Chokri jobless
Lovemore Dube, Sports hub coordinator COACHING jobs are among the most insecure jobs in the world and no matter how rich your resume is, finding oneself in the streets is not…
Diversifying incomes with sugar beans
WORD FROM THE MARKET Cliff Chiduku SINCE the summer crop planting window has closed, farmers are encouraged to consider short season crops such as sugar beans and cowpeas. Sugar bean…
Gukurahundi: Addressing the elephant in the room
Dr Obert Moses Mpofu HOW does one correct old mistakes and ensure the future is not weighed down by the past? The simple answer is through confronting such issues with…
Radio DJ arrested for posing as CIO operative
Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau A CHINHOYI woman who was also a presenter at the Platinum FM radio station in the town has been arrested on allegations of masquerading as…
Baby scalded for soiling himself
A 16-year-old Zambian house help has admitted to assaulting a one-year-old child by pouring hot water on him after he defecated on himself. The juvenile was charged with assault on…
Factors to consider when constructing pig housing
THIS week we continue to look at pig production but more importantly at the housing aspect of the enterprise. Housing plays a very important part in pig production as it…
A captivating short story anthology
Society Reporter FOR those into Shona short story anthologies, the recently published “Gurungwa” will surely capture your imagination. Written in rich, undiluted Shona, the 17 authors who contributed to the…
Fingerling production rising to 166 million per season
Theseus Shambare in BULAWAYO ZIMBABWE’s fingerling production is expected to rise to 166 million per season by next year, up from the current nine million, as the Government ramps up…
Stop flirting with danger
A FOUL-MOUTHED dreadlocked tout was clinging onto the back of a speeding kombi when it hit a pothole, sending him tumbling onto the road. It left him bruised, bleeding and…
Bees saved us from a massacre
CDE LYN GORORO (LG), whose nom de guerre was Cde Farisai Maguerilla, concludes her account by telling our Political Editor KUDA BWITITI (KB) about the military training she received and…











