Investors and the Hwange community should have a mutual relationship in order to achieve an upper middle class income economy within the district, a business expert has said. Currently infrastructural developments within the district are moving at a snail’s pace as the two entities are disconnected while the disgruntled community …
Read More »Worsening Economic Reality Debunks Govt’s Rosy Picture
The upbeat tone by the government on the country’s economic recovery is a far cry from the reality of power outages, a sharp increase of prices of basic commodities and worsening poverty levels stalking citizens. Fiscal and monetary authorities have painted a rosy picture of economic recovery pointing to various …
Read More »Why Zim’s ‘Mighty Zambezi People’ Feel Cut Off From Their Trade
It is mid-morning in Zimbabwe’s Binga district, on the shores of the Zambezi River, and the sun is already scorching. Takuchinchi Munsaka of the Batonga tribe services the diesel-powered engine of his fishing rig – a boat made up of cylindrical metal at the base, which allows it to float, …
Read More »Nambya Community Celebrates FIA’s Inclusion Of Minority Languages
Hwange’s Nambya community has lauded the Second Republic’s inclusion of provisions that mandate public and private entities to accommodate minority languages when the public seeks information from them. This follows the promulgation of the Freedom of Information Act (FIA) an enabler of access to information. Communities in Hwange district where …
Read More »First Lady Hosts San Kids In Vic Falls
Punching the air with excitement, children from the San community in Bulilima district are enjoying every bit of their fairy-tale visit here which has for the first time in their lives afforded them an opportunity to tour one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world, the mighty Victoria Falls …
Read More »Zim Cricketer, Milton Shumba Shines In Scotland
There was a beauty to the brutality, a swagger to the savagery and, on this autumn Sunday night in Edinburgh, Milton Shumba transformed himself into the King of Scotland. Just a month short of his 21st birthday, Shumba came of age with a devastating display of power hitting, which at …
Read More »Action Needed To Stamp Out Widespread GBV, Child Marriages In Shamva District
Stakeholders in the fight and prevention of intimate partner and gender based violence (GBV) from around Mashonaland Central province converged in Domboshawa last week to map a way forward towards eradicating the practice in Shamva district. GBV has been identified as rampant in Shamva compared to other districts across the …
Read More »CSOs Engage SADC’s Intervention Over ED’s Continued By-Elections Ban
Civil society organisations, under the Crisis in Coalition Zimbabwe (CiZC), have petitioned the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) to intervene and push Harare to hold by-elections in all vacant local council and parliamentary seats. Last year, the government suspended by-elections as the country grappled with the global Covid-19 pandemic. The …
Read More »Tagwirei Fired Workers Before Handing Out US$5.3M To Dynamos & Highlanders
Kudakwashe Tagwirei’s Sakunda Holdings started by firing workers before dishing out US$5.3 million into sponsoring the country’s two biggest football clubs, Dynamos and Highlanders. Last week, Tagwirei through his controversial company Sakunda, donated US$5.3 million to the two big clubs and handed out US$180 000 for buying houses for Dynamos …
Read More »Eddie Cross Reveals Why He Didn’t Support Chamisa, Says Tsvangirai Did Not Do A Great Job As PM
Former MDC politician Eddie Cross has revealed why he did not support MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa during the 2018 elections. Speaking with Alpha Media Holdings chairperson Trevor Ncube on this week’s episode of In Conversation With Trevor, Cross who is one of MDC’s founding members said he could not support Chamisa because …
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