by BERNARD CHIKETO AN INTERESTING thing happened on the way to Zimbabwe’s tourism recovery. When Dr. George Manyaya, the new chief executive of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA), called for a registration blitz of operators, he expected to tidy up the books.
by STAFF WRITER FROM the quartzite peaks of Mount Binga to the Rusitu river valley far below, this corner of eastern Zimbabwe has long been a laboratory in the hardest of sciences: survival.
by BERNARD CHIKETO ANOTHER worker has died at Bikita Minerals, a lithium mine in eastern Zimbabwe. Two, in fact, over the same weekend.
by BERNARD CHIKETO IT IS THE synopsis that grips, not the scenery. Two detectives are tasked with investigating the kidnapping and disappearance of a 15-month-old baby, only to find that everyone—the mother, a powerful socialite, and even the detectives themselves—has become a prime suspect.
by STAFF WRITER ON THE Lisima plateau, a vast highland in eastern Angola that feeds four of southern Africa’s great river systems, spiders glow blue, crickets wear armour and elephants linger in the shadows, long since forgotten by science.
