Criminals target solar panels at clinics

WELL-ORCHESTRATED syndicates stealing solar panels installed at Beitbridge’s rural hospitals and clinics to help cushion the health facilities against load-shedding have become a menace, compromising service provision.

The criminals are also targeting other key solar infrastructure in villages, raising the need for communities, traditional leaders and the police to collaborate in fighting crime.

Making sense of Nkrumah’s pan-African ideas

When the flag of the newly independent Ghana was raised against the night sky of Accra 63 years ago, the whole world was looking on.

It was the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to gain its independence from colonial rule. Other Africans watched with trepidation given that so much hung on its success.

Trump slumps US down Freedom Index: Report

When critics of President Trump argue that he is a threat to democracy, his supporters tell us to relax.

No one is being exiled to Alaska or locked up for criticising the supreme leader.

The courts, Congress and the media all continue to function.

New era for girls: Taking stock of 25 years of progress

As we celebrate International Women’s Day today, we must turn our attention to the 1,1 billion girls under the age of 18 living in various parts of the world.

They are our daughters, sisters, nieces, cousins, school and teammates, neighbours and friends.

Banda bounces back

GIFT BANDA has sensationally bounced back into the ZIFA board after the association’s disciplinary committee acquitted him of charges that led to his suspension by the domestic soccer body in January last year.

Banda’s case has been dragging since the ZIFA board meeting of January 16 2019, which resolved to suspend him from all football activities.

Solar-powered bhayiskopo on wheels for Bulawayo

Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter  BEFORE there was a television set in every household, older Zimbabweans would remember a time when bioscopes or ibhayiskopo as locals referred to it, were the…

Wits snap up Zim academy gem

TEENAGE striking sensation Douglas Mapfumo last week achieved a rare feat by local footballers when he was snapped up by top South African Premiership outfit Bidvest Wits despite not having featured in the domestic top-flight.

Market smarts from deluge of fake money

The oppressive gloom at the grubby Harare International Roadport belies its stupendous importance to the informal or black market.

Over the years, it has emerged as a den of illegal money changers.

Only until we embrace ourselves . . . shall others learn to love us

Phineas Chauke IT is not only viruses that are borne in and transmitted through the air. Love and affection too can be diffused in the same manner. If you exhibit…

Urban renewal on course

URBAN council authorities countrywide have begun submitting detailed plans to Government on transforming their areas under the urban renewal programme, which is part of the Second Republic’s drive to provide world-class infrastructure to the nation.

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