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08/09/2025

NetOne powering Zimbabwe’s digital renaissance

GOKWE -- A bold declaration that Zimbabwe’s march into the digital age will not exclude a single citizen was made in the remote Msala district in Gokwe last Friday, where several infrastructure projects were commissioned courtesy of NetOne’s Zimbabwe digital renaissance initiative.

NetOne, under the stewardship of its Group Chief Executive Officer, Engineer Raphael Mushanawani, stood shoulder to shoulder with Government leaders to affirm that the vision of leaving no place and no person behind is not a distant aspiration but a lived reality.

Speaking during the commissioning of projects, the guest of honour, Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, Tatenda Mavetera, reminded the nation that digital connectivity has become as indispensable as water, roads, and electricity.

“Connectivity is no longer a privilege. It is a necessity. Through initiatives like the Digitalise Zimbabwe Expo and NetOne’s relentless expansion, ICT is being brought to every Zimbabwean household, ensuring no community is left behind,” she declared, anchoring the initiative firmly within the spirit of NDS1 and the onward journey into NDS2.

In his welcome remarks, the Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Owen “Mudha” Ncube, echoed the sentiment, applauding NetOne for weaving Msala into the national fabric of progress.

“Today, Msala is not just a village on the map. It is on the digital highway. This partnership between Government and NetOne proves that when national vision meets corporate commitment, lives are transformed and the province prospers,” he said, his words carrying the pride of a region now firmly plugged into Zimbabwe’s development agenda.

Speaking not only as a corporate leader but as a development partner, Engineer Mushanawani painted the moment with dignity and purpose.

“This development is more than infrastructure. It is about empowerment, opportunity, and dignity. NetOne does not only connect phones; we connect lives, families, and futures. From education to clean water, from digital learning to sustainable agriculture, our mission is to ensure no Zimbabwean is left behind,” he said to thunderous applause.

This was no hollow rhetoric. Under his leadership, NetOne has equipped schools with modern computers, giving rural children the same access to knowledge as those in Harare or Bulawayo. Nutritional gardens, solarised boreholes, and drip irrigation projects are reshaping villages into hubs of resilience and hope.

As Eng. Mushanawani remarked with characteristic humour, “Data bundles are important, but sadza is more important.” That balance between technology and humanity is what sets NetOne apart as a true custodian of national progress.
The simultaneous launch of the Digitalise Zimbabwe Roving ICT Expo elevated the day beyond symbolism. With its mission to train 1.5 million coders, deploy digitrucks to remote districts, expand community Wi-Fi zones, and appoint Digital Ambassadors in every province, the Expo is nothing short of a national movement, designed to democratise technology and create equal access for all.

As Minister Mavetera reminded, borrowing from African wisdom, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

From Msala to Binga, from Mutoko to Plumtree, the message was clear: NetOne is not merely building towers — it is building futures. Farmers can now track market trends in real time, students can dream bigger through global access to information, and health workers can embrace telemedicine with ease.

Eng. Mushanawani captured the essence of NetOne’s mandate: “We are not waiting for tomorrow; we are building it today, with you, for you, and because of you.”

In truth, what happened in Msala was not the launching of a base station. It was the unveiling of a national development promise. It was the living embodiment of President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s call that “Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo.”

In NetOne’s work, the President’s vision finds practical expression — a Zimbabwe where no child is left behind, no community remains isolated, and no citizen is disconnected from opportunity.

NetOne has been recognised as a pillar of national progress, a corporate institution that has transcended business to become a partner in statecraft.

