adminTaking the sting out of bees
Garikai Samaita (36) from Goto village in rural Wedza, about 100km southwest of Harare, has discovered how to take the sting out of bees and use them to sweeten his life. In about SeptemberMedicines without prescription
THE journey from Lusaka yonder in Zambia to Chirundu at the border with Zimbabwe is usually boring, especially in public transport. The bus puffs, huffs and hobbles past prime farming land,Mis-perceiving freedom
Reason Wafawarova
One wonders what it is that induces Africans to accept their subordinate status in world affairs as natural. Now with many among the civic and political leadership in Africa trifling in vacuous endeavours to excite admiration from vanity, many times elevating excrescent puppetry to levels of high-ranking nobilities like democracy or respect for human rights.
The continent is diseased with the viral legacy of colonialism and the interaction between African states is diseased, generating diseased social interactions within individual countries, degenerating
Busy year for local ICT industry
Tonderai Rutsito TechspotTHIS year has been one of the busiest for the technology industry in decades due to the number of events that have been lined up since January.
Most of the events have been marketing and exposing local talent with computer software developers benefiting the most from the recent events.
One of the most significant events to be hosted was the one put together by Forget Me Not Africa in conjunction with Econet Zimbabwe.
Mbuya Nehanda and the liberation tapestry
Isdore GuvamombeBACK in the village in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve, no sun sets without its own history, for, a people without history unknowingly reduce the value of life to being the cheapest commodity.
As we prepare to celebrate the Heroes and Defence Forces Holiday this coming week, it is important to acknowledge the unequalled role played by spirit mediums, not only in inspiring the liberation war but equally in guiding and protecting the liberation fighters.
The intervention by spirit mediums was divine, complex and larger than life, forcing the churches and Christianity to play second fiddle.
Unlike all other mediums, Nehanda is believed to have two separate, equally legitimate traditions of mediums, one in the Manzou (Mazowe) region near Harare, the other in Dande, north of Guruve.
The legendary medium of the Mazowe Nehanda, a woman named Charwe, was a major leader of the 1894-96 rebellion against the new colonial state- Rhodesia.
Mapuranga declares PSL title ambition
Lovemore Dube
President Mugabe salutes the nation
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday saluted Zimbabweans and the security forces for successfully resisting efforts by Western powers to cause a revolt through the imposition of illegal economic sanctions.
Draft MoU for nurses exportation ready for presentation to Cabinet
Harare Bureau
A draft Memorandum of Understanding seeking to formalise nurses exportation to other countries is complete and now ready for presentation to Cabinet, a senior Government official has said.
Govt to float tender for Lupane gas quantification
The Government will shortly float a tender to determine the quantity of gas in Lupane and the type of machinery required to extract it, a cabinet minister has said.
OBITUARY: Liberation struggle icon Ngwenya will be missed
(Continued from yesterday)
Following the formation of Zapu on the 17th of December 1961, its new treasurer was Jason Moyo. He did not, as new treasurer of the party, know about the money that H M Naik kept. It took the honesty and integrity of Amos to let him know about it. As things turned out, that was the money that was used to fund the organisational activities of Zapu.