The reality of a drought this farming season is beginning to dawn on most people as crops they grew with positive expectations fail under their watch. [GoogleAd] After the heavy downpours some time ago during which places like Buffalo Range in Chiredzi had a record 203mm pounding the arid cane-farming area of Masvingo Province, most…
Zimbabwe’s prolonged crisis has not only polarised society but it has simultaneously sown a pervasive sense of doubt, suspicion, mistrust and even indifference on anything political, especially when it has to do with Zanu PF government. [GoogleAd] The current national dialogue as initiated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has unavoidably suffered the same fate. There are…
EDITOR — On Tuesday I was driving from Marondera to Bulawayo in my Honda Fit. Around 11 am, I arrived in the Sun-shine City of Harare. [GoogleAd] I decided to check on my relative at the Trust Towers Building along Samora Machel Avenue. I properly parked my car along Samora Machel Avenue directly opposite the…
EDITOR — Traditionally, meals in Zimbabwe are prepared three times a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and it is my concern that with the so-called new dispensation the Energy and Power Development ministry should encourage the use of gas for cooking so as to save power. The ministry should create awareness on the use of…
A time comes when overwhelmed Africans desperately desire to see a change in leadership and don’t pay rapt attention to the details of the next leadership provided it is a new face. This desperate measure for a change can’t be totally disdained, however, what is the need for a revolution without a resolution to be better…
Sickness has no respect of affluence and it befalls us all. At a given point in time, we may not all be in a position to cover the medical bills associated with such sickness and to guard against that some may decide to take medical insurance. [GoogleAd] Whenever one visits the doctor, a claim form is completed…
Public and private hospitals can collaborate and complement to deliver healthcare. This article examines one example of public–private complementarity in practice. [GoogleAd] Public hospitals are state owned while private hospitals are under private ownership. The relationship between Citimed Chitungwiza Hospital and Chitungwiza General Hospital is worth mentioning because of positive health outcomes it has…
Growing up full of zest to one day become a leader, counsellor and role model to some, Poniso Watema has persevered and conquered her space in society, becoming the only female principal in Zimbabwe’s eight polytechnic colleges. [GoogleAd] The principled and result-oriented Watema has dared the country’s education sector, taking the bull by its horns…
Not many people are able to handle just the sight of a lifeless body around them, worse still if it is not that of a relative or friend. [GoogleAd] For funeral directors, dead bodies are their stock in trade. Talk to any undertaker or staff who work for funeral parlours, they all have fascinating stories…
Artists in Zimbabwe have been the hardest hit as the country’s economic meltdown continues unabated. [GoogleAd] With ordinary Zimbabweans struggling to meet day-to-day basics as prices skyrocket, most of them have been left with no disposable incomes which they can spare for showbiz and entertainment. It never rains but pours for the musicians who…