08/07/2025

The imperative of writing a Will

Positive Talk
By Piason Maringwa

Death remains one of the most daunting topics for people and animals alike, lingering as a source of fear and uncertainty throughout history.
Despite its inevitability, many individuals find it challenging to discuss or prepare for this reality. Efforts by religious institutions to present death as a natural progression often fall short, as discomfort and fear continue to dominate this conversation.
Fortunately, the rise of formal funeral service providers has streamlined the process of preparing for death, leading many to find solace in securing funeral policies. Yet, a significant hurdle remains for many Zimbabweans: the act of writing a will.
A will, in its simplest form, is a legal document that articulates how an individual wishes their assets to be distributed after their passing. Unfortunately, due to deep-seated superstitions, many Zimbabweans, particularly within the African community, die intestate, meaning without a will.
Fear of repercussions, especially from spouses or step-children, often discourages individuals from drafting wills. As a result, numerous families have lost valuable assets due to the absence of clear directives from the deceased.
A poignant case highlights this issue: a medical practitioner who succumbed to an HIV-related illness left no will. Consequently, the practitioner’s widow, lacking a marriage certificate and children, found herself stripped of her husband’s estate, leaving her with nothing but her kitchen utensils as relatives seized control of the property.
Such incidents underscore the critical importance of wills, not merely for those living with HIV but for everyone. Drafting a will ensures proper management of one’s estate and helps avoid conflicts among surviving family members.
Historically, when individuals with substantial wealth succumbed to HIV/AIDS, their estates often attracted unscrupulous relatives who exploited the lack of wills for their gain.
The misconception that one can defer will writing until later in life perpetuates the problem. Life is unpredictable, and nobody can accurately forecast when their time will come. Strikingly, during funerals, speakers consistently extol the virtues of the deceased, yet little is said about the importance of creating a will.
Local councillors, especially in rural communities, should play a vital role in advocating for this crucial planning tool, ensuring widows and widowers retain their deceased partners’ estates regardless of will status.
Moreover, the government bears the responsibility of educating people about the significance of wills and the process behind drafting one. It is naive to assume that everyone is aware of how to create a will; this misconception must be addressed.
Educational initiatives at community forums and even in schools could instil an understanding of wills in future generations, emphasising that everyone, regardless of the size of their possessions, should prepare a will.
Ultimately, estate planning is not reserved for the wealthy; even those with modest assets should take the necessary steps to guide their loved ones in distributing their belongings. By shifting the narrative around wills, we can empower individuals to protect their legacies and provide for their families after they are gone.
It’s time to break the silence surrounding death and encourage proactive measures like writing a will for the sake of our families and our peace of mind.

08/07/2025

Superstition and the Ngozi effect of HIV/AIDS

Positive Talk
Piason Maringwa

Human beings are in most cases naturally superstitious, and stories abound of highly educated people who have been found at traditional healer's and prophetic healer's shrines doing unimaginable rituals.
Being superstitious has cost many people both their lives and dignity. Superstition is also among the reasons why so many people hate each other and are always fighting and sometimes killing each other.
The advent of HIV and AIDS brought with it, its own fair share of problems related to the superstitious nature of people. Because of the shame usually attached to being HIV, most people suffering from HIV related ailments find comfort in blaming witchcraft and evil spirits for their ailments.
Members of my family who tested HIV positive in the early 2000s refused to accept their status and opted to blame witchcraft and evil spirits for their ailments, and all died as a result. A lot of people out there do not want to take the blame for their being HIV+ to themselves and their errant s*xual behaviours, but instead find it more satisfying to blame witchcraft, evil spirits and other supernatural forces.
The "Ngozi" or Avenging Spirit effect of HIV came as a result of some people's superstitious nature. This reminds me of a sad scenario that happened to a family in Chigodora area of Chief Zimunya in Manicaland in the early to mid 90s, where almost all extended family members perished due to AIDS, but all blame was put on Ngozi or Avenging Spirit because of the superstitious nature of the family.
The whole drama unfolded like this: one of the family members, the eldest brother of the family, had a thriving bottle store at the local business centre but worked in Harare and only came home to Chigodora once or twice per month.
The shopkeeper was his unmarried and beautiful young sister-in-law. Each time the shop owner's elder brother came to visit his rural home and shop, he would sleep with his beautiful sister-in-law, thus infecting her with HIV, which he unsuspectingly brought from Harare where he also had infected his wife. They had already lost two infant children.
The other younger brothers would also come to their rural home from their workplaces across the country at different times and also slept with "mwaramu" i.e their elder brother's sister-in-law, thus getting infected in the process.
When they returned back to their respective homes, they each would infect their wives and sometimes their unborn children. Soon, and very soon, the stage for a disastrous catastrophe was set and ready to explode.

