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Storytelling as Activism: Inspiring change through personal experiences in Zimbabwe
As I sit down to reflect on the personal experiences and insights I have gained from writing and reading about politics and social justice in Zimbabwe, a myriad of emotions wash over me. It is undenia...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 17:47hrs | 5 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Sue Nyathi nominated for AU20 Artistes and Writers Residency Programme in Ghana
BULAWAYO-born fiction author Sukoluhle "Sue" Nyathi has been nominated for the AU20 "Our Africa, Our Future" Writers Residency Programme to be held in Ghana from tomorrow to November 28.The Wr...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
It's really embarrassing when a president acts like a star-struck teenager!
I have never really understood the whole frenzied excitement over so-called 'celebrities'.Maybe, it is because I have never been a huge fan of music or movies, or practically anything else tha...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:35hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Obert Mpofu's Gukurahundi proposal trigger storm
ZANU-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu's call for Zimbabweans to simply wish away the Gukurahundi atrocities as bygones has drawn fire, with activists accusing the former Cabinet minister of...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Living Your Purpose - book review
LIVING YOUR PURPOSEBook review by Brian MaregedzeVOLUME 1, FRANK NYAMUNDERO, ISBN: 978-0-620-69214, 2017Printed by: Media EssentialsCover Design: Media magnet advertising"I bel...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 19:23hrs | | by Brian Maregedze
How to make the best out of your College Life
Entering college and building relationships We all want to make lots of friends the moment we enter the gates of our college or university. But are all the people whom you mee...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 11:10hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
I survived military shootings says British journalist
A British journalist Jason Burke has claimed that he survived the 1 August bloody election violence that left 6 civilians dead when the military was dispatched to restore law and order in the st...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 08:36hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe still crazy after 103 days of regime change
Life in Zimbabwe hasn't changed much since Bob Mugabe reluctantly resigned, one arm twisted behind his back and forced to face the writing on the wall. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose bloodless mi...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 08:17hrs | | by Cathy Buckle*
The power of storytelling for social change
EACH and everyone of us has a person that they relate to better than others. This person is usually one whom we share our secrets, troubles and aspirations. One of the most common credentials which en...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 12:15hrs | | by Divine Dube
Zim Achievers Awards nominations deadline this weekend
Nominations for the fifth edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) will close on Sunday 15 February with organisers saying there has been a huge increase in the number of people who have taken p...Published: 12 Feb 2015 at 05:36hrs | | by Arts Correspondent
Deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers defended
DEPUTY Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Paul Mavima says the shortage of qualified teachers is resulting in the deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers to the Matabeleland region....Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 14:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Dokora not summoned over non-Ndebele teachers,' - Video
The Ministry of education has dismissed media reports claiming that Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora was summoned for meetings on non-Ndebele teacher deployment in Matabeleland....Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 19:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Non-Ndebele speaking teachers, Dokora summoned
SENIOR Minister of State in the President's Office, Simon Khaya Moyo, has summoned Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Lazarus Dokora, to explain the policy of engaging non-Ndebele speaking tea...Published: 22 Jun 2014 at 12:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uproar over non-Ndebele speaking teachers
ACADEMICS and the Bulawayo Provincial Education office have expressed concern over the employment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers in primary schools in the Matabeleland region saying this was contr...Published: 15 Jun 2014 at 08:21hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
NoViolet Bulawayo shortlisted for Guardian first book award 2013
The Booker-shortlisted novelist NoViolet Bulawayo is among five writers shortlisted for this year's Guardian first book award.Bulawayo's We Need New Names joins three other novels and one non-...Published: 16 Nov 2013 at 06:04hrs | | by Guardian
'Herbert Wants To Come Home'
UK-based Zimbabwean author Masimba Musodza has launched a serialised first edition of a new horror novel, Herbert Wants To Come Home. This is the story of the Mutsepe family who gather in August to co...Published: 28 Oct 2013 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Masimba Musodza
Zimbabwe: The Blame Game
Tendai Rinos Mwanaka is back with another sizzling non-fiction novel titled 'Zimbabwe: The Blame Game.' Zimbabwe: The Blame Game is a cycle of creative non-fiction pieces, pulling the readers ...Published: 08 Jun 2013 at 20:48hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Violence and crimes in the name of power: The Fear
In his latest book "The Fear", Peter Godwin describes torture, violence and crimes in the name of power in the country that was once a prototype of the "rainbow nation". Why did the paradigm never hap...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 08:14hrs | | by Peter Godwin
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