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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 | 1079 | 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 | 232 | 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 | 102 | 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 | 147 | 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 | 91 | 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 | 584 | 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 | 44 | 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 | 197 | 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 | 783 | 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 | 1559 | 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 | 336 | 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 | 164 | 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 | 3156 | 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 | 2056 | 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 | 274 | 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 | 516 | 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 | 744 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Chinehasha Secondary School leading by example
They froze in complete perplexity and fear, Chinehasha Secondary School has done it and the icing on the cake, the girl child led by example. I shall not elucidate and expand in case more fles...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 10:12hrs | 926 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Not doing well at O-Level is not the end of the world
Horticulture is a quick turnaround farming venture and the farmer is always 'liquid', living good in good living. Mr Walter Murinyu is a youthful horticulturist into growing tomatoes by the sh...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 10:12hrs | 1218 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
The culture of reading is dying a little each day
The standard of both spoken and written English in most rural high schools is very disappointing if not atrocious. Remember its the business language in Zimbabwe. Its not that English teachers are not...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 14:20hrs | 230 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Still waiting for the rains
Old man Jaricha craned his head looking up to the skies as if looking for answers, we are into the second week of December and still no rains. Tobacco seedlings are still in nursery beds, well...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 14:18hrs | 697 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
We want 'Samson' back in our butcheries
Some unscrupulous meat outlets countrywide especially beef are selling meat from carcasses of disease stricken cattle. Others are retailing beef from stolen beasts resulting in some unfortunat...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 14:17hrs | 629 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
What happened to the Pay-For-Your-House-Scheme of the 90s?
The issue of the unconcluded logically Pay-For-Your-House- Scheme of the 90s remains outstanding like a sore thumb. No house and no refund remains the stalemate after contributing for many years. ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 22:07hrs | 1186 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
They were not called sons of the soil for nothing
Now that Uncle Sam and his cousin Albion have not minced their words on what must be done first for 'ZIDERA' to go, what shall we do about it? Did we not say it before that the human rights ma...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 22:06hrs | 1745 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Do not give the devil undeserved 'credit'
For sure witchcraft and witches do exist for different reasons and purposes. Just like thieves and robbers (another type of witchcraft), they are a menace to society and communities at large. ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 22:06hrs | 1481 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Who said black is bad?
Almost everything if not all that is associated with misfortune, bad luck, bad omen and negative force is called 'Black'. On highways a place that is notorious for road traffic accidents is la...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 22:00hrs | 842 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Econet please help us!
Chinehasha Business Centre and its environs has a problematic connectivity for those using Econet lines. I have been in the area for about a month during which calls just drop or its 'emergency calls'...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 21:57hrs | 740 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Who said farmers do not 'cry'?
Baradzanwa cattle dip tank is not working and has not been for some time now. Cattle are literally walking dead, skeletal shadows of their former selves. Communal farmers seemingly now 'fatten...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 21:55hrs | 204 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
We need a police base at Chinehasha Business Centre
The Zupco bus plying Harare-Nzvimbo Growth Point in Chiweshe should go all the way to Chaona. The road is very good and I do not see why Zupco should give us 'half a loaf' when the situation j...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 21:54hrs | 228 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Did you plant a tree on 1 December?
