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"“Let us position ourselves strategically where our strengths lie along the value chain and we will be sure to reap the benefits of our endeavours.""
"The Chamber in the due course must operate an up-to-date resource centre that elimmintaes the "black box" mentality where information becomes available after a crash, adding that members should be able to access information at the click of a button. Focus in most advanced economies has thus been on ensuring availability of quality information that is relevant to its users."
"Remember, the most meaningful victory we win is over ourselves. Above all be disciplined. Be focused. Be committed and take responsibility."
"A fact is that in mining, men have been the most dominant. But when it comes to competence from both sides (male and female), there must be a de-emphasis on gender and an increased weighting on competence. It must be understood that in some cases what men can do women can also do. Fortunately, in my career within the mining industry, I have also been given the honour to lead the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe, as president, an honour that was given to me as a woman for the first time"
"I believe there is a need for a deliberate policy to ensure that there is a greater representation of women in mining but that must not be at the expense of competence which also means that even men within the mining sector must come to an understanding that women too are equally good. For instance, at Mimosa, we now have female geologists, female metallurgists, and female surveyors. So sometimes it’s about how you move out from stereotypes. It is important to have essential guiding principles. In all one does, stay diligent, stay accountable and alert to your surroundings. Opportunity favours the prepared mind. Your future is hidden in your daily routine"
"Working in an industry that is mostly dominated by men has its own challenges. I realised I needed to make certain adjustments. I had to work on managing all the dynamics of gaining entry and acceptance into the big boys’ club. The pressure was real and sometimes the fear of failure could be all-consuming"
"In the end, however, I realised that we are not meant to compete with our male counterparts but complement each other. The workplace does not need more women trying to be men, it just needs more women. It is undeniable that women generally bring a humane feel to work, a feeling which cannot be underestimated in ensuring psychosocial well-being in the workplace and a value that has an immeasurable impact on long-term sustainability"
"As in any profession, your competence must speak for itself. De-emphasise gender, and over-emphasise competence, capability, result and productivity. Let not people see you as a woman but as a competent professional. One of my guiding principles is to learn as much as possible as you go along with every position. Value the process of learning rather than being the best. You need to intentionally plan your growth – you cannot meaningfully be part of what you are not fully knowledgeable about. I can safely say I am now a miner – in between I have been doing short courses on mining to arm myself. Zimbabwe School of Mines has very good courses. Success leaves clues. Find mentors and role models who have already achieved what you want to achieve"
"It’s not about women, it’s about the industry that accepts women as co-part of the industry. The focus must be on understanding that women can do it too in the industry. De-emphasise competency either way. We must move away from strait jacketing women and say simply because we are women therefore our competence must be put to us to say somehow your gender defines your competency. No, we are humans. So, competence must be understood by both sets of gender"
"Elizabeth has been a champion in community development by mining companies and this saw Mimosa transforming the face of Zvishavane through various community projects and empowerment projects. As part of that vision Mimosa has one of the best football clubs in Zimbabwe, FC Platnum."
""Ms Liz" as she is popularly known takes mentoring other women seriously."I am a living testimony of Liz's mentorship - you cannot be around her and remain the same."
"In one of her interviews she made the point that women have really never clamoured for special treatment in the workplace but rather for recognition for their strengths and expertise."
"Ms Nerwande, for instance, demonstrated her dynamism by ascending to the top echelons of both the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe(CoMZ) and Mimosa Mining Company – where she is the Head of Corporate Affairs – despite the fact that she didn’t have the technical background when she switched to mining a few years ago, she had learnt quite a lot about the extractive sector while consulting for some of the country’s leading mining houses. She has since transformed herself into an expert of note in mining matters. “The Iron Lady of mining”, has also passionately worked towards the economic prosperity of all Zimbabweans, regardless of their gender, while also uplifting women who are still burdened by the disproportionate costs of mining, through various corporate social responsibility initiatives."
