Glimmering silver lining in very dark clouds
Unbelievable!!!
Easter, or Holy Week, has never been anything remotely as sombre and sober as it has been for the past three days.
During this time of the year, which represents the sacrediest of days on the Christian calendar, churches and places of worship usually overflow with believers.
Covid-19 dampens Easter
THE current global lockdown coinciding with this Easter Holiday harks back to the time when Israelites, at the behest of Moses, hunkered down in Egypt to evade the angel of death, which claimed the lives of all firstborn sons in houses whose lintel had not been smeared with blood from a sacrificial lamb.
‘Govt to go all the way to protect frontline soldiers’
GOVERNMENT is committed to providing doctors and nurses with adequate personal protective equipment (PPEs) to ensure their safety as they attend to Covid-19 patients.
Cloud hangs over June exams
Dates for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2020 June examinations will be determined at the end of the lockdown period, it has been learnt.
Learners are worried that the exams might be postponed to pave way for the current fight against the coronavirus, while of teacher representative bodies are split on whether or not the exams should proceed.
Sadc issues guidelines for cross-border traffic
Southern African Development Community (Sadc) countries have agreed to only allow movement of critically important goods and services between regional borders during the Covid-19 pandemic, under new guidelines adopted last week.
Mealie-meal deliveries closer to homes
Shops in most residential suburbs are this week expected to receive stocks of subsidised mealie-meal following a bipartite arrangement between millers and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to enforce order.
Zesa seeks to unlock 550MW
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has opened debt repayment negotiations with Mozambique’s Hydro Cahora Bassa (HCB) with a view of settling the US$45 million debt owed to the regional power generation giant.
Covid-19: Turning hardships into gains
IT is said one must “never waste a good crisis” and that “necessity is the mother of all invention”.
But could anything good ever come out of a situation like the Covid-19 crisis, a disease that has thrown the world’s most advanced health systems into disarray and left the best scientific minds at sea?
Gospel diva’s project put on pause
SHARON Manyika-Machingura’s debut live video album recording that was scheduled to take place next week has been put on hold due to the coronavirus.
The South African-based songbird joins many other artistes around the world that have been forced to take a similar route.
Women’s role in Zim’s liberation struggle
This is final part of an interview by our reporter Norman Muchemwa with Cde Alice Mazorodze, wife to national hero Cde Simon Mazorodze. The interview is part of a series to mark Zimbabwe’s 40th independence celebrations. We publish the conversation in Cde Mazorodze’s own words.











