adminDoctor fails to produce patient’s card
Tendai RupapaTHE medical doctor, who allegedly drugged and raped a 21-year-old patient at his surgery, failed to produce the woman’s diagnosis card and the drug he administered to her to the police, the court heard yesterday. This came out during the
ZIVA lobbies for vending stalls
Municipal ReporterThe Zimbabwe Vendors Association is lobbying Government and Harare City Council for vending stalls for its 10 000 members at designated points including sites in the Central Business District. The organisation has since written to Government and
Grandpa acquitted of rape
Court ReporterA 58-YEAR-OLD Chitungwiza man was yesterday acquitted of raping his girlfriend’s 13-year-old grandchild. Peter Mangi of Zengeza 4 denied the rape charges when he first appeared before Chitungwiza regional magistrate Ms Gladys Pise. Yesterday
What celebrating Independence means
Albert Nhamoyebonde
A few weeks ago, I read an article in one of the so-called independent papers claiming that Independence means nothing to them. It may be that the writer and maybe others from the same newspaper were just bystanders when so many people
Uhuru and the ownership factor
Tichaona ZindogaAt a discussion forum in Harare recently, Deputy Prime Minister Mutambara came up with a very pertinent truism. He said a slave does not imagine being an owner because a slave is that person who is owned by somebody. He said this in
Graphics: Papers’ next big step
Knowledge MushohweTraditionally, newspapers have carried both visuals and text as a way of informing the public. During the industry’s formative years, well before the invention of the camera, illustrations were widely employed primarily to enable populations with high
Editorial Comment: Time to celebrate our unity in diversity, move on
Today Zimbabwe is 32 and we rejoice in yet another milestone in the history of the country. Thousands are expected to gather at different venues in the different provinces to celebrate our independence, with the main celebrations pencilled in for the giant National Sports Stadium in Harare. Millions more will follow the events on radio and television. The nationalHomecoming of guerilla leader
Isdore Guvamombe Features EditorWORD had done the rounds again and again.
It was powerful whispers and gossip.
A buzz and a password! You could feel it.
It tinged and tickled the brain, encoded and decoded it to finality. You needed to be there, yourself and yes indeed,
Power of the mother’s choice
Sekai NzenzaMy mother used to tell us that she was an orphan. An orphan must work much harder than everyone else, she said. There were 11 of us children in the family. My sister Munyengetero was the oldest and Rumbidzai was the youngest. Eight girls and
Political freedom not enough
Guchui MutendekiZimbabwe today celebrates its independence with its people able to raise their heads high and say it was a road well travelled for 32 years. Like or hate Robert Mugabe, he has largely been able to deliver his war-time promises of land