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The traditional grasshopper dish is back
Now this is fascinating, scintillating and somewhat flabbergasting but above all, the taste is 'devilish good'. Pot roasted grasshoppers (mhashu/hwiza) with sadza, rice or just for a - salty c...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:44hrs | 610 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Spare a thought for the orphan this winter
Very soon some orphans, lonely widows and the neglected elderly will be shivering like reeds in flooded rivers because of the cold. It is that time of the year when those in better situations should s...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 142 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Where is our freedom of worship?
That known Christmas Holiday is no more, (voet-cookies) 'mafetikuku' in the winnowing basket and a steel kettle full of 'industrial boiler hot tea' may have disappeared for good. This virus and ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 243 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Man and snakes are mortal enemies
Even those who had sickly wobbled for treatment found new energy jumping spring high to get out of danger's way. A long dangerously thick snake with a diamond shaped head had sort warmth near patients...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:03hrs | 1545 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
The new daughter-in-law
The free ranger chicken was dragged unceremoniously from the chicken run amid cries of despair from its kind at the irreversible pending demise of one of their own. Whilst we worry about Covid-19 the ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:02hrs | 1980 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
In Africa we have our ways of doing things
"What good can come out of Africa", they would say but God has got plans for everyone and every place. Tiny Madagascar has come up with a herbal concoction that is giving 'killer blows' to Coronavirus...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:02hrs | 627 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
He knows the number of hairs in your head
The world health officials, gurus, and experts on viruses have disappointingly admitted that Coronavirus may not go away anytime soon. What does that mean for the world and especially for our beautifu...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:58hrs | 225 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Its better to build children than repair adults
The unsolicited 'long school holidays' as a result of the plague induced lockdown has availed our children with inexhaustible idle time. An idle mind is the devil's workshop. This has left the...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:58hrs | 223 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
The fear of lightening is called astraphobia
Folklore and hearsay has it that some people from Manicaland could and still can 'even it out' with home made lightening. The fear of lightening is called astraphobia which is very prevalent i...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:57hrs | 111 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Africa and Africans are never short of ideas
The precautions against Covid-19 are getting more dramatic and bizarre. My toddler neighbour or neighbour's toddler daughter had an idea of Martian ingenuity and innovation of extraordinary dimension....Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:55hrs | 194 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
The excitement is difficult to hide
The tobacco selling 'season' is upon us and with it, 'Dollars are in the air'. There is visible excitement in the village, even kids are now laughing louder than before as if aware that once the tobac...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:55hrs | 106 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Avoid unnecessary gatherings even when the coast is clear
Ceremonial gatherings are part and parcel of African culture and customs but now, faced with Coronavirus, we must be prepared to forego some of the ceremonies. Things like unveiling of the tom...Published: 04 May 2020 at 16:00hrs | 1391 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Lockdown - shwarma and fresh chips 'not reachable'
Not all Kombi crews are of uncouth traits when dealing with the travelling public, some are very humble, helpful and humane in their line of duty. The lockdown period is a time of reckoning an...Published: 04 May 2020 at 15:58hrs | 1635 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
We need a paradigm shift on how we conduct ourselves
The Spanish Flu of 1918 is alleged to have killed fifty million people having infected five hundred million and lasting two years. It swept across the world in three waves with the second wave...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 14:08hrs | 403 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
If its about mathematics let's meet at Chinehasha High School
Mathematics can be very annoying, unsettling and unrelenting. Maths as a subject has caused many wrinkles to many otherwise youthful high school students. A few resorting to bunking lessons to...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 14:07hrs | 490 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
A jewel in the crown of a rural health centre
A jewel in the crown of a rural Health Centre, Nurse-In-Charge Mr Dutiro and his team have made Chinehasha Health Centre in Chiweshe a beacon of hope for many. Their dedication to duty, commit...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 14:06hrs | 166 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
If predators find no prey the predators will perish
It has no 'pulse', no sign of life at all. Chinehasha Business Centre has gone comatose with no soul in sight. This Covid-19 has driven humanity into their foxholes, even the usual pecking fre...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:57hrs | 139 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
The drinkers scampered for cover
The alcohol thirst had gotten the better of a few drinkers who stealthily sneaked behind bottle stores for a gulp, swig and stagger. Unbeknown to them word had reached law enforcement agents t...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:55hrs | 282 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
There was no time for 'meet you behind the anthill'
What happened to the progressive women's clubs of yesteryears that 'delivered' hygiene, hope and self reliance to many rural families? In the early 80's these clubs were very active and every ...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:53hrs | 137 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
What is good for the goose is good for the gander
Humanity was created free from disease, hunger and injustice. Inflated ego, curiosity and insatiable desire to gain and have more has resulted in us making prisoners of ourselves. What...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:52hrs | 119 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Why allow incoming passengers from affected and infected countries?
