The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has intensified its call for sanctions against Zimbabwe to go, saying the illegal restrictions are impeding on the country’s ongoing economic recovery efforts. On Friday last week, the Dean of African Group of Heads of Mission and SADC Ambassadors to the United Kingdom converged …
Read More »Tsitsi Dangarembga Receives German Peace Prize
Accepting a prestigious German prize Sunday in honor of her work, Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga called for a “new Enlightenment,” saying a fundamental shift is needed to overcome the structures of racial hierarchy that have led to violence in her home country and across the world. “What we …
Read More »Zifa Conducts Induction Workshop For New League
Zifa Manicaland will conduct an induction workshop for Checheche based new clubs who will form the core of the Checheche Division 2 League, provincial administrator Kundai Makwarise has confirmed. The workshop has been scheduled for October 29 at Checheche Primary School.Clubs in Checheche mooted the idea of a new league …
Read More »SADC Reaffirms Stance Against Zim Sanctions
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) wishes to reaffirm its solidarity with the Government and People of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and to collectively voice its concerns on, and disapproval of the prolonged sanctions imposed on the Republic of Zimbabwe. As SADC, we are concerned by the continuation of sanctions …
Read More »International Garb For Prison Inmates
The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) is set to introduce a new prison garb, which reflects the organisation’s correctional activities as well as conforms to international standards. When the Zimbabwe Prisons Service (ZPS) rebranded into the ZPCS, prisons were turned into rehabilitation centres that empower multitudes of inmates with …
Read More »Businessman Crushed By A Decade In Zimbabwe Prison On ‘False’ Murder Accusation
Rusty Labuschagne isn’t an angry man. He may have been falsely accused of murder and as a result, spent a decade behind bars in a tiny jail cell in Zimbabwe, but the 60 year old holds no grudges. “I dont have any anger in my heart. People often ask me …
Read More »Mnangagwa Legitimacy Conundrum Explodes Into Court Battle
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is cornered in a high-stakes internal power struggle manoeuvre over his dubious legitimacy as Zanu PF leader in the aftermath of a devastating High Court application by a party member — which reflects factional strife and his faltering grip. In the explosive lawsuit, party member Sybeth Musengezi …
Read More »UN & Zimbabwe Sign New Cooperation Framework
The government of Zimbabwe and United Nations have signed the 2022-2026 Zimbabwe United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework that will support the country’s efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The official signing and launch of the Zimbabwe United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2022-2026 was presided over by the Chief Secretary …
Read More »Zimbabwe’s Older People: The Pandemic’s Silent Victims
Lunch is Angelica Chibiku’s favourite time. At 12pm she sits on her neatly made bed waiting for her meal at the Society of the Destitute Aged (Soda) home for older people in Highfield, a township in south-west Harare. Chibiku welcomes a helper into her room and cracks a few jokes. …
Read More »Zimbabwe Allows Fully Vaccinated Fans To Watch Football, Cricket
Zimbabwe is allowing a limited number of vaccinated fans to watch football and cricket in a major relaxation of Covid-19 regulations in place since March last year. The Sports and Recreation Commission said 2,000 fans would be allowed to watch football matches, but tickets would have to be bought in …
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