© THE impeding rainy season casts a shadow of dread over the mountainous Chimanimani area in the Manicaland Province of eastern Zimbabwe — an area distinguished by large peaks, the highest reaching to 2 440m and stretching for some 50km, to form the border with Mozambique. [GoogleAd] Villagers here fret over the next “big one”,…
© GRACE Mugabe, the second wife of the late strongman Robert Mugabe, was the most influential woman in Zimbabwe until her sudden downfall in November 2017 after her husband was toppled in a soft coup by the military. [GoogleAd] Born in Benoni, South Africa, on July 23, 1965 to migrant parents as the fourth of…
© FUNERALS in our culture are an opportunity to vent one’s deep-seated opinions and emotions on topical issues, be they personal, family or national, while enjoying the same privileges and protection akin to academic freedom. [GoogleAd] I seek to do exactly that, “kurova bembera” in Shona before this special window closes following the sad but…
© CORRUPTION has over the past two decades decimated the country’s economy. [GoogleAd] Ordinary folks have bore the brunt of corruption with those in positions of power diverting resources to benefit a few individuals and perpetuating inequalities and vulnerability, subjecting the weak to poverty and stripping them of their dignity. While corruption will never disappear…
© The health sector has been dogged by a myriad challenges, including shortages of drugs, equipment and foreign currency which have translated into exorbitant fees, with footprints of bad economy written all over. . . [GoogleAd] TAURAI Ncube (not his real name), a thin, wiry, middle-aged man gazed into the horizon after the doctors handed…
© TRAGEDY befell the Nyandoro family when the breadwinner — who was head of the household and a teacher by profession — suffered a stroke which left him paralysed. [GoogleAd] After three years living with paralysis, the man passed on, leaving behind five children (three girls and two boys) and a wife. For Getrude Nee Nyandoro-Chimange, who…
© THE CURTAINS come down on the first session of the ninth Parliament next week but the session will go down in history as one that has made little impact, dismally failing to address the country’s ginormous political and economic crises. [GoogleAd] During the first session, at least 30 Bills were expected to be tabled….
© THE ruling Zanu PF party has developed a penchant for excuses to mask its failures, political analysts have said. [GoogleAd] The party, which has been in power for the past 39 years, has been accused of running down the country’s economy, abusing human rights and using every means necessary to remain in power. After…
© WHEN the magistrate announced her ruling and sentenced him to two years in jail, the usually bold Paddington Japajapa, an MDC activist, felt tears welling in his eyes. Time stood still as he stared blankly in front of a packed courthouse. [GoogleAd] He remembers the name of the magistrate who convicted him, and even…
© MILLIONS of Zimbabweans face the spectre of a famine for the second year in a row after drought hit sub-Saharan Africa’s erstwhile breadbasket — now a basket case — the [GoogleAd] Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said as the United Nations ramped up its aid appeal to more than $331 million. The current El Niño-linked…
