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AFRICAN countries are meeting in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, to craft a position ahead of the world the Second Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 2017 World Telecommunications Development Conference (WTDC-17) to be held later this year. The WTDC-17 is scheduled for Argentina from 9-20 October while next year. \ The preparatory meeting in Victoria Falls is […]

ACADEMICS and experts in research from across the globe are meeting in Victoria Falls to try and find solutions to industrial and technical problems facing Africa as a continent. The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) organised the first ever conference dubbed Africa Conference for Research, Innovation and Development (ACRID 2017), with speakers drawn from across the […]

Zimbabwe listed coal Miner Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) on Tuesday commemorated the 45th annual Kamandama disaster, amid assurance by the company’s board that safety and health were top of priority. In 1972, 427 mine works perished following a mine explosion that occurred in two stanzas. More than three quarters of the victims were foreigners […]

A neglected minority clan in western Zimbabwe has organised a sponsored walk to cover 100km where they will be targeting tourists visiting Victoria Falls to raise funds for construction of a museum. The Nambya community is dominant in Matabeleland North province, particularly around Hwange and Victoria Falls areas and is one of the neglected tribes […]

ONE of the four major African airlines, Kenya Airways made a maiden landing in Victoria Falls on Monday but amid complaints by tourism industry that police were mounting too many roadblocks that are scaring away tourists. Kenyan Airways, called KQ, comes soon after two others from the ‘major airlines league’ South African Airways and Ethiopian […]

ZIMBABWEAN government is planning to open a television station in Victoria Falls as a way of promoting tourism and development in the prime resort town. Victoria Falls and surrounding areas in the Matabeleland North province are some of the areas in the country that still don’t have television transmission 37 years into independence, with radio […]

LEADING European Airline, Lufthansa of Germany wants to resume flights to Zimbabwe with options to land in Harare or the resort town of Victoria Falls. Reportfocusnews understands talks are in progress between Zimbabwean government and the airliner which suspended flights to Harare in 2008 in the height of hyperinflation. Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Jorum […]

THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has launched an investigation after 11 carcasses of hippos were found in Mlibizi, Binga this week. No cause of death has been established although there are fears of poisoning, while villagers from nearby communities reportedly feasted on the game meat. The carcasses were discovered on Sunday and […]

VICTORIA Falls Municipality has commissioned an electric fence around a dumpsite to keep away wildlife from scavenging on litter after wildlife activists and environmentalists reported that eight elephants died from eating plastic waste last year. Organisations such as Environment and Green Fund including tour operators took the initiative to raise $50, 000 to erect an […]

IMPLEMENTORS of the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme (BGHES), a joint Zimbabwe and Zambia project that earmarks to generate 2 400MW of electricity, are likely to face stiff resistance from environmentalists who feel damming the mighty Zambezi River at the gorges would drive away the famous falcon bird. The powerful and fast-flying Peregrine Falcons are a […]

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) countries are cracking their heads on how to revitalize the Yellow Card Insurance Scheme enacted by the bloc more than 30 years ago but has remained ineffective. The Yellow Card is a regional motor vehicle insurance scheme that provides third party legal liability cover and compensation for […]