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The Standard 

Style 

AUG 24 to 30, 2014 

ISSUE 16 

Star Profile 

Edith WeUtonga 

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Gwinyai Dube 

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August 24 to 30 2014 

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The Standard 

Style 

Contents 

Woman & Man 

Home & Garden 

Food & Drink 

Family 

Arts 

3 Woman Profile 


9 Home of the Week 

Enter our competition 

14 Restaurant Guide 

Supplement 

19 Family of the Week 

Mr & Mrs Nyamasoka 

26 Breaking New Ground 

Josephine Takundwa 

5 Motivation 

Tafadzwa 

10 Trends 

Balconies and Verandas 

15 Restaurant Guide 

The Pointe 

21 Education 

Why wear school uniform 

28 Bookworm 

Dambudzo - A native of nowhere 

7 Man Profile 

Gwinyai Dube 

12 Gardening 

Decorate your landscape with grass 

18 40 Cork Road Restaurant 

Dusty 

24 Family Getaway 

Kariba half marathon 

29 Arts 

Celeb news 

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August 24 to 30 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / WOMAN / PROFILE 3 

Star Profile: 


“The look of satisfaction and complete pleasure on the faces in front of me spurs me on...” 

Prudence Muganiwah 

Being Zimbabwe’s only female bass guitar 

player is what brought Edith WeUtonga 

musical stardom. Edith, who always 

wished to be a journalist, started off as 

a lead singer with an all-woman band, Amakhosikazi 

– but later rebranded and became a 

solo artist. It was when they were travelling 

back from Hwange after a performance that 

they had a car breakdown, and whilst waiting 

for help, WeUtonga randomly started playing 

the guitar. “The effect was like lightning, and 

I immediately fell in love,” she says. 

Edith WeUtonga’s talent with the bass guitar 

gives her music its gentle, captivating edge 

- the rich rhythm “backs up all the other instruments 

and voices in her band. Instead of 

speaking out as the journalist that she wished 

to be, she uses her guitar to address social 

imbalances. “WeUtonga” loosely translated, 

simply means dawn – Edith of Dawn. After 

the afrocentric, versatile singer was involved 

in a car accident, she decided to rebrand her 

band name from So What?! to Edith WeUtonga. 

In the accident she fractured her hip and 

suffered serious head injuries that left her 

scarred. Despite that she was pregnant and 

unaware of it, she and her baby miraculously 

survived. Explaining how this unfortunate 

event changed her, she went 

on to say “Everything changed 

for me and I realised that life 

is like a balloon popping. I 

also understood that our 

appearance has nothing 

to do with who we are. 

That’s why I chose 

not to go for corrective 

surgery. I 

decided to face 

my fans with my 

scarred face.” 

“I feel that cheating 

death in the 

accident and the 

birth of my second 

son Mudiwa 

presented me with 

a new beginning 

in life. I began to 

write new stuff with 

much more meaning and 

depth.” 

Born in Kadoma in 1979, Edith is the first born 

in a family of five who grew up partly with her 

father and then her maternal grandparents in 

Kadoma where she completed her primary 

education. After re-joining her parents, Edith 

did her high school education at Townsend 

Girls High School, and thereafter pursed her 

great love; music, at the Army School of Music. 

Subsequently, the talented bassist joined 

the Army Band at Brady Barracks as a vocalist, 

and then Bulawayo’s Amakhosi Township 

Square where she sharpened her artistry in 

both music and acting. 

This is round about the time that she then 

became lead singer and songwriter in the allfemale 

band Amakhosikazi, “The Queens” 

where she played the bass guitar until the 

band’s dismantling in 2006. So What?!, which 

was created from its remnants relocated to 

Harare and became a reputation at hot spots 

like The Book Cafe, Jazz 105, and Sports Diner. 

WeUtonga, who won a NAMA award in 2011, 

cites ’s her favourite song as “Stone Child” 

from the band’s debut album, a song which 

w a s 

birthed from an episode 

during the 2010 

edition of 

HIFA when 

she was 

moved 

b y 

the 

sight of Harare’s street kids huddled round 

a fire provided by the Festival organisers. “I 

asked myself, “where are their parents? Somebody, 

somewhere, had denied these kids their 

basic rights.” Far from being just a musician 

and composer, Edith uses her creative energy 

to push social boundaries and is also an accomplished 

actress who featured in many Amakhosi 

Theatre productions. 

