Zim@40: Still standing . . .going strong

APRIL 18 marks Zimbabwe’s Independence Day.

We commemorate this auspicious national occasion heroically fighting Covid-19, a global pandemic that has claimed and is still claiming thousands of lives across the globe.

Toying with people’s lives

Prince Mushawevato and Emmanuel Kafe IMMORALITY really knows no bounds. As the country grapples to contain the coronavirus, opportunists are taking the crisis as a gold-paved pathway to fortune, even…

We are our own liberators: VP Chiwenga

Strategies being employed in the ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus will continue even after the pandemic has been contained in order to improve the country’s readiness to deal with any similar outbreaks in future.

Big George still believes

FOR big goalkeeper George Chigova, the extended lockdown in South Africa has given him more time to reflect on his career, and the Polokwane goalminder has set himself two major targets when football in South Africa and around the world resumes.

President Xi, diplomats extend goodwill to Zim

The world’s second most powerful leader, President Xi Jinping of China, yesterday pledged unwavering solidarity to Zimbabwe, as several diplomats joined the country in celebrating 40 years of Independence.

Envoys accredited to Harare conveyed goodwill wishes to Zimbabwe for reaching the milestone.

When Shabanie unleashed terror

ONE of the biggest shocks of the 2001 Premier Soccer League season was when Maxwell “Ma Rhino” Dube won the Soccer Star of the Year award after his team Chapungu had finished a distant 12th and closer to relegation than the title.

May weirdos please hold their peace

This is hardly surprising because of the eternal struggle to get palatable relish.

Most often, meal times — either lunch or supper — invariably mean pap (sadza) and one of the different types of abominable vegetables.

‘ZRP needs 35k masks per day’

MINISTER of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, Kazembe Kazembe, has expressed concern over the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)’s vulnerability in their frontline duties against the novel coronavirus.

Zesa to get tough with defaulters

Zesa Holdings should use more aggressive strategies to recover an outstanding debt of more than $1 billion owed by consumers, Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has said.

“We must clear our debt and I have asked Zesa to be a bit overzealous in terms of recovering the debt. Due to the ups and downs of the exchange rate as a result of our macroeconomic situation, it just makes it very difficult for them (Zesa) to be viable,” he said.

‘Covid-19 is for urbanites’

ROYDEN Farm is a sprawling rural settlement located about 37 kilometres west of Harare.

Sandwiched between Norton and Harare, the majority of the villagers eke out a living from subsistence farming.

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