© WHEN she left the mining town of Kwekwe in 2007 in search of greener pastures in Australia, Susan Vivian Mutami expected to find world class health services and facilities in her new home. [GoogleAd] While in her mind jobs, education, health and other essential services were easily available in the developed world, she was…
© ZIMBABWE’s economy is going through one of its leanest periods in a decade, with runaway inflation and ever-rising prices of goods and services, developments that have spawned untold suffering for the citizens, who have endured a lot since the days of the late former president Robert Mugabe. [GoogeAd] Our reporter Fungi Kwaramba sat down…
© EDGAR Moyo’s outstanding electricity bill is rising inexorably, a burgeoning debt owed to Zimbabwe’s struggling power utility. [GoogleAd] Moyo’s household owes $230 to State-controlled firm Zesa Holdings Limited, a minute part of the $1,2 billion in unpaid bills by household consumers, government departments, parastatals, local authorities and commercial farmers. Moyo has largely engaged in…
© “I want out!” Sheila Chimusoro screamed as she banged the door of her Chitungwiza matrimonial home. [GoogleAd] She left her husband, who is a carpenter at a local trading centre, in total shock. This was her final stand in their rocky five-year marriage. The previous evening, the couple had a serious fight over money…
© DUMILE Ncube was born 27 years ago.Affectionately known as Dumi, now a vendor selling fruits in Bulawayo’s central business district (CBD), he was a prelingual hearing-impaired individual — someone born with a hearing loss, and this occurred before he began to speak. [GoogleAd] Although he experienced some medical problems shortly after his birth, his…
© ZIMBABWE is witnessing a rise in scammers targeting “naive” government bigwigs, prominent businessmen and even celebrity preachers. [GoogleAd] Authorities have issued a warning about the rising number of scams, as this perfidy has become a way of life for the young con-artists. They pretend to be from the Judicial Services Commission, tax agency Zimra,…
© SOARING prices of farm inputs and operating costs, pose the greatest risk to Zimbabwe’s food security situation as the cost of production per hectare for the 2018/2019 agricultural season has escalated beyond what the bulk of the farmers can afford, farmers unions have warned. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe, once the bread-basket of southern Africa is currently…
© CASH-STRAPPED commuters in Harare have resorted to walking to their work stations as the economy continues taking its toll on ordinary citizens. [GoogleAd] This comes as the government recently increased fuel prices by 27 percent which subsequently led to a sharp increase in commuter fares. Commuter omnibuses plying most urban routes now charge between…
© IT’S the rush hour at Harare’s busiest bus terminus, Copacabana — named after one of the most famous and most beautiful beaches in the world in the south zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. [GoogleAd] Unlike the serene beaches of Copacabana in Rio, here plumes of black smoke are coughed…
© World Mental Health Day is observed on October 10 every year and it is timely that we reserve this week’s column to this often forgotten health issue. [GoogleAd] Mental illness refers to a wide range of mental health conditions, disorders that affect one’s mood, thinking and behaviour and this includes depression, anxiety disorders, suicidal…
