South Africa election: ANC leads as votes counted
BY BBC
Votes are being counted in South Africa’s election, with President Cyril Ramaphosa hoping to prevent a slide in support for the governing African...
Wildebeest faces extinction
Guest Column Joseph Ogutu
ACROSS the world, migratory animals like wildebeest — which rely on movement to find food, water and calving grounds — are...
Why NGOs in Africa must respect village headmen, hierarchies
Guest column: Thomas McNamara
ALMOST every global development body, from the World Bank to small, single-issue NGOs, claim to listen to or work with “the...
SA’s poll is more about battles in the ANC than between political parties
guest column Steven Friedman
SOUTH Africans were yesterday voting in the most competitive election they’ve had since democracy began in 1994. But, despite this, the...
Zela demands urgent alignment of environmental laws
BY MTHANDAZO NYONI
THE Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association (Zela) has petitioned Parliament to urgently review laws that promote sustainable in environmental practices by mining corporations.
The...
New law makes procurement officers more accountable
BY BUSINESS REPORTER
The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) has put in place new provisions for procurement officers to make them more answerable and...
Right to education remains a mirage
EDITORIAL
IN what has become more of a ritual at the beginning of every term, some schools have started sending pupils away over unpaid fees.
This...
Buy Zimbabwe intensifies buy-local campaign
By NQOBANI NDLOVU
Buy Zimbabwe says it will on Friday launch a national awareness programme emphasising the need for consumption of locally-made products to boost...
Facecoin? Cryptocurrency Push for Facebook Gathers Steam
The intense scrutiny that a company like Facebook comes under, coupled with the sense the corporation is more than just business, means that rumour...
I started as butcher boy, footballer: Freeman
SNEAK PEEK Freeman Makopa
Zimdancehall chanter Freeman – real name Emegy Sylvester Chizanga (EC) – who shot to fame after releasing his hit song Joina...