A Fine Madness; By Mashingaidze Gomo, With a Preface By Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Oxfordshire, Ayebia Clarke Publishing Limited, 2010. 192 pp ISBN: 978-0-9562401-4-9 (Paperback) [GoogleAd] THE world is awash with books about war but Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms (1929) — which is a tragic tale of love and war — and Phillip Caputo’s…
CANCER is one of the silent killer diseases claiming lives worldwide with 8,8 million people dying from the disease every year. The number of cancer deaths is projected to increase to 13,2 million per year by 2030. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe is recording over 7 000 new cancer cases and over 2 000 deaths per year. It…
HOW much more embarrassingly ridiculous can it get? How much more arrogant and nauseating can it get? Please God, how much more shall we suffer in pain, agony, and in fear of both the fury of nature and the battery and neglect from our wretched rulers? Dear Mbuya Nehanda, how much more will you allow…
THE sun is ruthlessly scorching the cotton hub province, with the white gold and maize crops giving in to the vagaries of the sun, while rivers and water streams dry-up. Scores of young women and girls are travelling close to six kilometres on empty stomachs every day under the blazing sun along Chitekete, with buckets…
LONG back, parents and guardians used not to worry at all about the safety of their children the moment they entered the school yard. That narrative seems to be changing. Undermining the goodwill parents used to have in teachers is the increasing spate of sexual abuse in schools. [GoogleAd] Last week, the country was shaken…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s new administration is reverting to an archaic law from the era of former authoritarian ruler Robert Mugabe, which was used to silence critics with custodial sentences and fines. The original insult law which criminalised insulting the president was struck down by the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) in 2013, a move that was hailed…
ZIMOCO, the country’s sole premier Mercedes Benz dealer has brought to Zimbabwe a new range of Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) called the Haval H range. [GoogleAd] Made by Chinese car maker Great Wall Motors (GWM), the vehicle is affordable yet efficient and reliable with its impressive bells and whistles that will compete with any luxury…
ZIMBABWE is ranked amongst the most corrupt nations in the world. It is often said that the well-heeled who are corrupt have their way of escaping the long arm of the law, hence it is essentially the “small fish” that go to prison. [GoogleAd] But once in prison, correctional employees are expected to turn offenders…
YOUTHFUL televangelist and New Revelations Ministries’ leader Miracle Paul, famed for Abraham’s Tent, is set to continue with his gospel crusades next month. The crusades are meant to lure souls into the kingdom of God. “As preachers, we use all forms of methods suitable in luring nonbelievers into the Kingdom of God. Crusades are one…
BULAWAYO’s White City Stadium B Arena will reverberate when the Goodness and Mercy Ministries train invades the venue in the Zimbabwe’s second city in two weeks’ time. This is the second time the GMM founder — Prophet Tapiwa Freddy — visits the City of Kings after the ministry’s first visit in June 2017. [GoogleAd] According…
