Football’s long journey back home

Inside ZIFA Nqobile Magwizi FOR nearly five years, Zimbabwean football wandered in the international wilderness. We took football refuge in Rwanda, Botswana, South Africa and other countries, playing our “home”…

Zimbabwe and Super El Niño: Learning from the past, preparing for the future

ZIMBABWE has experienced several Super El Niño events — most notably in 1982-83, 1997-98, and 2015-16. Each event brought unique challenges and lessons, teaching our farmers and communities the value…

Zim’s economic story cannot be understood through textbook economics

Doubt Shava There is a fundamental problem with some of the commentary on Zimbabwe’s economy. It views the country almost entirely through the lens of textbook economics while ignoring the…

Payments to farmers for grain deliveries are now being done timeously

Grain deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) have risen by 122 percent compared with the same period last year, reflecting a strong response from farmers following good rains in…

Spirit mediums directed recruitment and the liberation war itself

CDE NANCY MUSIYIWA, whose Chimurenga name was Cde Muchaneta Mabhunu, was among the first female cadres to join the liberation struggle in 1972. After crossing into Zambia, she worked as…

Sombre atmosphere as Bosso fans buried in Filabusi

Fungai Muderere in FILABUSI A SOMBRE atmosphere engulfed the golf-rich town of Filabusi yesterday as tears, emotional embraces and moments of silence characterised the burial of four of the six…

Women take helm of largest private sector bodies

Sikhulekelani Moyo, Zimpapers Business Hub FOR the first time in Zimbabwe’s history, the country’s two largest private sector representative bodies are simultaneously being led by women, a milestone coming at…

Mpilo cancer treatment machines installation at advanced stage

Robin Muchetu, Health and Gender Reporter THE installation of two state-of-the-art cancer treatment machines at Mpilo Central Hospital’s Radiotherapy Centre has reached an advanced stage, raising hopes of relief for…

Research must lead our response to El Niño risk

Professor Obert Jiri Ahead of a possible El Niño-affected summer cropping season, research must lead our response. WE cannot wait for the drought to arrive and then start looking for…

Unexpected success rewrites reputations

Gabriel Manyeruke There is always one candidate. The one whose name rarely appears among the school’s top performers in internal examinations. The one who struggles through subjects that seem effortless…