Concerned with how Covid-19 has affected the education sector, stakeholders say there is a need to come up with a strategy to rebuild the system. The donor community, government and the NGO sector observed a joint sector review meeting in Lilongwe. The joint sector review meeting is part of the stakeholders’ efforts to rebuild an […]
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AS turmoil continues at Mutare City Council (MCC) following the death of town clerk Joshua Maligwa early this year, residents have demanded the local authority to hastily recruit someone who will fill his position. In a letter directed to Mutare Mayor Blessing Tandi seen by NewZimbabwe.com Wednesay, United Mutare Residents and Ratepayers Trust (UMRRT) demanded […]
Malawi’s President, Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has described his three-day trip to Botswana as enlightening to his work as Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). He made the remarks on Wednesday afternoon at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe upon his arrival from Gaborone, Botswana where he paid a visit at the SADC Secretariat Headquarters […]
Top brass ZanuPF members are set to contest for the party’s provincial posts after an invitation for candidates to submit their curriculum vitae for consideration. The highly anticipated party elections had to be moved after some members caused friction due to factional fissures. Without mentioning when the elections will be held, Zanu PF national political […]
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has tipped the Malawi Government on the implementation of policy adjustments to address Malawi’s macroeconomic imbalances, restore debt sustainability, rebuild external buffers, and reduce poverty and inequality to improve social outcomes. The Board, in a statement issued at the conclusion of the 2021 Article IV consultation […]
SWITZERLAND, through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), has provided US$1 million to APOPO Mine Action for clearing a dense minefield in the Sengwe Wildlife Corridor in Southern Zimbabwe for the next two years. The project, meant for the safe return of land to the local communities is set to save lives and […]
Zimbabwe People’s Choice award winner Tyra Chikocho, popularly known as Madam Boss, has bagged another award for being the best actress after competing with talented South African prominent actresses. Madam Boss was one of the top four nominees for the awards organised by Africa Social Entertainment Awards. Her rivals were three top South African actresses […]
the local entertainment sector was dealt a huge blow with the passing on of major players who included poets, promoters, actors, visual artistes, television and theatre creatives, writers and musicians. As we bid farewell to the year 2021 in 16 days time, there is need to remember those influential stars whose talent impacted many people’s […]
Dolly Rathebe, the musical legend of Sophiatown, is part of South Africa’s rich heritage and history. Sophiatown was a much-storied suburb and vibrant cultural hub in Johannesburg that was destroyed by the South African state in 1955. Its 60,000 black residents were forcibly removed to Meadowlands, a township outside the city, as the country’s white […]
What does salvation look like? When a person lacks options, this may not be a straightforward judgement to make. Is salvation an unearned windfall, or doing what’s legal? The award-winning South African film Sons of the Sea pivots on questions like these. It explores the moral universe of forced choices through the narrative of Mikhail […]
Alcohol consumption is associated with various public health problems. These include high rates of trauma-related injuries and death. In South Africa, around 62,000 people die from alcohol-related causes annually. Most of these are personal injury and trauma. Alcohol-related trauma from interpersonal injury and road traffic accidents accounts for a significant proportion of admissions to emergency […]
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has announced suspension of its strict load shedding schedule over the festive season after three Kariba Hydro Power Station units that had been taken out of service were restored. The country’s electricity grid collapsed Tuesday, leaving most parts of the country in darkness. In a statement shared Wednesday, ZESA […]
Eskom receives DFFE’s decisions on minimum emissions standard; will engage DFFE and key stakeholders on way forward Eskom has received decisions from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE) in response to its applications for the postponement of the implementation of some of the air quality compliance timelines set in air quality legislation for […]
Sobantu, Pietermaritzburg; Dolphin Coast, KwaDukuza; Richards Bay; Cato Ridge and South Durban in KwaZulu Natal; Midrand, Gauteng; Vaal Triangle, Gauteng, and Free State; Aloes, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape; and Mining communities, Gauteng gathered in solidarity from the 1-2 December 2021 in Durban, to call for a drastic reduction in the production and storage of toxic waste […]
The minister and his entourage were briefed on the current operations by Rwanda security forces in their area of operations in Cabo Delgado. Mozambique’s new Defence Minister, Maj Gen Cristovão Artur Chume, on Tuesday, December 14, visited Rwandan security forces in Mozambique’s northernmost Province of Cabo Delgado where they were deployed mid this year to […]
The Rustenburg Labour Centre in the North West has been temporarily closed following a reported COVId-19 case. This is to allow employees who have been in contact with the affected employee to self-isolate and for the necessary cleaning protocols for the office to be carried out as required. According to the Chief Director Provincial Operations […]
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has passed four Bills at its plenary sitting today, namely, the Financial Sector Law Amendment Bill, the National Forests Amendment Bill, the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill and the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill. The Financial Sector Laws Amendment Bill forms part of the Financial Sector Regulation Act (FSRA) […]
Almost identical screenshots of Facebook posts, themselves doing the rounds on Facebook in the West African country of Côte d’Ivoire in December 2021, show three men in suits standing and staring at a huge rock inside an open shipping container. “This morning at Abidjan port,” one caption reads. “They were waiting for two Toyota Corolla […]