© AS I snaked up the dusty dirt road that links Waterfalls and Highfield in Harare, I reached a rocky outcrop where the road seemed to reach a dead end. [GoogleAd] Commuter omnibuses on the City-Glen Norah and even Chitungwiza-Machipisa route use this winding dirt road to evade the police roadblock often mounted on High…
© RATES on the black market continued to soar this week with top economist Tony Hawkins attributing the weakening of the RTGS dollar to lack of confidence. [Adz] According to Zimbabwe Market Watch, the United States dollar traded at $8,80 against the RTGS$, while the bond note fetched $8,60 with the Interbank pegged at $5,91…
© THE last time nomadic coach Partson Ndabambi was involved in top flight football was back in 2014 when he worked with Warriors coach Sunday Chidzambwa at Castle Lager Premiership side ZPC Kariba where he was the team manager. [GoogleAd] Since then, Ndabambi, who has in the past coached such teams as the now defunct…
© I WOULD like to apologise to my dear readers for the no show last week as I had to attend to an urgent family emergency in my rural home. [GoogleAd] The situation has reached another level with what is happening in our economy. Every time your phone rings and you see on the caller…
© THE country’s food security situation is expected to further deteriorate within the next three months, the Famine Early Warning System Network (Fewsnet) has revealed. [GoogleAd] Already, at least 5,3 million people face food insecurity in Zimbabwe following a poor rainy season, with grain production falling by up to 70 percent in some areas. Fewsnet…
© TWO of the most popular ‘hotels’ during the Rhodesian era which were accessible to black people; Queens Hotel and Federal Hotel have stood the test of time with their complexes now operating popular nightclubs that include Hollies and City Sports Bar respectively. [GoogleAd] Queens Hotel and Federal Hotel were strategically situated for blacks as…
© IMMEDIATELY after being charged with subversion, George Makoni, Gamuchirai Mukura and Sithabile Dewa were among the seven activists that were whisked to Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison where they would endure a two-week stay as rights lawyers battled to have them freed. [GoogleAd] The group also included Rita Nyamupinga, Tatenda Mombeyarara, Nyasha Mpahlo and Farirayi…
© ZIMBABWE’S health sector has slipped into the intensive care. The sector has been facing serious challenges, ranging from obsolete and non-functional equipment, shortages of drugs, low staff morale and understaffing. [GoogleAd] Recently, doctors in public hospitals pointed out that their employers barely afford to buy gloves for surgeries. Because of government’s failure to improve…
© I HAVE said it before and I say it again here: Zimbabwe is definitely a meat-eater’s country. [GoogleAd] So although more and more dining venues offer meat-free dishes and increased numbers of people are becoming vegetarians and vegans, most Zimbabweans are still more likely to choose a meat option when dining out. Restaurants specialising…
© WHEN retrenchment knocked on Roselyn Musarurwa Charehwa’s door more than a decade ago while she was comfortably working for the Southern African Development Community (Sadc), she was devastated. [GoogleAd] Jobless and with no soul to turn to for help, Charehwa an independent woman at heart, began to think of her retrenchment as a blessing…