The ticking time bomb was just waiting to explode, and when it did the effects were devastating. People began to die in large numbers, and every week there was a funeral or two of members from that extended family. The situation became so dire and frightening within the extended family to an extent that accusations and counter accusations were levelled at each other, with some pointing fingers at others, accusing them of being witches.
Prophets and witch doctors had a field day taking advantage of the superstitious beliefs this family had.
Meanwhile, nobody within the family ever imagined that what was decimating them was HIV and AIDS. Prophets and witch doctors put all the blame on avenging spirits and witchcraft; there was mayhem as people from all age groups continued to die unceasingly.
It was much later when the elder brother was ill and went to his doctor friend for a diagnosis that he was found HIV+. When the elder brother discovered that he was HIV+ that's when it dawned to him that all members of his family had died of Aids.
Today, if you visit the family “heroes' acre” in Chigodora, you'll be shocked at the large number of graves and their frequency. way back then actually it was death after death for many weeks.
The elder brother of the family, who is believed to be the architect of the AIDS that wiped out his kith and kin, survived on ART for many years, only to die in 2018.
The family is not the only victims of superstitious beliefs to die in large numbers and within a short space of time. There are a lot more, and there will continue to be a lot more unless measures are taken to stop false prophets from taking advantage of people's ignorance and superstitious beliefs.
The advent of HIV and AIDS has brought with it lots of disputes as family members accuse and counter-accuse each other of witchcraft, yet the biggest witch is in our pants and minds through superstition. We must learn to accept reality and agree that HIV is real. Being superstitious will only continue to fuel hatred and feed pockets of false prophets and witch doctors.
A lot of HIV+ people do not want to face the truth, leading to non-disclosure, which fuels more new HIV infections. I have heard some saying no matter what they'll never disclose to the public unaware that most people on ARVs are known due to the way ARVs are distributed through CARGI groups where one individual collects ARVs for say 10 or more people and besides we meet at our health facilities regularly and get to know all on ART in the process.
There is a lot of work that needs to be done to make people aware that HIV is a reality that we need to accept because it is still there and will continue to be our guest for as long as we continue to play hide and seek with it. The time has come for everyone to smell their coffee and shun superstition with all its evil machinations.

