There is a tale of a young man who wanted to get married. He went to his parents to let them know about his plans. The man’s father advised him to first of all go and look at the mother of his fiancé before making a commitment.

Zimbabwe’s economy continues to face challenges that need decisive action as reflected by its failure to meet the majority of targets set under the Medium Term Plan.

Last Friday, our readers woke up to the sad news that seven people were killed by their partners in separate incidents in 149 cases of domestic violence recorded countrywide mid this month.

Arriving in a village in southern Vietnam, I caught sight of two children who bore witness to the longest war of the 20th century. Their terrible deformities were familiar. All along the Mekong river, where the forests were petrified and silent, small human mutations lived as best they could.

Rick Rozoff
After the US begins to wind down more than 10 consecutive years of combat, mainly counter-insurgency, operations in what has variously been labelled the Broader, Greater and New Middle East, war-tested troops are being prepared for redeployment to Africa and Latin (largely South) America.

Bob Wekesa
The blast off of Shenzhou 9 into the skies is as much a scintillating achievement for China as it is for the developing world. When Chinese people cheered on this fourth manned space mission, a good

At the workplace Wenceslaus Murape
Many workers have been at loggerheads with employers when it comes to the payment of acting allowances for positions they may hold temporarily. This has in some cases resulted in protracted

CLOSE to one and a half years after the popular uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak last year, Egypt has a new leader, president-elect Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, who was elected by the people of Egypt through a democratic process.

Stephen Mpofu
Universities are to communities in which they are located what tower lights represent in their designated areas. Tower lights are extensions of daylight to intensify symbiotic relations for mutual benefits between people and their institutions in social and economic development for a secure future. As pinnacles of higher education

Knowledge Mushohwe
WHEN the once popular Daily News closed its doors after its failed legal challenge against AIPPA in August 2003, some redundant journalists sought opportunities outside the country and some of them found the Internet to be an ideal medium for information dissemination.

Tichaona Zindoga
A couple months ago this writer was involved in a spar with Sydney Chisi, one of the celebrated activists in the Western-sponsored civil society lobby. Chisi had posted a picture of himself addressing US President Barack Obama during a tour of the US in 2010.