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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
Diarrhoea: 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
Revolutionary legacies, José Martí
Although separated by expanses of sea waters, Zimbabwe’s relations with the Republic of Cuba date back centuries, and not since Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle as most of us would want to think. It is a relationship, which is not just enhanced by the leaderships of President Mugabe and his Cuban counterparts, former president Fidel Castro and incumbent president Raul
Who is the true revolutionary?
This writer was a mere 13-year-old on the eve of Zimbabwe’s national independence in April 1980. Then there was an enigmatic political atmosphere pitting the overrated and defeated camp of capitalist-leaning political leaders who had favoured an internal settlement with Ian Smith, now standing in opposition to revolutionary leaders Robert Gabriel Mugabe
Mzilikazi plays to mirror societal ills
Entertainment Reporter
MZILIKAZI high school is set to revive its drama group that will tackle societal issues such as domestic violence, HIV and Aids, rape and violence. The 14-member drama group is to conduct weekly rehearsals at the school’s Beit Hall. In an interview, the
Mgqumeni impersonator arrested
THE person claiming to be the late multi-award winning maskandi artise Khulekani Kwakhe “Mgqumeni” Khumalo was yesterday arrested in Nquthu near Newcastle, northern KwaZulu-Natal, on charges of impersonation. While police spokesman Colonel Vincent Mdunge could not confirm or deny the arrest, Sowetan has it on good authority that the “impersonator” has been
Union voices concern over singling of players
Sports Reporter
PLAYERS’ representative body, the Football Union of Zimbabwe (FUZ), is worried about the position taken by Zifa to single out three players over their performance during the Warriors’ last Afcon qualifier against Cape Verde Islands last year. Zifa president
Masvingo sitting on 856 murder cases backlog
Masvingo Correspondent
MASVINGO province is sitting on a cumulative backlog of 856 murder cases with Bikita district having the highest number of unresolved murder cases, High Court judge Justice Tadius Karwi said. Bikita has 165 murder cases followed by Zaka district,
MLF treason trial postponed
Court Reporter
THE much awaited treason trial of three members of Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF), a pressure group-cum-political party calling for the separation of Matabeleland from the rest of the country, which was scheduled for yesterday, was postponed to
‘Wetlands important ecological kidneys’
Chronicle Reporter
WETLANDS are very important eco-systems that have diverse services and value to human life, as they are ecological kidneys, which absorb and purify plants. This was said by Matabeleland South Governor Angeline Masuku during the belated