Face of Zimbabwe winner, Nadine Hahn is set to represent Zimbabwe on the international pageant scene at this years’ 20th edition of Top Model of the World which is to be held in El Gouna (Egypt) from the 17th to the 31 of March 2013. The Harare model and former Miss Teen Zimbabwe won the Gtel-Face of Zimbabwe, (Season 2) competition held at the HICC in December 2012 fending off competition from 15 other hopefuls which included winners from other national pageants such as Miss Curvy, Miss Global, Miss Universities and Miss Southern Africa. Nadine’s appearance at the international showcase... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, February 12th 2013 |
Harare, February 11, 2013: The United States, through the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) implemented by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC- Zimbabwe) is set to produce its first graduates in applied epidemiology in Zimbabwe. Twenty students from the University of Zimbabwe’s Department of Community Medicine presented results of their fieldwork on disease surveillance and outbreak-responses on Friday. The program, designed to train and retain health care workers and improve Zimbabwe’s capacity to deliver primary health care, received funding support from the CDC-Zimbabwe in 2011. “Training medical students in core public health skills are critical to ensuring... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, February 11th 2013 |
By Kenneth Matimaire – MUTARE – Female rapper Nonku “Black Bird” Vundla has made tremendous strides in the hip-hop industry as she became the country’s first musician to feature in a world mixtape, which was released in Detroit, USA last week. The groundbreaking mixtape titled “World Hip-Hop Women: From The Sound Up” is an all women composition compiled by Detroit based female disk jockey DJ La Jedi. It was presented by the World Hip Hop Market and Nomadic Wax Records after a series of interviews with female emcees from America, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, February 5th 2013 |
Harare, February 5, 2013: The United States Embassy on Tuesday presented a special garbage bin to the Harare City Council as a gesture to its commitment to a clean environment in Harare. “I am thrilled to be here to make this small token which represents our interest in community-led solutions to waste management,” said Ambassador Bruce Wharton during a handover ceremony witnessed by members of the public, environmentalists, and Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda at Harare Gardens on February 5. The donation is one part of an eighteen month campaign by Embassy staff and their families to “green” the embassy and... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, February 5th 2013 |
By Yolanda Ndlovu – Harare, January 31, 2013: A cabinet minister wants Zimbabweans to rekindle the conversation proposed by the inclusive government in 2009 about adopting the democratic developmental state to spur economic development. “We need to raise a discourse of a democratic developmental state, we need politics of development not politics of power,” said Honorable Gorden Moyo (in attached picture), Minister of State Enterprises and Parastatals, during a Food for Thought discussion session held at the United States Embassy’s Public Affairs Section on Tuesday. “It is naïve to say that we are a democracy when people are hungry and unemployed, hence... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, February 3rd 2013 |
