The Mukamba magic show

Grace Chingoma Sports Reporter
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DENVER Mukamba was the conductor of the orchestra as the Band DeMbare produced a soundbite, in a championship battle cry, which was so

Male circumcision is the way forward

We have made great strides in the fight against HIV in the past decade and we are seeing the fruits of our labour paying off. HIV treatment has saved millions of lives around the world and, thanks to a range of effective prevention options, fewer people are becoming infected with HIV. But to

ADC seeks to bolster banking foothold

Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
AFRICAN Development Corporation, a pan-African banking group focused on the frontier markets in sub-Saharan Africa, is planning to raise its stakes in its key banking assets. It hinted it may take

Lobels closes Harare plant

Business Reporter
LOBELS Bread, one of the country’s oldest bakeries, said yesterday it would suspend operations at its Harare plant for two months to pave way for refurbishment and installation of new equipment. “The

Economy needs overhaul

From Golden Sibanda in Victoria Falls
FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti says the economy requires extensive structural reforms to remove bottlenecks  that recently forced him to cut the 2012 growth forecasts. Addressing delegates at a

Open varsities are the future

Tichaona Zindoga Features Writer
For a very long time, open and distance learning was deemed the preserve for old people, who had lost out on opportunities to go to conventional universities and colleges. They had to “supplement”

Guns are their best friends

John Manzongo Features Writer
WOMEN in the Zimbabwe Defence Forces continue to defy odds in their adventure to equate themselves to their male counterparts in the various military corps. Well known in the uniformed

Sri Lanka feels the heat of kidney disease

COLOMBO. — Soaring temperatures in Sri Lanka’s dry zone in the northeast of the country are likely to heighten the risk of chronic kidney disease as residents increasingly consume poor quality drinking water, experts warn. More than a decade since the first cases of the fatal disease were

Demystifying official opening day

Fortious Nhambura Features Writer
The 102nd Zimbabwe Agricultural Show came to an end on Saturday last week on a high note with over 45 000 passing through their gates. A day before the curtain came down on the annual agricultural exhibition, on Friday, Lesotho Prime Minister Mr Thomas Thabane had opened the show at

Water revolution

As food prices escalate globally due to the failed monsoon season in Asia and the “super drought” in the US, a new study finds that small-scale irrigation schemes can protect millions of farmers from food insecurity and climate risks in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The International

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