By Jean Nascimento BMX was a “sport created by kids, for kids”. BMX, an abbreviation for bicycle motocross or bike motocross, is a cycle sport performed on BMX bikes. It originated in America in the early 1970’s. It is a fast growing sport where up to eight riders’ race moto-cross-style around a 300-400m track, with […]
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By Morag Flight With the rainy season nearly over, much of our gardening from now on will depend on how much water you have available. Make sure your lawn is cut and collect the cuttings for use in compost or for mulching plants. It is not too late to plant a crop of sweet peas
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By Kundai Chihambakwe My eyes took a while to adjust to the darkness while I was wondering how I had no recollection of eight-year old me traversing these stairs in almost darkness, but clearly remembering the caves. I was on a two-day trip to rediscover the 10th most populated city in Zimbabwe; Chinhoyi. There was
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By BirdLife Zimbabwe Celebrating February, the month of romantic love, Lilian`s Lovebirds get their name from the strong bond which forms between a male and female. Pairs of lovebirds spend much of their time close together, regularly preening each other`s feathers. They are in fact monogamous (they have only one mate during a breeding season,
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by Morag Flight The Louisiana Iris is native to the southeastern United States. Aptly named for its region of origin, this species grows in the swamps, along riversides, and damp hillsides. Garden cultivation and hybridizing of the Louisiana Iris has brought us a vast array of colors and flower forms. Louisiana Iris grow well in
By JP Felu Family: Annonaceae (The Custard Apple Family) Botanical name: Artabotrys brachypetalus Common name: Purple Hook-berry, Shona: Mukosvo, Ndebele: Umdzidzi The Annonnaceae family is represented in Zimbabwe by the following: Cleistochlamys kirkii; Friesodielsia obovata; Hexalobus monopetalus; Artabotrys brachypetalus, and Xylopia aethiopica. In Southern Africa there are some 20 species, mainly tropical. If you look
By Ron Mazhindu Before the days of smartphones, if you can remember such a time – taking a great photo was a labour intensive process. You’d have buy a fancy camera and editing software for your desktop computer and invest some serious time and energy into learning how to use them. But thanks to our
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By Victoria Drury The idea of the Yellow Bus Trust was conceived in about 2000. Seeing children running to school in the rural areas got me thinking about the quality of education they were receiving. I was sure that they had dedicated teachers, but I also knew that those teachers were having to teach under
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By JP Felu Family: Fabaceaea Sub-family: Caesalpinioideae (The Cassia and Brachystegia sub-family Common names: English-Weeping Boer-Bean, Tree Fuchsia; Ndebele- Nyamari; Shona- Mutondochuru The family Fabaceae or, using the more descriptive name Leguminoseae, is a huge group that contains virtually all plants that bear legumes with a bean- shaped fruit. The family is so large that
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By Eugene Matarise The inaugural Miss India-Zimbabwe Pageant was held on Monday 10th December at the world-class Meikles Hotel. This event was the brainchild of Ms Rhea Babbar who envisaged it as an innovative leadership program was to highlight the importance of recognising talent and empowering young women in our society to become more aware
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