females bear brunt of pandemic
Fatima Bulla-Musakwa WOMEN have been disproportionately affected by the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic-induced lockdowns, a Cabinet Minister has said. In an interview ahead of International Women’s Day commemorations,…
Women mechanics breaking barriers
Emmanuel Kafe TOMORROW, Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Women’s Day. However, this year’s celebrations will be unusual. Women from all walks of life will not…
Encounter with the Selous Scouts: A former guerilla shares personal experience
Retired Lieutenant-Colonel Stanford Moyo IN mid-1979 I left Lupane and Nkayi areas operations where I had been deployed to in 1977 and joined the furthest platoon in Bubi District. Most…
Parents get powers to peg school fees
Munyaradzi Musiiwa, Sunday News Reporter THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has reiterated that parents should be involved in the pegging of school fees before headmasters seek consent from…
A city on the rise: Mushrooming suburbs change Bulawayo’s landscape
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday News Reporter ONE could be forgiven for mistaking Hopelyn Estate for a disused mine site at first glance. Located in Bulawayo on the main road to Harare,…
Improved water supply: Residents cry foul
Vusumuzi Dube, Senior Municipal Reporter “City dam levels double as rainfall pattern holds; Bulawayo to abandon water shedding,” are but some of the newspaper headlines that greet residents at strategic…
Zim to up crocodile skin products exports
Nkosilathi Sibanda, Business Correspondent THE Zimbabwe Leather Collective (ZLC), in partnership with ZimTrade, has set its sights on vigorously marketing crocodile skin products as the industry moves to help local…
Govt allays fears about vaccines
Fatima Bulla Musakwa and Bruce Ndlovu The Government is exercising due diligence to ensure that all Covid-19 vaccines procured or donated to the country go through the necessary scrutiny, a…
Journey to Stonehenge: Examples of links between stones, graves, eternity and spirits
Cultural Heritage with Pathisa Nyathi PERCEPTIONS of stone among the ancients seem to be closely associated. Stones have languages, languages that vary depending on type of rock, position of rock…
100 dysfunctional settlements in Midlands
Sunday News Reporter THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works are compiling a list of dysfunctional urban settlements as Government prepares to demolish…










