Gwanda, Matebeleland South, December 10, 2014. To improve nutrition and support rural households in Matabeleland North and South, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing fortified supplementary food to pregnant and lactating women and children under the age of two years. This year alone, USAID has distributed 220 metric tons of supplementary food to 17,000 mothers and children, which is distributed through 56 rural clinics in the two provinces. Through this Food for Peace Program implemented by CNFA, called Amalima, mothers and caregivers receive training and support in child care, feeding and hygiene practices. The program applies a... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, December 12th 2014 |
By Kenneth Matimaire – MUTARE – Female emcee Nonkululeko Vundla better known as Black Bird in rap circles is leading the Zim Hip-Hop Awards nomination list together with male rapper Peekay. The two rappers were nominated in four categories each at the most prestigious event in the local hip hop calendar scheduled for December 17. Black Bird was nominated in the Best Female, Best Video, Best Hip-hop Journalist and Best Promoter categories for her television show Hotbox. Peekay of the Ma1 fame is also up for the Best Male, Best Collaboration, Best Newcomer and Video of the Year category. The two outstanding artists lock... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, December 12th 2014 |
The International Institute of Philanthropy (IIP) will tomorrow, July 4, 2014, confer an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Human Letters (DHL) to Zimbabwe’s most internationally renowned musical ambassador, Oliver Mtukudzi. This will be Mtukudzi’s third honorary degree. In 2003 he was conferred with an Honorary Arts degree from the University of Zimbabwe, recognising decades of dedication to his craft, creating music and inspiring a generation of new Zimbabwean artists to use local influences in their work. Women’s University in Africa awarded him a M.Sc. Fine Arts Degree in 2009, citing him as ‘arguably the most powerful creative force to emerge from Zimbabwe in... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, July 3rd 2014 |
Harare, June 3, 2014: The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) honored Zimbabwe public health expert Donewell Bangure with the International Night Honor – the 2014 William H. Foege Award for Most Outstanding Public Health Scientific Oral Presentation – during the Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference held in late April at the organization’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Bangure, who works as Assistant Field Coordinator at the University of Zimbabwe School Of Public Health, was rewarded for his presentation entitled, “Effectiveness of Short Message Reminders on Childhood Immunization Programme in Kadoma, Zimbabwe, 2013 – A Randomized Controlled Trial.” The study... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, June 5th 2014 |
By Michelle Chifamba – HARARE – When greed and poverty meet, the end result can only be corruption. This is the plight that Zimbabwe, which ranks among the 11 most corrupt countries in the world, finds itself in. Independent research organizations probing corruption within government ranks produce their findings to the police, yet the findings do not trigger arrests or further investigations. Within the Municipality, and government departments evidence suggest the abuse of office by a few elite while the ordinary man in the street writhes in poverty. Unemployed youths roam the streets of Harare in search of informal means... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, June 5th 2014 |
