Life of a family in lockdown
Leroy Dzenga Features Writer For the Tapfuma family of Budiriro 4 in Zimbabwe’s capital city Harare, COVID-19 has not only confined them indoors but has affected their lifelong routines. Engagements…
A daring, feisty go getter! ‘. . . I take risk and I’m focused’
Tafadzwa Zimoyo Senior Lifestyle Writer Many people know that popular beauty queen Tyra Banks has paralysed her supermodel status into film, television, and music; her career is proceeding well according…
Home tips from Yanga Sobetwa and ‘Quarantunes’ for the weekend
JOHANNESBURG. — Self-proclaimed homebody Yanga Sobetwa has got all the answers, while many of us struggle with staying indoors during the 21-day national lockdown. The Idols SA winner says she…
‘Lean On Me’ singer Bill Withers dies at 81
Bill Withers, the acclaimed 1970s soul singer behind hits “Ain’t No Sunshine” and “Lean On Me” has died from heart complications aged 81, his family said. The singer died last…
Bosso coach having sleepless nights
Tadious Manyepo Sports Reporter HIGHLANDERS coach Mark Harrison is having sleepless nights with his heart split between the safety of his family members, dotted across the coronavirus hotspots, and his…
US$2m AfDB grant to fight Covid-19
Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor African Development Bank (AfDB) is giving US$2 million emergency assistance to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help African countries contain the Covid-19…
8 removed from death row
Herald Reporter At least eight prisoners, who have been on the death row for periods ranging from 10 to 12 years, this week had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment…
Church’s role in the era of Covid-19
Pastor Lee Fore Faith Correspondent The mandate of the church is to glorify God, evangelise, and fellowship, but it has been provoked and gripped by phobia as the COVID-19 pandemic…
GMB stocks for lockdown
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau April allocations of drought relief grain are being moved into the depots by the Grain Marketing Board, which is working with the Department of Social Services…
Strange feelings of war time ‘adversaries’ . . . Lest we forget
John Gambanga Correspondent Neither of them could hide his surprise. Both were rendered speechless by the unexpected meeting. It was February 1980. Only two metres separated them, but their lives…











