‘Our system was corrupted by anti-revolutionaries’

In last week’s instalment, Cde Daniel Makaripe (DM) gave his narrative of the liberation struggle. Cde Makaripe is one of the students who abandoned their studies at St Francis of Assisi Secondary School in Enkeldoorn (now Chivhu) to join the liberation struggle. The school bred a number of students who sneaked out of the then Rhodesia for military training to fight the white colonial minority regime. Our Reporter, Norman Muchemwa (NM), concludes his conversation with Cde Makaripe, who was known by his colleagues as Cde Kid Joe Mawrong-wrong.

A dream match is born

The seeds of a dream match pitting the two biggest welterweight champions of mixed martial arts, and the two biggest mixed martial arts companies, have been sowed.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) goes up against Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC).

Miss Zim parties as Marry wallows in remand

WHEN the cat is away, the mice will play!

That is exactly what is happening with current Miss Zimbabwe, Belinda Potts, who is partying hard while her benefactor, Marry Mubayiwa, languishes in remand prison.

Southern Region Division One title fight still on

Ngqwele Dube, Sports Correspondent ZIFA Southern Region Division One side, Talen Vision have been advised to apply for condonation for late launching of their appeal to the association’s disciplinary committee. A…

Council to ‘garnish’ residents’ salaries

Vusumuzi Dube, Senior Municipal Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council has adopted a new credit control and debt collection policy which among other provisions, will see the local authority collecting rates and…

Zim set to pardon 5 000 inmates

GOVERNMENT is in a dilemma as it tries to find a quick solution to decongest local prisons that are now overcrowded, thereby creating all sorts of challenges.

Previously, the State has tried to reduce the country’s prison population through the Presidential amnesty that has seen thousands of inmates being freed annually.

When death is more important than health

WITH little income to spare, many Zimbabweans are facing tough choices — to insure their health or pay for their own funerals in advance?

A lot of citizens do not have any type of insurance but most of those who are insured prefer to cover expenses for their funeral rather than for medical costs that might otherwise keep them alive.

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Innovation hubs can transform lives

ACCORDING to ikeinstitute.org, achieving growth that generates economic value and social benefit requires a structured approach that binds an organisation’s strength and aspiration with that of its stakeholders and partners,…

Revenues drop to $12m as . . . Shambolic billing system cripples Harare

For the past four months, Harare City Council (HCC) has been struggling to provide bills to ratepayers owing to billing system glitches.

City fathers decided to ditch the BIQ billing system after it became too expensive to maintain. The local authority was paying US$363 000 annually for rights to use the system.

Informal shops face closure

 Njabulo Bhebe, Business Reporter THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has issued an ultimatum to all retailers and wholesalers to formalise their businesses with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and other…

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