08/07/2025

Eligible widows, widowers should remarry to curb new HIV infections

Positive Talk
Piason Maringwa

WIDOWHOOD like birth is not a choice where one decides when to be born or when to be a widow. It usually comes when one least expects it and when one is least prepared for it.
There are also no schools or colleges where people are trained for widowhood. In this week’s instalment, I want to pursue the issue of remarrying for eligible widows and widowers as well as looking at some of the barriers which make remarrying in some instances rather difficult and also ways to overcome the barriers.
In the past, many HIV infections affected the working class, the middle income to upper income earners, hence those usually empowered financially were the victims. The lower rungs such as the peasantry were affected much later because they did not have the capacity to pay the prostitutes who were the main conduit then of HIV infections.
HIV was referred to as a disease for the economically and financially empowered. What this meant then was when one of the spouses died chances of leaving an HIV+ and rich spouse were high.
According to traditional African beliefs the remaining spouse could choose to either be inherited if a woman or inherit if a man. If a married man inherited an HIV+ wife it meant that he would be infected himself and he would infect his original wife and girlfriends and his wife if she had boyfriends and girlfriends would also infect their other boyfriends.
In the event that the wife died, the widower would inherit a new wife usually an innocent young girl from his in-laws and make her his new wife. If he was HIV+, he would infect his new wife and if she had boyfriends outside of marriage she would also infect them.
The boyfriends would also infect their girlfriends and the vicious circle would spread causing mayhem wherever it touched leading to the "Ngozi or Avenging Spirit" effect of HIV where whole adult families were wiped out within short spaces of time.
Meanwhile, all eligible widows and widowers should remarry irrespective of their HIV status. There are however, barriers which make remarrying difficult for Zimbabwean widows and widowers which need to be overcome if we are going to curb the unnecessary spreading of HIV caused by widowhood.
In many Zimbabwean families, children of parents who die leaving the other one a widow or widower make things difficult for their surviving parent. The children want to fight their late parent's wars by feeling jealousy on behalf of their dead parent.
What these children forget is that their widowed parent has got a life to leave.
When one's spouse dies, he or she dies with all him/herself leaving his/her spouse alone. The normal trend has always been that the widow or widower spends a year or so greaving or moaning the loss of his or her spouse then thereafter they are free to remarry.
My advice to children whose remaining parents want to remarry let them be because it's good for them and not for you the children.
They should also remember that they may also find themselves in the same situation as their widowed parents in the future. Widows and widowers have got their rights to enjoy and nobody should not deny them those rights.
The best way maybe for those wishing to remarry would be to make sure that they don't destroy the estate for which they worked with their deceased partner. Proper paperwork should be done to ring fence assets left by the deceased from abuse by the new partner coming into the home.
A lot of people who remarried without paying proper attention to legal issues have regretted their choices when they lost everything they had worked for to the children of the new mother or father.
Men especially should not marry women much younger than themselves and ladies should also avoid marrying men much younger than themselves to avoid disaster.
The whole aim of encouraging widows and widowers to remarry is to stop the potential spread of HIV to many people. It is vry good that all those widows and widowers remarry but do so from an informed point of view.
Piason Maringwa
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08/07/2025

Disclosure key to winning war on HIV

Positive Talk
By Piason Maringwa

A lot has been done in the area of HIV awarenesses and we all agree that the HIV landscape has greatly improved. A lot of people now live much longer and healthier lives than before.
There is a general feeling that because of all these developments, we can safely say HIV and AIDS has come to an end and there is no longer any need to talk about the disease. Very little these days is being written about HIV and AIDS because journalists are saying that the HIV story is a “tired story no longer worth writing about”.
The situation on the ground paints a different picture. There is a lot of fear out there with those who are HIV+ and those who recently tested positive keeping a very low profile for fear of being known and be stigmatised and discriminated against. A lot of HIV+ married people are yet to disclose to their partners and are currently doing s*x as if they are negative.
Those of us living with HIV know very well what the situation is like. Stigma and discrimination are still rife with lots people living in hiding. There is a lot fear which needs to be taken care of, to make people live normal lives with HIV.
Complacency and arrogance are very bad attitudes which have led many people to an early grave. There are lots of opportunistic infections waiting to pounce on unsuspecting HIV+ people who pretend to be negative.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a silent killer which many people living with HIV should be wary of because it stalks it's victim like a predator encircling it's victim slowly but surely and when it brings one down a lot of damage will already have been done and death is usually very slow and painful.
There is lots of work that needs to be done in the area of disclosure in order to free people from the unnecessary fear and feeling of shame associated with being HIV+. Organisations working with people living with HIV should craft new ways of encouraging people to disclose and take their ARVs freely.
Those planning to get married should be encouraged to get tested first to enable them to make informed decisions instead of just marrying blindly only to discover that one is HIV+ long into marriage.
Children born HIV+ should be informed as early as possible to enable them to learn to cope and get used to their situation in time. The Ministries of Health and Education should map out ways of helping such children cope with their situation.
In my recently published book The Extra Time, I have tried to do justice to the issue of disclosure and how to go about it in step-by-step manner and I have also highlighted fully the benefits of disclosure to both one's partner and children.
The freedom that comes with disclosure is so amazing to say the least. If all people were to disclose their status, the HIV landscape would greatly improve for the better.
My most sincere advice to all those who are HIV+ like myself is, first you owe no one an apology and the life that you have is yours and yours alone, therefore the person you are protecting is yourself. Avoid self-blame everyone has made mistakes in their lives and mistakes will continue to be made but life has to go on.
We all need to make that deliberate effort to move on with life because there are people who depend on us and whom we depend on who want us alive. We are better alive than dead, hence the need to try to remain alive for as long as possible.
Disclosure has been known to have a healing effect and proof is myself, my wife and our daughter, now 31 year old mother of three HIV- boys together with her husband and many others elsewhere.

