The history of de-industrialisation in Bulawayo

Continued from last week The 1970s Liberation War and its effects BY 1979 the war was consuming more than one-third of the national budget, costing the regime about Rhodesia $1…

Government to dualise airport road

Nqobizitha Dhlamini Business Reporter GOVERNMENT will dualise the Bulawayo-Joshua Mqabuko International Airport road as part of modernising feeder routes for visitors coming into the country’s main cities through airports. The project, said…

Poor farming season confirms impact of climate change

Ngonidzashe Chiutsi Farming Correspondent THE poor 2014/2015 farming season is an example of how climate change is affecting the agriculture sector in Zimbabwe, climate experts have said. Most of the crops…

Milk producers fail to meet demand

Roberta Katunga Senior Business Reporter THE dairy sector needs at least five years to close the gap between supply and demand as farmers are only producing below half of the national…

Livestock farmers’ union a welcome development

Farming Issues Mhlupheki Dube THE birth of a new farmers’ union focusing on livestock development is a welcome and definitely timely intervention to the seemingly orphan sector in agriculture. I have…

Serendipity

“IF this is a dream please do not wake me up,” Munya said to a woman he had not seen in over a decade. A woman he had been in…

I am the PHD of the road

On the Lighterside Mzana Mthimkhulu SOMEONE at the Bulawayo City Council is a killjoy. Over the last few months, I acquired myself a rare skill that has earned me the title…

Byo Girls shine at SA Writers’ Festival

Busi Mtshede in Durban, South Africa Sunday Leisure Correspondent AWARD-WINNING and prolific Bulawayo novelist — Noviolet Bulawayo has done it again! Noviolet together with another Bulawayo-born novelist, Sue Nyathi managed to…

The triumvirate takes charge of Rome: Julius Caesar — By William Shakespeare

WE pick up our story at the time when Mark Antony says to the crowd, “If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.” This is the time when he…

Young talented artiste emerges

Peter Matika Senior Leisure Reporter SOMETIMES the production of music can move at a pace too swift for even the most devoted fan to keep up with. It is so fast…