HARARE – If there’s no “Honourable” in the heading to this letter, it’s not me disrespecting. Let me squeal. Most likely, it’s this really tall, dark-and-lovely guy whodunit: Edmore Zvinonzwa, the Production Editor of this popular Sunday paper, simply “Ed” to me. See, Honourable Kirsty Coventry, I have since adjusted my mindset to the new…
HARARE – While the festive season was bleak for most Zimbabweans who failed to drive to various tourist destinations dotted across the country owing to fuel shortages, there was a destination that had a cure for that. For those visiting Bvuma’s Leopard Rock Hotel during this festive season, the facility had come up with a…
HARARE – Eddie Cross’s opinion piece of December 29, 2018 titled “How long oh Lord, how Long?”, in which he lambasts lousy government, corruption, nonsensical monetary and macroeconomic policies, concludes that “the problem is one word: leadership”. In this article, I am complementing his observations and prescribing the leadership antidote that can save us from…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s petrol price, which currently stands at $1.38/litre for petrol, is the highest in the region contrary to claims by Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo. Gumbo claimed in an interview with a local daily this week that foreigners in transit are refuelling in Zimbabwe because the local petrol price is lower…
HARARE – Official statistics show that most of the traffic road accidents recorded in Zimbabwe have been due to human error. Despite commendable efforts by various players including the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) and the police, to reduce the carnage on our roads, human error remains the dominant factor in ruthlessly ending precious lives on…
HARARE – Ex-Zimbabwe cricket captain Graeme Cremer is itching for a quick return to the national fold following a successful surgery on a knee injury that had relegated him to the bench since the team’s World Cup Qualifiers debacle at home in March last year. The 32-year-old leg-spinner playing in the discomfort of the pain…
HARARE – UZ Wolves are hoping to retain the bulk of its players after a successful 2018 season that saw the men’s team ruling the roost on the domestic front and coming second best on the regional front while the women settled for silver locally. UZ Wolves’ men claimed a double winning the Zimbabwe Volleyball…
HARARE – FC Platinum have bossed the domestic league for the past two seasons in which they have won back-to-back Castle Lager Premiership titles. Norman Mapeza’s men have simply been irresistible with their passing game which has won them many neutrals. Since coming into the top flight league in 2011, Pure Platinum Play finally got…
HARARE – Canada based gospel diva Shingisai Suluma, popularly known as Mai Suluma, is longing for an opportunity to reconnect with her local fans through a nationwide tour. Mai Suluma, the Joy Street Choir leader, left Harare over a decade ago, relocating to the United States before migrating to Canada last year 2018. She told…
In the Fog of the Season’s End; By Alex La Guma; Harare; Baobab Books (1992); 181 Pages ISBN: 978-0-435-90980-2(Paperback) HARARE – Some books can never be dumped altogether, no matter when they were published. One would want to think of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Arrow of God, A Man of the People, Ngugi Wa…
