Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. Blixen is best known for Out of Africa, her account of living in Kenya, and one of her stories, Babette’s Feast, both of which have been adapted into highly acclaimed, Academy Award-winning motion pictures.

Memory Cherere
It was Stanley Nyamfukudza who argued in 1993 that it was becoming clear that those who study Zimbabwe’s 1970s war literature risk narrowing down to pro-guerrilla literature only — or something to that effect.

THE relocation of the nearly 4 000 families in Chivi district of Masvingo to pave way for the construction of the multi-million-dollar Tokwe-Murkosi Dam should be the last hurdle towards the completion of the dam first mooted in the 1920s. The project has experienced numerous hurdles, ranging from lack of financing to the refusal by families in the vicinity of the dam to be relocated.

Tendai Moyo
While a certain daily paper celebrated the European Union extension of sanctions on Zimbabwe with a story headlined “EU lifts sanctions on Zimbabwe”, what palpably evaded its naïve analysis was that the removal of developmental aid restrictions imposed a decade ago nakedly shows

Gertrude Takawira
Crisis is a time of acute danger or difficulty. This is when, whichever way one looks, there is disaster. Nothing seems to work in the way we had planned or anticipated. Whatever news one tunes into, be it secular or religious, the messages are filled with problems.

US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Charles Ray’s  (CR), diplomatic tour has come to an end. He is also retiring from political and diplomatic service after 50 years. Our Features and Political Writer Tichaona Zindoga (TZ) interviews Ray on his three-year stay in Zimbabwe.

Ghetto Blast Rosenthal Mutakati
Now almost half-naked owing to persistent assaults, the young lass tried to resist, but was dragged forward by the jeering crowd like a goat being led to slaughter.“Husband snatcher,” “Prostitute,” “Killer,” “Kamuroyi,” part of the crowd shouted as others lunged into her with half-round chicken kicks. Others struck the girl with fists and bare hands. Children who were in this crowd giggled and poured scorn on the member of the fairer sex as she was being taken to the police station.

Egpha Jokomo
The issue of climate change is very topical. So much is being written and said by experts. There is emphasis on managing and protecting the environment today than before. As human beings we have not been good stewards of our God given resources. We have taken out so much and

The serious problems faced by Harare City Council in abstracting seriously contaminated raw water and having to treat this adequately to make it safe are not an excuse to deny vast swathes of the city treated water for days on end.
The outbreaks of typhoid and the ever present danger of cholera, require that every household should have a basic supply of safe water for at

Richard Geoffrey Hondo
ARGUMENTS between journalists over social issues are quite healthy and good for freedom of speech. The problem arises when one journalist tries to correct another by committing the same sins himself.

While the decision by Government to set minimum cotton prices to break the deadlock between ginners and farmers will definitely spur growers into selling the crop they have been withholding, the decision appears to have ignored a lot of pricing fundamentals.