Choosing animals over people. . . ZimParks’ headache as 300 die due to human-wildlife conflict
NEARLY 300 people have been killed by wild animals in various parts of Zimbabwe in the last five years while hundreds more such deaths have gone unrecorded.
About 38 people were killed by animals in 2019 — half of those were trampled by elephants whose growing population has now become a cause for concern for Southern Africa.
Littlerock holds Cancer Week
LITTLEROCK International School recently embarked on a cancer awareness campaign dubbed “Orange Week”.
Is buying a car an investment?
Although your car is an expensive purchase, this does not mean it is an investment. Many people consider a car an investment because of the large price tag. When you spend a large amount of money, you may assume that you will receive a return on the money that you put into the it. The rule of thumb is: investments make you money. Where a home appreciates in value over time and stocks pay a dividend and appreciate in value, a car depreciates over time and is worth less money each year.
Drowning in a loveless marriage
I am a 25-year-old woman living with my husband of four years. We have a beautiful daughter that we both love so much. My husband is 30 and works for an NGO and makes good money. I am not gainfully employed because when I eloped to my husband’s family I had just finished my O-Levels.
National anti-corruption strategy set for launch
The past week saw the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) convene meetings in all the country’s 10 provinces to receive final input from stakeholders on the development of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS).
90 trafficked minors intercepted at Beitbridge
Border officials intercepted 92 minors who were being smuggled through Beitbridge Border Post last year and arrested more than 16 000 people for illegal crossings in the six months to June 2019.
A parliamentary inquiry into the state of border posts said this was indicative of porous borders.
DWT ex-CEO in trouble again
Golden Sibanda David Whitehead workers have petitioned the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate former chief executive and minority shareholder Edwin Chimanye for allegedly taking some of the company’s assets…
Chevrons’ spin troubles
Is the Zimbabwe cricket team struggling for a frontline Test spinner?
That was one of the questions raised in the Chevron’s camp after the team’s recent poor run stretching over three Tests.
Why African countries aren’t getting as much FDI
Economic growth is driven by a number of factors.
These include foreign direct investment, national savings, household spending, fiscal and monetary policies.
Devolution’s flourishing baby steps
The remarks made by Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, sometime in 2019 at that country’s devolution series reflected on the successes of the devolution programme in the European country over the past two decades.






