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HARARE – After over a decade of frosty relations, Western delegations have made proposals to re-engage Zimbabwe, but Zimbabwean authorities are insisting that relations can only normalise if “Britain removes the first family from sanctions “imposed” by London. Last week saw about three Western delegations visit various government ministers with various conditions for re-engagement and…

HARARE – If there is any business that is doing well in Zimbabwe at the moment when the economy is declining, it has to be the hair industry. Recent statistics from the Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (Zimstats) show that local women spent $13 million on hair and hair products between January 2013 and July 2014. A…

HARARE – Zimbabweans from across the political, academic and social divide are still expressing outrage over the awarding of a PhD degree by the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) to President Robert Mugabe’s wife Grace, two weeks ago. Grace was awarded a doctorate in sociology at the UZ where she was capped by Mugabe, the institution’s…

HARARE – Zimbabweans have awakened to the real value of a $1 as they are pegging most of their merchandise at that price. From jackets, trousers, dresses to packaged foods, the $1 price has been the easiest to trade in and even a plate of hot sadza or chips costs a dollar. “Box rako remaKellogs…

HARARE – When Willard moved into Tafadzwa’s flat, he had promised her they would get married within a year. Although she had an engagement ring to show for it, today, six years down the line, the couple are yet to be married. Although Tafadzwa was initially excited about the idea, today she felt used and…

HARARE – Women  in Zimbabwe are reluctant to use the female condoms with many of them leaving the choice of either using a male or female condom to men. Last Wednesday Zimbabwe commemorated the World Female Condom Day in Chinhoyi amid reports that particular form of contraceptive was not popular. It was reported that instead,…

HARARE – Ever since the privacy of the phone booth was banished by cell phones nearly two decades ago, many Zimbabweans have been exposed for what they are — liars, and damn good liars they are. They do so unabashedly. There are those who lie with a smile on their faces. They are a little…

HARARE – Chitungwiza’s opera starts early, and there is no charge. Lights, camera, action! Enter, the mother and child duo whose only song is Mitsvairo, (brooms). They are the harbingers of the day’s repertoire which starts as early as 5am. With her daughter in tow, the duo wakes up the lazy house maids and housewives…

HARARE – Gospel power couple pastors Charles and Olivia Charamba say the collaborative 10-song album they will officially launch at Ster-Kinekor Eastgate will  make a big impact like the Fifa World Cup. The album, being released four years after the duo last released individual albums, is called WeNazareta. “Yes, we are finally releasing a new…

HARARE – The adoption of a new constitution by Zimbabwe last year provided a ray of hope to thousands of people living with disability, who have for long felt discriminated. Compared to the Lancaster House-drafted constitution, the new constitution specifically provided for disability as a prohibited ground of discrimination meaning that persons with disabilities are…