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Nolwazi Mnikwa , Relationships TO persevere is to keep going, not give up, to be tenacious, to stay the course, to stand firm, to stay the course, to press ahead and to go the distance. In today’s lingo, to persevere is to stick it out. To persevere is to continue in a course of action even in […]
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Sikhumbuzo Moyo, [email protected] TSHOLOTSHO is a place where inhabitants are affectionately known as “Iziqholo zeZhwane.” The origin of this intriguing moniker remains shrouded in mystery, but it alludes to the widely held belief that Tsholotsho people are a resilient and unyielding community. They are not easily swayed or bent to the will of others; their spirit […]
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African leaders attending the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) have once again called for the unconditional lifting of illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe saying the unjustified sanctions are not only imposing untold suffering to ordinary Zimbabweans but have collateral negative impact on neighbouring countries. On Monday South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in his speech called […]
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President Mnangagwa is in New York, the US, for the 78th Ordinary Session of the UN General Assembly. He addressed the summit yesterday and below, we publish the full text of his speech Your Excellency, Mr Dennis Francis, President of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly; Your Excellency, Mr Antonio Guterres, Secretary […]
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Emmanuel Koro A United States-based NGO welcomed a BBC report this month that Austrian scientists have developed a new artificial ivory product, called Digory, that looks and feels like the real thing. The managing director of the U.S.-based Ivory Education Institute, Mr Godfrey Harris thinks that when sufficient supplies of this artificial ivory are ready […]
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The impact of drug and substance abuse in the country is indeed sobering. Thousands, especially youths and young adults are abusing a range of drugs, and a good number have developed an addiction. We have people who cannot do without the narcotics and as soon as they take them, they spend periods as long as […]
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Fungi Kwaramba, Zimpapers Elections Desk JUST as it is a historical fact and inescapable truth that foreign nations have over the years tried to influence the country’s electoral processes to advance their interests, it is a common secret that over the past two decades, these countries have come second best as Zimbabwe has outmanoeuvred them and […]
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MATABELELAND and some parts of the Midlands province are expected to receive normal to below normal rainfall this coming rain season hence the need to take measures to mitigate the effects of drought. It is therefore pleasing to note that livestock farmers in Matabeleland South have adopted a raft of drought mitigation measures which include […]
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Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, [email protected] *MS Nomsa Ncube woke up in the early hours of Thursday last week to find a newborn baby boy lying naked in her yard, crying uncontrollably. She grabbed the baby and rushed to her bedroom to cover it with a blanket. Ms Ncube immediately knew that the baby belonged to her intellectually challenged […]
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Peter Matika, [email protected] TWO suspects who allegedly broke into a Nedbank Belmont branch in Bulawayo and stole more than US$270 000 and about R2 million last month, have again been remanded in custody to September 29. Lovemore Gambiza and Elias Madimba whose ages and addresses were not given, were not asked to plead when they appeared […]
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Mbuso Ndhlovu, [email protected] Word has been going round on social media that women in Zimbabwe want to embrace their sisters in Malawi and India who say men don’t have to show commitment by paying lobola. It is said that Zimbabwean women will soon start paying lobola for their husbands thus overturning the usual cultural norms and […]
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DEMAND for quality healthcare services is high in the country. The Government is working hard to provide them, at the same time building new hospitals and clinics. Dozens of such facilities are among the more than 5 000 infrastructure development projects that the Second Republic has implemented since 2018. While the commitment is there, resources […]
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Raymond Jaravaza , [email protected] STANDING in groups on the lower slopes of a huge mountain in the Sandawana area of the vast Mberengwa District, young men spoke to one another in hushed tones as though they were afraid anyone within earshot might pass on details of the conversation to the police. Just two days before, […]
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Sikhumbuzo Moyo, [email protected] COUNCILLORS from the country’s two biggest cities, Harare and Bulawayo, last week elected their mayors in line with the Urban Councils Act with Councillor Ian Makone taking over in the capital while Councillor David Coltart assumed office in the latter. Both mayors are from the opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) led by […]
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