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Zimbabwe is never short of scammers

They came and beguiled nobles and laity by claiming gasoline was oozing out of a sacred rock formations somewhere in rural Chinhoyi. Innocent boulders were soaked in a deluge of diesel and people fell for it hook line and sinker. But, alas…

Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 12:07hrs | 1182 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

First cries of newborn babies are sweet music to them

There I was under the "Mundoza tree", our 'poshto' at the watering hole, known by the trade name Mavende Bar and bottle store. Where partakers of the illicit drink talk about going-for-one-one, they mean one after the other. A comedy of dr…

Published: 26 Jan 2025 at 12:16hrs | 502 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Tobacco farming is profitable business

Despite the late rains, the flue-cured tobacco crop in Ward 3, Chiweshe, Mash. Central is thriving. Its no use 'crying' for jobs when we have the land, farming is profitable business. Go into farming and be your own masters. No more fears …

Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 22:27hrs | 211 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Birds of a feather flock together

Catch them young. Birds of a feather flock together. In the photo is Anesu Ajana (holding his impressive school report), a second grader and academic starlet of Chinehasha Primary School in Chiweshe, Mash. Central. He came out with flying …

Published: 10 Aug 2024 at 07:43hrs | 1439 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Eat to live, not live to eat

None communicable diseases are on the rise and claiming more lives than wars. The terrible and horrible 'siamese' twins, diabetes and hypertension are the ring leaders of these phantom hit squads. How did it come to this and why is Souther…

Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 22:35hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

It's time we retrace our footsteps

Face contorted as a result of the bitter taste in their mouth, baby on her lap near a crackling fire, the African mother does the ritual dutifully without fail. Was this not an immune-boosting herbal vaccine, a practice with echoes in the …

Published: 24 May 2023 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Let's support our school children by paying their school fees

Here I was walking lackadaisically towards our forlorn and miserable Chinehasha Shopping Centre on  Friday. The much-remembered and never to be forgotten 2023. Ahh isn't it the same year of the great national plebiscite of selective p…

Published: 18 May 2023 at 21:05hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Education the only investment with no risk

 Here I was walking lackadaisically towards our forlorn and miserable Chinehasha Shopping Centre on New Year's day. The much-remembered and never to be forgotten 2023. Ahh isn't it the same year of the great national plebiscite of sel…

Published: 01 Jan 2023 at 14:45hrs | 5 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

It's time to make peace with the brother you offended last year

Did the biblical Prophet Jona jump or was pushed? Why did he pass his misdemeanour to other boat occupants to do the dirty work of throwing him overboard like the flotsam and jotsam of a sinking overloaded cargo board? As we start the spar…

Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 16:53hrs | 9 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

It rained 'Elephants and Buffaloes' in Chiweshe today (29 December 2021)

To say it rained cats and dogs may be actually being economic with the truth. Saying it rained elephants and buffaloes may give a modicum of justice to the copious rains that pounded my home area on 29th of instant. The thunder that rumble…

Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 11:27hrs | 11 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

People living with albinism need help

Tinevimbo is an outgoing bubbling sixth-grader who finds it difficult to make friends. Most girls look at her mockingly and sometimes with utter disdain. During break time at school, no one wants to share snacks with her or a game of skip-…

Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 11:56hrs | 13 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Some churches may soon get listed on Stock Exchanges

The practice and tradition of assembling for worship and fellowshipping in furtherance and spreading of the Gospel is an act every believer must do. Hebrews 10 verses 23-25 is very loud and clear on that. It gives us the opportunity to str…

Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 12:20hrs | 34 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Prospects of a meaty Xmas diminishing fast

To most villagers of Ward 3 in Chiweshe, Mash Central, all prospects of a 'meaty' festive season are diminishing fast. After the Provincial herd was obliterated by January Disease a few months ago, chickens are just dropping dead.A deadly …

Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 13:51hrs | 14 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

The clarion call is - back to the fields.

The Second Republic, a new Genesis, a new dawn. This year the Pfumvunza programme is an inputs galore. No household shall retire to bed on empty bellies. The whole of Zimbabwe wanna be a one great silo. With God on our side, rains will nev…

Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 09:19hrs | 14 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Rains are knocking at the farmer's door

The rains are knocking at the farmer's door, Heaven has shown its preparedness to water the fields adequately. Remember our God is a faithful God. He is not human so does not lie, what He says must come to pass. Our workaholic and evergree…

Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 23:16hrs | 14 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Who knows the Brain Fruit?

