A few years ago, I worked for a private company in Johannesburg, and part of my remit was corporate social responsibility. The company’s flagship CSI project was a STEM physics and chemistry laboratory in Diep Kloof, Soweto....
A long time ago, when rabbits had horns, we lived in what was called a monomedia society. There were two sources of news and information – the newspaper and the radio. We called the radio the wireless....
Common Law with Mike Murenzvi
“If they are opposed to abortion, they should be for preventing unintended pregnancies.” – Louise Slaughter
After a two-week break, Parliament resumed this past week. Debate...
Recently, heavy rains hit a town called Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. The resulting floods killed 49 people across the province, but Mthatha was the worst-hit. On the day of the flooding, there were reports of children...
For years, Zimbabweans have had to pay ZBC licence fees, grudgingly. Now, a new law makes it mandatory for motorists to have a valid ZBC licence before renewing vehicle licences or getting car insurance, sparking widespread backlash....
In 1991, I inherited some lodging place kumaStand in Highfields, Harare. What happened was that my brother Rex and his buddy Amos Mahundi moved out of a room in Fiyo, and I became the new “mukoma wekuseri”.
Africa is on the rise, but its transport future is at risk without urgent action on clean fuels and emissions standards. Here, Martina Biene, Chair of Volkswagen Group Africa, makes a compelling case for why the continent...
On 1 August 1982, Kenya Air Force private Hezekiah Rabala Ochuka attempted a coup d’etat against the government of Daniel Arap Moi. Ochuka, with dreams of becoming chairman of what he termed the People's Redemption Council, was...
At the Chamber of Mines AGM last week, the main annual meeting of the mining industry, a man stood up to complain that some miners were disregarding the law, damaging the environment, and giving locals a raw...
Author Blessing-Miles Tendi has just returned with a new book, The Overthrow of Robert Mugabe: Gender, Coups and Diplomats. In this article, he revisits the mystery surrounding the shooting of Air Marshal Perrance Shiri, the fault lines...
