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Housing  construction steer development at Mhandamahwe  growth point    By Tinaani   Nyabereka in Chivi Stands allocation by Chivi rural district council at  Mhandamhwe has steered development at the growth point as houses extension programme continues. Construction of houses which began in 1993 has since saw 100 to 150 houses being constructed  as the council  is still pegging the stands on newly opened grounds and some have been pegged  for commercial purposes “ Chivi rural district council is still giving stands here and the last time I checked around 2010 stands were being given at a price of $1300 but I heard that  the price has since changed.” Said  Reverend Chikuku. John Hussein one of the contractors said, the extension houses under constructions    have not been completed as they await to be electrified and some have water while others don’t. “ Water and electricity are not yet av...

  Drug effects on young people By  Tinaani Nyabereka in Masvingo Masvingo- The first thing I do when I see a young man or a young woman smoking weed (marijuana) is asking myself, What was the   person   who started this thinking of? Of late I came across the newest poison that people especially young people seem to enjoy. I laughed my lungs out when I was told of the ingredients that make up the “enjoyable” substance. I was told that the major ingredient is crushed Antiretroviral drug and sometimes ratax (what most people use to get rid of rats indoors). Well I am not judging anyone am not in that position at all but just want us to help each other. Mostly when youths are gathered together new ideas come up among them depending on different factors but peer pressure is always the problem. Universities record high figures of drug abuse and addiction from students. Coming home to make this more practical, smoking marijuana seems to be a norm to most st...

ZB BANK OPENS STUDENTS STASH ACCOUNTS By Tinaani Nyabereka in Masvingo (Students inquring about the ZB bank new  stash money  account) ZB Bank has opened a stash banking account for students which facilitate transfer of money at a minimised rate of  $0,25c . The registration process has since been started in all universities and colleges encouraging students to open the stash accounts ,as efforts to help them  save their money through the banking system. “the stash banking account has been opened for students to bank their money freely without high charges being charged  as the bank  charges  a dollar  for its services and it also support ATM banking.”said  Enia Chipundu,   ZB bank mashava branch manager. One of G.Z.U students Mthabisi Ndlovu, said “the banking account seem to be effective and banking friendly as its function is clearly stated, especially the low withdrawal charges and debit cards. overally the ...

HEALTH  INSIGHTS TODAY'S TOPIC:   youths now fear pregnance not HIV   Today's youth are full of suprises due to the changes in generational trends. HIV and AIDS has become  a normal disease common  like any other diseases in the sight of today 's young man and women , as compared to pregnancy .  According to 2020 findings conducted by the publication it has been revealed that youths fear PREGNANCY more than HIV & AIDS 

Stiff laws on abuse: Muchinguri                                 Tinaani Nyabereka in Masvingo The Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education,Science andTechnology Development Oppah Muchinguri recently denounced the abuse of females following the murder of a Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) by culprits who allegedly raped her . Addressing college and university students at Masvingo Polytechnic College, Minister Muchinguri called the government to impose very heavy penalty on perpetrators by amending rape laws and increase the number of years they should stay in custody . Its high time government impose a heavy penalty ,even thirty year jail sentence to perpetrators of  abuse, to curb rising cases of rape;she acknowledged  . Muchinguri also denounced the discrimination of students  especially those doing an Honours Degree in Bachelor of Education (BED) who gets side-lined when they look...

VMCZ speaks on torture against journalists                                                                  By Tinaani Nyabereka in Mashava Mashava-Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe has castigated the torture of journalists saying  that  violets their right to access and disseminate information without any restrictions. Speaking at a lecture held at Charles Austin hall in Masvingo, VMCZ Projects director Faith Ndlovu acknowledged that journalists at times make mistakes when gathering and disseminating information but they should however be immune from torture . “Most journalist misrepresent facts when writing their stories but if such mistakes happen there are better means to deal with that besides implementing harsh measures,” she said. “That’s why we believe in settling issues under our Me...