19 October 2011, London – Face of Zimbabwe Trust, organisers of the popular online beauty pageant, have signed the international online money-transfer company WorldRemit as a sponsor. WorldRemit joins other sponsors which include Chenai Chic, ZimOnline Radio and more. The Face of Zimbabwe uses a light-hearted approach to address some more serious issues, namely raising the profile of Zimbabwe in a positive way on the international stage and supporting charitable causes within the country. It does this through the medium of a beauty pageant whose competitors are young Zimbabwean women living anywhere in the world. Competitors submit a small portfolio... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, October 19th 2011 |
…As Sanitation Considered Economic Benefit – By: Augustine N. Myers, returning from India – The much talked about Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene in Mumbai, India has come and ended. It was indeed an exciting Meeting with exclusive focus on one of the world’s crucial but overlooked issues, “sanitation”. It is estimated that about 2.6 billion people around the world lack access to adequate sanitation. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there will be 2.7 billion people without sanitation, if the current trend continues. The Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene organized by the Water Supply & Sanitation... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, October 18th 2011 |
By Charles Nhamo Rupare – We are all part of a collective struggle. I say this on good authority and many who realise that being an Afrikan means living on the fringes of the free share my viewpoint. We need to build one another to totally break free. The xenophobic attacks witnessed in South Afrika demonstrated the ‘brokenness’ of our way. We all know that Zimbabwe and Mozambique helped South Afrika attain its freedom. These two nations, amongst others reached out in solidarity and unity during the dark days of apartheid. Our grandfathers worked in mines, gardens and kitchens of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, October 15th 2011 |
HARARE, 14 October 2011 (IRIN) – Stallholders at the Mupedzanhamo market on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, thought they were immune to the 2008 Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act, which requires large businesses such as banks and mining companies to relinquish at least 51 percent of their shares or interests to indigenous Zimbabweans. They were wrong. Bustling Mupedzanhamo, where shoppers can buy anything from hairpins to refrigerators, has for many years provided traders with a small income and an escape from the country’s economic woes, but recently groups of youths have descended on the market, brandishing letters they claim... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, October 15th 2011 |
By Charles Nhamo Rupare – An interesting mêlée happened in Zimbabwe eight months ago. A Bulawayo resident, Vikas Mavhudzi was arrested on charges of using a Facebook posting to urge Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to topple President Robert Mugabe – Arab spring style or as the government called it – “subverting a constitutional government”. Eight months down the line Vikas walked free. It was alleged that Comrade Vikas sent a message to fellow comrade Tsvangirai’s wall which read: “ I’m overwhelmed; don’t know what to say, Mr. PM. What happened in Egypt is sending shockwaves to all dictators around the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, October 10th 2011 |