"Masvingo Mirror, Breaking the glass ceilingː the case of Liz Nerwande. 21 March 2021."
"We should not look down upon ourselves. By domestic tourism we are saying this is the opportunity to enjoy as couples and as family where we can eat without cooking for ourselves or cleaning the house for a day or two."
"The reason why some shows do not last is that their main focus is on making money bu that is not the case with me.What i seek is to add value first in people`s lives with what I do."
"I am an ambassador of local languages and I want to show the world that we can do anything in our languages. I feel proud of local artistes who now create and promote content in our languages."
"My family supports the show but succession is not all about being on the show. I love what I do and would be happy for it to be more vibrant even after my departure hence there is need to cast the net even outside the family."
"It is difficult to teach anyone what I do. It has to be an inborn thing. The job sometimes requires one to think on their feet as there often no script. One has to understand the concept and the intended results."
"With more than 30 accolades under he belt Mai Chisamba is a motivational speaker at universities,marriage counsellor and a trusted voice in churches and organisations within and beyond borders."
"Women entrepreneurs have to work twice as hard to succeed... the best thing to do is to remain resolute, focused, ethical and preserve your integrity."
"My advice to women all the time is:"If you want a certain future, go out and create it. Conquer your fears as that is what enslaves most women. Opportunities are now galore. We just need to roll up our sleeves, lift our feet, and walk through the door as no one will carry us.""
"My greatest satisfaction is championing women economic empowerment initiatives in mentorship, linking women businesses to corporate supply chains for their growth."
"“Success depends on employees. For me knowing and connecting with my employees is very important.”"
"Conquer your fears as that is what enslaves most women"
"“Most of the women that we employ here are single mothers, we targeted them primarily because we knew that they were not going to get an opportunity from anybody and they would not be able to look after their children. So this is an opportunity for them to have a livelihood and to educate their children. We employ close to a thousand women now, about 900+ and to me that’s one of the happiest things I’ve done in my life as a person because I have impacted very positively on women who would have not have had an opportunity, who would be eking out a living and possibly even going out to sell their bodies to make a living.”"
"“never tire in well doing, because, in due season, you shall reap if you faint not”. “I believe that every good deed is a door opener hence I always try to be as good as I can to others, my word being my bond, as the key to my success is loving and connecting with people which are always the seeds of great things to come. I believe in playing by the rules all the time and most importantly upholding my personal integrity as this gives me good night sleep.”"
"“My advice to aspiring entrepreneurs is start with an end in mind, know exactly what you want to achieve and start to work systematically towards the goal, exercising some patience. Know the industry you want to get into, its internal and external environment."
"“If you want a certain future, go out and create it. Conquer your fears as that is what enslaves most women. Opportunities are now galore. We just need to roll up our sleeves, lift our feet, and walk through the door as no one will carry us."
"Have a game plan and execute it with passion, determination and focus. Never mind that you are a woman. Do not think about that except as a competitive advantage. No one is going to give you anything on a silver platter. You have to work twice, thrice, five times as hard and do not lose focus. Work with your passion, it will keep you going and once you have a footing in your business, make the most of it and create the momentum and that will get rid of all the little challenges that may bog you down. Lastly, choose your team carefully and get rid of non-performers soon enough.”"