Besides an inborn passion for her chosen 

career, Edith actively supports Zimbabwe’s 

new generation of female musicians and 

artists. She has for instance participated in 

the Pamberi Trust’s FLAME project where 

she has mentored younger women artists in 

various ways, helping them to stand for their 

rights and be more professional. In as far as 

community outreach is concerned, Edith collects 

clothes for the needy, for instance the 

kids and teens at House of Smiles, and is a 

mentor for a number of girls across the country. 

“Lately I have done some work with girls 

from Emerald Hill Orphanage. I sit on the 

board of the Heart Foundation and we try to 

assist needy heart situations.” 

Edith, who upholds her family above anything 

else, laments the lack of support from 

families wherein girl children are keen to become 

artists. “Success comes from hard work, 

watered by support,” she says. “Many parents 

steer their daughters away from the arts because 

they think it’s not a good career choice. 

On what she enjoys most about what she does, 

Edith simply stated, “The look of satisfaction 

and complete pleasure on the faces in front of 

me spurs me on... and knowing I have made a 

difference in people’s lives through my work.” 

However, she does say that her career comes 

with many obstacles. “It’s one thing being a 

female artist, and another when you also play 

an instrument that is not commonly played by 

female artists.....even fellow great musicians 

feel challenged, and they sideline you. 

One of my biggest challenges in life was 

standing in front of an audience, giving 

my all, a well-polished act, yet 

I had a son who had a life 

threatening ailment.” 

She added, referring to 

a fundraising concert 

she had to raise funds 

for her son who was 

unwell. In as much 

as she is a versatile 

artist, Edith 

WeUtonga is a 

strict, principled woman who does not compromise 

where her work is concerned. “I don’t 

mince my words either as I believe self-dignity 

puts you on a higher pedestal. Respecting 

oneself means you will respect others. Selfishness 

and greed breed corruption.” 

Edith’s typical day mainly consists of quiet 

time before everyone wakes up, and after her 

husband and kids sons go out for the day, she 

prepares for music class from nine till midday, 

prepares snacks for the kids and usually 

then rehearses for a few hours thereafter. Her 

adoration for her family is clear when she describes 

her kids as her “three princes and a 

princess.” 

“I love the limited time we spend together; 

the meals, walks from church and knowing 

these little lives look up to me and daddy as 

their guardians and the ones with the solution 

to everything!” 

Having been in the arts industry for a 

while now, Edith, who also loves dance, believes 

her biggest success thus far is inspiring 

young female artists to do good from their art, 

and changing negative mind sets in their societies. 

She also values getting recognition wherever 

she goes as one of Zimbabwe’s best products. 

Citing her husband as her inspiration, she 

also says her role models are people who have 

made it their business to build better nations 

and to take care of abandoned children across 

the globe. What she dislikes most in people are 

liars and cheats, “and those people who cannot 

say I’m sorry I cannot do this, but pledge 

to do things they very well know are incapacitated 

to do.” 

Given how genuine and real Edith is, this 

comes as no surprise at all. Quite surprisingly, 

though, the awesome musician is said 

to be popular amongst her friends for cooking 

and baking very well. “Despite the hard look 

on the outside, I’m quite the softie!” she says 

with a chuckle. 

Edith’s parting shot is, just like her deep, 

touching music, food for the soul, “It might 

take you years to succeed when you take the 

long route, but you will not have any regrets 

or a laden conscience. And that kind of hard 

earned success is for keeps!”

4 THE STANDARD STYLE / WOMAN / FASHION 

August 24 to 30 2014 

Skin deep 

Shamiso Catherine Ruzvidzo 

It’s one thing to dress well and have well 

groomed hair, but if you don’t take care of you 

skin then you are deceiving the essence of style. 

Skin care is an essentail routine that should be 

just as important as brushing your teeth. However 

I must admit skin care can be expensive and 

time counsuming, not all of us have two hours to 

spend on skin care. Today I am going to give you 

some home made skin care secrets that won’t 

break the bank and that are easy to include into 

a weekly skin care routine. 

Spoon the Bags 

HONEY 

OATMEAL 

BROWN SUGAR 

““Nature gives you the face you have at twenty, but 

it’s up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.” 

– Coco Chanel 

Honey and Oatmeal Face Mask is the perfect skin care 

routine to leave the skin feeling healthy, fresh and clear 

Step 1: Mix half a cup of Oatmeal and 2 table 

spoons of Brown Sugar in a medium 

bowl, with enough honey to completely 

cover the oatmeal. 

Step 2: Wash your face with cold water to open 

up the pores, and then pat dry with a 

clean towel. 

