By Tidi Kwidini LONDON: Affirmative Action Group (AAG) president, Dr Chamu Chiwanza, is scheduled to keynote at the launch of The Shift UK, a business enterprise scheme that brings together corporate leaders to discuss key issues affecting the African continent. The Shift was established over five years ago by Dr Chiwanza, who is the patron,
By metro.co.uk UNITED Kingdom: An ‘irreplaceable’ carer fears she will be abducted or murdered if the Home Office deports her back to Zimbabwe. Siphiwe ‘Pewie’ Moyo, 34, came to the UK in 2007 to escape political persecution and has been caring for quadriplegic Yvie Gade for the past nine years. The pair have formed a
By thestar.co.uk UNITED Kingdom: A Sheffield volunteer fighting deportation to Zimbabwe thanked supporters for their ‘heartwarming’ backing, as he addressed protesters today. More than 75,000 people have signed a petition calling for Victor Mujakachi, who has lived in Sheffield for 16 years and won awards for his voluntary work here, to be freed since he was detained.
Metro.co.uk A charity worker who cooks weekly meals for the homeless is at risk of being deported back to Zimbabwe and says he has no idea why. Sheffield-based Khuzani Ndlovu, 46, told Metro.co.uk he fears he will be tortured or killed if he is sent back to the country which he fled in May 2014,
By independent.co.uk LONDON: Zimbabwean asylum seekers who were forced to attend meetings with officials from their home country have been threatened with removal, in a move believed to be part of an agreement to “repatriate” thousands of failed asylum seekers to the country. At least two people who arrived in the UK after fleeing political persecution in Zimbabwe were detained and issued
By Diaspora Correspondent ZIMBABWE Achievers Awards South Africa (ZAA SA) have announced the nominees for the 5th Zororo Phumulani ZAA SA which will be held in in April at the Hilton Hotel in Sandton. The 2019 edition is sponsored by ZimAchievers’ global partners, WorldRemit and funeral services firm Zororo Phumulani. This comes on the back
By UK Correspondent LONDON: Zimfest Live will return in the summer with a bigger venue, entertainment line-up and a new headline sponsor for 2019. The annual family-friendly music festival will take place on 3 August 2019 at Colesdale Farm. A representative from Redcliff Management said, “Zimfest Live is continually expanding its scope, and with the
By countytimes.co.uk UNITED Kingdom: IT’S AN awful long way from Mid Wales to northern Zimbabwe – but now in a small corner of this southern African country there’s a village football team with a stronger connection to Powys than most. This season Gwai River Bank FC, who play in the amateur youth leagues in rural
By dailyecho.co.uk THE inquest has opened into the death of a Southampton man found in the water off Town Quay. Godfrey Mukondo, 41, of Shirley Road, was last seen leaving CoCo Bar and Lounge at around 4.30am on Christmas Day. His body was found on January 30 next to Dock Gate 4, the inquest heard in Winchester. Consultant pathologist Dr Eleanor
By The Africa Report Danai Gurira’s portrayal of Wakanda’s warrior chief Okoye in Black Panther has helped rewrite how Africans, particularly African women, are portrayed on international screens. The role also rocketed Gurira to household-name status. She has been writing about the continent for decades, and in 2012 she published The Convert, a play which
By chapelboro.com Zweli’s Piri Piri Kitchen – named for the piri piri pepper, a variety of chili pepper native to Africa that is sometimes referred to as a “bird’s eye chili” – might be the only Zimbabwean restaurant in the United States. According to chef, co-owner and namesake of Zweli’s, Zwelibanzi Williams, it’s a staple in the cuisine
By The Coastal Times AUSTRALIA: Zimbabwean author Jill Baker will discuss her new book at Falcon e-Library on February 15 at noon. Baker has had a long career in radio and television presentation and production and is an accomplished public speaker. The Horns, the first book in her Zambezi |Trilogy, is a compelling and deeply
Evening Standard A female engineer with British Airways is helping inspire other women to fix jets. Tsungi Maruta, 22, fell in love with aircraft from the age of five when her mother Violet was regularly flying between London and the family home in Harare, Zimbabwe. After moving to the UK with her family at six,
By Staff Reporter THE African Medallion Group (AMG) has signed a coin dealer agreement with the South African Mint Company, a subsidiary of the South African Reserve Bank. AMG, which completed a take-over of Pagliari Group and Cape Mint in May last year, is now a re-seller and redistributor of numismatic coins from the SA
By UK Bureau LEEDS: Council officials here have vowed backing for the Zimbabwe Leeds Community (ZLC), offering support for the group as it works to unite Zimbabweans and help with their integration into this West Yorkshire city. Established in 2016, ZLC now boasts a membership of more than 200 Zimbabweans living in Leeds and nearby
By motherjones.com Novuyo Rosa Tshuma describes the mood, after Zimbabwe won its independence from Britain in 1980, as a “release of breaths long held.” But that optimism gave way to a reign of terror. From 1983 through 1987, an estimated 20,000 civilians were killed by forces loyal to Prime Minister Robert Mugabe in what became known as Gukurahundi,
By The Pretoria East Rekord SOUTH AFRICA: Local Zimbabweans took to the street of the Pretoria CBD on Thursday in protest against the killing of their “innocent countrymen”. The marchers gathered at Burgers Park where they began their march to the UN head office in Pretoria. The marchers were joined by members of African Christian
By So Foot.com FRENCH second division side Le Havre can count on its man in form: Tino Kadewere who arrived from Sweden last summer. This 23-year-old Zimbabwean international is the most expensive transfer in the club’s history but that is not enough to impress him as he has a mission more perilous to complete: it
By The Namibian IT was under sad circumstances that Mandume Ndemufayo Avenue in Windhoek was last Friday painted green, red and yellow, when a group of about 60 Zimbabweans took to the streets to protest against the continued plight of their compatriots back in Zimbabwe. A petition, under the theme ‘Zimbabwe is Bur-ning’ read outside
By BBC.com LONDON: Worcester Warriors prop Farai Mudariki has agreed a new one-year contract with the Premiership club. The 23-year-old Zimbabwe tight-head, who is yet to make his Premiership debut, first signed in July from French side Stado Tarbes Pyrenees. Prior to that, Mudariki had two seasons with Top 14 club Castres’ academy side. He scored a
