Can you count in vernacular?

WOW, there is nothing as tough as counting in SiNdebele from 1 to 100, so says a middle-aged Ndebele/Kalanga guy called Mlalazi. And I have just given up trying to…

Lupane women venture into designing

THE assumption that all modern and classic clothes are designed and manufactured by Western countries may soon be a thing of the past, with the introduction of unique African designs…

‘Pain is a woman’

“PAIN is a woman.” These are Fatima’s words when she was at the brink of committing suicide. She had suffered too much abuse from her husband Joseph Takundwa such that…

Avon: Beauty products venture for women

MOST successful and rich people in the world, whether business people or celebrities, draw a large amount of their wealth from beauty and fashion products. Think about most of these…

The value of money

MONEY is such an emotionally loaded topic that few couples discuss it directly. Yet it is, more than sex what drives partners apart. For most people, money is never just…

Mbiko kaMadlenya: The Power of Collaborations

DURING the just ended 10th edition of Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo one of the most successful events was the staging of the Ndebele story on succession immediately after the death…

Princess Sidambe Khumalo molests husband Siyatsha Fuyane over wasteful buses

ONCE the colonial project was in place and the Ndebele people were evicted from places that were being turned into mining compounds, urban commercial and industrial centres and agricultural enterprises,…

You are my friends — oGaz’ lam’!

LAST week we began an instalment on understanding God as a friend. He is not in the business of just taking you as a creation but has always desired that…

Zim Asset supersedes previous economic blueprints

THE Government has discontinued the Industry Development Policy 2011-15 that sought to revive the manufacturing sector and is seeking to pursue its objectives through the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic…

Victoria Falls businessman back in the limelight, again

Leonard Ncube A VICTORIA Falls businessman who recently got his former employee fired from his new workplace for stealing his “exclusive” Portuguese marinated chicken recipe, is back in the limelight…