Step 3: Apply the Honey and Oatmeal Mask 

onto your face and ensure that the mask 

is evenly covered. 

Step 4: Keep the mask on for 15 minutes then rub 

your fingers on your face in a circular mo 

tion for an exfoliating effect. Wash off 

with warm water. 

“ 

Essential Skin Care: Remember to always remove your 

makeup at the end of the day before going to sleep. 

IT’S MY WEDDING! ISN’T IT? 

Rufaro Mushonga 

Step 1: Place two table spoons in the freezer for up to 

15 minutes. 

Step 2: Remove them, lie down and place the spoons over the 

eyes. 

Step 3: The spoons will be cold and will quickly warm up with 

your body heat. As soon as they warm up, remove 

them and instantly you should see your bags 

disappearing. 

Step 4: Repeat 2 or 3 times if necessary. 

Local Celeb with Amazing Style and 

Great Skin. - Lorraine Charlotte Bgoya 

Images sourced from dabblesandbabbles.com, madamenoire.com and pinterest.com 

As a bride to be, I know that you have 

waited for this special day for a long 

time. Most girls dream about their wedding 

day, from childhood. One dreams 

about the wedding gown, and how one 

will have a fancy affair, with only 100 

guests in attendance, exotic décor, a 

full orchestra playing at the church 

ceremony. How about sushi and caviar 

on the menu? A transparent tent, in the 

evening, so that the guests can see the 

stars through the tent. This is your special 

day. You will be the centre of attention 

at your wedding, it’s all about you! 

Isn’t it? There is a popular reality show 

on “The Style Network” on DStv called 

Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? This is 

a question that every bride and groom 

needs to ask themselves as they begin 

the planning process. 

Whose wedding is it anyway? 

What you need to remember is that 

as much as it really is your day, you have 

invited family, friends and workmates to 

come and celebrate this special union 

with you. So wouldn’t it be nice if they 

actually enjoyed your wedding day? The 

bottom line is you are hosting the people 

you invite, together with your parents. 

As hosts, it is important to consider the 

needs of your guests. 

When you are making decisions 

about your wedding please keep all 

stakeholders in mind. 

The Bride 

As family, and as the groom, there are 

certain things that you need to understand 

are very important to the 

bride, even if they are not important 

to you. For example, the décor is something 

that is important to the 

bride and as much as you may all need 

to compromise on certain aspects of the 

wedding, keep the bride’s 

wishes in mind and respect them. This 

doesn’t mean you have to agree with 

everything she says, but it will be 

easier for you to communicate with her 

if you appreciate that she does not think 

the way you do. Be involved! 

The Groom 

As a bride, you will find that there are 

certain things that the groom really 

couldn’t care less about – not 

because they are not important, but 

because most men are just not wired to 

care about what type of chairs 

your guests will sit on, or whether you 

use carnations or roses for your centrepieces. 

Most grooms are all 

about the food, the bar and transport. 

Of course there is the rare groom who 

is really into the details, but 

don’t get frustrated with him if he is not 

as excited as you are about certain aspects 

of the wedding. It’s less stressful 

for you to try and understand what is 

important to him. 

The Invited Guests 

You want your guests to be awe-struck 

by your wedding, but they also need to 

have fun. You haven’t invited them there 

as a punishment. I have often heard this 

statement “I don’t care! It’s my wedding 

day and I like sushi”. So who cares if the 

200 guests don’t have a taste for sushi? 

It also may not be a good idea to have a 

piping hot goat curry, with pork as an 

option for those who can’t handle the 

curry. Perhaps you can order sushi on 

your honeymoon. 

Family 

I know brides and grooms to be will not 

like this point at all, but can you really 

completely ignore your family 

when you are planning your wedding? 

Is this practical? It may be, for some, but 

when looking at the average 

wedding in Zimbabwe, family will be 

directly and indirectly involved in some 

of your decision-making, whether 

you like it or not, so as a couple, you 

need to decide how you are going to 

manage them. Your family members 

are just as excited as you are, and rather 

than try to run away from this, deal 

with it head-on. If you leave them 

out, you may get the shock of your life 

when two bus-loads of people from 

church arrive at your wedding, yet 

you did not send them invitations. 

Having said that, understand that 

you will never be able to please everyone 

with your wedding plans. You will 

need to compromise as a couple, by identifying 

between the two of you, which 

aspects of your wedding are 

fundamental, and which ones are negotiable. 

Your fiancé is the most important 

part of the wedding, so you 

both need to be in agreement. You also 

need to agree as a couple, how you are 

going to involve family in your 

plans. 

