Those of us in the public relations profession cringed, as the chairperson made a promise his company would from now on, “do things differently.” This spurred some of us into a debate on why companies choose to rebrand and whether they really understand the risks involved, and perhaps that they would have chosen that route merely to put lipstick on a pig.

According to research done last week by the Institute for Young Women’s Development (IYWD), Zimbabwe ranks first in terms of nomination fees required to run for president.

“They are drinking and smoking themselves to oblivion,” says one of the patriarchs as we slaughter a neighbour’s beast in my village in southwestern Zimbabwe over the weekend.

The Zimbabwean government has in the past made efforts toward building a socially cohesive society. Examples are the creation of a ministry in 2009 in the President’s Office, which was headed by the late John Nkomo and was responsible for national healing, reconciliation and integration.

Guvamatanga referred to overpricing by actors awarded tenders by the state procurement board. Overpricing of goods tendered to government entities is common throughout the world because government can take up to six months to pay after invoices are submitted.

White elephant institutions and projects did not have visions and if they had, they did not have the technical know how to craft a living and immortal vision that transcends time. People came to participate in the badly crafted or non-existent vision and they perished. Politics ensued because they had so much energy that they had to do something about it and because there was no agenda, they resorted to many shenanigans that shot the organization in the foot, rendering them a white elephant project.

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The conference revealed the need to improve access to the living conditions and promote healthier local food and production systems to tackle longstanding deprivation.

Well, it is true that I was in Kinshasa to receive an award from Sadc on behalf of Baba for his role as the founding father of this country.

Despite a number of international, regional, and national laws that grant women the right to equal political participation and representation as citizens, gender disparities still exist in the access to political leadership positions across local governments, national parliaments, and executive institutions of power across the world.

Most media organisations in Zimbabwe subscribe to this self-regulatory mechanism, with the code of conduct being the yardstick for professional journalistic standards and the basis on which the media is held accountable to the public.

Assuming that Zimbabwe implements green building standards to the levels of the greenest building in the world — the Edge, located in Amsterdam, which uses 70% less electricity than comparable office buildings, the annual electricity import bill from Zambia alone would be reduced from US$75.6 million to US$22.68 million.

Mutsekwa was further applauded for his refusal to be deployed in Matabeleland at a time he had just been promoted to the rank of full colonel to lead a battalion in Nyanga that was going to be deployed in Matabeleland during the Gukurahundi campaign.

It is important therefore to remember that all businesses come out of solving a problem and that solving that problem can happen in different ways based on the reality of that time and the brain of the people engaged with that problem.

 Employers were able to rent on behalf of their workers in hostels where half a dozen workers shared a room, and several rooms shared a bathroom and toilet. 

The “essence” of Zimbabwe is that it is a learning community. There is both anecdotal and statistical evidence that Zimbabwean students have grasped the idea of “studying.” Thirdly, I dare to say that Zimbabwe is the best educated nation in the world, beating Britain, New Zealand, and Australia in literacy rates (95%). A juicy report recently revealed that 33% of British citizens are marginally literate! Fourthly, the basis of Zimbabwe’s educational supremacy has its roots in Christian missionary education and what the English called the “public school model” of education.

TALK SHOW WITH TSAMWAI NYEMBA If you’ve ever been involved with public relations (PR) & communication, you’ll quickly notice that the industry is filled with women. Nearly 80% of the public relations industry today is comprised of ladies. And it’s not even just the work force that is run by the girls. My time studying […]

Our SMEs are on the record for failing due to lack of capital/finances. Why not ride on the “Eco” way of doing business as it is economical (a low hanging fruit). 

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Frequent daily power cuts coupled by lack of resources are pushing most of the country’s health institutions to their limits.

Formed in 1950, the ASDA is offshoot of the global SDA church and its focus is on the gospel of mercy derived from the biblical book of Matthew in which Jesus urges mutual compassion, clemency and sympathy.

Effective antibiotics are critical to ensuring medical life as we know it. Prior to the discovery of antibiotics, routine events such as a tooth extraction, giving birth, sexually transmitted infections, appendicitis were associated with high mortality.

The majority of these structures are usually regarded as landmarks and are key components of infrastructure with some becoming engineering icons due to their sphere of influence to the beholder.