Who is throwing spanners in the works of the all out 'war against' Coronavirus? A small family of twenty in their modest dwellings in the sprawling neighbourhood of Epworth and Hopley in Harar...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 11:19hrs | 1862 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Immorality can never be a way of life
The lockdown has sent a clear message to all and sundry that 'this world is not our home'. Even heavy calibre guns have become 'useless' faced with the faceless virus that is threatening to obliterate...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:08hrs | 197 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Where man's mind ends is where God begins
Not fearing God and not seeking repentance is man's Waterloo. Today the Heavens have spoken loud and clear, man is nothing but 'morning dew' that disappears and dries up at dawn. Even so...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 20:59hrs | 389 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Where are the traditional healers who claim to cure every disease?
Traditional healers, by all pointers have gone into 'hiding' with not even a single one claiming to have found the cure for COVID-19. Coronavirus, like 'Whispering Death' is spreading and killing with...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 18:35hrs | 1417 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Go away Mr Coronavirus the 'Prophet' has spoken
A very popular later day 'Prophet' from an equally well known international Pentecostal Church has pronounced a prophecy on when the evil coronavirus will bid earthlings good-bye.Not by season...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1657 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Cattle dying - why not get rabbit meat from Australia?
Now that some of our cattle are 'diseased and getting deceased' what's next for our meat protein requirement? Aah! Wait a minute, an Aussie idea is beckoning. We are told rabbits are considere...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:05hrs | 558 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Don't let the goose that lays the golden eggs die
Cattle are dying in big numbers in Mash. Central, a strange disease has befallen the province. Farmers are not making much noise but despair is very visible on their gloomy faces. Who is suppo...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:01hrs | 114 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Empower the girl child through education
The age group between puberty and marriage is the most critical for the girl child. A cocktail of occurrences and developments gave their genesis at this stage. It is a time when the maiden is at her ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:00hrs | 58 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
The 'beefy' news was told to a selected few
There is visible craving and 'thirst' for beef stew in the village that is only detectable at the mention of meat. Of course one may say but there is fish, when the beverage you want is a soda...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 06:59hrs | 127 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Public awareness on how to prevent malaria is needed in rural areas
The more than welcome rain season brought with it a plethora of water borne diseases and the dreaded malaria. To date I have witnessed three suspected cases of malaria who are receiving treatment at C...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 07:34hrs | 183 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
No more time for snorting drugs at shopping centres
The Presidential agricultural inputs scheme has put food on the tables of many households in rural Zimbabwe. Had it been not for this noble cause many families would have faced hunger and possibly sta...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 07:33hrs | 860 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Summer season time of plenty and little want
Summer is a season of plenty and 'abundant life' especially when rains are there to make the season complete. All crops in most places are 'very awake' and pointing to full granaries and stomachs. Fre...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 18:31hrs | 349 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
The girl child now leaving nothing to imagination
Are prophecies of yore now coming to the fore as per the Good Book? Signs of the end times appear to be in currency everywhere, does the Word not say so? Great swarms of locusts are ravenously...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 18:30hrs | 720 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
The road now looks like a post war zone
A stitch in time saves nine, if only the road from Mkunyadzi to Chigwida was repaired before onset of the rains motorists and commuters could be smiling all the way home. Red flags were raised pointin...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1112 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
We need more of his type in the August House
Hate him, like him, Temba comes to town. He gleans it all with X-ray eyes, piercing insight and with freedom of speech. We need people like him to unravel and demystify the sacred cows and speak the u...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:23hrs | 247 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Two-in-one got a double dosage of his own medicine
