Columnist / Garikai mafirakureva
Even a horn can be stopped from fighting and made to sing forever
Although Democracy is discredited as "the last refuge to cheap misgovernment," by some writers and other scholars- the people of Zimbabwe seem to have seen it as a sanctuary for more forward-thinking ...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 17:39hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
We played your game for too long
As present day events unfold in front of me, I enviously look back at my past, and characters that were around me when I grew up. The picture of my late grandmother, (Mbuya Chikaka) flashes vividly in...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 17:34hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Dr Thomas Chauke to fundraise for this year's Great Limpopo International Cultural Trade Fair
CHIREDZI-One of the popular South African musicians, Thomas Hasani Chauke and the Xinyori Sisters of the "Shimatsatsa" fame, is set to perform for the first time in Zimbabwe, at fundraising gig, to be...Published: 24 May 2017 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Zimbabwe city honours prostitutes who made the town popular
Chiredzi - A town in Zimbabwe has set tongues wagging after honouring prostitutes who plied their trade in the 1960s and 1970s. Chiredzi, a small sugar-growing establishment in the Southern Region, is...Published: 15 May 2017 at 15:00hrs | 2 | by Garikai Mafirakurevai
Zanu PF fight for Chiredzi West constituency heats up
CHIREDZI - Zanu PF fights for what can be described as the hottest seat in the country's south eastern sugar farming town of Chiredzi, has reached high levels, with accusations and counter accus...Published: 15 May 2017 at 09:54hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
New kid on the block to launch debut album
HARARE - One thing revelers, music fans, critics and pundits, as well as other music industry players should expect from a new kid on the block who is currently riding high, is that he is likely to ta...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 08:55hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Proof of residence or proof of rigging?
Although it is not scientifically proven as many critics would want to argue, truth remains resolutely firm and an unwavering fact, that people who hate you for being different and not living by...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 16:51hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
WanyeMusik takes music industry by storm
SOUTH AFRICA - Most music fans who thought there is no other genre that could take over House music, Rhumba or ZimDancehall, are up for a big surprise, after South African based Zimbabwean singer, dro...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 15:39hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Aah looters continue !!!
At Havard School of Law there is a very interesting Latin inscription which reads: "sub homine sed sub deo et lege, which when translated into English simply mean, "It is not by men but by God and the...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 15:46hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Masvingo men sacrificing life for love matters
MASVINGO - Despite the fact that no official Police confirmation on the actual suicide figures for comparison could be obtained, Masvingo seems to top all provinces on violent suicides after failed af...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 13:30hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Xenophobic attacks: where South Africans are getting it all wrong
Martin Luther King Jnr, was once quoted as saying; morality cannot be legislated, but behaviour can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. It is ...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 12:15hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Seven candidates to contest in Bikita West MDC-T primaries
BIKITA - Despite lack of meaningful electoral reforms, preparations for the 2018 harmonised elections is already gathering momentum in Bikita West, with seven candidates showing interest in representi...Published: 09 Mar 2017 at 05:30hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Zimbabweans eke out a living selling ARVs to Nyaope users in S.A
A recent investigation brought out a shocking revelations of a sudden increase on an illegal exportation of ARVs to neighbouring South Africa for resale to Nyaope peddlers.The highly addictive...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 13:30hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Chiredzi General Hospital gives out expired ARVs to HIV patients
CHIREDZI - Zimbabwean government's woes continue to mount, with government hospitals either running out of essential drugs or giving out expired drugs. Patients at Chiredzi general hospital to...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 09:27hrs | 13 | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Top 100 schools at O'Level raise eyebrows
Often times, when we try to act as intelligent as we think we are, we usually portray the highest level of our stupidity. We usually strech our imaginations and start majoring the minor.One th...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 07:44hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Zanu PF sells another dummy to MDC part 3
If the opposition thinks Zanu PF is going to lie down and play dead, then it will be up to a big surprise. In fact, the opposite is true. They (opposition) are already falling in Zanu PF's contrivance...Published: 07 Feb 2017 at 19:12hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Black market for ARVs booms
MASVINGO - Of recent, there has been an upsurge in the availability of life prolonging Anti-Retroviral drugs on the black market. The drugs are acquired from hospital and private pharmacies through sh...Published: 05 Jan 2017 at 14:59hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
For every bad move that Johanna makes, they have a very good explanation
Education and common sense are more often than not compatible, but one is extremely compromised by the deficiency of the other. The similarity in temperament of the two is barely discerned in the mode...Published: 16 Dec 2016 at 11:42hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Disjointed protests useless and only hurt innocent citizens
Some 20 000 years ago, there lived the oldest tribe in the Southern Africa, referred to as the San. The most intriguing thing about the San was their hunting methods. They used bow and arrow...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 01:09hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
ZAC Bishop arrested on rape charges
BIKITA - Zion Apostolic Church (ZAC)'s Bishop Peter Makamba was arrested recently and is facing charges of raping his maid.Makamba appeared before Resident Magistrate Bishard Chineka and was ...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 16:07hrs | 3 | by Garikai Mafirakureva
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