Killing rain-making with ill-thought modernity

Veronica Gwaze The efficacy of rain-making ceremonies has been jeopardised by modernisation, thereby risking the ineffectiveness of the rites, traditionalists say.

LEST WE FORGET: The day freedom fighters arrived at Manama

AS we continue reliving the Manama Mission School recruitment by Zipra guerialls in January 1977, this week we reproduce an interview between Sunday News Reporter Vusumuzi Dube and one of…

Basic commodity prices declining

Lisa Mandewo and Grace Kaerasora PRICES of basic commodities have in the past fortnight stabilised with major shops adjusting downwards the cost of various goods as business take heed of…

Govt engages private partners to develop tertiary institutions

Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent THE Government has invited private partners to invest in improving infrastructure in tertiary institutions to address accommodation challenges faced by students and staff as well as…

Delta’s Natbrew share trade sails through on LuSE

A TOTAL of 44,1 million National Breweries shares traded on the Lusaka Stock Exchange Tuesday signalling Delta Corporation’s purchase of about 70 percent of the Zambian brewer.

57 years of Lumumba and Fanon’s ghosts

Richard Runyararo Mahomva The 18th of January marks 57 years of Lumumba’s love declaration for Africa before his execution by colonisers of his mother country, Congo in 1961.

Residents threaten to sue town clerk

Christopher Dube Vusumuzi Dube, Municipal Reporter BULAWAYO residents are threatening to sue the city’s town clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, on allegations that he failed to implement a Government recommendation that…

Bosso Electoral Committee begins verification of nominees

Allan Foti, Sports Correspondent THE Highlanders Electoral Committee has begun the verification process of nominees for the clubs’ elections that are due on 4 February and will issue a statement…

‘Postponement of polls out of the question’

Brian Chitemba, Harare Bureau Zimbabwe’s harmonised elections will be conducted between 23 July and 22 August, 2018 in keeping with the Constitution, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi…

Why it is necessary to manage the postpartum interval?

Mhlupheki Dube ONE frequent question that I get from smallholder livestock farmers is on management of the calving interval. Farmers ask me how they can ensure that they get a…