Shaping Africa’s urban areas to withstand future pandemics
THE power of cities comes from the number of interactions they enable — between people, firms and markets they are centres of social interaction.
Rugwete names his lieutenants
JOE RUGWETE is a man on a mission.
He wants to put the Zimbabwe Karate Union (ZKU) back on top.
Financial terms you should know
Budget A budget is an estimation of revenue and expenses over a specified future period of time and is usually compiled and re-evaluated on a periodic basis. Budgets can be…
The wedding that never was
ZIMBABWE cricketer Tino Mutombodzi and his sweetheart Miriam Pachawo would have tied the knot today, but due to the coronavirus their highly anticipated walk down the aisle has been put on hold.
Ipec to name, shame defaulters
PENSIONS fund companies owing over $620 million in outstanding contributions will face public humiliation after the regulator, the Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec), revealed it will periodically name and shame non-compliant entities.
What a low down dirty shame!
REVENGE movies are a dime a dozen in today’s Hollywood such that I can effortlessly name as many as 20 in my sleep.
When done right, this clichéd genre can be quite entertaining.
We have to ramp up after lockdown
The coronavirus (Covid-19) has changed the world as we used to know it.
Global supply chains have been severely disrupted, while nationhood, which we were increasingly taking for granted in a world that had evolved into a global village, has been put under the strictest of scrutiny and test.
Personal freedoms versus public freedoms
As the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in South Africa two weeks ago, the first glimpse emerged of the lengths to which people would go to avoid isolation.
The country also saw what mechanisms law enforcement had at their disposal to impose such measures.
Honesty is the hallmark of leadership
ON March 21, just before schools closed, First Choice Private School and First Choice College (Highfield) prefects held a leadership workshop with renowned leaders.
Lockdown: “the mother of all quarantines”
The Black Death disease epidemic in England (1348-1349) marked the invention of the term quarantine.


