Chiefs fed rotten meat at celebrations
Manicaland Provincial Affairs Minister Mandi Chimene. Manicaland got 12 gold medals and the local organising committee held victory celebrations at Chancellor Primary School with Provincial Affairs...
View ArticlePensioners deserve money, dignity
In particular, there is need to put in place a system that makes it possible for pensioners now living in the diaspora to get their money. As we report in this edition, the government owes pensioners...
View ArticleWe’re all in the same boat
We all have equal dignity because we are born human; being black, white or yellow, rich or poor, strong or sickly, clever or a bit slow doesn’t change that. That means we all start entitled to an equal...
View ArticleThe G40 are mere spoilsports
Tawanda Majoni Despite its pervasive presence in the factional fights, though, its leaders have only a peripheral chance of taking over the baton from Mugabe, for a variety of reasons. The term G40...
View ArticleCaught in a spider’s web of lies
Vince Musewe “The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities which make it seem inconceivable that other...
View ArticleSchool dropout invents green generator
Maxwell Chikumbutso: The school dropout with the world at his feet. (Pic courtesy of Techzim) Henry Ford dropped out at 16 and later founded Ford Motor Company in 1903, a company that was valued at...
View ArticleRelief as villagers get toilets
Nelia Moyo -Chairperson Family members of the 37 homesteads in the area used to relieve themselves in nearby bushes and open spaces until HelpAge Zimbabwe came to their aid by assisting in the...
View ArticleThe shifting sands of Zanu (PF) factionalism
Jonathan Moyo: used the state media to dismiss the growing belief that Mnangagwa was Mugabe’s anointed heir. Zanu (PF)’s 2014 congress was purportedly rallied to establish a membership base solidly...
View ArticleIs Cohabiting marriage?
Some do not want to get married. Others find lobola charges too high and unaffordable. Some think paying lobola is an outdated custom that should be done away with and so they do not even attempt to...
View ArticleZEC’s unconstitutionally appointed commissioner(s)
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Chairperson, Rita Makarau. On the occasion, the current “Chairperson of ZEC”, Justice Rita Makarau, expressed her delight that ZEC was “once again a complete...
View ArticleTraining unleashes creativity
PAKAM KISOKO, UGANDA – JULY 25: Women from the Pakamu Women and Girls group meeting to make Tie and Die garments as an income generating activity. They sell the garments in the market and use the...
View ArticleInvitation to ZHTS Fundraising Social Event
fundraising flyer The post Invitation to ZHTS Fundraising Social Event appeared first on The Zimbabwean.
View ArticleViolence victims given a new lease on life
Gender-based violence robs victims of their self-esteem and confidence, and entrepreneurship training restores these.Monica Mhoshiwa suffered gender-based violence for 13 years and was not able to...
View ArticleKhama save Zimbabwe
The petition reads: To the Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), President Ian Khama of Botswana We wish to alert you to alarming threats by the military in Zimbabwe to employ...
View ArticleTransdisciplinary perspectives on soils are crucial for sustainability
Soils are important, but despite this are poorly understood. And I don’t just mean their physical, chemical or biological properties, but soils are also social, political and economic resources. In...
View ArticleDysfunctional Zimbabwe
Mr Mugabe signs the new constitution in 2013 The agonising and costly writing of a new Zimbabwe constitution, accepted overwhelmingly in a 2013 referendum, seems to have been yet another waste of time...
View ArticleZimbabwe rising
I have no doubt in my mind that it is possible. I think that our problem is that we have focused too much on politics led by our media. Of course I have not been immune to the disease and I have done...
View ArticleThree burnt to death in Chimanimani veld fire
The fire which is believed to have been started by illegal squatters who settled themselves in the vast timber plantations during the height of the land invasions has been raging on since Sunday last...
View ArticleUK woman from Zimbabwe living with her husband and lover in same house
Loved up: Paul, left, Maria and Peter (Picture by Daily Mirror) “People might think it’s weird but I love both men and couldn’t choose between them,” the mum of two told the UK Daily Mirror. Maria...
View ArticleGrace Mugabe, Simon Muzenda and the baboon
Grace Mugabe Addressing a rally in Chivi, rural Masvingo at a time when ZANU PF was struggling with defections and apathy, Muzenda blasted Zvobgo whom he labelled as a nonentity in ZANU PF. “Chinohi...
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