adminDiarrhoea: We all have a role to play
Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter
It is half curled with a runny and grainy mustard texture protruding from the sides of the soiled diaper which was ravished by stray dogs. Huge green flies usually associated with human excreta fly from one pamper to another and sometimes cross sand
LRA: Small but ruthless to Uganda
Prof Mungai wa Muthaithai
THE belief that the end is nigh for Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army – a small but ruthless transnational armed group operating in four African states – underestimates its resilience and overestimates the unity and capability of the forces ranged
Urban well-drilling: Ticking time bomb
“Chitungwiza Town Council is failing to provide us with water to the extent that sometimes we spend a week without the precious liquid. “Water woes have forced us to dig wells and if you do find a house without one yet, tenants at that house are in the process of mobilising funds to sink one,” says a disgruntled resident of Chitungwiza’s Unit J suburb, Priscilla Simuka.
A dairy farmer par excellence
Fortious Nhambura Features Writer
“I had to quit my job to focus on my passion – dairy farming – and I had to make a tough decision that meant relocating from the bright lights of the city to the farm,” said Mr Lovemore Mugabe as he supervised the afternoon milking session of his 350
Disclosure: A difficult road to traverse
DISCLOSURE is a process and some people have found it a difficult road to traverse after testing HIV positive. HIV, unlike other medical conditions, is treated with shame and disdain by society as it is stereotyped as a condition for those with loose morals. Virginia is a female aged 26 who said she will forever regret the day she disclosed her status to her parents. She is
American Idol producer fights rival shows
LOS ANGELES. – “American Idol” executive producer Nigel Lythgoe came out fighting against rival TV shows on Tuesday, calling singing contest “The Voice” a “gimmicky” show and making clear he was fed up with defending “Idol’s” slipping ratings. Speaking to reporters following headlines of bumper audiences for this week’s return of NBC’s “The Voice”, Lythgoe
Alliance Francaise hosts Adam Chisvo tribute concert
Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
JAZZ sensations Victor Kunonga, Chiwoniso Maraire and Hope Masike will tonight host a concert in tribute to the late mbira guru, Adam Chisvo. The two-hour concert will be held at Alliance Francaise from 7:30pm. Alliance Francaise executive director
Zim is a jazz talent haven, says US band
Entertainment Reporter
Zimbabwe is an enormous talent haven of jazz that should take the world by storm anytime soon, revealed the visiting American jazz band Dennis Luxion/Michael Raynor Quartet. The jazz ensemble was holding a music workshop for the youth
Sickness could not hold her down
Richmore Tera Arts Correspondent
WHILE to many people, being admitted into hospital might mean spending one’s time lamenting over the pain they are going through, for motivational speaker and author Apostole Florence Kanyati, it is a different case altogether. When she was
Mel Gibson testimony ruled out
A civil jury will likely not hear directly from actor Mel Gibson about the night of his drunken driving arrest because his testimony doesn’t appear relevant to a deputy’s claim that he was discriminated against because of the traffic stop, a judge said on Tuesday. In a series of tentative rulings, Superior Court Judge Barbara Scheper said she will likely block attorneys for Deputy