© OVER the years, the Harare City Council (HCC) has been conducting various research studies on how best the city can improve on its water quality. Notwithstanding these efforts, none of the findings have been implemented. [GoogleAd] The Community Water Alliance (CWA) is now demanding answers. CWA chairperson Hildaberta Rwambiwa this week challenged Harare mayor…
© THE country is losing its only remaining hope of salvaging its economy. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe was once southern Africa’s breadbasket and one of the continent’s most promising economies. Today, the nation has become a basket case with no end in sight to its economic woes. Agriculture output has plunged, and it could drop further amid…
© FIVE Avenue Shopping Centre — a bustling arcade just outside Harare’s central business district — is growing into a thriving location for the sale of illicit libido-enhancing drugs. [GoogleAd] During the day, and even at night, the area witnesses a non-stop flurry of activities, as hawkers peddle the drugs in full view of motorists…
© FIVE months on after President Emmerson Mnangagwa established a 26-member Presidential Advisory Council (Pac) to advise and assist him in formulating key economic policies and strategies, their value is yet to be felt as there appears to be no solution to the economic turmoil being experienced. [GoogleAd] Analysts interviewed by the Daily News on…
© CHURCH leaders in Zimbabwe have called on the international community to lift economic sanctions against the country, to ease the burden on ordinary Zimbabwean citizens. They also announced plans to host a National Convention later this year to “seek practical solutions” to the country’s continuing crisis. [Adz] A statement issued by the Zimbabwe Heads of…
University of Zimbabwe lecturer Memory Chirere is one Zimbabwean writer who is comfortable writing across the major languages of English and Shona. Chirere, who has published short stories in No More Plastic Balls (1999), A Roof to Repair (2000), Writing Still (2003) and Creatures Great and Small (2005) also has a number of short story…
© CHINUA Achebe ranks among the topmost writers to emerge from the African continent mainly because he happens to have been a pioneer in telling the story of the continent, especially following its contact with European imperialism. [GoogleAd] The late famous Nigerian writer’s recreation of the period just after Africa’s contact with Europe has no…
© A well regulated and effective medical aid insurance sector could lessen the cost burden on members and reduce the incidence of shortfalls. [GoogleAd] Disclosure and standardisation of the annual reports and financial statements in the sector is important. One of the leading medical aid societies has just published its annual report. The members of…
© THE pain and guilt of losing 35 chicks due to her negligence when she was a young girl decades ago spurred Evangelista Chekera to dream of coming up with innovative solutions to the problems they regularly encountered at her father’s poultry farm. [GoogleAd] Though still very young at the time, Chekera was convinced that…
© ABOUT 60 kilometres northwest of Bulawayo in the semi-arid lands of Umguza, the Mkhwananzi family earns a living from providing manual labour within their village. [GoogleAd] If they are not working on the fields, they are herding cattle as part of their pursuit for that extra dollar needed to put bread on the table….
