Chimanimani Adventure Run on tomorrow, with registration long closed
by STAFF WRITER THE CHIMANIMANI Tourist Association expected fifty runners. It received one hundred and twenty.
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How watching birds helps understand the environment
by BERNARD CHIKETO MY EARLIEST memories are not of city streets, but of the deep, loamy smells of the forest floor and the symphony of the wild.
Zimbabwe launches World Hearing Day drive with free school screenings
by NORMA TSOPO THE MINISTRY of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) will launch this year’s Manicaland provincial World Hearing Day commemorations on Thursday with a province-wide school screening programme aimed at identifying children with undiagnosed hearing loss, offering free hearing aids to those in need.
A Bird’s Unlikely British Holiday
by NORMA TSOPO BIRDS can drive holidays. And commerce. Wales is experiencing a sudden wave of travelers because of just one bird – a bow famous grey-blue heron from the tropics.
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Themba Gorimbo’s fight outside the cage by BERNARD CHIKETO IN A SPORT that reveres the strong and silent, Themba Gorimbo was always the exception. The Zimbabwean mixed martial artist talked—about poverty, about power, and about the things that frighten governments.
A test for Zimbabwe’s champions
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,…
The Guardian’s House
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…
Zimbabwe makes polluters pay—at least in law
by STAFF WRITER THE NOTION that those who dirty the environment should pick up the tab has graduated from campaign slogan to binding legal duty in Zimbabwe.
Stepping Stones – How a Footbridge Symbolises Incremental Progress in Manicaland
by BERNARD CHIKETO IN MANICALAND seasonal rains can sever communities from schools, clinics and markets so infrastructure is not an abstract concept but a determinant of daily life.
The Greyhound of the Highveld
A new luxury coach service between Mutare and Bulawayo is promising to reclaim road travel from the chaos of the rank. by BERNARD CHIKETO FOR anyone who has braved Zimbabwe’s long-distance bus network, the memory is visceral. It is a cacophony of blaring horns and competing touts, a scrum for luggage space, and a journey…