Governance, Women & Youths, Zimbabwe
October 21, 2022
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Majority of Zimbabwean Youths Not Participating in Local Governance Processes

Clive Makumbe in Zimbabwe Poor service delivery has always been considered a legacy of poor governance and lack of youth participation in Zimbabwe. However, 41 years into our independence, many local municipalities are still battling with service delivery backlogs. These backlogs have often been attributed to, for example, dysfunctional ward development committees, corruption amongst councillors, […]

Governance, ICT4D, Zimbabwe
September 14, 2022
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MISA Zimbabwe and MAZ engagement meeting on the telecommunications traffic monitoring system

The Zimbabwean government, through the Ministry of ICTs, gazetted Statutory Instrument 95 of 2021 to bring into effect the TTMS. The TTMS was launched in May 2022 and is now being used by POTRAZ, the sector’s regulator. Introduction  This report outlines deliberations of an engagement meeting among  MISA Zimbabwe, The Media Alliance of Zimbabwe,  the […]

Governance, Zimbabwe
August 27, 2022
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LRF: Call for Proposals for Community based Organizations: Community Rights Action Grants

Legal Resource Foundation (LRF) Community Rights Action Grants The Community Rights (CommRights) project aims to improve the capacity of communitybased organizations (CBOs) to continue with citizen engagement work beyond the lifespan of the project. To this end, the LRF Community Rights program will award three Community Rights Action Grants per year to three community-based organizations […]

Elections, Zimbabwe
August 20, 2022
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“Am ready to solve Gweru problems if chosen”- Demo

John Moyo in Zimbabwe Service delivery champion and Citizens advocate, Taurai Demo (TD) says he has observed many mistakes made by current public office bearers and he is ready to rectify them if chosen by the citizens of Gweru. However, NGO Africa Watch, Zimbabwe Correspondent John Moyo (JM) caught up with the Former Deputy Mayor […]

Elections, Foreign Aid, Kenya, Zimbabwe
July 19, 2022
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What maybe the African elections to watch in 2022-2023

Edward Mensah in South Africa Africa can expect many challenges in 2022 and 2023 elections, with rising tensions that threaten the rich continent and its developmental appearance. Successive COVID-19 waves across different regions of the world, including Africa, will exact a detrimental economic impact. This will hinder job prospects for millions of people on the […]

Agriculture & Food Security, Livelihoods, Zimbabwe
November 20, 2021
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Government, FAO launch a new project for sustainable use of fisheries resources of Lake Kariba and the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe

Kevin Mazorodze in Zimbabwe Food Agricultural Organisation Fish production at Lake Kariba and the Zambezi River has been on the decline in Zimbabwe since the 1990s. The lake ecosystem is sensitive to volatile environmental conditions such as droughts. Lack of an effective management system has directly affected the livelihoods of small scale fisheries (SSF). Given […]