Monday morning in Delft South as Henry Chikutuva was on his ...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 3149 MSU graduates
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today capped 3149 graduands at the 20th congregation of the Midlands State University (MSU) graduation ceremony in Senga, Gweru.Of the 3149 graduands, 771 were post-graduate studen...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:02hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri for Namibia elections
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri to lead a SADC Observer Mission (SEOM) to Namibia, for presidential and legislative ...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:41hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Prophet 'Bomber’ Ngwenya says he is not a witch
IN every decade rock and roll, things change with time and start to get very serious and every once in a while it kind of needs a kick in the pants in order to fully prosper.That is in simplic...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:23hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Travis Greene to rock out gospel concert
America's award-winning gospel musician and pastor Travis Greene is set to rock South Africa this month.The three-time Grammy Award nominee is set to headline the much-anticipated 2019 Spiritu...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 09:36hrs | 637 | by Peter Dube
3 airlines interested in flying to Zimbabwe
Prospects of Zimbabwe's aviation industry remain bright as three international airlines have registered interest in servicing the destination. CAAZ acting director-general Margaret Mantiziba t...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 18:06hrs | 3042 | by Staff reporter
Sasai exhibits at Africa's top tech conference
Sasai, the new all-in-one App from Cassava Fintech International (CFI), is exhibiting at AfricaTech, the fintech and digital expo that runs concurrently with AfricaCom, the continent's largest telco a...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 13:37hrs | 713 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe readies mass wildlife migration
Zimbabwe is planning an enforced mass migration of wildlife away from a park in the country's south, where thousands of animals are at risk of death due to drought-induced starvation.At least ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:20hrs | 262 | by Reuters
Ted Fellow Carl Joshua Ncube stars in a documentary
One of the pressing questions both worldwide and in Zimbabwe is ‘How do we sustainably use our natural resources and protect our wild life from extinction?'Produced by MMX Productions and Re...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 07:47hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
'Zesa new tariffs comparative to the region'
New electricity tariffs, which are considered punitive by consumers, are "comparative" to charges levied to consumers elsewhere in the region, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has said....Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
SADC protest against UN cites unfair trade restrictions
Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe are going to submit protest documents that will allow them to legally trade in their elephants, rhino and giraffes. The three countries are declaring themselves independ...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2489 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimdollar to be pegged against SA rands
THE government is leaning towards pegging the Zimbabwe dollar currency to the South African rand, with Finance minister Mthuli Ncube saying this would make the local currency more competitive in the r...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 07:01hrs | 12929 | by Staff reporter
Sadc warns of extreme heat
THE Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has warned members of the public against high and searing temperatures ranging from 30 to 35 Degrees Celsius to be experienced in most parts of the reg...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Extreme temperatures till Thursday
Zimbabwe is expected to continue experiencing extreme temperatures, with a high probability of a heatwave, to last until Thursday. Initially, the high temperatures were expected to last until yesterda...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:21hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Renewed exodus of Zimbabweans amid economic woes
HUNCHED on seats at Rode Port cross border bus terminal in the Zimbabwean capital, 45-year-old Timothy Mundonda chats in excitement with his wife and three teen children as they wait to board a bus to...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 856 | by Jeffrey Moyo, Anadolu Agency
Zimbabwe angles for post Brexit trade spoils
ZIMBABWE is evaluating the implications of the United Kingdom's possible exit from the European Union (EU) and positioning itself for wider trading opportunities beyond the impasse. The United...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:35hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Judiciary is compromised: An insider's view of the justice system
Celebrated human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa says interference by the executive in the operations of the country's judiciary has compromised the justice system.Mtetwa (BM) told Alpha Media H...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:48hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's PR offensive a futile exercise
GOVERNMENT'S decision to hire four international public relations firms in its bid to spruce up its battered image globally is pointless unless the Harare administration implements substantive politic...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:27hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean bankers sued for defrauding Namibian bank
PROMINENT banker Enock Kamushinda and four of his Zimbabwean colleagues within the trade are being sued in the Namibian High Court by their former employer the southern African country N$247 million (...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:20hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets 10% growth in exports
Government is determined to ongoing reforms to facilitate growth in exports of goods and services by at least 10 percent annually from about US$4,5 billion currently to US$7 billion by 2023, a Cabinet...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 03:49hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to open ZimTrade indaba in Bulawayo this morning