So how do you minimise conflict 

during the planning process? How do 

you handle family? The best way to 

manage this is to hire a wedding planner. 

Your wedding planner reports to 

you, but can also see things from an independent 

perspective. In my years as 

a wedding planner I have learnt how to 

involve family in the wedding planning 

process, while ensuring that the couple 

still have the wedding they want. 

rufmush@gmail.com

August 24 to 30 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / INSPIRATION 5 

Relational thinking for wholesome living Part 2 

Cynthia Hakutangwi 

Contrary to the stereotyped definition of the 

“youngest child syndrome” which is synonymous 

with a pampered, spoiled, dependent 

and demanding lifestyle, my life as the fifth 

child in my family was rather different. Looking 

back, I realise that being the youngest in 

my family has enabled a vibrant classroom 

environment where I have continued to enjoy 

the benefits of seating in the last row, and having 

the privilege to observe my older siblings 

go through all of the exams of life. This has 

probably been one of the best among the perks 

of being the youngest child. By virtue of my 

position in the family, I have enjoyed incredible 

mentorship and guidance directly and on 

most occasions indirectly. I will not dismiss 

the fact that at times I was a nuisance to my 

older siblings who often craved for some peace 

and quiet away from the inquisitive chatterbox 

that I was. 

As I appreciate how far I have come, I realise 

that the key to my journey of refinement 

has been in relating, observing and pursuing 

value adding relationships. 

The pain of progress 

Whilst progress has promised success and 

achievement, it has not offered the corresponding 

social support and communalism 

required for balanced living and true comfort. 

Progress means “proceeding to a higher stage 

of development” yet solutions to problems in 

this age tend to attract more problems. Progress 

appears like a success package with all 

the answers to life yet its failures are concealed 

within itself. In the Zimbabwean and 

African context at large, the advancement of 

western development has been embraced as 

true civilisation and almost as a deity at the 

expense of the continent’s rich relational traditional 

values and cultures. 

In his book Margin: Restoring Emotional, 

Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to 

Overloaded Lives, Richard L Swenson remarks 

on how progress has the tendency 

of sabotaging margin in the lives of people. 

“Progress disregards the fixed limits of hu- 

mankind’s physical, mental emotional and 

financial limits; leading to increasing stress, 

change, complexity, speed, intensity and overload. 

The human’s capacity for true freedom 

has been overturned by saturated lives.” 

In the first part of this series we established 

that relational needs ought to be satisfied 

for wholesome living. We also established 

that whilst we may not always be able to 

control the variables in life, we are however 

responsible for the perspectives we choose to 

adopt as we interact with the world and everything 

around us. 

Regaining control 

Progress has taken control and there is need 

to regain control over it and redirect it. There 

is need to make it subservient to our greater 

goals and needs, especially relationships. The 

biggest failure of progress is its inability to 

nurture and protect right relationships. While 

the progress we boast of is found within the 

material and cognitive environments, most of 

the pain we suffer is found within the social, 

emotional and spiritual environment. 

I believe that success should therefore be 

measured and defined according to one’s appropriate 

pursuits. At the end of the race can 

your words, motives and actions be trusted? 

Will you be enjoying a wholesome life or perchance 

could be trading your soul and vital 

relationships in the process? 

Cynthia is a Communications and Personal 

Development Consultant, a Life Coach, 

Author, and Strategist. She is the Managing 

Consultant of Wholeness Incorporated. “A 

passionate and fervent motivational speaker 

who speaks at seminars, workshops and conferences 

provoking people and institutions to 

challenge their comfort zones by imparting 

vital knowledge and information which can 

help them to live balanced lives and create 

trans-generational solutions.” 

E-mail: cynthia@wholenessincorporated.com 

Curb Your Enthusiasm 

3 Paths that Lead to Your Treasure 

Tafadzwa Zimunhu Taruvinga 

Here’s to the lovers of film, or 

to anyone who has accidentally 

watched them in action, 

actors and comedians. You 

either like Rob Schneider’s character 

in any movie, or you don’t. He’s 

that sort of white-black character, 

no grey areas. The same goes, I imagine, 

for the HBO comedy’s Larry 

David, the main character in “Curb 

Your Enthusiasm.” The latter title 

takes an interesting twist, in a 

life where everything is exciting 

and challenging at the same time. 

