Empowering persons with disabilities through poverty graduation

Disability Issues Dr Christine Peta TODAY, nearly 700 million people — about 8,5 percent of the global population — remain trapped in extreme poverty, surviving on less than US$2,15 per…

Kunzvi Dam shows Zim’s dam economy thrust

Theseus Shambare Features Writer AT dawn on Nyaguwe River, a thin mist rises above what used to be a quiet valley in Goromonzi district, Mashonaland East province. The major perennial…

Listening is the pathway to greatness

Hunt For Greatness Milton Kamwendo THE late Stephen R. Covey once remarked: “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” That…

From red light to orange jumpsuit: A kombi driver’s fashion journey

FOR the next two years, Harmony Duri, a 25-year-old kombi driver, will be calling Chikurubi Prison his temporary “lay-by”. This chap apparently read a different version of the Highway Code.…

Hifa faces test on new cultural scene

Tafadzwa Zimoyo Zimpapers Entertainment Editor THE return of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) is being hailed in some circles as a cultural resurrection. Yet beneath the excitement…

Examination scores do not determine your destiny

EVERY year, thousands of students sit for final examinations hoping to achieve excellent results. For many young people, these scores seem like the most important measure of success. Some celebrate…

CHIMURENGA CHRONICLES: Mgagao was a proper military camp

CDE DAVID MUSHANGWE, who used the nom de guerre Cde Lobo, last week recounted his experiences at Nyadzonya, where hunger was a constant companion, and then at Mgagao in Tanzania,…

New special economic zones strategy targets provinces

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro THE push to reconfigure the local mining sector into a value-driven industrial base gathered momentum after Cabinet recently approved a minerals value chain framework designed to anchor new…

A rural-inspired brand targeting Zimbabwe and global markets

Lincoln Towindo WHAT began as a simple effort to prevent mangoes from rotting in a rural homestead has grown into a budding food processing enterprise now eyeing supermarket shelves and…

Will sovereign wealth funds build Africa or break it?. . . Lessons for Zimbabwe

Nixon Chekenya, James Dambaza and Fungai Mukundiwa A few years ago, Botswana quietly did something remarkable. It took the wealth from its diamonds and set some of it aside, not…

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