Monthly Archives: March, 2025

Mbare Musika’s new market…a missed opportunity for transformation

By Kundai Marunya LATE last year, a devastating inferno tore through Mbare Musika’s Retail Market, reducing traders’ stalls to ashes and causing losses estimated in millions of US dollars. What was a heartbreaking disaster, however, also presented an op- portunity — an opportunity to re-imagine,...

Trump-Zelenskyy fallout: No free lunch in this world

THE ugly war of words that erupted at the Oval Office between US President Donald Trump and and his Ukraine counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Friday last week, over the ‘best’ approach to end the war in Ukraine presents the world with a chilling glimpse...

The British Commonwealthvis-a-vis Zimbabwe…a smokescreen for neo-colonial influence

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa THE ‘British Commonwealth’!  Often referred to simply as the ‘Commonwealth’, it is...

No woman should die giving life

BRINGING a child into the world should be a moment of joy, hope and...

A market of broken promises

THE newly constructed Mbare Musika market is supposed to be a project signifying progress,...

SPF boosts academic performance

EDITOR — In Zimbabwe, the School Feeding Programme (SFP) has been a cornerstone in...

DRC: Time for African solutions to African problems

ONGOING efforts by SADC and the East African Commission (EAC) to end the seemingly...

Fridges, ACs under the spotlight. . .  as war against GHG emissions goes a gear up

By Elizabeth Sitotombe, recently in KADOMA AS Zimbabwe grapples with rising temperatures and sporadic heatwaves,...

True sovereignty lies in our ability to control our airwaves

WE, in the village, rely so much on the radio, it authenticates so much...

Role of cattle in Shona culture

By Simon Ngena AS a young boy growing up in the Eastern Highlands, I was...

International acts: The pros and cons

By Fidelis Manyange REGGAE legend Bob Marley has the distinction of being the first global...

Women carving their niche as goat farmers

By Kundai Marunya FOR generations, women in Zimbabwe have quietly tended goats, a vital asset...

Tragedy in delivery rooms as maternity mortalities spike

By Elizabeth Sitotombe ZIMBABWE is struggling with high rates of deaths related to pregnancy and...

Tobacco farmers must look beyond contract farming

By Mthokozisi Mabhena THE sun rises over the vast tobacco fields of Zimbabwe, casting a...

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Mbare Musika’s new market…a missed opportunity for transformation

By Kundai Marunya LATE last year, a devastating inferno tore through Mbare Musika’s Retail Market,...

Trump-Zelenskyy fallout: No free lunch in this world

THE ugly war of words that erupted at the Oval Office between US President...

The British Commonwealthvis-a-vis Zimbabwe…a smokescreen for neo-colonial influence

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa THE ‘British Commonwealth’!  Often referred to simply as the ‘Commonwealth’, it is...

No woman should die giving life

BRINGING a child into the world should be a moment of joy, hope and...
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