HARARE – Since adoption of the multi-currency regime in 2009, following a multi-billion percent inflationary meltdown caused by rampant money-printing, spawning critical cash shortages — debate has been raging on whether to adopt the rand or not. Discussions on this will certainly gain renewed currency after President Robert Mugabe last week hinted that Zimbabwe should…
HARARE – A sleep disorder is a condition that frequently impacts your ability to get enough quality sleep. While it’s normal to occasionally experience difficulties in sleeping, it’s not normal to regularly have problems getting to sleep at night, to wake up feeling exhausted, or to feel sleepy during the day. Frequently having trouble sleeping…
MUTARE – Blindness has not inhibited Johannes Lovemore Landini (42) from being one of Mutare’s finest weavers and craftsmen. Landini has earned a great reputation for weaving quality products like chest of drawers, chairs, coffee tables and lounge suites using reeds. Many have found it difficult to accept the fact that the gritty Landini only…
HARARE – Do you know anyone who isn’t at times stressed out these days? The pace of modern life makes stress management a necessary skill for everyone. Many people juggle multiple responsibilities, work, home life, caregiving and relationships. Learning to identify problems and implement solutions is the key to successful stress reduction. Stress is a…
HARARE – For most tobacco users, tobacco cravings or urges to smoke can be powerful. But you’re not at the mercy of these cravings. When an urge to use tobacco strikes, remember that although it may be intense, it will probably pass within five to 10 minutes whether or not you smoke a cigarette or…
HARARE – Terrence Chikumbirike spends the better part of his day walking around Harare’s suburbs and the city centre collecting polyethylene terephthalate or PET plastic containers for a living. With no educational qualifications, he earns almost $6 daily from his labour. Chikumbirike is part of the thousands of people around Harare who are directly assisting in…
HARARE – It is the signature sound of a bustling market: vendors shouting about their wares to passersby while thousands of flies buzz in a huge wooden compartment containing meat of all kinds. Up to 70 percent of traders in the Chigovanyika Shopping Complex in St Mary’s suburb depend on pitching to shift perishable goods…
HARARE – With over 50 percent of its locomotive fleet down, the National Railways of Zimbabwe NRZ) locomotive yard has become a favourite location for image makers such as photographers and videographers. The rusty, broken down coaches and the unkempt grass are visually extraordinary, picture perfect in fact. Urban grooves musicians Tererai Mugwadi and Maskiri…
HARARE – Vendor Tapiwa Gumande quickly gathers her tomatoes and onions from the pavement and throws them in a box as she takes to her heels, fleeing from a joint taskforce of State and municipal police. In the process, about five of her tomatoes spill to the ground, but she does not look back with…
HARARE – Buying school supplies for the new curriculum has become costly as well as confusing. Many parents wonder if some of the supplies — including expensive coloured and plain bond paper, traditional percussion instruments such as pianos and mbiras, Pritt, sticky-stuff, more exercise books, mini laptops, display files, more boxes of crayons and several other…
