Whose responsibility is it to raise a child?
Vincent Gono, Features Editor IN the olden day African society there was popularisation of the phrase, “It takes a village to raise a child.” The general wisdom behind the statement was…
No contraceptives for elephants
Vincent Gono, Features Editor ZIMBABWE will not give in to calls by some animal conservationists to use contraceptives to control the ballooning national elephant population so far at 84 000 against a…
Resurrecting Lozikeyi…Cont Mhlanga brings last Ndebele ‘king’ to stage
Bruce Ndlovu The stage play starts in 1902, a week after Cecil John Rhodes’ death on 26 March. The main protagonist, Queen Lozikeyi, is at the centre. She is angry.…
Flip-flopping Chamisa reaches out to ED
Nelson Muchemwa in Buhera AN increasingly flippant MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday desperately reached out to President Emmerson Mnangagwa by calling for dialogue between his beleagured party and Zanu-PF. He…
Names and naming: Understanding atmospheric phenomena in sexual terms
Phathisa Nyathi THROUGH lived experience the world is named, understood and interpreted contextually. Humans interact with the environment and, in the process, get to understand it better and on their…
Yadah baptise Bulawayo Chiefs
Fungai Muderere, Senior Sports Reporter Byo Chiefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…
Diaspora investments and informality
Francis Mupazviriho THIS time around last year, I wrote about the emerging global trends regarding employment, including casualisation of labour. A number of contributors had been engaged by the paper…
White farmers compensation to be done before year end
Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Business Reporter THE Government has started working on modalities to compensate former white commercial farmers who lost land during the country’s agrarian reform programme on improvements they made…
Foresee it, without a prophet
Nhlalwenhle Ncube FOLLOWING discussions I had with some people after last week’s column of ghosting, I then realised that at times to avoid heartache in a relationship, one should analyse…
Banana’s widow gets windfall
Peter Matika, Senior Reporter THE widow of former Zimbabwean President Canaan Sodindo Banana, Mrs Janet Madade Banana has started receiving her pension, as promised by Government. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, last month…











