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HARARE – Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono has said his ex-adviser Munyaradzi Kereke is basing corruption claims against him on false allegations driven by malice and a desire to settle personal grudges. Kereke filed a Constitutional Court application, seeking to push the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate Gono on graft…

HARARE – The recent reinstatement of Harare city’s town clerk, Tendai Mahachi by Local Government, Public Works minister Ignatius Chombo has been met with anger and disappointment from social and political commentators who believe it smacks of a cover-up. Mahachi was last week suspended for three months to pave way for investigations into the council’s…

HARARE – A Practical Guide to Labour Law in Zimbabwe, By Caleb H Mucheche, Harare, African Legal Resources Dominion (ALRD), 2013. The name Caleb Mucheche is perhaps not new to those who have attended court in Zimbabwe, usually as an attorney representing one or the other person in a labour case. However, there is another…

HARARE – Very few people associate herbs with the Catholic church, let alone nuns. But Sister Yullita Chirawu, 55, of the Little Children of our Blessed Lady (LCBL) has managed to bring herbal medicicnes into the church — through the front door. Despite initial uneasiness on the use of herbal medicines, resistance quickly melted and…

BULAWAYO – The mushrooming of churches in Zimbabwe in the past five years has given rise to criticism of pastors and prophets by citizens from all walks of life with their followers standing up in defence of their church leaders at any given opportunity. In this article I aim to minister to priests, pastors and…

HARARE – Over the years, something too serious for silence has been happening in Buhera district. The state of infrastructure has been decaying year by year. One needs not emphasise the dire state of rural development in Buhera. Development planners categorise the district as a special problem region requiring special development solutions. Yet, the district…

HARARE – Tindo (not his real name) took an early bath with the meagre water that was in a two-litre container, one of the few belongings in his lodged shack in St Mary’s, Chitungwiza and disheveled as he was, sprinted towards Chigovanyika commuter omnibus rank.  With the news of the demolition of illegal structures most…

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s prospects of a good farming season might be in jeopardy following revelations that part of government’s $160 million inputs are yet to reach the intended farmers, while rains continue to be elusive in some parts of the country. Despite years of declining agriculture output due to persistent droughts and lack of inputs,…

MUTARE – Dogs, chickens, goats and cattle have better chances of survival than humans, a hard-pressed Johanne Marange Apostolic Church member vending locksets and glue at Sakubva Bus Terminus conceded. “We are not forbidden by the church to medicate our livestock but such an edict is clear and strictly enforced to humans,” he said further…