By Takura Zhangazha
In 1998, I had to undertake a research project for a course called Theory and Practice of Public Policy for my undergraduate studies.
I had decided that I...
Afdis, Zimbabwe’s biggest maker and distributor of spirits, wines and ciders, says volumes grew 28% in the quarter to September, despite the impact of COVID-19.
Among Afdis’ most recognisable brands are Viceroy and Klipdrift brandy, Smirnoff vodka, Sting spirit cooler,...
Agriculture Minister Perrance Shiri, who has died at age 65, was the first commander of the 5 Brigade, the unit that had a lead role in the Gukurahundi massacres. He served as commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe...
Everything about “Cook Off” was a long shot.
The film’s plot, for one. It told a story of near-impossible odds, following a single mother and amateur chef as she duked it out with an...
On Pinfields Farm at Ruwa, the blueberry harvest started two weeks ago, the early crop going to Woolworths shelves in South Africa, as the Zimbabwean blueberry harvest begins well ahead of South Africa.
The 42 hectares of blueberries were established...
A fascinating collection of paintings, drawings and sculptures by young Zimbabwean artists has gone on display after being recovered from the basement of a Shoreditch church.
They were all made in the 1940s and stored in St Michael and All...
By Kristen Bieler
There is no direct English translation for the word “kumusha.” In Shona, it means “your home, your origin, your roots.”
The term conjures the “feeling of belonging” rather than a physical place, explains Tinashe Nyamudoka, which is exactly...
TELECOMMUNICATIONS firm, TelOne, launched its video on demand service on Wednesday, as it pursues a diversification strategy away from its traditional voice offering.
TelOne has partnered South Africa’s Discover Digital to package the Digital Entertainment on Demand (DEOD) service.
As interest...
By Miles Tendi
This authorised biography tells the life history of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, from childhood to presidency. The biography is 153 pages long. It consists of a foreword, an editor’s note by...
The name Machipisa is one of the names that pops up when Zimbabwe’s earliest black entrepreneurs are mentioned.
By the 1970s, Philemon Machipisa Murambiwa owned at least 20 houses, some of which he sold, reportedly at the insistence of the...
