President mourns armed struggle pioneer, Cde Nleya
Vusumuzi Dube / Robin Muchetu, Senior Reporters PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolence to the Nleya Family following the death of national hero Cde Stanley Nleya in Bulawayo…
Rethinking lobola: The case ‘against’ custom
Panashe Marufu, Sunday News Correspondent “If he doesn’t pay, he won’t respect you” — any woman hysterical enough to consider foregoing bride price is, more likely than not, familiar with…
Deliberate self harm
Pastor Barbara Meck Silumbu Deliberate self-harm, self-injury, cutting self or self-mutilation is direct injury of body tissue done without the intent of committing suicide. Deliberate self-harm (DHS) is a behaviour…
Joining the war had become ‘fashionable’
His parents were poor peasant farmers in Mafararikwa Village, Manicaland Province. He blames the whites in Rhodesia for that predicament that saw him fail to get educated beyond Grade 6. Like any other “boy” during the 1970s, Peter Chido John Muchimwe (PCJM) found himself confronted by war stories.
A novel Father’s Day
“Despite all that, we will still celebrate. I will prepare a hearty meal for my husband to make him happy.”
A HARARE dad will be celebrating Father’s Day today at home with his wife and two sons.
Five biggest money misconceptions
Maybe you have heard them – a good salary equals financial security, money always has a way of working itself out, or it is never too late to start saving.
But as it turns out, these money misconceptions are not just untrue, they also can be downright bad financial advice.
Legal reform to strengthen anti-corruption fight
IN the past two weeks, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) intensified investigations into suspected corrupt activities in the procurement of materials to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
ZACC chairperson Justice Loyce Matanda-Moyo is on record as calling on those mandated to manage Covid-19 resources to exercise a high degree of transparency and accountability or face severe punishment for any corrupt practices.
An Ode to fathers, the stars!
THE year is 1992, the scene the Barcelona Olympic Games, and a gangly elderly man — wearing blue shorts and a white T-shirt brandished “Have you hugged your foot today” — rushes onto the track upon seeing that 400m favourite Dereck Redmond has pulled a muscle and will not be able to finish the race.
Day in the life of an online teacher
SHE has been teaching for 17 years.
In all that time, she has only been on leave twice.
But in March this year, things took a turn, a pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus engulfed the world, forcing people to stay indoors.
A little beer for a little cheer!
I will never trust anyone with my beer no matter how less inclined to help themselves to it they appear.
Not anymore!
What I went through at my nephew’s graduation party in Crowborough North, Harare, was an eye-opener and I do not think I would ever want to have a second bite of that cherry.











