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Zimbabwe will cause political instability in Southern Africa
Without modicum of doubt, failure to run the economy and political affairs of the Zimbabwe government due to over four decades of unfettered large scale looting, corruption, economic mismanagement, Ma...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 22:12hrs | | by Israel Dube
Masiyiwa's wife committing millions to supporting underprivileged people
MEET Tsitsi Masiyiwa; she is the wife of Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa as well as a philanthropist. Before her husband became a billionaire, they were almost penniless and went through a roug...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube honoured on global stage
Gweru-based businesswoman and philanthropist, Dr Smelly Dube was among seven businesspeople from across the globe who were recently honoured at the 2023 Leaders Without Borders annual business summit ...Published: 28 May 2023 at 12:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife invited by New York mayor
FIRST Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa on Thursday shone like a beacon as the only First Lady to be invited to the exclusive Met Gala Cocktail by the Mayor of New York, Eric Adams, in recognition of her phi...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC: A Triple Legacy for Zimbabwe
Dying for European perspectiveAMUSING if it was not tragic. The European Union, EU, has granted Ukraine candidate status. It's a remote stage along a very long continuum to eventual EU&n...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Jamwanda
Colonialism belongs to old time Britain
ASSERTIONS by one Tendai Ruben Mbofana (Zim leaders eagerly defending Chinese colonialism! NewsDay May 25, 2022) that China has colonised Zimbabwe cannot go unchallenged.The contents of the so...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Christopher Mahove
How did Nigeria become so good at scrabble?
Scrabble is a very popular board game that is played in almost every country in the world. It involves a Scrabble Board and about 100 letters tiles. The game is played between 2-4 players and it is th...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 16:08hrs | 7 | by Styaff Writer
Living between a rock & hard surface - Brenda Manyoni Narrates her Story!
The quagmire that Brenda Manyoni (25) is living through is terribly deplorable. Brenda says she does not 'understand' how, her nylon skirt caught fire when she was just five. The girl reports that she...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 13:46hrs | | by Dumisani Mawere
Govt pledges to renovate razed Mpilo Central building
Government has pledged to renovate Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' residence quarters that burned down on Wednesday and to help affected workers replace destroyed personal belongings and certificates....Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Lack of maintenance caused Mpilo fire'
THE Government has resolved to renovate the Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' residence that burned down on Wednesday and help affected workers replace destroyed personal belongings and certificates....Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga fumes after UBH renames hospital unit after Tagwirei's Arundel
Vice President and health minister Constantino Chiwenga was furious after discovering that the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) had renamed its Covid-19 isolation centre to Arundel Hospital, ZimLive ca...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Using philanthropic work to gain cheap publicity and humiliating recipients is the height of sadistic cruelty, hypocrisy and sel
What should be the main motive behind helping the needy? What makes someone wake up one morning, and decide that they want to provide for the disadvantaged? Why, then, would the same person feel compe...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 14:03hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Govt axes WHO, Unicef from Zimbabwe Covid activities
GOVERNMENT has suspended the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) from participating in Covid-19 programmes, in an unprecedented move that may have farreachi...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 3rd wave imminent
A TOP executive in the Health and Child Care ministry yesterday warned that a third wave of COVID19 would hit the country soon if people are not urgently vaccinated against the virus. As of ye...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa touched by 60th birthday tributes
Billionaire businessman and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa, who turned 60 on Friday (Jan 29), has spoken of how touched he has been by the thousands of messages he received from around the world on hi...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 19:43hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Covid-19: Experts say Zimbabwe return to normalcy in 2024
ZIMBABWE and other developing countries with little or no capacity to buy Covid-19 vaccines might only return to pre-coronavirus normalcy at the end of 2024, experts from the Economists Intelligence U...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Towards meaningful diaspora engagement