17/03/2025

13/02/2025

Usuku lweZim National Expo 2025 selubekiwe

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IZimbabwe izabungaza ilanga leNational Day embukisweni weWorld Expo 2025 eOsaka mhlaka 16 Ntulikazi 2025.

Embikweni, iZimbabwe Pavilion ithe umkhosi weNational Day uzakwenziwa ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi ‘Ngale kwemikhawulo’.

IZimbabwe izasebenzisa lolu suku ukukhombisa amagugu ayo ahlukekeneyo lamandla ezomnotho ngesikathi inikeza umbono wakusasa welizwe lokuthi izasebenzisana kanjani emphakathini wamazwe atshiyeneyo.

Inhloso yikwakha umbono obumbene ogqamisa okunikezwa yiZimbabwe kwezokuvakatsha, ukutshalwa kwezimali, ukuthengisa, okuhambisana lendikimba yaseJapan Expo 2025 ethi, “Ukuklama Inhlangano Yakusasa Yezimpilo Zethu.”
IZimbabwe izaphatheka ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi, “Ngale Kwemikhawulo”.

Ku Expo 2025, ipavilion yaseZimbabwe izasebenza njengenguqulo encane yesizwe, idlulisele inotha yayo kumasiko, amandla omnotho, kanye lokuqina.

lzindikimba zizakwakhiwa yimibono etholwe kuProvincial Engagement eyabanjwa ngasekupheleni kweminyaka edlule, okunikeze iZimbabwe ithuba lokwethula isethulo esizwakala siyiqiniso futhi sigxile ezintweni zangempela zendawo.

Lo mbukiso kulindeleke ukuthi uhlanganise lemibukiso egcwele egqamisa umlando wezwe, izinsiza zemvelo, ezokuvakatsha kanye lezinhlelo zomnotho.

Okuphakathi kokuhlangenwe ngakho kuzaba yibuhle bemvelo beZimbabwe - kusukela eVictoria Falls kusiya eHwange National Park, kusukela ezintabeni zaseNyanga kusiya ezikhumbuzo zeGreat Zimbabwe - kubonisa ukuhlukahluka kwayo kwemvelo kanye lokuzibophezela kwezokuvakatsha okuqhubekayo.

Imikhakha yezolimo, imfundo, ezempilo, kanye ezimbiwa kuzaphinde kubhekwe obala, kubhekisiswe kabanzi amandla ezomnotho weZimbabwe.

Lo mbukiso uzaphinde ugcizelele umkhakha wezokuvakatsha eZimbabwe, ugxile ezintweni ezikhangayo zemvelo, amasiko, kanye lezokuhamba.

Izindawo zemvelo ezicebile zaseZimbabwe, kusukela ezimpophomeni zeVictoria Falls kuya emanxiweni asendulo aseZimbabwe, zihlelelwe ukudonsa okufanele ivakatshelwe ukuze uthole ukuzijabulisa kanye lokubona amasiko.
Izaphinde ikhombise ukuthuthuka kweZimbabwe kwezokuvakatsha, ihambisana lendikimba ye Expo.

