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Billiat could be out for weeks
Zimbabwe Warriors winger, Khama Billiat. The Mamelodi Sundowns star was one of those listed as likely to miss their side’s midweek league game against newly-crowned MTN8 champions, Ajax Cape Town, at...
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Veteran Zimbabwe-born long distance runner, Brighton Chipere. Chipere won the same race three years ago and remains hopeful for another podium finish this time round, having missed out in previous...
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Zhanda slams “useless” workers
Deputy minister of Agriculture, Paddy Zhanda: Because we want cheap votes we tell people lies. That’s very bad. Speaking at the commissioning of Zhulube Irrigation scheme Aquaculture project in Insiza...
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Foot and Mouth needs urgent action
Paul Bogaert There is need for government and other stakeholders to act decisively to avert the dire consequences that this highly contagious disease brings with it. The prevailing outbreak is...
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Where does the money come from?
Many bundle of US 100 dollars bank notes It is scandalous that any child should be turned away from school merely because his or her parents can’t pay the fees. But Your Excellency, it is not enough to...
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Minister flees London demo – 23rd September 2015
The conference was aimed at getting money from the diaspora and was scheduled to be held at the Zimbabwe Embassy. Demonstrators from the Zimbabwe Vigil and it sister organisation the Restoration of...
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The President’s Speech
Robert Mugabe You could hear a pin drop in the hall as he caught our attention with his crystal clear analysis of the situation then (1974). “If we have to go into detention again we will!” Ten years...
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No smoke without fire
Tawanda Majoni We continue to be ruled by an old man who is hailed as a revolutionary – yet there is hardly anything in reality to support that. Our president has read the wrong speech at the official...
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We need the right policies
Vince Musewe There is no doubt in my mind that Zimbabwe faces catastrophic failure because of the refusal of President Mugabe to realise the above truth. Zimbabwe will not go anywhere any time soon...
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Council sewer workers exposed to health hazards
A Gimboki sewer worker without protective clothing. The workers are made to work in water filled with human waste with no proper protective clothing – thus exposing them to serious health hazards....
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Twin raise funds for rural libraries
The Zimbabwe Rural Schools Library Trust is working in many different countries to raise money for reading materials for rural schools. “Imagine how difficult learning would be if students did not have...
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CIO pay day moved
Inside sources said morale among security staff was very low “and most of us are no longer as dedicated to the job as we used to be”. President Robert Mugabe’s trusted spooks in the Central...
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Commercial farmer slams UK Zim investment conf
On the instructions of a senior government minister we were given an hour to get off our farm, at gun point, leaving everything behind including the crops in the ground. The following is the text of a...
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Seduction damages: How does one prove seduction?
Under customary law, because it is the father who claims seduction damages, it is not a requirement for him to show that his daughter was a virgin. He only needs to show that the man he is suing had...
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A delicate balance: Hunting vs conservation
A number of years ago it was discovered that hunters were taking out all the males in prime condition and numbers were declining rapidly. The response was a total ban on hunting lions. They walked for...
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Single mothers need support
The importance of schooling and vocational training for young, outcast mothers is paramount according to Single Mothers Association.Faith Jacha, the founder of the Single Mothers Association (SMA),...
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Female chief lays down the law
Chief Nonhlanhla Ndube: I am executing all my duties with authority and firmness like male chiefs do across the country.An elegantly dressed young lady emerges from a nearby house, to be greeted by a...
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Grocery buying clubs mushroom
A member of the Eston saving club showing some of the groceries.With the state of the economy failing to improve, grocery buying clubs are a survival tactic to which many enterprising women have...
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Mugabe’s same old song
Speaking after the launch of a new UN development programme, the 91-year-old complained that Zimbabwe lacks resources to implement the programme because of sanctions imposed by Western countries. Freed...
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Water, land and politics in southern Africa
It’s called Remaking Mutirikwi: Landscape, Water and Belonging in Southern Zimbabwe, and is published by James Currey. It’s long and detailed, but important and fascinating (preview here). It tells the...
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