Just Because I Am a Woman
Busie Mtshede BECAUSE I am a woman I have to wear tags on me all the time. If I dress well, I am trying to impress men, if I speak…
Seven side effects of drinking coffee
1. Coffee and hydrochloric acid Drinking coffee on an empty stomach, such as first thing in the morning, stimulates hydrochloric acid production. This can be a problem because HCl should…
No creative person is better than the other
Raisedon Baya Arts Focus ONCE upon a time a writer, director and actor started an argument about who was more important than the other. Each one had his/her own valid…
BaKalanga: Any links with the semitic world?
Pathisa Nyathi Cultural Heritage WE promised to interrogate the claim that the Mwali religion of the BaKalanga seems to have links with that of the Jews in Israel. The basis…
The language of the Pentecostal and Afro-Christian revival
Rev Paul Bayethe Damasane Spirituality LAST week I made an overview of definitions of the common things that come out through the songs of the spirit in our discourse on…
Farmers advised on proper grain storage
Ngonidzashe Chiutsi Farming Correspondent MATABELELAND North provincial agronomist, Mr Davison Masendeke, has challenged farmers to employ proper grain storage practices after harvesting their crop and ensure that it is free…
Legislation should enable not constrain farmers
Mhlupeki Dube Farming Matters A FEW weeks ago, I wrote about the cumbersome nature of the process of trying to clear one’s animals for sale and how it is likely…
Matabeleland farmers urged to stick to indigenous breeds
Roberta Katunga Senior Farming Reporter FARMERS in Matabeleland region have been urged to rear indigenous breeds of cattle as these can withstand climate change as they have higher survival rates…
Mpofu’s success story in tobacco farming
Lungile Tshuma Farming Reporter LIFE is about vision and determination. To succeed in life, one needs to be a risk taker, above all, a pioneer. Coming from a region —…
Milling industry records boom in business
Ngonidzashe Chiutsi Business Correspondent CAPACITY utilisation for milling companies in the Matabeleland region has gone up by 100 percent following the ban of imported mealie-meal early this year, an official…