Globally, it is estimated that 1 in 7 people is a migrant. Though this measly figure appears to be statistically insignificant and to give credence to the critics of the so-called mobility bias in mig...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Mutsa Murenje, Queensland, Australia
Iran's supreme leader bans Covid-19 vaccines from UK, US
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has prohibited imports of Covid-19 vaccines from the United States and the United Kingdom. In a televised speech yesterday, the supreme leader said he has no...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa praises young philanthropists
Zimbabwe needs patriotic and determined young people who step in during difficult times to assist the country, President Mnangagwa has said. He made the statement yesterday while receiving 100 tonnes ...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Let us work for and defend Zimbabwe
We are in the second Republic, the christened new dispensation, and we are in the process of economically re-engaging the Western world, and I do not in anyway wish to undermine the decent efforts of ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Matabeleland to get $25m of the $100 from Econet
Matabeleland provinces will get 25 percent of the $100m Econet Challenge Fund announced this week by the firm's founder and executive chairman Mr Strive Masiyiwa and his wife Tsitsi to support rural e...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lessons from the Zimbabwe coup
PART ONEZimbabwean politics is characterised by the existence of schizophrenic public and private sector leadership. The structure of post-coup politics in Zimbabwe owes a great deal to this schiz...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:01hrs | | by Brian T Kagoro
The second Giants Club Summit addresses the survival of our elephants
The second Giants Club Summit meets in Kasane over the next few days, uniting African leadership with global science, finance and influence to accelerate anti-poaching efforts, close ivory markets, an...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 09:53hrs | | by Dr Louise de Waal
Let's reject politicians - as anti-establishment parties succeed in Europe
The results of elections in Europe, most recently, in Italy - and to some extent, the United States (US) - have shown the steady rise in anti-establishment sentiments - whereby, people are rejecting m...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chiwenga opens Africa Factbook conference
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga will today officially open the one-day Africa Factbook Stakeholders Consultative Conference organised by local publishing company, Book of African Records (BAR) in ...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
If Adolf Hitler had turned up at Davos 2018
If Adolf Hitler or Joseph Goebbels or Hermann Goering had turned up at Davos!Davos has come and gone. The list of those who appeared on this World Economic Forum included "heads of state (Dona...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 09:56hrs | | by Thembani Dube
First Lady joins philanthropist bandwagon; robbing the needy blind - her river of crocodile tears fooled me!
It is one thing when people like Bill Gates of Microsoft or Richard Branson of Virgin Planes and Trains, whose source of wealth has a traceable paper trail, become generous philanthropists. It is quit...Published: 18 Jan 2018 at 21:17hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
ZAA UK and South Africa call for nominations
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) International has commenced its 2018 campaigns for its UK and South Africa Editions.(ZAA) UK returns for its 8th Anniversary with organisers calling on the ...Published: 04 Jan 2018 at 19:57hrs | | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya
145 cattle donated to Mugabe
MIDLANDS Province has donated 145 cattle and $1 840 to President Mugabe that will go towards the donation to the African Union Foundation.President Mugabe pledged 300 cattle to the AU ...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
I warned misleaders about this, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I notice that things are not looking very good for quite a number of you - including our national political commissar, Cde Tyson - as the people hav...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by CZ
Zim Achievers UK kicks off 7th edition with the opening of nominations
UNITED KINGDOM: The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has commenced its seventh awards campaign in the UK, announcing the opening of nominations for 2017.The nominee announcement is scheduled to...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Tidi Kwidini
ZimAchievers Awards a success
"We need to come up together and invest in our arts sector hence those involved should be serious and professional rather doing their events haphazardly," was a statement shared and echoed by some...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo slams philanthropists' honorary degrees
Higher and Tertiary Education minister, Jonathan Moyo, has slammed the willy-nilly conferment of honorary degrees by philanthropic organisations, labelling them "dubious" and vowed to protect the ...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean 'Diamond' shines in the UK