When it’s all exciting – whatever it 

may be - you sometimes wish that 

the excitement could continue 

in going concern. But when it’s 

tough and challenging, you seek 

an enthusiasm that could negate 

the challenges that you face. Fortunately, 

or unfortunately, you who 

has a purpose and who aspires to 

realising it undeterred, you must 

curb your enthusiasm. Here’s how. 

In order to discover the island on 

which the treasure of your cherished 

life’s purpose lies, try walking 

on these 3 paths. 

1. Learn from the Best 

Those a nick above, those who have 

seen what we are yet to see. Those 

who have mastered the art of curbing 

their enthusiasm, those who 

have discovered their life’s purpose. 

They are the connoisseurs 

from whom we must learn. On 

their wiser wisdom, can we rely, in 

order that we learn where the path 

may lead. Our teachers, our mentors, 

our fathers and mothers, their 

folks in Uzumba or Manzvire, who 

anticipate our next visit eagerly, in 

order that they may share lessons 

learnt. They are the people, when 

they have already discovered what 

they are meant to be as to do, from 

whom to learn the most that we can 

of it, the mastery of curbing. They 

have dreaded it before, the storm 

and the turbulence. They have told 

us many a time to poise ourselves, 

nevertheless. They speak of etiquette 

and deportment and all other 

sorts of complexities. But complexities 

that can be achievable, 

yielding if we might. In essence, 

the best people to teach us how to 

best curb our enthusiasm are the 

older and the wiser in our lives. 

2. Learn from Your Experience 

Do you remember the very first 

time you had to speak in front of 

many people? How nervous you 

were, trembling and yearning to 

leap out of your own skin in a hurry. 

Millions of eyes looking on, waiting 

for a joke or a gaffe. A gaffe that 

would trade its place with the end 

of your endeavor to curbing your 

enthusiasm. Do you remember the 

very first time you had to speak in 

front of many people? I do. It was 

a Toastmasters speaking competition, 

somewhere in the depths of 

the valley town of Grahamstown. 

It was a nippy evening on which I 

was sweating onto the pair of shoes 

beneath. Burning up inside them 

and living up, literally, to being a 

Toastmaster. I remember clearly, 

that the title of my impromptu was 

“chains”, the mean and seemingly 

empty challenge of a word which 

sought from me, meaning. I will 

never forget that day. I started off 

with a joke and people laughed. I 

was afraid, in case they might not 

have, and I would resort to yet another 

joke. That lighter moment, 

the laughter from my audience 

which spurred me on, was a memorable 

preservative of my cool. But 

most importantly, what saved me 

more was a clenched fist, inside 

it a whole lot of curbed nerve. A 

curbed enthusiasm. In essence, 

when we remember a time at which 

we curbed some nerve and its accompanying 

enthusiasm, we will 

know that we can learn from our 

experiences how best to do so. 

3. Learn from the Season 

Each day is an opportunity to learn 

afresh, to renew where we failed 

the day before. Each day is a new 

season, a unique chance in which to 

curb our enthusiasm. We wake up 

and go to work, a place where each 

is their own person. We are human. 

Someone will say something 

that will tempt us to say something 

back. It’s no fault of our own, neither 

is it of theirs. They are human 

and we are human. We say things. 

Things that are well-intended. But 

we hear correctly, or we perceive 

differently to intent. We think, 

for a moment, that we should say 

something back to counter what’s 

been said. We are human. But we 

don’t. We say nothing and we walk 

away from the enthusiasm of anger. 

The time comes to go home, but we 

don’t drive away with the agitation 

of retrospective reflection. We keep 

cool, calm and collected, and we let 

the kombi driver slip in from the left 

at an angle, along the pavement on 

Samora. We know innately how to 

learn from a moment in a season. 

We curb our enthusiasm, taking 

comfort in the promise of our purpose 

and the bigger picture. When 

we know to do or say nothing in the 

season that deters us from reason 

and purpose, we have, indeed, learnt 

from the season. 

Tafadzwa Taruvinga is a Customer 

Service Consultant and Author of 

the book “Serve Your Customers 

EXCELLENTLY, Or Not At All!” 

Tafadzwa can be contacted on e- 

mail at tafadzwazt@gmail.com or 

on LinkedIn or Facebook.

6 THE STANDARD STYLE / MAN 

August 24 to 30 2014

August 24 to 30 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / MAN / PROFILE 7 

Star Profile 

Gwinyai Dube 

Prudence Muganiwah 

A Politics and International Relations 

Honours student at 

Wits University in South 

Africa, Gwinyai Aubrey 

Dube is a former Northwood 

Adventist, Vainona 

and St Augustines’ Mission 

School boy who was 

literally born to talk. 

