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Official opening of Rufaro Clinic in Chatsworth A church-built facility in Chatsworth opens its doors — and reopens an old question about who builds Zimbabwe’s rural health system. In 1949, a group of peasant farmers in Masvingo pooled their coins and bought a farm. The sum was sixty pounds — roughly seventy-five United States dollars...
An African family He leaves at four in the morning. He dresses in the dark so nobody wakes, touches each child’s forehead, and steps into a street that has not yet decided whether it is night or day. He will come home after the dishes are done. He will be described, at some point in...
Mr Kudzai Ndidzano Climate data usually counts hectares, rainfall deficits and hydrological basins. It rarely counts children. That gap was the subject of a full day of scrutiny at the Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare on Thursday, where the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Wildlife convened a validation workshop for the Zimbabwe Children’s Climate Risk...
PAP regional meeting on advancing health security The Pan-African Parliament (PAP), led by Hon. Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Chairperson of the Committee on Health, Labour and Social Affairs, participated in the 5th Southern Africa Regional Ministerial Steering Committee (ReSCO) Meeting in Windhoek, Namibia, reinforcing the Parliament’s commitment to advancing health security, health sovereignty and…
Experiencing Mercedes Benz’s 140th Expedition The Zambezi does not care who is watching. It has been hurling itself into the Batoka Gorge for longer than anyone has been counting, throwing up a column of spray the Kololo people named Mosi-oa-Tunya — the Smoke That Thunders — visible from thirty kilometres away on a clear morning....
Zimkids Orphan Trust headquarters Every day of the week, someone is looking after children at Zimkids Orphan Trust in Pumula North, Bulawayo. On Saturdays especially, the centre comes alive, two to three hundred children arrive for meals, mentorship, and time in the resource centre’s library and kitchen. What began in 2006 as an informal kids’...
The alternative ferry to ply the Kariba route By the Zimbabwe Union of Residents and Ratepayers Associations (ZURRA) There is a stretch of water between Kariba town and the fishing camp at Chalala that thousands of Zimbabweans crossed every month without thinking much about it. They crossed it because there was no other way. The...
Stanbic Bank Head of Business and Commercial Banking, Patson Mahatchi The countdown has begun for the Stanbic Bank Blue Run Half Marathon that is set for this coming Sunday, (August 23) at Old Georgians Sports Club in Mount Pleasant. The marathon is regarded as one of Zimbabwe’s most anticipated sporting and wellness spectacles as thousands...
Dr Kudakwashe Tagwirei By the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA): Custodians of Peace, Independence and National Unity When the Speaker Advocate Jacob Mudenda, rose in Parliament on Tuesday, 18 August 2026 to announce that His Excellency the President, Cde Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, was desirous of appointing ten additional senators, he was doing...
Dignitaries at 2026 Joint Consultative Meeting between the Peace and Security Council and the Pan-African Parliament A new partnership between the Pan-African Parliament and the continent’s top security body signals a shift toward locally-rooted solutions to Africa’s deepest crises. Addis Ababa, 19 August — When H.E. Dr. Fateh Boutbig took the podium to open the...
18 August 2026, Ethiopia: Wheat breeders from Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe gathered in Addis Ababa for CIMMYT’s second Global Wheat Program Community of Practice (CoP), strengthening regional collaboration and building capacity to use modern breeding tools to address shared challenges. For Dr. Shitaye Home, Plant Breeder and Senior Researcher from EIAR-Ethiopia, and Masawi Jairos, Wheat…
Telecommunications operator NetOne Cellular (Pvt) Ltd has moved to clarify its involvement in the upcoming Honde Valley Marathon, confirming that it will not be partnering with Albun Fitness for the 2026 edition of the event. In a media statement issued by its Public Relations Office, the mobile network operator advised stakeholders and members of the...
ZNLWVA Chairman, Cde Moffat Elias Marashwa (R) shares a lighter moment with a colleague, Mr Albert Mhlanga at the 22nd Chinhoyi University of Technology graduation ceremony yesterday From a handful of institutions at independence to a sprawling knowledge economy driving Vision 2030, Zimbabwe’s education sector has become a cornerstone of national transformation, and those who...
Farmers under the Farai Irrigation Scheme For years, Farai Irrigation Scheme in Ward 29 of Chipinge District stood as a symbol of untapped agricultural potential. Established in 1995 to provide reliable water for year-round farming, the 27-hectare scheme never reached its full potential due to incomplete infrastructure and governance challenges, leaving farming families dependent on...
Marketing African Products International sourcing demand creates new export opportunities for African producers The Good Life Show’s Hosted Buyer Programme brings qualified buyers from India, Pakistan, the UAE, Greece, Ghana, China and Botswana, representing retail, distribution, manufacturing and import businesses, connecting international sourcing demand directly with African producers and…
Inaugural ECSAGCOG graduation in Harare HARARE — On a Tuesday morning at the Rainbow Towers Hotel, 19 new specialists in obstetrics and gynaecology walked across a stage that, until recently, did not exist. Twelve of them were Zimbabwean. All of them had been trained in the region, by the region, for the region — the...
The waters of Lake Kariba, usually a source of livelihood and leisure, became a site of unspeakable grief when a ferry capsized off the island, claiming 94 lives. Beyond the immediate horror of the tragedy lies a sobering revelation: Zimbabwe’s health infrastructure, particularly in remote and resort areas like Kariba, remains dangerously ill-equipped to respond...
30ForYou Mogigs Thirty years ago, connectivity was about making calls, sending messages and staying in touch.Today, a mobile connection can do so much more. It can help a student learn, a farmer access information, a business reach customers and a family stay connected. That is how connectivity has evolved. And so has NetOne. As NetOne...
Ambassador Sacko (L) in the company of other dignitaries in Durban, South Africa As the race to lead one of the United Nations’ most consequential agencies gathers pace, Angola’s Ambassador to Italy, Josefa Correia Sacko, has laid out a vision that places member states, farmers and rural communities at the very heart of the Food...
Minister Rwodzi leading a tour of facilities ahead of Sanganai/Hlanganano Dzimbahwe Tourism Expo When the 19th edition of the Sanganai/Hlanganani Dzimbahwe Tourism Expo opens in Masvingo this September, it will do more than showcase Zimbabwe’s tourism offerings to the world. It will mark another decisive step in a quiet revolution reshaping how the country distributes...
MPs commiserate with Chief Mola at his homestead in Kariba The bridge to Siakobvu lies swept away, a broken span of concrete standing as a monument to everything that failed at Lake Kariba. When a Kariba Rural Infrastructure Development Agency ferry went down on the lake this month, claiming lives that are still being counted,...