He hides in his stature, big frame and roving eyes but his inner self is as scared as a rodent. The diminutive lower Form school boy was trembling like a reed in water, his shorts 'flooded' el...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:20hrs | 111 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Enjoy your pumpkin leaves relish
Most rural Blair toilets have no roofs, leaving the structures exposed to the elements that can weaken them. A few have curved in posing serious danger to users especially children, the disabled and t...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:18hrs | 152 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
The liberation war was not a stroll in the park
A shot rang breaking the tense silence, followed by a high pitched cry associated with death and severe anguish. A crack shot enemy sniper had taken out comrade Bvuma, number two in command of a group...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:16hrs | 93 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Crocodiles in Runde River are vicious and always hungry
Yesterday is gone, never to come back again but what I saw yesterday keeps criss-crossing my mind like a video game. On my early morning 'brisk walk' exercise to the shores of Ruya dam, there ...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:27hrs | 619 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Mwakauno a jewel in the crown of the forest Kingdom
Would like to give all the accolades and add more feathers to the hats of the brains behind the popular and evergreen drama TUNGA. The characters and their costumes are the real face of Africa...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:24hrs | 95 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Mashonaland Central will be known for cotton and tobacco farming
Cotton production revival is going very well in Chiweshe, Mash. Central. The coordinators and the enthusiastic cotton farmers are working in unison for the government initiated cotton farming promotio...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 10:48hrs | 206 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Heroes and villains of the Land Reform
Karima is one of those who joined the 'land rush' and successfully secured an A2 Farm for himself and his young family. Wasting no time he went into horticulture and cattle farming. Tomatoes b...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 20:35hrs | 785 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Do totems have a bearing on people's traits?
The 'Chihera' women are well known for their poor anger management and sadomasochistic love for domestic violence. Spouses of 'Chihelele' women as they are popularly known virtually live in ha...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 16:20hrs | 1578 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Music is in the air, the birds are singing
Philosophers have been vindicated, indeed the early bird catches the fattest worm. In Mash. Central tobacco farmers who planted early are smiling all the way to 'the fields' where the tobacco ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 16:20hrs | 347 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Can Zesa please restore power at Chinehasha in Mash. Central
A Zesa power pylon stands heavily tilted to the side in Mr Otsi's field near Chinehasha Primary School in Mash. Central. The heavy downpours loosened the soils causing the poles to come down, ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 16:19hrs | 165 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
A few dogs could be missing in Harare
Since when did dog meat become and taste like game meat, bushbuck (mhembwe) for that matter. Only in Kuwadzana Extension in Harare where culinary fraud, call it, was recently committed by two enterpri...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 16:18hrs | 3163 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Pumpkin leaves can make great relish
Pumpkin leaves can make great relish and go down well with sadza. Many recipes are available and since cooking is a form of art, one can always try something new. Tender pumpkin leaves cooked ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 07:42hrs | 2064 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Report all cases of assault and public fighting to the police
A police station should be seen as a place of refuge, not something to scare your kids with so they can stop throwing tantrums and making scenes. "Stop crying or else I call the police", surel...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 07:42hrs | 278 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Can anyone please assist Chinehasha Health Centre in Mash. Central?
Imagine handling three new born baby deliveries at night using a phone light during an extended power outage, what a nightmare it must be? Chinehasha Health Centre is said to be the first of i...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 18:39hrs | 518 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
They preach love yet practice hate
Did you take cattle to the dip tank, have the calves suckled and the kitchen utensils cleaned? African life chores can be a nag, bother and pain in the neck. That is what makes us Africans and we are ...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 06:43hrs | 746 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
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