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The shocking discovery that more than 20 percent of Africans who are taking Efavirenz, a first line drug to manage HIV and Aids, could have been taking an overdose over the years reiterates the compelling need for the authorities on the mother continent to invest in the health of their people.
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Joram Nyathi Spectrum ZIMBABWEANS celebrate this Heroes and Defence Forces holiday more divided than the country has ever been since Independence. And the most divided institution in the country is the governing Zanu-PF party. Because recently a group of anonymous war veterans wrote what was
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James Patterson and Hannah Clarke There is no denying that 2015 was a rough year for miners across Africa. Still, though precipitous falls in the price of most minerals put pressure on investors and governments alike, there is some good news, according to
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OVER the years, Bulawayo has experienced perennial water shortages owing to the erratic rainfall situation. The location of the city’s six supply dams — which are domiciled in Matabeleland South province – has worsened water shortages in the country’s second largest city due to the persistent drought in the arid region.
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Traditionally food insecurity is synonymous with people in rural areas whereas those in towns and cities tended to be always well fed. The same applied to poverty. It was a rural problem, more specifically a woman’s. As rural lives generally revolve around subsistence agriculture, drought frequently left villagers hungry. Those with relatives working in towns
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Chief K. Masimba Biriwasha Innovation has become a catch phrase when we discuss Africa’s trajectory in the 21st century.
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ELSEWHERE on these pages, we publish a disturbing story detailing shocking statistics released by the police yesterday in which they revealed that about 325 girls are raped in the country every month. This translates to 81 plus rape cases every week or about 11 children being raped every day. This is astonishing, downright shocking and […]
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Senior Reporter Leonard Ncube MOST farmers in Zimbabwe, both commercial and communal, want to quickly forget the 2015-2016 farming season. It is the year in which a ravaging El-Nino driven drought left lasting scars in their communities as the country faced serious hunger. But the challenge is far from being over. Experts say the country should expect yet […]
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Analysis Stephen Mpofu Façade-democracy dies once adversarial pressure is mounted on it as a litmus test of its staying power. And so like façade democracy, façade-revolutionaries die the moment the enemies of black freedom and self-determination wave a succulent carrot in their eyes to buy them over to their side as tools in an imperialist war against […]
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The First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe on Friday urged the local media to portray a positive picture of the country in order to promote investment. Dr Mugabe who was speaking at her 51st birthday celebrations and handover of goods to various children’s homes at Mazowe Children’s Home, said some media houses were in the habit […]
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Yoliswa Dube @Yolisswa THE estate of a deceased person always attracts the interest of relatives who often prey on the wealth like vultures. In fewer instances, the beneficiaries of the deceased’s estate are never questioned.
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Margot Kidder There is something I am going to try and explain here after watching the Democratic National Convention this evening that will invite the scorn of many of my friends.
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Zimbabwe is definitely getting it right on the measures it is taking to ease the shortage of cash while at the same time encouraging banking of money. It is a fact that the shortage of cash in the country was largely as a result of businesses that were siphoning the US dollar out of the […]
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With Kris Gunnars The avocado is a rather unique type of fruit.
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