Grieving the modern way

IN one of the local suburbs, family and friends seem to be joyfully gathered beneath a purple and white well-decorated tent.

It appears like they are celebrating something.

Can insects save the world?

The consumption of edible insects is increasingly becoming popular among many around the world.

Insects still have that “eck” factor when one finds them on their plate, but estimates are that over two billion people around the world already consume them on a consistent basis . . . So much so that the edible insect industry is projected to be worth US$1,2 billion over the next five years.

Chagonda preaches ZIFA unity

SINCE his election onto the Zifa board and his subsequent appointment to head the marketing portfolio, Sugar Chagonda has kept his distance from the bruising battles at the football association.

The in-house and external fights have resulted in stagnation and confusion in the development of the country’s flagship sport.

Owls on the gates, walls

AS we drove from Coronation Avenue towards the Athlone Shopping Centre in Greendale, Harare, our attention was quickly drawn to a heavily wooded residential property.

Nestled on a grey granite outcrop is a partly obscured house that is as grey as the granite outcrop on which it was built.

Latest bid to arrest price distortions

THE National Competitiveness Commission (NCC) is currently engaging manufacturers and producers countrywide to establish pricing formulae , a strategy meant to arrest the current distortions on cost of goods and services.

Chiedza’s rocky road to fame

FOR Zimbabwe’s first black female jockey, O’Meara Chiedza Rusike, the journey to horse racing has not been rosy.

“God often uses our deepest pain as the launching of our greatest calling,” narrated the 21-year-old.

Cottco in moisture conservation tillage

 The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe has intensified the moisture conservation tillage assistance programme to farmers in light of recurrent droughts that saw output plunging by 52 percent this year.

Conservation tillage is a generic term that covers systems that reduce loss of soil and water compared with conventional methods.

Return of Sugar Sugar

ONE of the country’s top bodybuilders, a living legend is his own right, Isaac ‘Sugar Sugar’ Chimuchenga is back.

He is leaner and meaner than ever!

Mapeza edges Pasuwa

FC Platinum held off Nyasa Big Bullets to make it to the CAF Champions League first round following a hard-fought triumph over the Malawians in a preliminary round, second leg tie at Barbourfields yesterday.

A blend of fun, business

MIXING business and pleasure often creates bad results.

However, good results are achieved when this is done at the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show.

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