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By Dickson Bandera Preparations are at an advanced stage for Zimbabwe’s annual World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) commemorations, set to take place this Saturday, June 15, at Jameson High School in Kadoma. It is for the first time that the commemorations are held in Mashonaland West and thousands are expected to attend. According to a…
Children enjoying meals By Rajah Mugayi in Bulawayo The Muslim community in Bulawayo joined the rest of the world this Saturday to celebrate Eid al-Adha, also known as Kurban Holiday, with heartfelt prayers, charitable acts, and communal gatherings. The festival, which commemorates Prophet Ibrahim’s (Abraham’s) unwavering faith and willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience…
By Dickson Bandera The well-being of veterans of the liberation struggle is a vital pillar of Zimbabwe’s national identity and development. To reaffirming the Second Republic’s unwavering commitment to honouring and empowering the country’s liberation war veterans, president Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa this Friday officially launched the Presidential War Veterans Empowerment Scheme at the Harare City…
By Dickson Bandera A high-level Zimbabwean delegation has departed for Havana, Cuba, to sign a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will facilitate the transfer of historic military equipment used in the famed Battle of Cuito Cuanavale to Zimbabwe’s Museum of African Liberation. The delegation is led by Ambassador Kwame Muzawazi, Chief Executive Officer of…
The Geo Pomona Waste Management Sorting plant is a gamechanger By Dickson Bandera President Mnangagwa on Thursday officially commissioned the Geo Pomona Waste Management Sorting Plant and a fleet of refuse collection trucks, describing the project as a major step towards achieving a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable Zimbabwe. The commissioning ceremony, held in Harare…
Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu Edgar Chagwa Lungu, the sixth President of Zambia, has died at the age of 68, his party, the Patriotic Front (PF), confirmed in a statement on Thursday. According to the PF, Lungu passed away while receiving specialised treatment in South Africa for an undisclosed illness. No further details about the…
EU Ambassador to Zimbabwe HE Jobst Von Kirchmann with Zimbabwe award winning musician, Jah Prayzah By Dickson Bandera Zimbabwe’s creative industry has received a welcome boost, with the Culture Fund of Zimbabwe Trust and the European Union Delegation announcing grants totalling USD $27,929 under the CreativeACTIONs 2 programme. Revealed in Harare on Wednesday, the latest…
PLO Lumumba Is Set To Speak in Harare on June 6th, 2025 By Dickson Bandera The Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) comes alive today, Friday, June 6th, as the Zimbabwe International Youth Trade and Investment Forum (ZIYTFC) 2025 officially gets underway. Organised by My Africa Child in Youth Development Organisation (MACYDO), the forum brings together…
By Julius Idrissa Manganda President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday officially commissioned the Trabablas Interchange—formerly known as the Mbudzi Roundabout—in Harare, marking a significant milestone in Zimbabwe’s ongoing infrastructure development drive. The Trabablas Interchange is a state-of-the-art, multi-level junction designed to transform traffic flow in southern Harare. Located at the intersection of Simon Mazorodze, Chitungwiza, and…
By Dickson Bandera President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially launched National Foods’ new US$13 million production facility in Harare, calling it a strategic step toward strengthening Zimbabwe’s food security, agro-industrial capacity, and economic independence. The facility includes three modern production lines: a breakfast cereals extrusion plant, a biscuit manufacturing unit, and a pasta processing line. Speaking…