Families: pillars for transforming society

Flora Teckie-Bahá’í  Perspective International Day of Families, on May 15, is a reminder of the important role that the family unit can play in transforming our communities. Healthy relationships nurture…

We are raising educated children who cannot run family businesses

Dr Grace Musandirire-Building Generational Wealth One of the greatest mistakes many families are making today is believing that education alone is enough to sustain generational wealth. Parents are sacrificing everything…

Nursing a unique profession that touches lives

Fadzayi Maposah-Correspondent There is a Shona saying which goes: Chinokanganwa idemo, asi muti haukanganwi. Literally translated it means that it is the axe that forgets the tree it has cut,…

Masike’s Mbira Mberi reclaims narrative from within

Ignatius Mabasa-Book Review Reading Hope Masike’s new book, Mbira Mberi, brings various enriching feelings. As someone who had the privilege of knowing and relating with mbira luminaries such as Ephat…

Xenophobia: When Africa turns against itself

Elliot Ziwira-At the Bookstore GOOD poetry should be therapeutic, astounding, engaging, evocative, thought-provoking, addictive and challenging. Poetry should transcend the limitations of geographical and social boundaries to capture universal aspirations…

Depression: The silent battle

Rutendo Gwatidzo-Changing Perspectives While some wounds are visible and stitched with bandages, others are bleeding yet hidden behind skin. We live in a world that responds quickly to physical pain…

Unconventional wisdom from the Archerfish

Arthur Marara-Point Blank IN the murky, labyrinthine mangroves of Southeast Asia and Australia, a creature no larger than a human hand performs a feat that humbles even the most sophisticated…

COMMENT: Transparency will rebuild confidence in Harare Council

THERE is now hope that Harare City Council may be able to run its finances efficiently, or at least find out what it is taking in and spending without vast…

Creating posterity through youth empowerment strategy

MacDenias Moyo The National Youth Empowerment Strategy (NYES 2026–2030) is the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training’s most ambitious framework yet for transforming the Zimbabwean youth into the…

EDITORIAL COMMENT: SETTING GRANNY’S HOUSE ABLAZE WAS BARBARIC

THE attack on an elderly woman in Greencroft, where robbers set her house on fire, is the kind of story that shakes the conscience of a nation. Crime is always…

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