THE mere mention of the word “crocodile’’ makes many people retreat in horror and evokes images of a flesh-eating reptile that adjusts its head towards potential prey, submerges without a ripple and swims underwater until it reaches the immediate vicinity of the prey.

SOMETIME in February Sunday News published a story of a foetus that was found under the seat of a commuter omnibus. The discovery of the foetus, which was in a plastic bag, predictably sent shock waves throughout the country because baby dumping is a horrific act. Yet it’s not just this single grizzly act of infanticide that scandalises Zimbabwe, but rather the uncomfortable fact that it’s just the latest case in a baby-dumping scourge that has plagued the country since independence.

Vincent Gono

THE scope of conservation of water and its sources in the country has been limited to lakes, dams, tanks and other man-made water reservoirs.

TO most people persistent rains inspire a sigh of relief and an expectation of a good harvest, but for the rural community of Beitbridge East’s Tshikwalakwala Village, relentless heavy rains are greeted with dread as they are a premonition that floods are on the way. 

Tinomuda Chakanyuka

During the UN-led celebrations of the world environment day about a decade ago, the director general of the World Health Organisation, Dr Margaret Chan, made a comment on climate change impact on health, stating that: “The warming of the planet will be gradual, but the effects of extreme weather events (more storms, floods, droughts and heat waves) will be abrupt and acutely felt.

WHEN Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels first conceptualised capitalism, one of the key components that they touched on was that of mass production, their mindset was society was controlled by the bourgeois who employed the masses to produce goods and services en-masse.

Gwayi coal, coal-bed methane gas extraction

THE much anticipated multi-billion dollar coal and coal-bed methane gas extraction project, a joint venture between a local company and a Chinese firm in the Gwayi area of Matabeleland North province is envisaged to be one of the biggest milestone’s towards turning around the country’s economy since the start of the Zimbabwe-China bilateral relationship.

Ntombizile Mlotshwa

STARVATION has become a curse for the Matabeleland South region people — the region has been heavily affected by acute shortage of rain, which has resulted in severe drought and delicate pastures for livestock.

Bulawayo a parkless city

ONCE upon a time there were recreational parks in Bulawayo — places that were filled with short green healthy lawns, blooming flowers, clean artifacts that were meant for human enjoyment.

Is our health sector crumbling?

LAST week Sunday News carried a very disturbing article where it was reported that Mpilo Central Hospital has virtually collapsed, owing to a myriad of challenges ranging from an acute shortage of drugs and delipadated infrastructure.

Vusumuzi Dube

“Today is a great day. It is great because we have seen the coming together in body, mind and spirit of our two parties. What we are witnessing is a tremendous blow to the forces of negation, the forces of division, the forces of destruction . . . let them be murdered and laid to rest for eternity.”