It is an eye-opening experience to be among some of the most creative minds in fashion, music and food in the world. You can dream of a land with celebrities and try to imitate what they do but art is...Published: 01 Aug 2016 at 07:07hrs | | by Tafadzwa Zimoyo
Urgent Letter to Secretary General of the UN Mr. Ban Ki Moon
His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki MoonUrgent UN meeting to address the emerging political crisis and the socio-economic crisis that has been for a decade in Zimbabwe- President Robert Mugabe needs to ...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 05:29hrs | | by Hanningtobn Mubaiwa
T.D. Jakes, Econet in groundbreaking alliance
T.D. Jakes Enterprises International, and Econet Media, a multinational, diversified telecommunications group, today announce that they are entering into a relationship to form a multiyear partnership...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 12:09hrs | | by Mthobisi Dladla
Mugabe donates 300 cattle to AU
President Mugabe has honoured his pledge of 300 head of cattle he made to the African Union Foundation last year, with AU Commission deputy chairperson Mr Erastus Mwencha arriving in the country yeste...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 05:45hrs | | by Felex Share
The Horizon and Beyond: The Future as I see it
When ZPRA and ZANLA fought the National Liberation Struggle, they fought the war guided by the principles of Marxism-Leninism ideology, more accurately known as scientific socialism. Father Zimbabwe, ...Published: 03 Dec 2015 at 11:57hrs | | by Future Msebele
Zim Achievers 2016 nominations open ahead of the New Year
THE Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) have kicked off the 2016 awards season early, with organisers announcing the opening of nominations for the 6th Edition of the annual event.The awards...Published: 01 Dec 2015 at 20:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tuku, Zahara divide Harare
THIS week, two high profile South African artistes - Ringo Madlingozi and Zahara - will jet into the country for two separate shows that are set to split Harare's music loving populace.Madlin...Published: 29 Nov 2015 at 10:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe has destroyed Zimbabwe, call for revolt against him escalate
Social commentators on Facebook have bemoaned the serious and fast deteriorating economic situation indicating that President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF have totally destroyed the country and they ...Published: 21 Aug 2015 at 06:48hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
3 Zimbabweans listed among Africa's 50 most influential personalities
Zimbabweans have been feted fairly on the list compiled by ...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 12:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans schedule meeting to establish a Humanitarian Fund in SA
A meeting has been scheduled on the 4th April 2015 to resuscitate and push the boundaries of the Zimbabwe Humanitarian Crisis Relief Programme (ZHCRP) throughout the whole country of Zimbabwe. In 2008...Published: 01 Apr 2015 at 10:44hrs | | by Zim ID
Mugabe, Carter and the African renaissance
Paying tribute to the Pan African giant Dr W.E.B. DuBois, Dr King eloquently stated: "He could have amassed riches and honour, lived in material splendour and applause from the most powerful and impor...Published: 27 Feb 2015 at 06:11hrs | | by Obi Egbuna Jr Simunye
Zim Achievers Awards nominations now open
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) have returned for their fifth edition with organisers calling on the public to nominate prospective recipients for this year's honours.This year's award...Published: 25 Jan 2015 at 13:40hrs | | by Arts Correspondent
Dr Chiyangwa gets another doctorate
Harare businessman and Robert Mugabe's cousin Philip Chiyangwa has snatched another honorary doctorate barely two years after receiving his first by a Philippines based money spinning syndicate....Published: 09 Nov 2014 at 10:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe PhD saga deepens
First Lady Grace Mugabe's PhD thesis is mysteriously missing on the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) website.While Vice President Joice Mujuru's thesis, who graduated along with the first lady with...Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe gets another award
THE Philanthropy Institute of Zimbabwe (PIZ), which recently stirred controversy when it dished out honorary doctorate degrees to music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi and nine other prominent personalitie...Published: 20 Sep 2014 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Telecel's James Makamba challenges Econet's Strive Masiyiwa
It looks like the mobile wars between between Telecel and Econet are taking many forms this year.With the two operators battling each other in terms of market share, new products and brand vis...Published: 03 Sep 2014 at 12:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi doctorate 'null and void'
THE Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (Zimche) has warned high-profile people who were awarded honorary doctorates by the International Institute of Philanthropy (IIP) to desist from using the ti...Published: 28 Jul 2014 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
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