What to do in the garden in September
We are in summer and looking at the temperatures, the weather is now unpredictable. In other years, the weather approximates perfection, while in some, the heat of August drags on…
Police patrols curtail spillway smuggling
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Police have intensified patrols around illegal crossings over the Limpopo River where smuggling of people and goods has become rampant in the last few weeks. The…
Negotiating the hip-hop terrain
Tafadzwa Zimoyo He might be hailing from Kadoma, seen as a small town, but this teenager has plenty to offer when it comes to hip-hop. With most peers in his…
Scores cheated in maize-meal deals
Crime Reporter criminals have devised a plan of stealing cash from unsuspecting individuals, churches, parastatals and other institutions by offering to supply them subsidised maize meal, but will disappear immediately…
A lie has very short legs
Tafara Shumba Shona elders have an age-old embodiment of wisdom that goes, “Rina manyanga hariputirwi mumushunje,” loosely translated to mean that an animal with horns cannot be wrapped. By interpretation,…
Raza on cloud nine after winning CPL
Eddie Chikamhi Senior Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE all-rounder, Sikandar Raza, is on cloud nine after winning the Caribbean Premier League in his debut season with the Trinbago Knight Riders on Thursday…
Messi to play for Argentina
BUENOS AIRES – Messi can play in Argentina’s opening World Cup qualifier next month because the statute of limitations has run out on the ban he was given during last…
Stands scam lands council officer in court
Herald Reporter A Harare City Council junior officer stationed at Kuwadzana district office, yesterday appeared in court for allocating 54 stands without authority from his superiors. Mazano Zvakanyorwa appeared before…
Health care boost for Cyclone Idai survivors
Tatenda Ann Chimbwanda Correspondent “The horrors of what happened on the evening of March 2019 still linger in my memories. I will rather not get into the emotional trauma I…
Myths about black hair
Hlonipha Mokoena University of Witwatersrand “Your hair feels like pubic hair.” That was one of the first insults that someone hurled at my hair. She was a junior at my…











