The overflow of joy and gratitude

“When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion, we were like those who dream. “Then our mouth was filled with laughter and our tongue with shouts of joy; then…

‘The war knew no gender’ . . .Manama Mission head girl of 1977 shares gruelling war experience

Features Editor Yoliswa Moyo ONE evening in January 1977, an agile young girl, perhaps naive, went about her duties as head girl of Manama Mission School as usual. Entrusted with…

Defending gains of liberation struggle through Vision 2030

Dr Tinashe Muzamhindo ZIMBABWE’S liberation struggle was not merely a historical event — it was a profound assertion of human dignity, sovereignty and collective agency. It marked the end of…

It wasn’t a joke: Stix recalls perils of playing football in Rhodesia . . . travel for every away game was treated with suspicion . . . interrogation, harassment and near beatings at roadblocks

Tadious Manyepo in BEIJING, China BEFORE independence, travelling for an away game could feel like walking into a war zone. Just ask Stanford “Stix” Mutizwa. The Warriors and CAPS United…

Rugby board in leadership crisis. . . acting president Parirenyatwa abruptly resigns . . . ‘rugby deserves someone else up to the World Cup’

Tinashe Kusema-Zimpapers Sports Hub THE Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) have been plunged into a leadership crisis after it emerged yesterday that the association’s acting president, Tapfuma Parirenyatwa, has quit his…

Pfumvudza has vastly transformed agric production

Prof Obert Jiri Zimbabwe has excelled in conservation agriculture under the Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme. The concept is aimed at climate-proofing agriculture by adopting conservation farming techniques. It involves applying correct agronomic…

From boiling stones to bumper harvests

Theseus Shambare recently in Chivi ONE way to put it is, “Zviro zviyedzwa — chembere yekwaChivi yakabika mabwe, ikanwa muto”. The literal translation is, “Things are meant to be tried…

The devil has died but Satan is still alive

The vile political creature that lurked in the shadows in the region — the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation, which was founded as an ostensible regional think tank by the Oppenheimers in…

The waiting room

ONE thing that I dreaded more than anything else when I was little was visiting the clinic or hospital. The moment I stepped in, my heart would pound like a…

Four of seven Kwekwe AI silos now full

Theseus Shambare FOUR of the seven artificial intelligence (AI)-powered silos at the recently opened Kwekwe Silo Depot are already full, holding over 32 000 tonnes of maize, as the country’s…

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