Govt pushes urban solar lighting

Debra Matabvu Government will start installing US$500 000 worth of solar street lights before 2015 is out, an initiative projected to save at least 100MW. These will replace conventional street…

Circumcision: Myths, facts and fiction

Dr Sebastian Ndlovu There are many myths and assumptions surrounding circumcision, and history has a sure way of repeating itself — rearing its head in the present. After the studies…

‘Don’t promise what you can’t deliver’

Cde Douglas Karoro was recently elected to represent the people of Mbire in the National House of Assembly, in by-elections held on September 19. On Wednesday he was sworn-in, together…

Chiefs seek a place in the sun

The parking lot at Just-In-Time Farm, about 10km west of Chivhu in Mashonaland East, was on October 17 grossly oversubscribed. Some of the people there had driven from such faraway…

From St Kitts to Gweru with love

Tendai Mbirimi Losing both parents at a tender age is the stuff of nightmares, especially when the parents have been surviving hand-to-mouth. Picture losing both parents at age four, somewhere…

Inconvenient Youth with Umthanakhe Taura (Iyut): Economic empowerment at local level

Taura mourns the passing on of Zanele Naledi Ntombizodwa Moyo. Zanele is an unsung hero of the youth movement who, in a grand way advocated for young people’s issues through…

Zimbo takes SA house movement by storm

WHEN Mncedisi Bahle Moyo boarded a Johannesburg-bound bus in 2007, in search of greener pastures, little did he know that he would rise to become a talking point in the…

Today’s Woman persevere in power outage

A power outage at the official opening night of Today’s Woman International conference could not deter thousands of women who had gathered for worship.

Zero increase in varsity fees: Zuma

Johannesburg — The sound of rubber bullets, stun grenades, and stones hitting police nyalas greeted President Jacob Zuma’s announcement yesterday afternoon that university fees would rise by 0 percent in…

Zero increase in varsity fees: Zuma

Johannesburg — The sound of rubber bullets, stun grenades, and stones hitting police nyalas greeted President Jacob Zuma’s announcement yesterday afternoon that university fees would rise by 0 percent in…

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