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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
Guns are their best friends
John Manzongo Features WriterWOMEN 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
Open varsities are the future
Tichaona Zindoga Features WriterFor 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”
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 WriterThe 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 InternationalMale 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
Strange bedfellows
Lydia Polgreen and Mukelwa Hlatshwayo
PIGGS PEAK (Swaziland). — After her daughters died, Khathazile took in her 11 orphaned grandchildren without hesitation. It is what a gogo, or grandmother, does in a country where the world’s highest HIV infection rate has left a sea of motherless children. “God will help us,” she said.
Save: Conservation or colonialism?
Isdore Guvamombe Features Editor
IN the past two weeks or so, Save Valley Conservancy in Chiredzi, south of Masvingo, has hogged the limelight for all the wrong reasons, yet when one follows the hullabaloo with a trained ear, many people involved seem to miss the real points, facts and context. It is critical to start with
Employee rights on business takeover
Taurai Musakaruka People Issues OwnershipGenerally for a transfer of a business to take place: there must be a change in the person (either an individual or a company) responsible for running the undertaking/business; the previous economic activity of the undertaking/business must be carried on by the new employer and the