by BERNARD CHIKETO RESIDENTS of Buhera district presented four demands at a pre-budget consultation in Murambinda on July 14th: road-maintenance machinery stationed in each ward, additional hospitals, income-generating projects and stronger security against theft.
by BERNARD CHIKETO A DECADE after launching its national case management system for child welfare, Zimbabwe is convening a high-level conference to confront what officials describe as a “solemn call to action” against persistent threats facing the country’s youngest citizens.
Two courts, one verdict, and a man who would not leave by BERNARD CHIKETO THE LEGAL journey of Wilson Masokovere has reached its terminus—not with a bang, but with the quiet thud of a gavel.
At an elite Anglican mission school in Mutasa – Manicaland, allegations of serial abuse against a teacher have exposed the fragility of the safeguards meant to protect the girl child. As police hunt a fugitive educator, an institution—and a community—confronts uncomfortable questions. by BERNARD CHIKETO THE security guards at St David’s Bonda Girls’ High School…
Victor Matemadanda, Zimbabwean diplomat, liberation veteran and ZANU-PF commissar, died on June 20th, aged 66 by STAFF WRITER THERE was a certain restlessness to Victor Matemadanda. He was a man who seemed to have lived several political lives, each more improbable than the last.
by BERNARD CHIKETO SCOTTLAND FC, the reigning champions of Zimbabwe, will step into new territory in July when they face South Africa’s Kaizer Chiefs in the Toyota Cup. The match, set for Rustenburg, offers the ambitious Harare-based club a rare chance to gauge itself against one of African football’s most recognisable names. The invitation-only tournament,…
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 ZIMBABWE won a seat on the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, a diplomatic prize that President Emmerson Mnangagwa hailed as proof that his controversial re-engagement drive is winning over the world.
by STAFF WRITER GOVERNMENT has kitted out three Ebola isolation centres in Harare, Bulawayo and the Zambian border post of Chirundu, even though the country has yet to register a single case of the haemorrhagic fever.
by BERNARD CHIKETO Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) will convene its first annual general meeting on June 17th in Harare, a move that ends an awkward stretch of corporate silence for an organisation that has spent years selling the country’s attractions without ever presenting its own books to a public forum.