But the owners of some villas in Borrowdale will be more than happy to tell you that his construction company TimCon are the builders of their immaculate upmarket homes.

About 65% of eligible voters, according to the Kenyan electoral commission, participated in the parliamentary, local and presidential elections, a significant decrease from the almost 80% voter turnout in 2017.

This was the subject of a webinar organised by the Marketers’ Association of Zimbabwe on how PR can help in achieving sustainable business growth. In this article, we discuss the impact that public relations has on companies and how these public relations measures affect the company’s bottom line, demonstrating that PR can be a significant tool to help companies grow.

Paul faced the same resistance and most people think, when you are talking about grace you are encouraging them to sin. Paul covers this very well in Romans 6. His Grace comes from His love for us and most believers are yet to fully understand God’s love.

At the same time, events of great moment were happening in my adopted homeland, the US. Former president Donald Trump’s house was invaded by men in dark glasses, in the wee hours of the morning.

Some have claimed to be God himself. Such pretence could be labelled as blasphemy. We have many other Christian institutions that ordain people into priesthood to act for God, giving them full powers to forgive sins. Can anybody else besides God or Christ possess equal powers to forgive human sin?

Setting the tone with puffed up tunes and shiny lyrics utterly unleashing her career on the front foot, the early-blooming South African alt-pop gem — whose humongous amount of showmanship debuted to critical acclaim — is reinventing the wheel, broadening her horizon with yet another spanking red-hot single called ‘If It Wasn’t 4u’.

Launchmore has been accused of setting parallel structures and foregoing his party’s base.

The multi-million dollar question now is whether the unprecedented economic policy measure is the panacea to runaway inflation that has left the economy in a moribund state.

It’s not yet clear who, exactly, propounded that theory. But then, Zimbabwe is never short of theorists, especially conspiracy theorists.

Additionally, others who didn’t use this method before are picking up this calculation due to the amount of solar in their interconnection queue.

“I’ve told my sons that if they ever try and take my body to that place they are to open fire. I’ve given them guns,” Chikerema told me.

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Many musicians I have come across tell me that things are not going well for them when compared to the past. If it is any consolation to them, I tell them that these problems are not isolated to Zimbabwe only, but they also exist world wide.

For those who may be reading the article for the first time, the text revolves around Kuda the narrator and chief storyteller whose voice dominates the storyline.

Hehehe, Launchmore really loves copying Baba. Now he has brought back solidarity marches. 

Zimbabwe experienced a notable increase in teenage pregnancies following the rigorous six-month lockdown imposed after the outbreak of Covid-19 two years ago.

BY MASIMBA MANYANYA AND MARY NYADOME Drawing inspiration from a now famous remark by a Zimbabwean legislator, this article seeks to capture emotions of locals around unending land conflicts in peri-urban Goromonzi. As the key driver of Zimbabwe’s war of liberation, the oppressive colonial land policy was supposed to be buried at independence, making way […]

AI is making things more efficient in PR, through increased automation, and by giving better experience to clients.

In response to this inquiry, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi highlighted that the traditional leaders were aware of how families could be assisted in such issues but did not enlighten Parliament further.

Conte Mhlanga danced with the arts when it was unfashionable to do so. He was a young man then who was expected by his family to find a job and sell his hours to an organization to eke out a living.

As aforementioned you need to have some conveyors of your brand partnerships but it is also important not to be compromised in the same process.

That part of Zimbabwe is a land filled with myth and legends, men 10-feet tall and goblins in partnership with hyenas that visit villages to scare little boys and girls who curse their parents.

If polluting industries are forced to uphold stricter air emissions standards in the interest of public health and staving off imminent climate disaster, they threaten, millions of good-paying jobs will be on the chopping block.

Actually, the courts awarded the compensation something like two years ago. This was just an upward review of the money then granted, given the inflation that has been playing havoc with both the local and foreign currencies.

If Mthuli was an honourable man, he would have resigned and returned to whatever country he was in before.

Ironically, environmental issues have been perceived to be related only to Environmental Management Agency (EMA), which oversees the Environmental Management Act. In reality, this powerful and necessary Act is actually supported through Section 73 of our constitution on environmental rights which reads: