The Falls and the Mercedes-Benz
A German brand gives Zimbabwe’s premier attraction a global polish. by BERNARD CHIKETO THE Victoria Falls Bridge has witnessed plenty of crossings—colonial surveyors, railway magnates, bungee-jumping thrill-seekers. But a 21-strong convoy of Mercedes-Benz SUVs, snaking across the gorge with the spray rising behind them, is a rather different sort of spectacle. The occasion was the…
Masvingo Gears Up for Devolved Sanganai/Hlanganani Dzimbahwe
Expo Site Completion Now at 80 Percent by BERNARD CHIKETO FOR NEARLY two decades, Zimbabwe’s flagship tourism expo, Sanganai/Hlanganani World Travel Expo, rotated among the usual suspects: Harare, Bulawayo, Victoria Falls.
NetOne Turns 30, Links Specialists with Rural Healthcare Facilities
by NORMA TSOPO FOR three decades, NetOne has been a utility of sorts, a state-backed giant tasked with keeping Zimbabweans talking.
A $67m infrastructure bet in Victoria Falls
by BERNARD CHIKETO ZIMBABWE’S tourism ministry has inked a $66.9m commercial joint venture with a private consortium to install bulk water, power and telecoms at the Masuwe Special Economic Zone, a 271-hectare tract near the Victoria Falls rainforest.
Courting the diaspora: Zimbabwe’s tourism pitch to Atlanta
by BERNARD CHIKETO BARBARA Rwodzi, Zimbabwe’s tourism minister, took her investment roadshow to Atlanta recently. Her audience was not a gathering of American hoteliers or sovereign wealth funds, but a cluster of Zimbabwean expatriates.
Travel agents’ representative takes helm of Zimbabwe tourism council
by BERNARD CHIKETO KATHY Kathewela, a representative of the Association of Zimbabwe Travel Agents, was elected president of the Tourism Business Council of Zimbabwe (TBCZ) at the industry body’s annual general meeting last Thursday, becoming the first agent to hold the post and its youngest leader to date.
The falls that refused to fall
How a cyclone, a waterfall, and a gown carried Zimbabwe’s resilience to Poland. by NORMA TSOPO THE CATARACT drops fifty metres over the Chimanimani escarpment. Tourists know it as the Bridal Veil.
London connection restored
by BERNARD CHIKETO THE LAST time an Air Zimbabwe jet touched down at Gatwick, Barack Obama was still in his first term, “Gangnam Style” was conquering the charts and the country’s economy was in freefall.
Zimbabwe launches World Hearing Day drive with free school screenings
by NORMA TSOPO THE MINISTRY of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) will launch this year’s Manicaland provincial World Hearing Day commemorations on Thursday with a province-wide school screening programme aimed at identifying children with undiagnosed hearing loss, offering free hearing aids to those in need.