When I started military training in the coldest month of June in Gweru, I seriously considered going back home. The training was torture and the treatment from our ‘barbaric’ and annoying course instructors made it unbearable.

PENHALONGA — A 45-year-old man from Sadziwa Village in the Mutasa area tragically took his own life on Wednesday morning following a confrontation over a US$200 debt. The incident, which occurred at the Marune homestead, has once again cast a spotlight on the devastating impact of financial distress on mental health in rural communities. The deceased has been identified as Lovemore Mlamuli Sibanda.

At any given moment in Zimbabwe, two things are almost guaranteed: someone is placing a sports bet, and someone is opening a drink. More often than not, it is the same person.

Masimba Holdings has plunged into mourning following the deaths of two of its employees in tragic and closely linked circumstances within the space of a week, in what has been described as a deeply distressing period for the company. The sequence of events began earlier in the week when Willington Dube, a Masimba Holdings worker, was fatally injured while inside a concrete mixer at one of the company’s operations. Dube was reportedly cleaning the mixer when the machine was sw