The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has injected US$5 million to help fight social, political and economic challenges faced by youths in Zimbabwe. USAID, in partnership with Youth Empowerment and Transformation Trust (YETT), Youth Advisory Board, and youth-led committees, are working to support young people build their skills and improve the business enabling […]
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Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has set up a special committee to investigate the controversial Pomona site deal, after massive public uproar. The waste to energy deal, struck between Harare city council and Netherlands based Geogenix BV has been heavily criticised since the involvement of local government minister July Moyo and shadowy businessman and President Emmerson […]
Swakopmund — Deputy minister of urban and rural development Natalia /Goagoses has implored local and regional authority councillors to refrain from internal politics, stop meddling in administrative issues and avoid unnecessary suspensions of CEOs and chief regional officers. /Goagoses was addressing regional and local authority councillors, CEOs and CROs at an information sharing session on […]
Swapo parliamentarian Elder Filipe has strongly warned against selective justice. He cautioned class and race should not be a consideration when applying justice. His caution follows recent failed protests to have Mariental farmer Johan Meyer re-arrested and his bail revoked for allegedly deliberately running over and killing a nine-year-old girl. On 4 May 2022, the […]
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Zimbabwe: Judgment Day for Ex-Minister
HARARE regional magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro is today expected to deliver her verdict on whether former Public Service Minister Petronella Kagonye is guilty of stealing computers meant for schools in Goromonzi South constituency. Kagonye is charged with theft and after the State established its prosecution case, she was put to her defence to explain herself. […]
The Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa has dispatched a team to Limpopo province to verify the nationality of five people who were killed when a Harare-bound bus overturned near Makhado town on Wednesday evening. It is reported that the driver of the Chihwa bus that was travelling from Cape Town to Harare lost control along […]
A cashier with mobile network operator NetOne has appeared in court charged with stealing charged with stealing ZW$150 million from his employer Daniel Kalira (39) was arrested after concerned associates tipped the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC). Kalira’s lifestyle had suddenly changed, triggering suspicions among those in his circles that he could be using criminal proceeds. […]
The conduct by Harare City Councillors, led by councillor Jacob Mafume to suspend the Pomona Waste to Energy deal amounts to cheap political grandstanding at the expense of the country, Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo said. In a statement, Minister Moyo said all the legal procedures were taken in concluding the deal […]
There are over 8 000 asylum-seekers and refugees in Namibia, with the majority being Congolese, as some parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo still experience unrest. These asylum-seekers are from Bangladesh, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Congo Brazzaville, DRC, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The only place […]
Harare East legislator, Tendai Biti, Thursday described sex as a demon which he said children should be protected from. Biti was speaking at his law chambers where he called on government to speed up the process of coming up with legislation that protects children under the age of 18. The comments were in relation to […]
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has blamed President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the unending rot at the National Social Security Authority (NSSA). The labour union’s statement comes amid calls for a more serious approach at finding a lasting solution to the NSSA crisis. ZCTU’s remarks follow recent reports that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) had […]
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Namibia: Blue Bulls Loom Large
The Windhoek Draught Welwitschias will be tested to the limit when they take on the Vodacom Blue Bulls in the Officeconomix Goodwill Challenge at the Hage Geingob Stadium tomorrow afternoon. The match serves as preparation for the upcoming World Cup 2023 qualifiers in France and being made up mostly of home-based players it will afford […]
Cape Town — President Ramaphosa, Political Parties Discuss Security, Stability President Cyril Ramaphosa was joined by the Minister in the Presidency as well as the Ministers of Police, Justice and Correctional Services, and Defence and Military Veterans, in his discussions with political parties on the security situation and economic difficulties affecting citizens. The president […]
South Africa is currently facing a new wave of infections related to the much higher transmissibility of the omicron COVID variant and its sub-variants. The most recent spike has had similar characteristics as the fourth wave in January 2022: increases in infections have not been accompanied by similar increases spikes in hospitalisations and deaths. These […]
Enrolment for next year’s early childhood development and pre-primary children is now open at the City of Windhoek early childhood development (ECD) centres. The City authority this week announced and stated that children between the ages of six months and five years can enrol before 31 July. “Application forms are available from 8 June between […]
Maputo — The Mozambican health authorities on Wednesday reported a further 27 new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease. According to a Wednesday press release from the Ministry of Health, 17 of the new cases were women and 10 were men. 25 were Mozambican citizens and two were foreigners (the release did not disclose their […]
Maputo — Mozambique’s National Elections Commission (CNE) has proposed that voter registration ahead of the municipal elections scheduled for 11 October 2023 should be held between January and March. Speaking in Maputo on Thursday at a meeting with political parties, civil society bodies and cooperation partners on the current stage of preparations for the elections, […]
Maputo — The Mozambican government has prohibited, as of Wednesday of the current week, the import of animals, and animal products and by-products from Zimbabwe due to the resurgence of cases of foot-and-mouth disease in that country. The measure comes after the Zimbabwean Tax Authority notified the Mozambican authorities last Friday, about the outbreak of […]