The Daily IIJ

Transparency International, a global coalition fighting corruption, has said Zimbabwe is a country where civil society groups campaigning for transparency find it extremely difficult to operate. Servaas Feiertag, TI’s programme manager for Africa, told the participants of this year’s IIJ Summer Academy that the Zimbabwean government lacks the political will to fight corruption.

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The editorial board member of German newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt, Mr Jochen Gaugele said freeing internet media content was the biggest blunder to be ever made in the global media industry. The mistake could soon see thousands of newspapers worldwide closing their doors due to lack of enough audience and strong financial support from readers and [...]

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The mayor of German city Kernen, Stefan Altenberger has disclosed that his city has committed itself to creating a business fund for Zimbabwe’s fifth largest city- Masvingo. Kernen mayor Stefan Altenberger (left) and Association chairman Christian Fleischer In an exclusive interview recently, Alternberger said the fund is designed to rescue small enterprises which are in [...]

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By Golden Maunganidze The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany through the German Agency for Development Co-operation (GTZ) has donated computers to Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec). The equipment was handed over to Zimsec director by the Chargé d’Affaires of the German Embassy, Matthias Schuhmacher. The donation include 11 laptops, (2 for head office [...]

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By Golden Maunganidze A German couple based in Berlin has expressed its commitment to assist Zimbabwean orphans based in Masvingo province by paying their school fees, providing food, clothes, medicine and various essentials to their families among other things. Masvingo city is Zimbabwe’s oldest urban settlement and is 300 kilometers south of Harare. In an [...]

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