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📢 PRESS CONFERENCE ALERT

The Munhumutapa Royal Charter (MRC) invites members of the media to an important press conference under the theme:

"NO TO CHAOS, NOT IN ZIMBABWE." 🇿🇼

The address will be delivered by Ephraim Chizola, MRC National Steward, focusing on national peace, stability, and unity.

📅 Date: Wednesday, 29 July 2026
⏰ Time: 1100hrs
📍 Venue: Media Centre, 2nd Floor, Bothwell House, Corner 1st Street & Jason Moyo Avenue, Harare.
📲 Live on Facebook

We invite all media practitioners and stakeholders to attend and provide balanced coverage of this important engagement.

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Zimbabwe has trained more than 10,000 young people in ethical hacking and cyber defence as part of a national cybersecurity plan. This is according to the Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services.

Ethical hacking means testing a computer system, network or app on purpose to find weak spots that criminals could use. Ethical hackers have permission to break into a system. They do this to fix problems, not to steal or damage data.

Speaking at the opening of the 2nd Africa Preparatory Meeting for the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-26) in Victoria Falls on Thursday, the Minister told delegates from across Africa that the training is part of a wider policy.

The Minister, who was represented by her deputy Dingimuzi Phuti, said the aim is to protect the country’s digital assets and key infrastructure, and also create new jobs and business opportunities.

“Cyber threats are borderless. Zimbabwe has completed a comprehensive Cybersecurity Strategy to protect our digital assets, critical infrastructure, and citizens’ data,” said Mavetera.

“We are training over 10,000 young Zimbabweans in ethical hacking and cyber-defence, turning a vulnerability into a national export opportunity.”

The three-day meeting, which ended over the weekend, seeks to forge common African positions on spectrum use, cybersecurity rules, AI governance and universal internet access before the global ITU Plenipotentiary Conference later this year.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described the death of opposition leader Linda Tsungirirai Masarira as “a great loss to her family, to the women of Zimbabwe, and to the nation at large”.

In a condolence message issued on Monday, 25 May 2026, the President extended “heartfelt condolences” to the Masarira family on behalf of ZANU PF, the Government, the people of Zimbabwe, and his own family.

“It is with a heavy heart that I learnt of the passing on of Ms Linda Tsungirirai Masarira, the leader of the opposition Labour, Economists and African Democrats (LEAD) Party,” President Mnangagwa said.

“May they find strength in the knowledge that their daughter, sister, mother and compatriot served her country with conviction and courage.”

The President described Masarira as “a bold and outspoken voice in Zimbabwe’s political and civic space” who consistently advocated for dialogue, constitutionalism and national unity.

“She was particularly fearless in defending the sovereignty of Zimbabwe,” the statement read.

President Mnangagwa said Masarira contributed to “progressive civic engagement” and to shaping a national narrative centred on unity, peace and development through her work in civil society, the media, and political platforms such as the Political Actors Dialogue.

“Through her work, she demonstrated that Zimbabweans of diverse political backgrounds can disagree without being enemies, and can work together for the common good,” he said.

The President said he hoped Masarira’s legacy would inspire others, “especially young women, to participate actively and responsibly in the affairs of their country”.

He added, “I pray and hope that the Masarira family finds solace and comfort in her great deeds and that the nation shares in their grief. May her soul rest in eternal peace.”

Source: The Harare Times

Government Zimbabwe has intensified efforts to shift from institutional child care towards family and community-based systems, revealing that more than 95 percent of children without parental care are already being supported within extended family structures across the country.

Speaking at the Regional Conference on Family Based Care and Placement held in Livingstone, Zambia on Wednesday, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Deputy Minister, Mercy Dinha said Zimbabwe is implementing structured reforms aimed at deinstitutionalising child care and strengthening family support systems.

Dinha said Zimbabwe has approximately 7.1 million children, including 562,872 orphans, with around 4,500 children currently in residential care institutions and 660 in formal foster care arrangements.

She said the majority of vulnerable children continue to rely on kinship care systems, reflecting the enduring importance of traditional African family structures.

The Deputy Minister highlighted that Zimbabwe’s alternative care reforms are anchored in Section 81 of the Constitution, which guarantees every child the right to family or parental care, while the Children’s Act promotes family preservation and early intervention measures to prevent unnecessary separation of children from their families.

She also told delegates that residential care institutions are now expected to provide only temporary support as authorities prioritise family reunification and family-type care models that promote children’s wellbeing and dignity.

According to Dinha, the reforms are being implemented through the National Policy for the Care and Protection of Children Without Parental Care, which prioritises family and community-based care under a six-tier safety net system. The policy is also informed by the African Union’s 2023 Continental Study on Children without Parental Care in Africa.

Zimbabwe is also implementing the National Action Plan for Children IV, which seeks to prevent family separation through strengthened social services, economic support systems, and community-based interventions aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals and the country’s National Development Strategy 2.

Dinha said partnerships between government and child welfare organisations were already producing “tangible results” through programmes aimed at reintegrating children from institutional care into kinship and foster care environments. She cited a joint initiative between the Government of Zimbabwe and SOS Children's Villages that has helped strengthen gatekeeping systems and support safe community reintegration for children leaving institutions.

She added that authorities had significantly reduced new admissions into institutions except for the “most deserving cases,” while expanding parenting support, counselling services, foster care grants, education assistance, and economic strengthening programmes to support vulnerable families and reduce child separation.

The Deputy Minister also highlighted the growing role of digital systems in child protection, saying the National Case Management Information System was improving case tracking, accountability, and evidence-based decision making within the sector.

Despite progress, Dinha acknowledged ongoing challenges faced by children transitioning out of institutional care, warning that weakening kinship ties and the erosion of traditional Ubuntu support systems were complicating reintegration efforts.

She said Zimbabwe was currently developing an inclusive National After Care Policy designed to support children leaving care institutions as they transition into adulthood, including children with disabilities. Once completed, the framework is expected to position Zimbabwe among the pioneering African countries with a comprehensive after-care support policy.

Dinha said investing in family-based care was not only beneficial for children’s development but also more cost-effective than institutional care, reducing long-term dependence on state support systems. She urged African governments and child protection stakeholders to strengthen regional cooperation and continue sharing experiences to ensure that “no child in Africa is left behind.”