"The business idea was after the realization of a gap that I had noted in the market for a service and quality-oriented security services provider"
"Let me say that right from a tender age, I had always told myself and everyone that I was going to start and run my own business, which I always envisioned as a large business. I enrolled in an entrepreneurial development program in 1995 and this sharpened my entrepreneurial competencies. I learned elements like opportunity seeking, goal setting, business planning, networking, and more"
"I thought there was a gap in the industry. Companies that were there were not living up to the needs of the clients. The industry was renowned for wild cat strikes and guards generally were perceived as the lowly-paid in any sector. I wanted to change the perceptions and create a niche in which people could carve out a career and I knew I needed to go in with a different approach and that approach was going to make the difference, the people had to be key or central feature of the vision"
"I always knew that treating the customer as the boss was the key thing"
"And creating value, giving the best value… is the way we built loyalty"
"Success depends on employees. For me knowing and connecting with my employees is very important. I have done that very well"
"I have ensured that I aligned their personal goals with their business goals and that makes everybody go in tandem with each other. I try to know almost all my 4,000 employees: their families, their aspirations, their worst fears and so on"
"I have learnt that earning by working hard is the way to go"
"One of the key features in any business leader is execution… and it is a critical block in building a successful enterprise"
"Pay it off, don’t pay it forward. Or put simply: be frugal"
"The seventh lesson that I learnt is to always keep on learning. I believe in learning all the time, I’m a life-long learner… I also believe in re-learning, because there are always new things coming out. My kids are teaching me things today"
"In our company we believe in celebrating success because it creates, and maintains, momentum,” she noted. “Everyone celebrates even the little things that we succeed in doing, and we have a jolly good time. That is how people look forward to winning and being successful. Because they know there are rewards of celebration"
"For me, failure teaches self-confidence and tenacity"
"One of the things I noted in my country was that women were not getting the opportunity to get formal employment, in particular the many widows and the single mothers due to HIV/Aids. Today our company is arguably the largest employer of permanently employed women. We employ over 1,000 women, contributing at least 25% of our workforce"
"We now all accept that Covid-19 is a destroyer. Covid-19 is not good at all, that is why you now see us with masks which were previously for doctors and nurses."
"She can actually give me advice on how to overcome the challenges. Do not hate anyone even at church. You should not have a permanent enemy even in politics. Do not be weighed down by hate and jealousy."
"I’m not into politics any more."
"I will support you and you can send me anywhere, Amai, when it comes to issues involving women empowerment and family unity."
"Today we confirm our existence as a viable homegrown political party. Zimbabwe People First is here; we are not fighting one man but a system, that system which is unjust."
"Mujuru’s role in Zimbabwe’s independence fight has added to her cachet. She joined that battle in the 1970s, before she had even completed secondary school. Efforts to overthrow the Rhodesian government included guerrilla tactics. According to some reports, her nickname during that era was Teurai Ropa, which in Shona means Spill Blood. When former President Robert Mugabe became Zimbabwe’s leader in 1980, Mujuru was a key figure in his administration."
"When Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980, Mujuru at age 25 was the youngest cabinet minister under then-president Robert Mugabe."
"Zimbabwe’s only ever female vice-president (VP), Joice Mujuru, 65, has called time on her political career, as women’s groups call for another female in the position."
"Appreciate that Rome was not build in one day, so take time to perfect what you are doing and you will come up with a beautiful and unique product."
"Learn from others and create networks."
"The best way to improve on workplace diversity is to build inclusive workspaces that accommodate the natural role a woman must play in her family & society."
