President’s condolence message

CONDOLENCE MESSAGE BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, CDE EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF AIR CHIEF MARSHAL (Rtd) PERRANCE SHIRI, MINISTER OF LANDS, AGRICULTURE, WATER AND RURAL RESETTLEMENT, JULY 29, 2020.

International community backs compensation deal

GOVERNMENT and representatives of white former commercial farmers whose land was appropriated during the Fast-Track Land Reform Programme last week sealed a US$3,5 billion compensation deal, effectively putting to rest the land question after two decades of acrimony.

Gender discrimination is real: Gadzikwa

Dr Eve Gadzikwa has been director-general of the Standards Association of Zimbabwe for the past 11 years and has presided over the African Organisation for Standardisation.

US-based group mourns Shiri

A United States-based black human rights organisation, the December 12th Movement, has sent a condolence message to the people of Zimbabwe following the death of national hero and Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri (Rtd) on Wednesday.

Diary of recovering patient

I started feeling unwell on July 17 after giving a lift to a colleague who was sick.

From that Friday, I had headaches, my joints were painful and I started feeling cold and that headache persisted.

We are our own enemy

THIS is certainly a year to forget in showbiz.

Just when we thought we would find a way around Covid-19, a new normal — the situation is apparently far from getting better. More deaths and new infections continue to be recorded.

Mbira legend’s legacy plays on

MY father, the late Cosmas Magaya, who was a world-renowned mbira master, succumbed to Covid-19 in Harare on July 10 this year.

Zimbabwe lost a giant, a cultural ambassador and a national music treasure.

‘Mkapa believed in peace, unity and progress’

Benjamin Mkapa changed your life, whether you know it or not. He is one of your role models and heroes.

Regardless of where you live in Southern Africa, he had an influence on your life. He did not tell you that, he would not, but now that he is gone, we can see the large space he occupied.

Don’t be frozen in negativity

Whatever happens to you do not be frozen in negativity and lose your edge and power to dream. It does not matter how long the winter lasts determine that you will not die in the winter or stop dreaming.

Fighting to stay alive

So many moons ago, years immediately after the country attained independence from British colonial rule, I was among the “lucky” souls to be dispatched to boarding school.

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