Kuzovezwa izinhlelo ezithinta ukongiwa kwezinyamazana zasendle, ezokuvakatsha ezisekelwe emphakathini, kanye lezindawo zokulala ezilobungani lemvelo, okukhanga abavakatshi abafuna uhambo olulenjongo, olukhathalela imvelo.

Amathuba okutshala imali angenye indawo okugxilwe kuyo.

IZimbabwe izogcizelela imikhakha lapho ukutshalwa kwezimali kwamanye amazwe kungaba lomthelela obonakalayo, okuhlanganisa ukuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda, amandla kanye lobuchwephetshe (technology).

Ngokuhambisana lendikimba esemqoka ye Expo, ipavilion izagcizelela amathuba okubambisana lokukhula emikhakheni efaka isandla ekuthuthukisweni okusimeme, ukusebenzisa izinsiza ezihlukile zeZimbabwe kanye lesimo samasu esifundeni.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuthengisa kuzaba enye insika yaseZimbabwe, ekhombisa imikhakha eminengi elungele ubudlelwano lamazwe atshiyeneyo.

Ukuthengiswa okubalulekile kwamanye amazwe njengemikhiqizo elenani elikhulu, amaminerali, igwayi, utshinda, lemikhiqizo yezokulima kuzagqanyiswa ukuze kuhehe abathengi futhi kusungulwe izivumelwano zokuthengiselana kwesikhathi eside.

Ngokuthintana ngokuqondile labokusebenzelana ndawonye, ipavilion izasebenza njengesango lezingxoxo zokuthuthukisa ukuthunyelwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe kanye lokuhlola amamakethi amatsha.

IZimbabwe isibe lilunga leBureau le International Expositions (BIE) kusukela ngomnyaka ka2021, inhlanganiso yomhlaba wonke ekhangelane lokuhlela imibukiso yeWorld Expos.

IExpo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, izaletha umphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe eJapane, ematshumini amabili eminyaka ngemva kwe Aichi Expo 2005. IJapan yakhethwa njengosokhaya ngoLwezi 2018, futhi umcimbi uzakwenzeka kusukela ngo 13 Mabasa kusiya ku 13 Mfumfu 2025 eYumeshima Island, Kansai, Osaka.

IZimbabwe ku Expo 2025 izakhombisa amandla ayo ekwakheni umhlaba wonke ngempumelelo ye Expo 2020 Dubai. Umbukiso womhlaba wonke uthembisa ukuthi uzaba lithuba elihle lokuthi eleZimbabwe liqhubekisele phambili uhlelo lwayo lokuxoxisana, ukuqinisa isithunzi selizwe njengendawo eguqukayo kwezamabhizimusi, ezokuvakatsha kanye lokusungula izinto ezintsha.

28/11/2024

lZim iyazininikeza ku World Expo

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IZIMBABWE kulindeleke ukuthi ikhombise ukuzinikeza kwayo ekuzibandakanyeni kabutsha e Expo 2025 Osaka ehlonitshwayo eJapan, okulindeleke ukuthi ihehe izivakatshi ezingaphezu kwe 28 million.

Ilizwe leZimbabwe lizabamba iqhaza kuConnecting Lives Zone, ihambisane lomgudu wayo wokuzinikela kabutsha, kanye lentuthuko. Indawo ye Expo ihlukaniswe izindawo ezintathu, ngayinye imele enye ye subthemes.

IExpo inikeza iZimbabwe ithuba lokufakazela ukuzinikela kwayo ekuzibandakanyeni komhlaba wonke kanye lokuzinikela kabutsha, ukugqugquzela ukuxhumana kwabantu lokukhuthaza ukubambisana kwamazwe omhlaba.

IOsaka 2025, eKansai, ezabanjwa ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi: "Designing Future Society for our Lives," izogxila ekuthuthukiseni lasekwamukeleni imikhuba emihle evela emhlabeni wonke ukuqhuba ukudalwa ngokubambisana komphakathi womhlaba wonke ekuklanyweni komphakathi ozinzile osekela izinselelo zomphakathi, isayensi ekhulayo kanye lobuchwephetshe obuguqukayo.