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to officially open the 8th edition of the ZimTrade Annual Exporters' Conference in Bulawayo this morning. The conference, which is being held in Bulawayo for th...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:45hrs | 10 | by Staff rpeorter
Jaure rallies Warriors
WARRIORS captain Partson Jaure has made a passionate appeal to his troops to be focused and defend their lead jealously when they clash with Lesotho in Maseru in the decisive second leg of the 2020 Af...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:24hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
Providing reliable web hosting services across Africa
ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrar and Web Hosting company, Web4Africa, is working on providing more reliable web hosting services across the Afri...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 11:00hrs | 3890 | by Staff Writer
Zimtrade rallies industry to export
THE need to increase Zimbabwe's exports will come under the spotlight when government, local exporters, industry players, academia and researchers among others meet in Bulawayo on Thursday for the Zim...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:51hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Ignorance, prejudice doom intersex children
HUMANS do not occur strictly as either just male or female. There are many variants to the boy-girl dichotomy.Ignorance and deep prejudice are denying such persons – intersex individual...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:22hrs | 175 | by Norma Tsopo
Mnangagwa's wife backs female ex-fighters upliftment
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has come out in full support of a request by female former freedom fighters' to go back to school and acquire knowledge to run successful income-generating projects acros...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:33hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Rural Namibians pin hopes for prosperous future on tourism lodges & hunting despite animal rights' anti-use threats
Namibian rural communities are impressively running lodge and hunting agreements to reduce poverty in seemingly lifeless but wildlife rich semi-desert landscapes, despite the western animal rights gro...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:26hrs | 143 | by Emmanuel Koro
Botswana to repatriate 620 Zimbabweans
ABOUT 620 victims of Gukurahundi and post-independence political violence who are sheltered at Dukwe Refugee Camp in Botswana will be repatriated back home at the end of the month, the Southern Eye on...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:16hrs | 2433 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to ratify business agreement with UK
Zimbabwe has begun the process of ratifying a bilateral trade agreement signed with Britain, as Harare moves to fully join other countries lined up by London, in its economic link plan under the Brexi...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe incorporated in Brexit plan
Zimbabwe has begun the process of ratifying a bilateral trade agreement signed with Britain, as Harare moves to fully join other countries lined up by London, in its economic link plan under the Brexi...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:52hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Harare's disgraceful water can be clean
Greater Harare's water supply is probably the worst managed and the most unfairly distributed in Zimbabwe; yet even in a severe drought, it should be possible to provide every household and every busi...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife engages female war vets
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday had a heart-to-heart interface with female former freedom fighters from Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South provinces, who expressed willingness...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:23hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket Governing Board to be reinstated after a court order
The Sports and Entertainment Commission (SRC) finally succumbed to the pressure and lifted a suspension of the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) Board led by Tawangwa Mukhuhalani, including acting managing direct...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 14:11hrs | 496 | by Staff Writer
Simbisa suffers exchange rate loss
LISTED fast food retail giant, Simbisa Brands Limited suffered a net foreign exchange loss of $2,7 million during the year ended June 2019, arising from revaluation of foreign denominated assets and l...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:01hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pivots Africa ties
Zimbabwe seeks to broaden cooperation with African countries in advancing the interests and growth of the continent, President Mnangagwa has said. The Head of State and Government, who is here...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
David Pocock's vision for Zimbabwe's World Cup return
He can't see himself ever contributing as a coach but David Pocock admits it would make him happy if Zimbabwean rugby was able to rise from the ashes and compete again in a World Cup.It takes ...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 13:45hrs | 1246 | by Wayne Smith
'Zimbabwe ill treating its citizens'
The government of the United States was blunt, candid and unwavering about the status of bilateral relations with Zimbabwe on October 2, United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:15hrs | 823 | by Pearl Matibe
Mugabe: A champagne Pan-Africanist
Since the death of Robert Mugabe on September 6, both the local and international media has been saturated with competing, complementary and contradictory obituaries, opinion pieces and narratives abo...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 18 | by Blessings Denhere
Zimdollar to boost manufacturing sector, says Mnangagwa
THE re-introduction of a mono-currency should rejuvenate the country's manufacturing sector to produce more and benefit from increased export competitiveness, President Mnangagwa has said. Exp...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:34hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
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