Tree planting day, December 1st could not come and go unnoticed without symbolic tree planting at Chinehasha in Chiweshe Mash. Central. Our local health centre did their bit big time at Murisa h...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 21:53hrs | 38 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
We may be losing a whole generation to illicit drinks
In the absence of ales and lagers that are now beyond the reach of the not so rich, many imbibers have dropped standards. A few have found Jesus and are now teetotallers with those who swore a...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 21:52hrs | 322 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Our tobacco crop is signed by the sun
There is a conspiracy theory that keep wafting about despite efforts to muzzle and smoother it. Zimbabwe's tobacco and oranges are 'signed by the sun' hence no matter the appearances the taste is grea...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 11:27hrs | 956 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Every cloud has a silver lining
Though 'painful', the stratospheric fuel prices seem to have tamed the speed demons on our roads. Every cloud has a silver lining indeed for our roads had become racing lanes. Availability of copious ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 07:04hrs | 693 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
A house of God must look as such
A house of God (church building) must look as such, exuding grandeur, glow and glamour. The biblical temple was a good and holy example, exceptionally beautiful and radiating holiness. Both the exteri...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:56hrs | 576 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
All is not lost when O-Level results are not good
O-Level candidates are now trooping back home after sweating it out writing the final exams. It was a walk in the park for some yet a Herculean undertaking for others writing same. Parents, th...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:52hrs | 3171 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Villages and cattle pens are empty
It was not the usual rainfall but heavy downpour punctuated with blinding lightening and earsplitting thunder. Of course far too little when compared to the deluge of Noah's time but nevertheless it r...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 18:46hrs | 1979 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Eating mice is not poverty its our ways
When you see an African woman coming from the woods with a big bundle of firewood balanced on her head, young daughter in tow carrying a smaller bundle of twigs in same fashion, its not child labour. ...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 18:45hrs | 1741 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
The frogs are singing in their aquatic languages
The road that cuts through the two schools starts from or ends at the landmark dam, not a real cul-de-sac but just a dead end. Nevertheless, tyre tracks are still visible since anglers and customers c...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 21:52hrs | 889 | by Thomas Tondo MURISA.
Who is manipulating tobacco prices at the floors?
What is happening at the tobacco auction floors come the selling season? Some tobacco farmers are not happy and even their wives are shaking heads in disapproval and dismay. The children may n...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 11:12hrs | 1409 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
The drinking will never stop
The illicit brew 'kachasu' has come back with a bang after a long sabbatical. Its never seen but the effects are too glaring to conceal. The singing has no notes and compiling them is like mat...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 11:09hrs | 1905 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
They live in harmony with nature
Customs and traditions are still held dear, regarded with great reverence and deep respect in most parts of Mash. Central especially Mbire, Lower Guruve and Chiweshe. Curtseying by women when greeting...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 20:27hrs | 954 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Msasa tree looks great even without flowers
Not much into botanical or forestry issues but the 'Msasa' tree amazes me if not many. No wonder one of Harare's suburbs was named after it or in its honour. Whilst the nation and region are g...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 20:25hrs | 731 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Our loquats our fish, devolution for development
The month of October in Mash. Central comes with a lot of forest goodies and wild freebies. Loquats (mazhanje) are now in season and most people are making a beeline for the forest to pick these juicy...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 14:06hrs | 113 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Unisex footpaths are ideal for erotic manoeuvres
Secondary school students from Chideu, Chigwida, Mukunyadzi, Jaji, Rwiza and Mashiri villages in Mash. Central all go to Chinehasha for their high school education. A very good school indeed, strategi...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:25hrs | 690 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Freely they were given freely they must give
Anointed pens for exams, anointed umbrellas, condoms, maize, bricks, cucumbers etc, the list is endless. The basic equation is money and more money. The Lord Jesus and his disciples never vend...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:24hrs | 253 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Let the girl child rise and shine
They never tell us, will never do and we may never know. Some school girls will be women before they are school children. Detours and lay-byes are very common before school starts. Call it lod...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:16hrs | 73 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Roses have thorns but remember thorns have roses
Some among us are hunting with the hounds and running with the hare at the same time making us wonder if its about the people or themselves. Rising kombi fares spawned an outcry across the lan...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:49hrs | 25 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Why not Eastern Province, why Manicaland?
Naming our provinces tribally was a white man's way of diving us so they could rule unhindered. Remember united we stand and divided we fall, it was one way of entrenching and stamping their authority...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:57hrs | 449 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
When hunger inhibits acquisition of knowledge
The young girl could hardly walk, her step was a blend of jaywalking and deathly staggering. To say she was sleep walking would be far fetched since she new the direction of the foot path. Her...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:56hrs | 104 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Child abuse is a danger to society
Amongst my people (blacks), the problem of paedophilia is downplayed to not-a-problem levels yet its a reality. Entrusting male relatives with girl child care or girl baby sitting must be done with gr...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:54hrs | 100 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
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