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Hildegarde The Arena SOUTH AFRICAN correspondent for eNCA television Robyn Kriel, writing in IOL recently, said a member of the international media, who had been based in Lagos for some years made this shocking remark: “You don’t want to die in Nigeria . . . You are just another number. You will be told ‘people die […]
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In a challenged economy such as Zimbabwe’s, any positive news assumes great significance as it aids in boosting confidence, which in turn gives impetus to recovery. Such has been the case this week with news from the International Monetary Fund that the country met The Fund’s Staff Monitored Programme (SMP) targets. I have never really been […]
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Knowledge Mushohwe Correspondent IN recent times, information graphics, or infographics have become an accepted and relevant form of newspaper art. In the wider context, an infographic is a visual medium used by scientists, technicians, teachers and journalists for explaining news as well as inventions, theories, games, accidents or structures of buildings, machines and living beings. They are used
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Sekai Nzenza On Wednesday THERE was a time, back in the village, when getting older was very important. We all wanted to be older than the other person. Being older also came with responsibilities. “Ndiani mukuru pakati penyu?” meaning, who is the eldest among you, was a common question whenever we met someone who did not […]
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ON the long flight from Abidjan to Johannesburg in December ’98, we were joined by a group of Confederation of African Football officials, who were coming with us all the way to our final destination in Harare.
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Isdore Guvamombe Reflections Back in the village in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve – if you like – late October and early November of each given year were anxious moments. Hunger, the community believed, knew no autochthon and hunger, they added, respected no cotton tuft head. Without food, the stomach always […]
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Isdore Guvamombe Tourism Matrix Approximately 5km out of the city of Kwekwe towards Gweru, a smooth tarred strip angles off northwards essentially easing traffic congestion on the road that leads to the once vibrant steel smelting Redcliff Town.
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Reason Wafawarova On Thursday The Mau Mau in Kenya were defined as “terrorists” for fighting for independence from Britain, so were the Zimbabwean guerillas that waged the war for independence
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Victoria Ruzvidzo Business Focus Government and business will yield much for this economy if they work more transparently and in concert. Having attended the last, three breakfast and dinner meetings hosted by The Herald Business in Harare and having read about discussion at the Chronicle breakfast
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Knowledge Mushohwe Today, every form of education is in danger of becoming obsolete if its principals ignore the three important factors — the effect of technological changes on teaching practice, the needs of the society it serves and the continuously changing demands of the industry it
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Sekai Nzenza on Wednesday When we were growing up in the village, we did not worry or think about time. We did not have a clock. The sun told us what to do.
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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum There has been a flurry of economic activity taking place in Zimbabwe in the last few months which is set to impact positively on the country’s economy. This ranges from landmark business deals between Zimbabwe and several countries, legislation of laws to make trading easier and other business opportunities that are on […]
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The Scottish bid for secession has failed, and hey, what a relief to the British pound! The whole world was waiting with baited laugher to see if Britain was going to balkanize, begin to disintegrate, thereby matching in physical, geographical terms its millenarian decline by
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SHARUKO ON SATURDAY CAPS United are clearly a bigger football franchise than Halesowen Town, but when a club as big as the Green Machine find themselves struggling to raise just US$5 000 for them to undertake a routine trip to Bulawayo to fulfil a league assignment, I think their fans have a right to ask […]
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Isdore Guvamombe Reflections Back in the village, in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve, a respected soothsayer is one who predicts a flood and be the first one to climb up a tree. This, Karitundundu, the ageless autochthon of wisdom and knowledge, says indeed demonstrates that the prophet is a seer.