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Kariba journalist threatened with mortal harm
Kariba-based freelance investigative journalist, Obert Siamilandu, has received anonymous phone calls threatening harm to his personal life for penning th...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire in Kariba
Hottest tot for Kariba merrymakers opens up
Patsaka-Nyaminyami CR Environment and Tourism SeriesAs Kariba gears herself up to host an increased domestic tourism traffic flow, she needs the necess...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 19:53hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire
Mola honoured with Tonga Constitution launch
The Zimbabwe 2013 constitution has been translated into all indigenous languages in Zimbabwe. Mola, in the Omay communal lands, will headline the distribution and unpacking of the ChiTonga ver...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:29hrs | 6 | by Laiton Kandawire - Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Correspondent
Kariba Municipality implements controversial supplementary budget
The Municipality of Kariba has with immediate effect implemented a hotly disputed Supplementary Budget. It came into effect on 1 June 2019, according to invoices seen by this reporter.The budg...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Laiton Kandawire - A Patsaka-Nyaminyami CR Correspondent
ZETDC Kariba shreds its own loadshedding schedule
The ultimate tourist resort town of Kariba must brace for dark days like it has never endured before since 1960.Zimbabwe's electricity shortages are getting worse each day as the Kariba lake w...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:06hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire, Patsaka-Nyaminyami CR Environment and Tourism Series
'Not My Job!' declares Kariba Mayor
Residents of Beira Blocks, a section of Mahombekombe suburb, falling under Ward 5, have resorted to using the bush to relieve themselves. The only toilet servicing this bustling community is in a stat...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 22:38hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire | Patsaka-Nyaminyami CR Environment and Tourism Series
Obituary: Jamusi MacKenzie (1973 - 2017) - A Brave Hunter and Conservationist
Most people know the late Jamusi MacKenzie only as a Professional Hunter and Guide, but he was a lot of other things to many people.I first met Jamusi MacKenzie in the 1990s when we were both ...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 12:22hrs | 4 | by Laiton Kandawire, a Patsaka Correspondent
The Nyaminyami legend and the Nyaminyami walking stick are two different things
This story has been itching to be told, but ripe opportunities were not availing themselves. That was until I decided to sharpen my media skills. And the opportunity presented itself unexpectedly and ...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 20:22hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire, a Patsaka Coresspondent
What's choking Kariba?
In the previous instalment Laiton Kandawire looked at overfishing and how fisheries authorities in both Zimbabwe and Zambia agreed to impose a Full Moon non-fishing ban of at least seven days to comba...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 17:09hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire and Oliver Samboko
Full moon – the Lake Kariba scenario
We are going to have a full moon on Thursday, 6th July 2017. Our hardworking fishermen are going to take a deserved 7-day break from their daily routine. The fish get a reprieve and hopefully they rep...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 10:40hrs | 3 | by Laiton Kandawire, a Patsaka Correspondent
'Help Themselves'
Let's get the ugly stuff out of the way first. The bilious stuff that burns in our chests and hurts our emotional health and communal wellbeing; the ugly reality that education got to the Tongas a bit...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 15:15hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire, a Patsaka Correspondent
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