adminRetail revolutions: the rise and rise of butcheries and informal food selling in Zim
Ian Scoones Recently, I discussed the new beef production systems supplying meat to consumers in Masvingo province and beyond. A radically reconfigured pattern of land use and ownership has resulted…
Zimbabwe World Aids Campaign 2011-2015
Getting To Zero Background of World Aids Campaign World Aids Day is commemorated on 1 December each year. It is a day specifically set aside to raise awareness, commemorate those…
Karanga, Kalanga originally from the same area?
It is easy to note the linguistic similarities between Kalanga and Karanga languages. Ordinarily, where the Karanga use the letter “r” in a word, the Kalanga use “l”. This linguistic…
Mawuru’s son revives Studio 263
Auxilia Katongomara Entertainment Correspondent ZIMBABWE’S longest running soap, Studio 263, is on the verge of a comeback after one of Godwin Mawuru’s children, Joe, decided to revive its production. Mawuru,…
Macheso shelves release of album
Courage Musariri Entertainment Reporter SUNGURA maestro Alick Macheso risks a backlash from his fans after shelving until next year the release of his much awaited album. Though Macheso could not…
Another round of bonuses for civil servants
Pamela Shumba Chronicle Reporter THE Government yesterday paid another round of bonuses to civil servants with members of the uniformed forces smiling all the way to the bank. Two weeks…
Grow up, magistrate tells wife beater, 71
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 71-YEAR-OLD polygamist wife beater was told to “grow up” by a magistrate yesterday. Mr Viniga Tshuma hit his wife, Ms Grace Mathe (56), with a…
Poacher gunned down at Mana Pools
Harare Bureau A suspected poacher was gunned down by Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers who were patrolling in the Mukanga Game area in Mana Pools which led to…
Candidate squanders co-operative funds to sponsor campaign
Midlands Correspondent Members of Amaveni Housing Co-operative in Kwekwe are up in arms with their chairperson, Mrs Dadirai Mapfumo, after she allegedly squandered about $36 000 co-operative funds on a failed…
‘If I had raped her, she would be dead’
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent A MAN charged over a string of sickening sex attacks on a three-year-old girl shocked a court yesterday after declaring: “If I had raped her, she…