Amanye ama subthemes yilawa: "Ukusindisa Ukuphila. Ukunika amandla ukuphila. Ukuxhumanisa Ukuphila."

Isihloko se pavilion yaseZimbabwe esithi: "Ngaphandle kwemikhawulo."

Isihloko se pavilion sihambisana lefilosofi ye Second Republic efana lale: "Ilizwe lakhiwa njalo likhulekelwe ngabantu balo (Nyika inovakwa, Igonamatirwa neVene Vayo). Umngane Kubo Bonke, Isitha akukho. IZimbabwe ivulekile kubhizimusi. Ukungatshiyi Muntu Futhi Akukho Ndawo esala Ngemuva. Ukuguqula lokuvula. Isitina kusitina, llitshe kulitshe. Ukuzibandakanya lokuzinikela Kabutsha. Ukuvuselela kabutsha, Ukuthuthukisa lokuphumelela."

Ipavilion yaseZimbabwe izakwamukela ukwehlukana, izinto ezintsha, lokuqina, igxile ekutheni izwe linqoba kanjani izinselelo.

Ngokusebenza ndawonye lezivakatshi ngalezi zinsika ezintathu, ipavilion izanikeza umbono ophelele ngesikhathi esedlule seZimbabwe, samanje, lesikhathi esizayo, ukugubha impumelelo yayo lokwakha ukuxhumana kokusebenzisana komhlaba wonke.

IExpo ilindele izivakatshi eziyizigidi ezingu 28.2. Izivakatshi zamabhizimusi zizakwenza azungeze amaphesenti angu 40, ikakhulukazi ezivela eAsia, eYurophu, laseMelika, kanti amaphesenti angu 60 asele azaba yizivakatshi ezingaba khona.

IZimbabwe ihlose ukubhekelela zonke izinhlobo zezivakatshi ngombukiso ofundisayo futhi ozibandakanya. Izakhombisa amandla ayo ekwakheni umhlaba empumelelweni ye Expo 2020 Dubai.

Uhambo oludlula epavilion yaseZimbabwe luzaqala ngokubuka konke komlando, lukhombise ifa elicebile lelizwe, bese luphetha nge Vision 2030 yalo. Izivakatshi zizathola imikhakha esemqoka kufaka phakathi izimayini, ezokulima, ezokuvakatsha, ukuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda, konke kuhambisana lama SDGs.

Lokhu kuzaba lithuba lokuthi iZimbabwe ikhombise amafa ayo acebile amasiko lemvelo. Kuzaphinde kubonise umhlaba amasiko aphilayo, izindawo, kanye lezimpawu zomlando ezichaza ubunikazi bezwe.

Kuzaphinde kube lemidlalo yamasiko, okubalwa kuyo umculo wendabuko, umdanso, lobuciko obubonakalayo. IZimbabwe izaphinde itshengise amandla ayo amakhulu okutshala izimali kanye lokuhweba, ikhombise imikhakha esemqoka efana lezimayini, ezokulima, ukuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda, kanye lezokuvakatsha. Kuzaphinde kunikeze ukuqonda ngesimo sebhizimusi lezwe kanye lemigomo.

IPavilion yaseZimbabwe Expo 2025 Osaka yakhiwe ngezigaba ezintathu ezilamandla: Okuhlangenwe lakho; Amathuba; Lekusasa. Isigaba ngasinye sizanikeza izivakatshi umbono oyingqayizivele ngohambo lweZimbabwe kanye lezifiso zalo ngekusasa.

Kusukela ngo 2021, iZimbabwe ibe yilungu le Bureau of International Expositions (BIE), inhlangano yomhlaba wonke ebhekane lokuhlela iWorld Expos. IExpo 2025 Osaka, eKansai, izaletha umphakathi wamazwe omhlaba eJapane, eminyakeni engamatshumi amabili ngemuva kwe Aichi Expo 2005.

