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ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, HIS EXCELLENCY, DR E. D. MNANGAGWA, AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 77TH SESSION O...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:50hrs | 312 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa tells his ministers to perform or face axe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned underperforming ministers in his male-dominated Cabinet that they will be replaced by eloquent women as he warms up to the 50/50 gender equality system stipulat...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 3217 | by Staff reporter
Majority of Zimbabwe youths unhappy
A RECENT Afrobarometer perception index on how governments are addressing the needs of young people has ranked Zimbabwe 11 out of the 34 countries surveyed in terms of meaningful youth empowerment....Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
All set for Zanu-PF war vets league district polls
All is set for the district elections of the Zanu-PF War Veterans League being held today across the country, with only Masvingo Province postponing their polls until tomorrow.Zanu-PF National...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
22 women raped per day in Zimbabwe
AT least 22 women are raped daily in Zimbabwe with an average of one rape taking place per 75 minutes translating to an average of 646 women being violated each month, according to the Zimbabwe Gender...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:25hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe gets more women in its ranks
THE Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) is committed to empowering women in line with the country's efforts to uphold gender equity and equality within the workplace, AFZ Commander Air Marshal Elson Moyo has ...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:56hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to spell out anti-price hike measures
Government will announce more measures to address the rises in prices of basic goods and services President Mnangagwa told the Seventh National Congress of the Zanu-PF Women's League in Harare yesterd...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:35hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
New economic measures out today
More Government measures to address the price rises in basic goods and services since the beginning of the year are expected to be announced today, President Mnangagwa told the Seventh National Congre...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:32hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Female village head breaks new ground
Twenty-five-year-old, Ms Ketumile Nare broke new ground after being installed Headman Mahopolo at a colourful ceremony presided over by the area's paramount Chief Tshitaudze (David Mbedzi) at the Mali...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:29hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Mixed reactions to age of consent ruling
LAWYERS yesterday reacted differently to the Constitutional Court's Tuesday ruling that raised the age of consent for sexual relations from 16 to 18, to meet the minimum age of marriage as set in the ...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
UN chief honours Zimbabwean peacekeeper
A Zimbabwean peacekeeper who recently completed her assignment with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), will receive the 2021 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award....Published: 25 May 2022 at 17:23hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe candidate for top UN body ready for elections
Former chairperson of the Anti-Domestic Violence Council, Mrs Eunice Njovana, is ramping up her preparations for next month's elections for a seat on the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:28hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to launch collateral registry
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says the collateral registry, a record keeping system for the existence of security, would be launched by the third quarter of this year. The collateral regi...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Divorce cases spike
The High Court in Harare recorded a staggering 47 divorce cases on Thursday last week while statistics show that 1 351 couples filed for divorce last year compared to 1 117 in 2020.Observers b...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:00hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's child marriage shocker
NEARLY 34 percent of girls under the age of 18 are married countrywide, a statistic that has shocked the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC).The commission said it was concerned about the surge i...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:16hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe by-elections expose poor participation by women in politics
A lack of female representation in by-elections held on March 26 has triggered calls for reforming the political system.The Zimbabwe Council of Churches, which monitored the elections, said "l...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 07:59hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to domesticate elections charter
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has been urged to move a step further and domesticate the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) to guarantee free and fair electi...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:07hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Demilitarise Zec, says NGOs
CIVIC groups have continued to raise concerns over heavy military presence in the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s secretariat, saying this compromised the electoral management body's integrity....Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:46hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Govt, companies challenged to adopt policies that advance female waste pickers
Government and various companies have been challenged to adopt policies that advance female waste pickers business as a way of empowering them.The call was made by the Matabeleland Institute f...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 09:14hrs | 345 | by Stephen Jakes
WATCH: 2 400 recruits become soldiers
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) should not be content with past achievement, but must build a formidable force relevant to modern security demands and thwart threats to the country and region....Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 1538 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF ready for elections'
ZANU-PF is already preparing for the harmonised elections set for next year as it rallies its candidates for the by-elections to be held in the coming two weeks.The ruling party has denounced ...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC-T full statement on March 26 by-elections
As all of you are aware, Zimbabwe will be having by-elections on March 26, 2022. I am very pleased that we have managed to field candidates in almost all vacant positions. Where we failed to, it was d...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 11:45hrs | 5438 | by Paurina Mpariwa
More needs to be done to achieve gender equality
INTERNATIONAL Women's Day (IWD), celebrated annually on March 8 offers an opportunity to reflect on progress made with regards to gender equality, call for change and celebrate acts ...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:11hrs | 60 | by Veritas
Mnangagwa's new brooms failing to sweep clean
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa embarked on a clean-up exercise when he took over leadership through a coup from the late former President Robert Mugabe in November 2017.However, his leadership h...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:06hrs | 804 | by Martin Storbat
Women decry sextortion
WOMEN'S organisations have lamented the rise in sextortion cases in the country's tertiary institutions and workplaces, pushing back the fight to achieve gender equality.According to the Colli...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 06:56hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Men are emotional beings also; a nature denied
