Mhlaguleni, Chiredzi South based community builder and game changer, Hebert Phikela [42], has urged Lowveld subsistence farmers to switch to agribusiness to mitigate food insecurity and beat poverty.
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“Deceased might live with us by end of 2023”
Start regularly recording your parents, elders and loved one ones, says Dr Pratik Desai, a Silicon Valley Computer Scientist, who have predicted that by end of 2023, we should be able to upload dead’s consciousness to a computer.
Indigenous Poultry Project Transforms Lives in Mwenezi, Chiredzi Districts
In the rural districts of Mwenezi and Chiredzi in Masvingo Province, smallholder farmers are facing increasing challenges in sustaining their livelihoods due to the impact of climate change
Community, Friends Come Together to Repatriate Deceased Foreigner’s Body in South Africa
Nothing is certain but death, an undeniable reality for each and every one of us. The Veterai family was left in a vale of tears after the deep loss of their beloved son, Alphias Veterai, aged 38, who was tragically run over by a taxi in South Africa on Monday, March 17th, 2023.
Chikombedzi Donor Speaks
THERE are people in the community who can contribute to assist the hospital to deliver better service, says Chikombedzi’s Ezzelle Schimper, concerned about Chikombedzi mission hospital’s unlaced-quality service
A free and fair election, a glimpse of apology
By Lymon Mukanga An apology has the power to mend relationships and restore trust. It is important to consider the impact of our words and actions on others, and to apologize when we’ve caused harm. The vale of tears clouded over the cheeks of people of Zimbabweans. Ordinary people, have never tasted the straw of […]
Lake Mutirikwi Starts Spilling…for the first time since 2008
The recent news that Lake Mutirikwi, Zimbabwe’s second largest inland water body, has started spilling for the first time since 2008 has been met with both excitement and trepidation.
Human-wildlife Conflict: Woman Survives Crocodile Attack
Human-wildlife conflict is one of the major wildlife related challenges facing communities in most parts of Chiredzi, due to their proximity to wildlife reserves such as the Save Valley Conservancy and Gonarezhou National Park. While the most common conflicts in Chiredzi North involve elephants and lions, crocodiles have also become a threat to rural farming communities in the constituency.
Tenda Total Protection, Chiredzi entrepreneurs’ promising soap brand
Tenda Total Protection, a brand named after its founder, a Chiredzi born and bred young entrepreneur Sydney Tenda now based in Durban, South Africa is one of the most promising brands owned by young, indigenous entrepreneurs from Chiredzi.
Grandpa grows Mbanje in garden, avoids prison
By Ashley Muchero A 68- year old man of Kwanga village under chief Zimuto who was found growing 18 plats of dagga measuring 30cm and 160cm in length in his garden was last Friday convicted and given a wholly- suspended prison sentence. Tsvakai Chihwehwete ,appeared before Masvingo magistrate Rufaro Mangwiro facing charges of unlawful possession […]