Mnangagwa implores parents to administer corporal punishment

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has implored parents and guardians to administer corporal punishment to discipline their children and challenged churches and other social institutions to join in the fight against...

Mnangagwa says political violence will not be tolerated

The State will deal decisively with instigators and perpetrators of political violence and will move with speed to institute a strong legislative response to thwart incidences of violence ahead of nex...

Keep knocking at Heaven's door with prayers to God

Now that again schooling seem out of sight due to the evil Coronavirus, parents and guardians are urged to keep an eye on their children. Being young, energetic and restless, they are vulnerab...

Spare the rod and spoil the child

We keep a German shepherd at home. He is quite an intelligent and polite dog. He is very inquisitive and playful with every new person it meets. It is very alert and energetic.The dog weighs a...

We must reject the use of violence as a tool to settle differences, political or otherwise

I had initially planned to pen an article challenging Tendai Biti and his party on their proposal of the National Transitional Authority this week but I just could not bring myself to ignore some vide...

A girl-child's domestic chores; child labour? or acquiring a traditional woman's apprenticeship

Who has ever seen the agony of a woman in a maternity ward, having just delivered a girl-child instead of a boy-child she had hoped to get to solidify the marriage?  She breaks down and cries, sh...

Teachers' union seeks corporal punishment reinstatement

Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) secretary-general Raymond Majongwe has petitioned President Robert Mugabe to rescind the new constitutional provisions that outlawed corporal punishm...

We, the men of Matabeleland are not upset but perturbed by Grace Mugabe's insults

We the men of Matabeleland are very amused at the wayward mouth of the second first lady of Zimbabwe. We are not upset but perturbed as it is clear that she sleeps next to the man who does not spare ...

This and that with Mal'phosa - That is not in the Bible

There are four women who 'haunt' Jourbert Park all day every Sunday. They take turns to preach to a passers-by congregation, shouting their lungs out and prancing and flapping like chickens trying to ...