© “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…
© WHAT started off as a strategy to avoid afternoon general work at school during Barbara Nyangairi’s teenage years, grew into a passion that later saw her founding the Deaf Zimbabwe Trust — a voluntary organisation that promotes the rights and interest of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) people in Zimbabwe. [GoogleAd] The…
© AT ITS inception in May last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Special Anti-Corruption Unit in his office, pledged to root out corruption in the country. [GoogleAd] The unit came under scrutiny after arrests and prosecutions seemed to target sacked ministers and businesspeople. There was a sense that the unit was being used as a tool…
© MINING towns around Zimbabwe have been turned into battlegrounds in recent months by machete-wielding groups seeking control of mining fields and precious minerals such as gold. [GoogleAd] In Kwekwe, Shurugwi and Gokwe they are infamously known as the Al Shabaab — named after Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, more commonly known as al-Shabaab, an East Africa-based…
