Finance market players invest in real estate
Njabulo Bhebe, Business Reporter INSURANCE firms and pension funds are redirecting their investment portfolios towards Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), a move aimed at mitigating against loss of value due to…
Umguza: When Devolution, Constituency Development Funds bear fruit
Vusumuzi Dube, Senior Reporter “One percent inflows in Bulawayo dams”, this was the screaming headline carried by our sister paper, Chronicle last Wednesday. The story summed up the crisis the city…
Zimbabwe maintains lead at regional swimming champs
Ngqwele Dube, Sports Correspondent TEAM Zimbabwe maintained its lead in the CANA Zone IV Swimming Championships medal table after Day Two of the regional championships in Gaborone, Botswana with 37 medals.…
Zimbabwe has moved mountains in higher education but . . .
Vincent Gono, Features Editor AT independence in 1980, Zimbabwe inherited a single higher education institution, the University of Zimbabwe which was established as the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and…
Landlords demand forex from university students . . . Students paying between US$35 and US$40 per month
Sinokuthaba Dube, Sunday News Reporter STUDENTS at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo are resorting to squatting and engaging in campus marriages as rentals for students outside…
How tribes as a carrier of culture, identity were used as a weapon of disintegrating the African
Michael Mhlanga I revisit an argument I posited two years ago when I posited that tribalism is the root and fabric of the African society. I argued that it is…
Social Soccer League drafts player transfer rules
Mandla Ncube, Sports Reporter The Bulawayo Social Soccer League (BSSL) has revealed plans to adopt a new three- pool format this season. Boasting of an affiliation base of over 50 teams,…
Tourism and Hospitality: Opportunities for Entrepreneurship and Employment
THE tourism and hospitality industry are one of the fastest growing sectors both locally and internationally offering hundreds of exciting career and entrepreneurship opportunities. The Zimbabwe Independent reports that tourist…
Study and test-taking skills
Charles Dube GOOD study skills grow out of good habits. Examples of some useful studying guidelines: Keep an assignment notebook. For each assignment, set a study goal. Take notes on…