The society can no longer sustain the lie, the fast diminishing energy reserves which have for centuries propelled the patriarchal society can no longer be wasted in pursuing the fallacy that men are ...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 18:15hrs | 508 | by Mberi Prince
Young Women for ED Gwanda outreach launched
THE Young Women for Economic Development (YWED) has spread its wings countrywide with the Gwanda chapter launched.The women empowerment oriented organisation last year successfully launched ou...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:00hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Court grants woman R10m maintenance
A Zimbabwean woman based in South Africa has won R10 Million maintenance from the estate of her late partner with whom she was cohabitating for two years.This is after that country's Constitut...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 09:00hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
Second Republic marred by litany of unfulfilled pledges
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa got into power in 2017, a lot of promises were made, creating the impression that Zanu-PF was ready to give Zimbabweans a fresh start.Four years later, it see...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has let me down'
THE estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa says her battles with her husband were no longer a private and family issue but for Zimbabwean women to also intervene and assi...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:45hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Lupane varsity probed over sex scandal
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has engaged the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry over allegations that female staffers at Lupane State University are being sexually harassed by some top exe...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
'Women should take up powerful political posts'
WOMEN should take up powerful political positions in the country as most policies that affect them were being crafted by men.This was said by Senate president Mabel Chinomona last Friday at a ...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Blow for Magaya as rape charges resurface
The Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministry founder Walter Magaya is facing a fresh headache as rape charges takes new twist. T...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 09:29hrs | 107 | by Desmond Nleya and Tarisai Mudahondo
Girls in Zimbabwe are still technologically backwards
Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) President Linda Tsungirirai Masarira has said girls in Zimbabwe are still technologically backwards.He said this as the nation celebrates the Int...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 13:53hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Debunking the 'targeted sanctions' myth
A CROSS-SECTION of the country's population still believes the political falsehood meant to deodorise sanctions as targeted at certain individuals and specific corporations.The happenings on t...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:33hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Female pilot feted at State House
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa on Monday hosted a dinner at State House in honour of history making female officer graduate Air Lieutenant Gamuchirai Maria Mbigi who for the first time in the history o...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Women Organisation Petitions Parliament
The women's Reform Network Representative yesterday handed over their petition to the Parliament of Zimbabwe and Ministry of local government over the women's representation in local government. ...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 08:03hrs | 31 | by Shelton Muchena and Tarisai Mudahondo
Zapu to hold elective congress next month
ZAPU is expected to hold its elective congress next month with six candidates jostling for the party's top post. The elective congress, which seeks to elect a new leadership following the death of the...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zim back sliding into poverty
Zimbabwe is sliding into high level poverty, lack of proper health care, and corruption despite significant progress in climate action, education, and electricity.Afrobarometer Sustainable Dev...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 12:10hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Jane Ngwenya laid to rest
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described the late national heroine Jane Lungile Ngwenya as a courageous woman who played a pivotal role in the liberation of the country and pioneered the discourse o...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 21:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Shamwari Yemwanasikana launch campaign against early child marriages
In a bid to curb vulnerability of girls in Zimbabwe, Shamwari yemwanasikana launched awareness campaigns against early child marriages that have been worsened by the Covid 19 pandemic.In an in...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 20:21hrs | 16 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Mnangagwa makes key appointments
President Mnangagwa has appointed Justice Mary Zimba-Dube as the new Judge President, while Mrs Fortune Chimbaru becomes the new Deputy Attorney-General. Justice Zimba-Dube, who has sat as a judge of ...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF Youth League statement on the occasion of the Day Of The African Child 2021 edition
The ZANU PF YOUTH LEAGUE joins all progressive forces in commemorating the Day of the African Child whose theme is "30 years after the adoption of the Charter: accelerate implementation of Agenda 2040...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 13:30hrs | 14 | by Zanu PF Youth League
Tempers flare at Parly public hearing
TEMPERS flared yesterday during the Independent Complaints Commission Bill public consultations in Bulawayo after residents accused the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliame...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The most overlooked but hard working woman in Zimbabwe, The Mazowe spirit.
Since the departure of comrade Matemadanda having been elevated to a diplomatic position the Commissariat has been left in the hands of the Iron Lady. Omega Sipani Hungwe the woman with the royal bloo...Published: 29 May 2021 at 18:55hrs | 4 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwean man gets six life sentences for five murders in SA
A 32-year-old Zimbabwean man has been jailed for six life sentences for hacking to death with an axe his girlfriend and her five children in South Africa last year.Nowa Makula of Elliotdale wa...Published: 19 May 2021 at 18:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Turning the tide of moral degeneration
Sometimes one struggles with the concept of "societal progress" and its meaning. It loosely refers to "an advancement of major conditions of societies and people's lives in a direction considered to b...Published: 13 May 2021 at 12:24hrs | | by Mpumelelo Ncube
President Mnangagwa makes history as Chief Justice Malaba is saved by the bell
The present Constitution of Zimbabwe became fully operational on the 22nd August, 2013, having been assented to on the 22nd May, 2013, by the President as the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2...Published: 09 May 2021 at 00:31hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Constitution: Mnangagwa power play 'a great betrayal of people'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is repeating mistakes made by his predecessor Robert Mugabe by seeking to amend the constitution to entrench his rule, political analysts have warned.Mnangagwa and...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 08:12hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs resists female VP push
Zanu-PF is resisting calls to amend its constitution to re-introduce a woman as one of the party's vice presidents - as the race to replace former State vice president Kembo Mohadi heats up.Th...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 15:43hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
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