Willineta school of chess dominates
There was a Prestigious A Section, B Section as well as the Girls Section. The Chief Arbiter of the tournament was FA Farirai Gumbe and the Tournament Director was FA elect and NI Mawire. Two...
View ArticlePositive values
One important area where I have seen improvement is where men show greater consideration for women. Everything to do with caring for babies used to be strictly women’s work. The new health policies...
View ArticleA tribute to Sam Moyo – a giant of agrarian studies
Professor Sam Moyo This is a terrible loss for Zimbabwe, Africa and the world. Sam had a massive intellect and a deep knowledge of agrarian issues, especially in Zimbabwe. He argued strongly for land...
View ArticleSearching my soul this Sixteen Days
The media, who largely forget about us during the year, will be upon us with their incessant, last minute requests for sound bites on what this period from 25 November (International Day of No Violence...
View Article”Complexities around Zanu (PF) succession: state and party constitutions”
Second VP Phelekezela Mphoko, President Robert Mugabe and First VP Emmerson Mnangagwa COMPLEXITIES AROUND ZANU PF SUCCESSION-STATE AND PARTY CONSTITUTIONS The post ”Complexities around Zanu (PF)...
View ArticleComputer lab for Shurugwi
Dr Frank Mbengo This is part of an effort to strengthen the self-help education offered to students at Chachacha business centre in the mining town of Shurugwi. This project is the brainchild of Dr...
View ArticlePSMAS doctors down syringes
It never rains but pours for the troubled Public Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) as doctors at the parastatal’s West End Hospital have terminated their services with immediate effect, effectively...
View ArticleMujuru plotted to kill me Kabila way, says President Mugabe
Also attacked by Mugabe … Morgan Tsvangirai Speaking in Gweru Saturday, the 91-year-old president also attacked opposition MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai saying he could not think for himself and...
View ArticleMugabe ruins Telecel to punish Makamba?
Leading Telecel takeover … Supa Mandiwanzira The decision by a bankrupt government to acquire a 60 percent stake in mobile telephone company Telecel is the latest example of how destructive the...
View ArticleUSAID Food for Peace
To improve household food security and nutrition in Matabeleland North and South, the Amalima activity is helping communities improve access to and availability of food, community resilience to shocks,...
View ArticlePres: No Uhuru party, lets clean Tanzania
Lets clean the streets … Tanzanian leader John Magufuli “It is so shameful that we are spending huge amounts of money to celebrate 54 years of independence when our people are dying of cholera,”...
View ArticleMPs called to stop arbitrary detentions
Section 121 unconstitutional … Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said Parliament should “harmonise section 121 (3) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence...
View Article“Terminated” former District RG boss reinstated
Mupambo who faced a long suspension since May 2015 pending disciplinary hearing battles before finally been terminated is to resume duty on the 30th of November 2015, a reliable source informed. The...
View ArticlePM urges RENAMO to disarm voluntarily
Carlos Agostinho do Rosario Speaking in the country’s parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, at the end of a question and answer session between the deputies and the government, Rosario praised the...
View ArticleThe ups and downs of 2015 and a prognosis for 2016
Obert Gutu As the formal economy continued to implode and more and more workers were rendered jobless, the year has been a very trying one so far. In addition, the political scene has been dominated by...
View ArticleMugabe takes struggling Air Zimbabwe under his wing
JOHANNESBURG – As crisis-hit South African Airways (SAA) tries to stave off the publication of an internal memo on its financial status, President Robert Mugabe is stepping in to protect his own...
View ArticleKereke loses car over debt
Munyaradzi Kereke The Zanu PF MP’s Range Rover will be auctioned at the Revelations Auctioneers workshop in the capital. According to a public notice, the Range Rover will be sold at the instigation of...
View ArticleMr Ugly pageant turns ugly
Mr ugly Chonzi, a retired member of the Zimbabwe National Army band, has been fighting Apama over the past few years, arguing that he conceived the pageant in 2009 with the blessings of the National...
View ArticleYour liberation is near
The simple life of the child soon ends and questions arise and never stop. The conference on climate change that opens in Paris aims to answer questions that will not go away. It wants to fix the...
View ArticleZima, $4,5k to bring Marley’s family to Zim
Damian Marley wanted to know about the award as the family doesn’t know about it. This comes after Bob Marley Music manager, Doreen Crujeiras raised the alarm earlier in the week that the Marley family...
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