Wild fruits are both exotic, tasty and in most cases packed with micro-nutrients and medicinal properties. Since they are not commercially grown, organic food is the most recommended for good health, fecundity and longevity. Nhengeni, loqu…

Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 17:25hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Ruya Dam wall needs completion

Ruya Dam at Chinehasha area of Matepatepa in Chiweshe, Mash. Central, is an awesome water-body with great potential to change livelihoods. Massive Irrigation Projects can be set up with amazing results. A green belt of horticultural produc…

Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 13:41hrs | 3 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Covid-19 may have exposed the false prophets

It's difficult not to talk about them, I mean the later day gospelpreneurs. Some would call theirs prosperity gospel Prophets since they thrive in flamboyance and opulence, promising their followers a disease free life of plenty. But, this…

Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Reckless drinking is destroying the youths

Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of having an empty glass of beer, so the seasoned drinker or connoisseur is always topping up the glass with more beer after every swig. Not so with 'Musombo' or 'Kambwa', one just raises the 200mls plastic co…

Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:43hrs | 8 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Sangomas are also looking for money

A trio of male adults left Zimbabwe for Mozambique in search of a Sangoma to give them a get-rich-quick voodoo panacea. A yesternight borne fire discussion had assured them in Nampula province of Mozambique riches were a low fruit waiting …

Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 09:07hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Farmers need tractors, cattle have died

My rather heavy footsteps did not jolt the old farmer out of his deep thought, head rested on his bony knees, sort of mind comatose. The man was 'lost' in great thinking, pondering how he would tackle the fast approaching farming season. A…

Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 19:16hrs | 3 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

When dreams take one up Mt Everest

Green mealies, fresh broccoli, green beans, 'Eish'! Have just awoken from a near realistic dream where all the fresh horticultural products were coming out from our Irrigation plots at Chinehasha Irrigation Scheme by the shores of the magn…

Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:29hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Farmers do not be a sitting duck to fraudsters

Harvest time is upon us, a time of plenty. Fraudsters are on the prowl looking for who to con, taking your agricultural produce without paying a dime for it. A colleague nearly lost a tonne of top-grade sugar beans to a con artist who clai…

Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 13:11hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Caught between a hard surface and a rock

This year has been very unfortunate for scholars, it's a year they will never want to remember. Caught between a hard surface and a rock, the students can not answer why it's happening to them. Coronavirus, wherever it came from, caused th…

Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Charity begins at home

Charity begins at home. Indeed the First Lady Mai Mnangagwa is a mother to the nation and her Angel of Hope Foundation is a beacon of hope to many disadvantaged families. The schools feeding programme initiative is very noble and came at t…

Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Sugar beans can give beef a run for its taste

The kitchen place is a very interesting culinary laboratory, it be makeshift, modern or rural set up. Sometimes food burning to cinder whilst both eyes and attention of the cook are on smartphone chatting the day away. Sugar beans can be g…

Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 17:01hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Educating the girl child is educating the nation

Their figures mere silhouettes in the pre-dawn 'darkness', the trio always emerge from the east going to the west. Don't they say the three wisemen came from the East, no wonder these three young women also trudge from that side. The eleva…

Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 17:01hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Zimbabwe is our only home

Gogo Chapo moved up and down the whole night checking on her sons Enock and John who were recuperating at their respective homes after a thorough beating by the settler forces. The cat had come out of the bag, freedom fighters camped at Mu…

Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:18hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

She found favour in God's eyes

Archana was an orphan, a very unenviable status and circumstance especially when very young. It's the time children need their parents most, a time of bonding. Adults can be orphans too but theirs is a circumstance of self consciousness an…

Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:32hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Pfumvudza agricultural inputs are home

It was agric-fete or farming 'tombola' at Chinehasha Community shed as villagers exhibiting excitement and zealousness mingled and mixed to receive the 'Pfumvudza' farming inputs. The unrelenting September heat did not deter the mass of hu…

Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:24hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Herbal medicines now trending

By all pointers, humanity is looking for solutions and panacea to a plethora of health problems, especially noncommunicable ailments and conditions. Unfortunately the search seems a wild goose chase, causing opportunists and self appointed…

Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:58hrs | 4 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Village soccer can be fun

Soccer extravaganza at Chinehasha Primary School grounds, who said rural soccer is not up to scratch? The boys showed great skills with such dexterity and fancy footwork that would shame a mountain goat. Four teams from villages in the loc…

Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:56hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Keep some for the rainy day

Everyone has heard of that proverbial 'rainy day', a piece of advice from time forever. Wise words indeed, putting something aside for the rainy day. In these days of economic uncertainty, if you can't keep up  lower your standards. A…

Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

The mystic African kitchen hut

If it's not a grass thatched brick and mortar hut, it's not the traditional African kitchen. The African woman is incomplete without a round kitchen hut. Times gone, the floors would have a cow-dung finish but with mordenity creeping in, r…

Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 17:07hrs | 7 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Bullies are paper tigers

During my primary school education, I was unfortunate to sit next to a near zero IQ class mate. Very handsome but very ugly in mindset and mind output. Academically leading from the rear end, call it blank. However, the guy was not stupid.…

Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:11hrs | 4 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

We can not all go to OK

Prophets of doom taking their first bite of the proverbial humble pie, may be also taking a face cloth to remove egg from their murky faces, york, white and its all. Who ever thought the forex auction exchange rate would hold onto US$ tail…

Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:08hrs | 3 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Some cheap goods can be very expensive

Sweet tongue trickster is a conman (confidence man) who can be a woman as well. They are very smart with words and can actually sell a fridge to an Eskimo whose igloo is made using ice blocks. Their tricks vary in presentation but with the…

Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

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