Sprouting shacks spell birth of boom town in Shangani

Raymond Jaravaza, [email protected] NESTLED in an area barely larger than two football grounds, Shangani Shopping Centre in Matabeleland South is a hub of economic activity that can be easily overlooked…

Lack of love in childhood and effects in adulthood

Laina Makuzha LOVE by DESIGN Part 1 It is always heart-warming to see couples who exude love and set an example by raising their children with love, healthy attention and care…

Freezit vendor finds sweet success

Peter Matika, [email protected] MANY people know Pretty Dube, the ever-smiling, hard hustling sweet vendor from Bulawayo. You can never miss her, she is always pushing or pulling a hand-made trolley…

President appoints tribunal to probe Justice Makonese

Fidelis Munyoro, Harare Bureau BULAWAYO High Court judge, Justice Martin Makonese, now faces a tribunal investigating his suitability for judicial office after he issued an order in a commercial dispute…

Zimbabwe’s creative genius wows SA…Makes waves with premiere of new drama series on DStv

Mbulelo Mpofu, [email protected] GET ready for the latest masterpiece from the creative genius behind some of South Africa’s most beloved productions. Ntando Gerald Moyo, the Bulawayo-born writer, researcher, and content…

Porous and flawed!…Highlanders’ books open to manipulation

Ricky Zililo, [email protected] HIGHLANDERS Football Club is battling the flames that are threatening the stability of the club after auditors flagged some discrepancies in the club’s books. According to a…

COMMENT: Government must redouble efforts to assist farmers to produce enough food for the country

DEFYING erratic rains over the 2022/2023 summer growing season, farmers will harvest between three and 250 percent more in food crops this year relative to the 2021/2022 period. The remarkable…

Know your workout station at the gym

Coach Ngoni Fitness Correspondent If you have ever thought of quitting your boring stressful 9 to 5, or if you need a job that you can work around your family’s schedule,…

From cop to diesel fitter entrepreneur

Rejoyce Sibanda, [email protected]   FEGANI Makopa is a 36-year-old diesel plant fitter from Bulawayo’s Nkulumane 5 suburb. His passion lies in inspecting and maintaining heavy vehicles and industrial machinery. In…

‘Vanity of vanities’

Stephen Mpofu, Perspective THINGS rhetoric happened in recent times right up to this week with probably only the headline saying above capable of immortalising decries by frothing mouths of rampant…