Chiyangwa launches manifesto

HE believes the Zifa presidency is already in his bag, with at least 50 of the 58 councillors who will be voting on December 5 having pledged their allegiance, but…

Grade Seven pupil squanders trip money, commits suicide

A 12-YEAR-OLD Grade Seven pupil committed suicide by hanging after he squandered money for a school trip which had been donated to him by a church, police have confirmed.

Umvutshwa: A physical expression of a political, social and economic reality

 Phathisa Nyathi AS SOON as we got to Umvutshwa the one physical feature of the place we observed was raised ground all around us. It presented a 360-degree view of…

President caps 2 358 at MSU

PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday capped 2 358 graduates at Midlands State University in Gweru during the institution’s 14th graduation ceremony.

Xenophobia nothing new: Wenela miners

WHEN xenophobia attacks erupted in South Africa in 2008, people were shocked at the callousness of the violence meted out on foreigners based in that country.

Tree planting mitigates effects of climate change

DURING the UN-led celebrations for World Environment Day about a decade ago, the director-general of the World Health Organisation, Dr Margaret Chan, made a comment on how climate change impacts…

First term enrolment for Lower Six scrapped

LOWER Six pupils will now begin their Advanced level studies in the second term of the year instead of the current set up where they start during the last month…

HRIB Gold Cup Sprint Race on

Mandla Moyo Horse Racing Correspondent PREPARATIONS for the HRIB Gold Cup Sprint Race set for Saturday at Borrowable Race Course are quickly gathering momentum.

The cursed family of Gokwe

WITH the cutting of the umbilical cord, physical attachment to our mothers ends and emotional and psychological attachment begins.

How Kenya’s Port of Mombasa became world’s hub for ivory smuggling

By Heidi Vogt MOMBASA (Kenya) — When Singaporean authorities seized a near-record four tonnes of ivory hidden inside containers of tea in May, its origin was familiar: the Kenyan port…

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