Each year on December 1, the world comes together to commemorate World AIDs Day. Since 1988, this has been a day when people mourn the loss of their loved ones while reflecting on improvements, innovations and the way forward in forging an Aids-free generation.As the world comes together to commemorate …
Read More »Despite all the hullabaloo, Mbuya Nehanda is not properly buried
The construction of a statue in Mbuya Nehanda’s honour is riddled with dissatisfaction as cultural leaders believe a proper reburial should be the first step to celebrate the late heroine. This comes on the back of yesterday’s inspection of progress of the statue (whose pictures are already circulating on social …
Read More »Maselo dares to dream, creates own genre
The sound, which is made up of ethnic instrumentals, including drums, guitars and shakers among others, will likely throw listeners into disarray because of its busy, variated nature – it sounds like a song to appease an avenging spirit. By Tawanda Matanhire Music producer, Tapiwa Jera, better known as Maselo, …
Read More »FREEMAN’S EXPLOSIVE CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR FANS…chanter releases 11 collaborations, rebrands
By Tawanda MatanhireSensational Zim dancehall chanter, Freeman, real name Emergy Sylvester Chizanga, will this Thursday release a mixtape featuring a plethora of other Zimbabwean music stars. The 11-track mixtape titled, Freeman and Friends, features Baba Harare, Gemma Griffiths, Mai Titi, Mambo Dhuterere, Darula, T Gonz, Takura, Sandra Ndebele, Shinsoman and …
Read More »BELLO GIVEN LIFELINE… The arrival of Norman Mapeza for a second stint at FC Platinum has gifted defender Gift Bello a lifeline
By Ray Munyoro From being a peripheral player under Pieter De Jongh, Bello was in the starting line-up as FC Platinum dismissed Costa do Sol 2-1 on Saturday.Indications were that the defender was unlikely to even travel to Mozambique for the CAF Champions league had the Dutchman not left FC …
Read More »Police Hunt For US$57k Chivi Heist Suspects
Armed robbery cases are on the rise in Zimbabwe. Police are hunting for a gang of five armed robbers, who pounced on a cash-in-transit vehicle at Chivi’s Mukuru outlet on Monday morning. The robbery comes hardly a month after six armed robbers pounced on two security guards delivering cash at …
Read More »HAZARDOUS GULLIES, KILLER DISEASES…As rainy season starts
Sand poachers target graveyards, residential areasAttack authorities, law enforcementNationwide disease outbreak looms By Kundai Marunya The coming of the rainy season has left residents exposed to massive environmental and health hazards. Already, Harare and Bulawayo have recorded a high rate of diarhoea cases which surged with the coming of the …
Read More »Zimsec public exams commence amid chaos
Who will invigilate Covid-19+ students?Candidate registration process in disarray As schools make final arrangements for the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) public examinations starting tomorrow, teachers’ unions insist Government is making a huge mistake. They argue that Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are not being followed in the face of Covid-19 …
Read More »Gender Based Violence, time for holistic approach
When one speaks of Gender Based Violence (GBV), women rights often come to mind, especially at a time the world is focused on the 16 days of activism against GBV. Men being naturally of better physic and leading as perpetrators in reported cases of abuse, take on the weight of …
Read More »Battles won – and lost – against AIDS hold valuable lessons for managing Covid-19
Linda-Gail BekkerWorld AIDS Day this year finds us still deep amid another pandemic – Covid-19. The highly infectious novel coronavirus has swept across the world, devastating health systems and laying waste to economies as governments introduced drastic measures to contain the spread.Not since the HIV/AIDS pandemic of the 1990s have …
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