"I started in circular music doing Urban Grooves for some time when I was a bit younger and it was a good learning curve"
"Well, in our previous events we did not feature other artistes and it is always good to bring diversity and colour to every event and these artistes are some of my friends, so as I celebrate 10 years of recording gospel music, I thought it will be a good thing to have an inclusive event, where we just come to celebrate together"
"We are always working with different themes, our sound has always been different from what you see on the general gospel scene, it is a mixture of both the young and the old, the energetic and the calm, a mixture of different languages and different backgrounds"
"If you look at someone like Takesure Zamar, who speaks about seven languages and he brings that to the table, we have Evelyn coming from Kenya, she carries that to the table and it becomes a mixture that will cater for every member in the body of Christ"
"We are very grateful to God for the reception that people have been giving on this album. The sound is different, the sound is new"
"The testimonies that we have received from people who have listened to it, we see that you have been doing something worthwhile and making a difference in people’s lives"
"We always want to include the audience in our work. We do that because they are part of the production, so when we do live recordings it is not just your voice coming out or your musicians playing, but its everyone, so even the person who is worshiping in the audience which makes it more inclusive"
"There is an excitement that comes with connecting with audience and connecting them with God"
"Piracy is always there, but there are ways around it and one of the things is that my genre of music has never been mainstream, so I am not affected much by piracy"
"You can make a brighter day one smile at time, changing the world starts by changing the life of an individual buy a ticket and most importantly do not forget to buy for someone who needs to be there, everybody needs Jesus. Sekerera"
"Zimbabwean music has been underrated for a while now and yet we have artistes which are well-seasoned"
"I will be dropping an album end of this year and my main aim is for the album to open doors for our local artists on the international market"
"For a whole group of opposition outfits to team up and make noise about an unsigned FAKE document is an embarrassing desperation for political relevance"
"I remember I was the only one my age with a cell phone in Chitungwiza"
"While the issues had been raised as a matter of principle and for the need to contribute meaningfully to this government especially by upholding the oversight function of parliament provided for under Section 119 (3) of the constitution, it is apparent to mention that proof beyond reasonable doubt under the circumstances would be impossible, making such a publication defamatory"
"I therefore wish to issue an apology, unreservedly, to Mr George Guvamatanga for the reputational damage the tweets may have caused, and I have made instructions that the tweets be erased with immediate effect"
"due process will be followed in accordance with the Standing Rules and Orders and the Constitution of Zimbabwe leading to a properly approved motion"
"I am void of personal opinions where God’s name is mentioned, but what I do know is that Prophecy is a God’s calling, you don’t just wake up, open a church and say you want to be a prophet."
"We have recently interacted with some organisations in South Africa and decided that we needed to intensify the fight against poverty by providing sustainable relief to the people through various interventions including scholarships."
"I’m passionate about people attending school because education is the key to success and we do this quietly. As you can see, the people are struggling and we cannot sit around and not assist"
"It does not matter which part of Africa is affected, we all need to work together"
"As a Pan Africanist l believe that Africa is for all of us and every citizen of any African country should feel safe and secure anywhere"
"The African Union is currently working towards achieving regional integration, peace, and stability in all parts of Africa in pursuit of Agenda 2063"
"It is wrong and barbaric for any Group of people to kill an immigrant in the name of ”operation go back to your country"
"It is un-African and against the dictates of ubuntu which binds us as a people. l urge all African citizens to love, respect, and tolerate each other as we are each other’s keepers."
"No single country or person can succeed alone, we need God and we need good people"
"I always watch my shows and fail to understand where I get some of the things I say or responses I give during the shoot."
"One has to understand the concept and intended results."
"I love what I do and would be happy for it to be even more vibrant after my departure, hence there is need to cast the net even outside the family."
"Society, particularly families, remain the core focus."
"Covid-19 affected us a lot, but there is always a silver lining in every difficult situation."
"What I seek is to add value first in people’s lives with what I do."
"I believe the long success of the Mai Chisamba Show is a result of delivering valuable content to the viewers."
"It’s late for people to be blaming the parents and police."
"One thing I’ve learnt in my career is to always focus on the positive things. I believe that’s one thing that has brought me this far as people love the fact that I’m always positive minded."
"I don’t want a situation whereby when I’m gone, my grandchildren or children will say I didn’t have time for them."
"It’s not an abomination to move with the times as a nation."
"We need to advise our children but consider their interests first and foremost."
"What we may have failed to do should not be imposed on our children."
"We need to guide our younger generations."
"Celebrities cannot afford to be egoistic due to fame. We’re servants to the public and if we become carried away, we trigger our own downfall."
"You bite into your own fame if you don’t respect and appreciate your followers. Be available to the public. Let’s be available. Icons should not think anyone asking for them is looking for favours."
"It’s the grace of God, one needs to be consistent in their chosen vocation. Nothing in life comes on a platter."
"Parents, guardians and society at large must be responsible to use social media platforms for the benefit of our people."
"We’re the source of inspiration for our children without being indifferent or denigrating them."