Zimbabwe

ZIMBABWE – International Year of the Youth Conference

You are invited for the International year of the Youth Conference. . Date: Sat 14 Aug 2010 Venue: Harare Gardens Time: 9am-4pm Cost: $2 individual registration before the day and $5 on the day $20 Young entrepreneurs (under 30) business exhibition registration $25 corporate exhibition registration and youth organizations The conference is youth driven and brings together young people, advocates of youth development, academics, entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, governmental organizations and corporate organizations to present and discuss the various opportunities available for economic development and how young people can be a part of the changing dynamics in Zimbabwe. The conference will... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Wednesday, July 21st 2010 | Read Comments

Shout-Africa Quote of the day

“Zimbabwe is for peace loving people too and we will not allow this devil to push us far.He has gone off bounce and he’s provoking a fight. Its time we give him a good fight and stop him from meddling with our destiny and squandering our children’s next generations.We rebuke the devourer of this nation…no more blood to satify its ego…” Ron Muvevererwa, writer and civil rights activist based in Harare.

Publish Date: Tuesday, July 20th 2010 | Read Comments

Drunken Steve Makoni Fails Audiences in Mutare

By Ngoni Dapira for The Zimbo Jam – Zimbabwe’s veteran singer/guitarist Steve Dhongi Makoni, has despite, his reputation and unquestionable raw talent as an entertainer, stupefied and disappointed fans with his lack of professionalism after failing to complete a show in Mutare last week as he was intoxicated by alcohol. Dhongi who takes his stage name after one of his most popular songs of all time, entitled Sabhuku performed on Monday 12 July at the first anniversary of Sports Café in Mutare,  or perhaps we should say- tried to perform. If it had been a social gig where he was... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Tuesday, July 20th 2010 | Read Comments

ZIMBABWE: Fear drives migrants home

By Irin News HARARE, 15 July 2010 (IRIN) – John Muswere, 34, arrived four hours ago at the main bus terminus in Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, after making an unplanned journey with his wife, their three-year-old child and few household possessions from Johannesburg, South Africa, where he spent 18 months working as a mechanic. “I am left with little money on me because I left South Africa in a hurry and before my employer could pay me. All the transport operators are saying my money is too little and I don’t know how I am going to leave this place... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Thursday, July 15th 2010 | Read Comments

ZIMBABWE: Xenophobia given a red card

By Irin News : JOHANNESBURG, 13 July 2010 (IRIN) – Xenophobic violence spiked in South Africa’s Western Cape Province as the soccer world cup ended in a blaze of fireworks, and although it appears to have subsided, the fear of further attacks against foreign nationals still lingers. According to media reports, “a number” of shops owned by foreign nationals in townships close to Cape Town were razed and looted on 11 July, and about 120 people sought refuge at police stations overnight but had since left, Daniella Ebeneze, of the province’s disaster management department, told IRIN. “The South African Police …... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Thursday, July 15th 2010 | Read Comments