The saying that ‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going’ still applies today. Many people are hard pressed on every side as they weather the storms of an economy gone to the dregs. Many people are just focussing on staying alive. Survivors in the current economy are those who have an entrepreneurial spirit.…
“I will give thanks to you, Lord with all my heartI will tell of all your wonderful deeds.I will be glad and rejoice in you;I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.” The above words from Psalm 9:1, 2 (NIV) have become my daily song. I sing it loudly and I sing…
Times are hard! Many people cannot make ends meet. Unemployment is unprecedented. Those who go to work do not earn enough. The prices of fuel and basic commodities soar every day. This economic meltdown in 2019 is reminiscent of what occurred in 2007/2008. I never dreamt the events of those years would visit us again…
I got married in 2000 and my husband’s biggest desire was to start a family of his own immediately after we got married. He was the only child born from his father and mother who separated when he was young. He later had step-siblings but never got to spend most of his life with them…
I hail from a big family in Bulawayo. I am the sixth of eight children. Under the current economic environment, parents struggle to see all their children go through school with ease. When I approached mid secondary school, I was determined I would go through ‘O’ Levels no matter what. I believed what we had…
