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.

The madding life of a maid

“What kind of a person are you? Why did you open the gate for him? What if he had killed me? Are you still interested in working here?” are some of a flurry of questions — which did not need answers — that were hurled at Revai by her employer’s daughter, who was holding her with one hand while knocking her head with the other.

Zimbabwe urged to adopt new renal treatment options

Robin Muchetu, Senior Reporter VISITING medical experts from the United Kingdom who were at Mpilo Central Hospital for renal training for clinicians have said Zimbabwe needs to adopt cost effective and…

Tips for financially preparing for unexpected events

While not all unexpected events are negative, generally, the big ones that affect your financial future tend to have negative surprises. This possibility of unexpected financial hardship means you may need to change the way you think about and handle your money. A little planning (and saving) now will make those emergencies and unexpected events much easier to handle when they come your way.

Prisons seek to move towards food self-sufficiency

Njabulo Bhebe, Farming Reporter THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has stepped up efforts of enhancing production and turning one of its farms, Anju in Matabeleland North into an integrated…

The man who wrote the longest Ndebele poem

Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter  MTHULISI “KingKG” Ndlovu is not just like any ordinary 24-year-old.  While his age mates are out there seeking cheap thrills, getting intoxicated on things both legal…

Covid-19: Time to take care of ourselves

Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu THE world is breathlessly awaiting a World Health Organisation (WHO) discovery and announcement of an anti-coronavirus vaccine that will arrest the fatal onslaught of this obviously new…

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