Zimbabwe tries to sober up its deadly roads
by BERNARD CHIKETO ZIMBABWE’S government has taken a long‑overdue step to tackle one of its most persistent road‑safety failures – the lax enforcement of drink‑driving laws.
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The Last Roar – Thomas Mapfumo’s Final Bow
by BERNARD CHIKETO Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo, the exiled lion of Zimbabwean music, will return home in April for a final farewell performance.
JUSTICE BY NUMBERS
Zimbabwe’s judiciary talks of transparency and technology to shore up public trust by BERNARD CHIKETOIN THE grand, often grim theatre of Zimbabwean public life, the judiciary has not always played a heroic role. Critics have long accused it of political timidity, crippling delays, and opaque operations. So, when Justice Anna Gowora of the Constitutional Court…
Zimbabwean man dies by suicide after clash with wives over plan to take third spouse
STAFF WRITER A 35-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man has taken his own life after his two wives violently protested his plans to marry a third woman, in a case that has highlighted domestic tensions under polygynous marriages.
Refuse and refuse trucks
Mutare’s rubbish piles up as its fleet breaks down by BERNARD CHIKETOFOR WEEKS, residents in parts of the eastern border city of Mutare have watched their uncollected rubbish fester.
Carbon, cleaned – a Mutare entrepreneur’s bet on engine hygiene
by BERNARD CHIKETO FOR A COUNTRY that has pledged to cut emissions by 2030, Zimbabwe’s roads tell a different story.
Minister Mugadza hails teamwork after cabinet recognition
by BERNARD CHIKETO Manicaland provincial minister has emerged as one of the top-performing devolution chiefs in the latest government rankings, prompting him to shower praises to both his superiors and his support staff.
Good rains bring death to Mutare
Zimbabwe’s malaria resurgence, and the fading power of DDT by STAFF WRITER AN AIRY conference room at Mutare District Development Coordinator’s offices, was heavy with the weight of a grim statistic.