IJapan yakhethwa njengomphathi ngoLwezi 2018, futhi lo mcimbi uzaba kusukela ngo 13 Mabasa kusiya ku 13 Mfumfu 2025 eYumeshima Island, eKansai, eOsaka.

IExpo 2025 ihlose ukudala ngokubambisana ikusasa ngokubhekana lezinselelo zomhlaba wonke lokusekela Izinhloso Zokuthuthukiswa Okuzinzile (SDGs).

28/11/2024

Matunhu osimbisa kunaka kweZim kuExpo 2025 Osaka

SANGANO reZimbabwe Pavilion rakaita misangano yakabudirira eProvincial Stakeholder Seminar mukugadzirira Expo 2025 Osaka nechinangwa chikuru chekuti kunyorwe zvinhu zvakakosha, zvinosimbisa zita renyika uye kuita kuti ive nzvimbo yesarudzo yekushanyira.

Misangano iyi yakaitwa kubva musi wa4 Mbudzi kusvika `14 mumatunhu ose enyika.

Muhurukuro neNew Ziana, Commissioner General weZimbabwe Pavilion, Allan Majuru, vanoti misangano iyi yakaitwa kuitira kuzivisa nezvekupinda kweZimbabwe kugungano reExpo 2025 kuOsaka, Japan, pamwe nekuunganidza zviziviso nezvinobva kune vane chekuita nenhau munyika.

“Chinangwa ndechekugadzira nhoroondo yechokwadi, yakabatana inosimbaradza zita renyika uye inoisa Zimbabwe pasi rose senzvimbo inosarudzwa nekushanyira, kutengeserana nekutanga mabhizimusi, ichiratidza kuzvipira kwayo mukusimudzira budiriro,” vakadaro.

Hurongwa hweZimbabwe hwekutumira mashoko huchaenderanawo nedingindira rekuJapan reExpo 2025 rinoti, “Designing Future Society for Our Lives.”

Vakapinda mumusangano uyu vaisanganisira vamiriri vemasangano ehurumende neakazvimirira oga, mabhizinesi, vamiriri vemakambani, nevemabhizinesi madiki neari pakati, vachibata zvikamu zvakakosha zveupfumi zvakaita semigodhi, kushanya, kugadzira zvinhu, nekurima.

"Maonero kubva kumisangano iyi achaongororwa uye aenderane nemadingindira eExpo neZimbabwe," akadaro Commissioner General weZimbabwe Pavilion.
Dingindira reZimbabwe Pavilion rinoti: “Beyond the limits.”

Comm. Gen. Majuru vanoti matunhu ega ega ane tsika dzayo, zvinokwezva, zvekushandisa, pamwe nezvainokoshesa izvo zvinoumba magadzirirwo nekutumira mashoko ePavilion.

PaExpo 2025, nhandare yeZimbabwe ichange ichishanda sechikamu chidiki chenyika, ichiratidza hupfumi hwayo hwetsika, kugona kwehupfumi, uye kusimba.

Pavilion iyi inotarisirwa kunge iine zviratidziro zvinonyudza zvinoratidzira nhoroondo yenyika, zviwanikwa, kushanya, uye zvirongwa zvehupfumi.

Zimbabwe imwe yenyika zana nemakumi mashanu dzinenge dziri kuWorld Expo ichaitwa kwemazuva zana nemakumi masere nemana kubva musi wa13 Kubvumbi 2025 kusvika 13 Gumiguru 2025 kuYumeshima, Osaka kuJapan.

World Expo ndechimwe chezviitiko zvekare uye zvakakura zvepasirese, zvinoitwa makore mashanu ega ega kubvira 1851, ipuratifomu yepasi rose yekubudirira, hunyanzvi, kubatana, nekushandira pamwe.