MOST Zimbabweans regard tattoos as a form of open rebellion with some employers indicating they will not hire employees with visible ink or multiple piercings. While the practice is limited in Zimbabwe, for the tattoo artists business is booming never mind the economic meltdown. Many are now inking their memories permanently on their bodies. From…
HARARE – Recently, memes and chain messages flooded the social media after a judge ruled that evidence gathered by a spouse who had snooped through their better half’s phone was inadmissible in court. The judge simply ruled that it was an unethical way of gathering evidence. I cannot even believe I am wasting over 1 000…
HARARE – Facets of Power: Politics, Profits and People in the Making of Zimbabwe’s Blood Diamonds, Edited by Richard Saunders and Tinashe Nyamunda; Harare, Weaver Press, 2016. THE discovery of diamonds in Marange was probably the best news to have emerged from Zimbabwe since the turn of the millennium. It generated hope in a population…
EDITOR — With the 2018 elections gathering momentum, Zimbabweans can only win against Zanu PF if the opposition parties unite and work together for the betterment of our country. Leaders of the opposition parties should put their differences aside and work together for a better Zimbabwe. From media reports, there seems to be some issues…
HARARE – Given that Africa has entered the new millennium with very little improvement in the way it has been conducting its affairs over many years and the fact that the present systems and models of governance and leadership look most unlikely to produce radical changes that may lead to poverty being at the very…
HARARE – After missing in action for quite a considerable time, the Mitsubishi Pajero has made a dramatic entry into the Zimbabwean market. This was after a leading luxury vehicle distributor, Zimoco, recently clinched a lucrative deal to distribute and service Mitsubishi vehicles in the country. [GoogleAd] The marriage between Zimoco and Mitsubishi, which was…
HARARE – Poor service delivery is the key driver of the typhoid outbreak in Harare, city director of health Prosper Chonzi has said. According to health committee minutes, Chonzi said since January 22, there had been 101 suspected cases, 13 confirmed and no deaths from the disease. Chonzi said the water and sanitation situation in…
MARANGE – Thick clouds of red dust billow into the sky in the distance. Suddenly a monster diamond ore dump truck emerges leaving us choking in a swirling storm of dirt. Without frequent rains to dampen the soil, government-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Mining Company (ZCDMC)’s mining activities have coated the roadside vegetation, rocks and villages…
HARARE – Anyone who has driven around Zimbabwe’s roads knows that they are in need of a serious facelift, if not a complete overhaul. In the past, the roads used to be very bad after every rainy season, but now it feels like our roads are on a daily basis finding new ways to crumble,…
HARARE – Government must never be given space or opportunity to regulate and control the media as doing so will be counterproductive to media professionalism and the media should take charge and control its affairs, a senior editor warned during the annual Bornwell Chakaodza Memorial Lecture. The lecture was organised by the Voluntary Media Council…
