Zimbabwe fast-tracks progress on UN Water Convention accession, aiming to accrue multiple benefits

GENEVA, Switzerland - Zimbabwe, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, lies entirely within a total of five transboundary river basins (Buzi, Limpopo, Pungwe, Save and Zambezi) and one international...

Margaret Dongo lifts lid on liberation war sex abuses

WAR veteran Margaret Dongo says the story of sexual abuse of women ex-combatants by their commanders during the armed struggle in the military camps is yet to be told fully.Dongo lifted the li...

Zimbabwe cities left with less than a year of water supply

WATER supplies in many cities and towns in the country are dwindling, while local authorities face additional challenges of shortages of chemicals and broken down pipes and pumps, Lands deputy ministe...

Cops foil attempt to smuggle equipment

KATIYO tea estate contracted construction concern Mandebvu Construction's employees were convicted of attempting to smuggle an excavator, tractor, trailer and a bowser along Pungwe River from Mozambiq...

Mnangagwa admits blundering

HARARE West MP Jessie Majome (MDC-T) last week blasted members of the executive for bypassing parliamentary portfolio committees and breaking the House's standing rules each time they brought prot...

Honde Valley haven for national sparkle

In my recent and first visit to Honde Valley, Mutasa North district, I emerged a proud Zimbabwean citizen who was equipped with new knowledge on how rich our nation is. I had an over 300km dri...

Who are the Kalanga?

Who are the Kalanga, or Bakalanga, BaNambya and Vhavenda?One day not many years ago whilst passing by the Plumtree District Hospital, I overheard two men arguing about the people bearing the surn...

Zimbabwe in need of adequate power supplies

Zimbabwe's economy which is on the recovery path cannot grow productively without reliable and adequate power supplies, the Minister of Energy and Power Development, Elton Mangoma.He said thi...