Harare, Bulawayo ranked among worst-performing councils . . . 74 percent of all local authorities perform below target . . . Rural district councils outperform local urban authorities

Remember Deketeke-Municipal Correspondent ZIMBABWE’S local authorities registered a decline in overall performance during 2025, with the country’s largest urban councils failing to improve service delivery despite their central role in…

All eyes on Ngarava

Tinashe Kusema-Zimpapers Sports Hub RICHARD NGARAVA is a man of few words and would rather prefer his actions and results on the park define his legacy when all is said…

Iran survived, Trump blinked and Zimbabwe’s bread price didn’t move

Communion with Bishop Lazarus Besides the recent limited and sporadic exchanges of fire between Iran and the United States — the latest being Friday’s tit-for-tat attacks — a resumption of…

Players have obligations to clubs

Lovemore Dube, [email protected] PLAYERS have an obligation to train and compete. This came to light when Footballers union of Zimbabwe’s (FUZ) Vaida Makotsa addressed delegates at the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee…

Putting the member at the centre of medical aid debate

Enock Musungwini Zimbabwe’s medical aid industry is once again at the centre of a major regulatory debate. The Government, medical aid societies, health service providers, Parliament, lawyers, regulators, key stakeholders…

I was one of the comrades selected to avenge the Nyadzonya attack

Chronicles from the 2nd Chimurenga Last week, Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) HARRISON DZUNGWA, who was known in the liberation struggle by his Chimurenga name Cde Cover Takurira, spoke about how he endured…

How paternity testing is undermining children’s rights

Gibson Mhaka, Senior Features Writer ALTHOUGH Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) testing has transformed the justice system by offering a scientific method of establishing biological relationships and resolving paternity disputes, growing concerns…

Weekly news round-up

Monday The Government has intensified efforts to facilitate the safe return of Zimbabweans assembled at various centres in South Africa following a wave of xenophobic protests and vigilante attacks against…

A good example of writing narrative composition

REPETITION is done for emphasis. Makes the reader feel the main idea is important. Today we repeat the familiar answer to the question, what is a short story? One assertion…