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THE rains are upon us. They have brought joy for residents. It means a rise in water levels at sources that supply Harare like Lake Chivero. The water levels at Lake Chivero had significantly dwindled. This forced council to announce a tight water rationing schedule.
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Phillip L Clay Correspondent — Around the world, nations are seeking to build their national economic capacities through the development and application of knowledge. They believe that knowledge empowers young people to engage in economic development where processes are created, services rendered, products manufactured, and where
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Sanderson Abel — Budgeting is often associated with deprivation and cutting back. However, creating and maintaining a budget doesn’t have to be a painful process. It is important to appreciate that the concept of budgeting is solely meant as means to concisely creating a better environment for yourself using your resources.
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Olga Panagiotopoulou Correspondent — Women across the world understand the pain that comes with wearing a new pair of high heels. Any person who spends all day standing at work will also know how taxing it can be on the feet if you’re wearing the wrong shoes. So stop for a moment to consider how elephants […]
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Martin Plaut Correspondent— Margaret Thatcher wooed the South African government with promises of a “Marshall Plan for southern Africa” and helped “save” the independence of Namibia, according to newly released papers. The events they cover provide an insight into a March 1989 visit to Britain by the South African foreign minister, Pik Botha.
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Khadija Sharife Correspondent— In the 18th century, as the legend goes, Russian nobleman Grigory Potemkin ordered the construction of makeshift façades across newly conquered Crimea to impress the visiting Catherine the Great and prevent her from accurately assessing the region’s wealth.
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Sifelani Tsiko Syndication Writer— A major controversy has arisen over the latest racist incident in which two South African white men forced a black man into a coffin and threatening to set him on fire.
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Sydney Kawadza Senior Features Writer— The rains Zimbabwe and the rest of southern Africa is receiving have brought huge excitement among farmers with many predicting a bumper crop harvest in the 2016-17 season.
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Clare Spencer Correspondent— An electricity grid for the whole village Problem: A total of 1,3 billion people worldwide currently don’t have electricity, according to Yale Environment 360. Getting people in rural areas on to the national grid is proving too difficult and traditional solar panels generate meagre amounts of energy.
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Eddie Haywood Correspondent— At the close of 2016, Africa saw a dramatic surge in the number of US Special Operation forces deployed across the continent. Since 2006, the US military has increased its operations in Africa from just 1 percent of overall global Special Operations to more than 17 percent.
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Alex Lantier and Halil Celik Correspondent— Yesterday, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militia claimed a bloody terror attack on Istanbul’s Reina nightclub. Around 700 people were celebrating the New Year at the nightclub when, at 1:30am on January 1, an individual armed with an assault rifle shot unarmed security guards at the nightclub […]
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We are already a few days into 2017 and every Zimbabwean is looking forward to a prosperous year in which the fortunes of the country will take a new turn.
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Nick Mangwana View From the Diaspora— Zimbabwe’S Constitution is going to get its first amendment and, boy, has this caused a lot of concern. Some are worried that a Constitution that took 33 years of Independence to be made, as well as four years of consultations to come about could be amended so easily or so […]
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Catherine Shakdam Correspondent— While 2016 was a tumultuous year indeed, December proved to be especially trying in light of a spectacular presidential temper tantrum courtesy of outgoing US President Barack Obama. And you’ll never guess who got stuck in the middle. Israel.
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Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter— At least six Bills sailed through Parliament while 14 others were still under consideration as the curtain came down on the 2016 Parliament sittings. The Special Economic Zones Act, Local Government Act, Gwanda State University, Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences Act, Public Finance Management Act and Public Accountants and Auditors Act […]
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