PGMs’ future is bright

Zimbabwe’s second largest Platinum Group of Metals (PGMs) producer, Mimosa Mining Company, held their long service and superior performance awards a fortnight ago and celebrated employees who have been with the company for the past five, 10, 15 and 20 years.

Focus on niche products to boost exports

Export growth, for long, has been recognised as the engine and spring-board for economic development. It is solution to the current economic challenges the country is facing. However, the drive…

Zim genius takes automotive path

For centuries, African countries have struggled to produce competitive vehicle brands.

As such, billions of dollars are spent annually in importing used cars, mostly from Asian giants such as China and Japan.

Next Kirsty Coventry could come from Banket

IT was a beautiful day with a golden sunshine.

A sweet scent was drifting from the blooming flowers.

Gardening during the rainy season

ALL gardens need enough moisture but heavy rainfall or storms can be a challenge, especially for terrace/balcony gardening. Some of the common issues that rain bring to your garden include waterlogged plants, erosion of soil nutrients, pests and disease problems. Below are some ideas to help avoid these issues.

Egypt-Ethiopia row over River Nile dam

Ethiopia is building the Grand Renaissance Dam, which when completed next year, will be Africa’s biggest hydroelectric power plant.

Its construction began in 2011 on the Blue Nile tributary in the northern Ethiopia highlands from where 85 percent of the Nile’s waters flow.

Wake yourself up

Who are you blaming for where you are?

Wake up and stop feeling sorry for yourself. Do not even dare to recruit others to help you feel sorry for yourself. Sing any song you like, except the self-pity one. Life is not for the sleepy and those who wait for a Big Bang of Luck! It is not for those who dream their way through life, just waiting for something they have not imagined. The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

I’m harbouring a dark secret

I am a 20-year-old woman harbouring a dark secret. My sister is 18 and in Lower Six. We look alike, some people mistake us for twins. One day while I was walking, a woman approached me and started going on about how I owed her US$5 because my boyfriend had blocked her after refusing to finish some payments. She claimed she assisted me in getting rid of my two-month-old pregnancy. It then all clicked that my sister was the one who had an abortion.

Chimoio shrine rehabilitation begins

ONE of the liberation struggle mass graves — Chimoio in Mozambique — where thousands Zimbabweans are buried, is set to get a facelift through electrification and connection of water supplies.

Zim volleyball brothers

Coaches Chekuda Makuyana and Itsanang Abu-Basutu are always battling for the top seat in Zimbabwe’s volleyball.

To the ordinary person, the duo are just rival coaches from two club powerhouses — University of Zimbabwe Wolves and Harare City. However, their relationship dates back to the 1990s.

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