‘Living with scars of war’

We conclude chronicling Cde George Shumba’s war experiences. This week, the liberation fighter, who was known as Cde Farai Tafirenyika, narrates to our Deputy News, Editor Levi Mukarati, how he was arrested in Mozambique in 1977.

Dairy producers bullish on future prospects

Dairy farmers plan to double milk production, eliminate imports and focus on being  net exporters, a development that will boost the country’s foreign currency earnings.

Zimbabwe currently produces about 60 percent of the country’s annual milk demand of 120 million litres.

The method behind the protest madness

As international business leaders and politicians gathered in Cape Town last week for the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEF), xenophobic violence erupted in parts of South Africa.

Ghoulish images and videos were  a prelude to a forum that gave African Heads of State an opportunity to interact with the business community and potential investors.

Legends don’t die

I rushed in first, as if I was one of the invitees or had some important role to play.

Of course, my duty was to do the usual – I was to be the biblical spider on the wall in the King’s Castle. He stood behind his office desk with Father Fidelis Mukonori, the Catholic priest, by his side

Cambridge English on the Go

IN the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system, with ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Ordinary Level English examinations.

Challenge League ends on a high

The Challenge Football League (CFL) completed their 2019 program in Harare yesterday, with the Legends crowned champions.

The league includes six Zifa registered academies, including DC Academy, Eagles, Legends, Galaxy Academy and Sportsvale Academy.

Harare’s long-serving cheerful ‘newsgirl’

FOR 20 uninterrupted years, Evelyn Majonga has been calling the ever busy, traffic-controlled intersection of Rotten Row and Samora Machel Avenue in Harare, her office.

A newspaper vendor, Majonga is a lively, likeable and easily recognisable character who often engages in conversation with passing commuters and drivers.

Major-General Mugoba declared national hero

FORMER Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Chief of Staff, Major-General Trust Mugoba has been declared a national hero.

Major-General Mugoba died in Harare on Friday.

Industry concerned over fake products

Local industry has raised concern over the proliferation of fake products, as well as product imitation, which they say is damaging their brand and robbing manufacturers of potential customers. A number of individuals and companies are actively producing counterfeit products and forging brands in order to capitalise on established brands.

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