Appointments articles

  • Appointment in Rafah

    In an old Middle Eastern tale, a servant is jostled by Death in the marketplace in Baghdad. The servant borrows his master’s horse and flees to Samarra, about 80 miles away, “so Death will not find me.” The master goes to the marketplace and asks Death why she threatened his servant. Death says that she […]
  • The appointment process changes

    Back when I was a child, we went to the doctor when we were sick, and when we were REALLY sick, the doctor would actually come to our house. It didn’t happen often for us, but the option was available.My mother took care of all the illness cases in our house. She had some purple syrup medicine that was a cure for anything that ailed us. If we had colds, out came the purple syrup. When we had a tummy ache, we drank the purple syrup. My sister and I wonder now what was in that special medicine...
  • Masike appointed Zimura director

    THE Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) has appointed mbira musician Hope Masike as a board member following the removal of Phillip Chipfumbu. To access this post, you must purchase a subscription. Please click the button below to visit our subscriptions page to select a package. Subscriptions