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April 2, 2019

MDC heading towards a very slippery slope

The defeat of the MDC candidates in last weekend’s council election in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, should serve as a wake-up call to the country’s largest opposition party ahead of the 2023 national elections.

Chitembwe keeps Sarupinda grounded

Caps United coach Lloyd Chitembwe wants his fledgling player Blessing Sarupinda to keep his feet on the ground after an impressive debut for the Green Machine on Sunday against newly-promoted Manica Diamonds.

Caaz boss further remanded

Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) managing director David Chawota and head of legal affairs in the Transport ministry Angeline Karonga spent another night in prison after a Harare magistrate deferred their bail ruling to today.

Chinyoka on Tuesday: Mnangagwa cannot fight corruption alone

Tinomudaishe Chinyoka: “When would-be rulers of the land laud their signature policy as “kudira jecha” (sabotage) you know that the great soldier was right. He might have used different words when he said it but he might as well have said it like this: “Only Zimbabweans can hurt Zimbabwe.”

Hopewell Chin’ono: Autism: a thoroughly misunderstood condition in Zimbabwe

By Hopewell Chin’ono

Today it is World Autism Awareness Day, a day that ordinarily we should be reflecting on this condition and how it affects many families around our communities.

Autism is one of those thoroughly misunderstood conditions and I am not even sure that it even has a name in Shona or Ndebele, just like depression, it has been nameless in our varied African communities.

That lack of definition reflects a very deep-rooted problem that extends and fuels the stigmatization of individuals living with Autism.

Sounds, smells of death in Idai’s trail

Cyclone Idai has receded to the ocean, but the smell of death still wafts all over Chimanimani and Chipinge. Many people are still missing, others lie buried in debris, pinned under huge stones and chances of recovering their bodies are next to zero.