LONDON – The fifth edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards was held on Saturday evening as hundreds turned out to celebrate the achievements of this year’s nominees and winners. Below are some of the pictures from the night.
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This year’s gala dinner was also a remarkable achievement for the ZAA in that, apart from some support from the money transfer agency World Remit, the event was almost entirely self-financed.
Held at the five-star Royal garden Hotel in Kensington, London, the awards also saw four churches and two community groups receive the Chairman’s special recognition for making significant and consistent contributions to the Zimbabwean community.
They are ZAOGA Forward in Faith Ministries, Apostolic Faith Mission UK, Zimbabwe Catholic Community UK, Methodist Church Zimbabwe Fellowship UK, Zimbabwe Association, and Zimbabwe Christian Men’s Fellowship.
The groups were recognised as part of ZAA’s 2015 theme “Stronger Community, Secure Future”.
ZAA Chairman Conrad Mwanza hailed the groups for their work as the community’s support pillars and also called on the diaspora community itself to come together and embrace its role in rebuilding Zimbabwe.
“We can certainly make a difference, and I’d like to urge all of us to embrace this challenge and step up to the task of building the Zimbabwe that we would all like to see
Mwana Africa CEO Kalaa Mpinga received a Friend of Zimbabwe award for services to business while ANC youth representative in the UK Xolani Xala and Tor Clausen also received a friend of Zimbabwe award.
Zimbabwe Tourism Authority’s UK representative Felicia Munjaidi was recognised for services to tourism while musician and community advocate Lucky Moyo was recognised for services to the community.
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