Along with his three siblings, 

Gwinyai had a 

fairly strict religious 

and academic upbringing, 

although he professes 

that he does not 

resemble what would be 

considered a “conventional 

Christian.” 

“I fell in love with debate 

in primary school, back 

when we would debate 

about simple 

things. Over 

the years 

my love for it increased. Debate is the 

most important form of intellectualism.” 

Having taken part in the prestigious 

annual South African 

National Universities Debate 

Championship which takes in 

Mzansi, Gwinyai became the 

first Zimbabwean and black 

debater to ever win the prestigious 

tournament in the 

EFL category. The event 

attracts over 500 students 

from all over Sadc, and 

the competition itself is 

split into two categories; 

English as a first language 

(EFL) and English as a second 

language (ESL). Over a 

decade ago various other 

races began to get representation 

in the EFL 

category and 

this 

“ 

Debate is the most important form of intellectualism… 

year’s debate nationals were a historical 

event, with the EFL final comprising of only 

two white speakers, one Indian lady and the 

rest being black. Given the history of university 

debating in South Africa and Southern 

Africa which has been marred by racism and 

prejudice Gwinyai’s achievement is nothing 

short of a great feat. 

“It feels amazing. It is the culmination of 

over 100 years of dreams passed down from 

generation to generation. For myself, it is a 

humbling experience as well, I’ve had people 

congratulate me from all over telling me what 

an achievement this is. Knowing that you have 

made such an impact on an entire race is huge 

and fills you with awe.” 

Gwinyai acknowledges his partner in debate, 

Saul Musker. “We both came up with brilliant 

ideas and worked well together to get to 

where we are. You challenge yourself to come 

up with ideas better than your partner’s. It’s 

healthy competition. So I would say that it’s 

the combination of having a winner’s mentality 

with the ability to speak with a challenging 

partner.” 

Currently a Marketing Director for the Wits 

Debating Union, Gwinyai is also the treasurer 

for his Residence Committee – a clear indication 

of how representing people comes 

naturally to him. A natural at debating, 

he loves music and reading informative 

books. “My passion is debate and music. 

I love them both equally, in fact I applied 

for music as a first choice degree at 

Wits and took up a general BA instead. 

Debate has always been a passion I’ve 

had since my early childhood. I love 

developing ideas and engaging people 

meaningfully. I always want to be the 

best at doing what I love most so I push 

myself every day to be better than everyone 

else, but more importantly to be 

better than I was previously.” 

Asked what he enjoys the most about 

what he does, Gwinyai explained, 

“The value of debate is in its ability 

to stretch people’s minds, principles 

and values to the extent that 

you often find yourself arguing for a 

position you would never advocate. 

You are pushed out of your comfort 

zone and you end up arguing for 

something you are opposed to in 

real life, or arguing against something 

you are in full support of in 

real life. That is the beauty of the 

sport -- it allows you to understand 

every perspective that exists around 

a particular issue because at any 

point you could be arguing from one of 

those perspectives. I love that, it keeps 

you on your toes mentally, but makes you 

more understanding of difference too.” 

Gwinyai however, states that his field has its 

fair share of challenges, “The biggest challenge 

would have to be this year’s tournament. 

I was literally one of the best speakers 

we had from my institution and my partner 

and I made up the strongest team so there was 

so much pressure on us to win, especially in a 

category that was dominated by speakers that 

have English as their first language.” 

The young orator values selflessness, courage, 

strength in character, and love as vital characteristics 

one should have. “I am not very 

loud about issues that disappoint me or when 

someone disrespects me in a way that goes 

against my values. I usually try speaking to 

them so that they understand the weight 

of what they did, and usually that always 

works.” Also a staunch advocate for solidarity 

amongst Africans, Gwinyai speaks highly 

of his parents, siblings as well as his extended 

family. “Every family has its own politics, but 

we always manage to overcome those things 

and stick together because we share a common 

love and are willing to make some serious 

sacrifices for each other.” 

“ 

He mentions his late biological mother as being 

his first role model. “She was bold. Brave. 

Firm and flexible. She was a fighter, and she 

prevailed through even the toughest of times 

for her. When she fell ill she had to take a lot of 

medication, and there is a day when I had a serious 

migraine at home. She gave me her tablets 

but I refused because it would affect her 

medication course. She was adamant and actually 

forced me to take them! It was that love 

and sacrifice that I drew the bulk of my inspiration 

from. My dad is the one man I look up 

to the most. He is single-handedly the most organised 

person I know. Everything has an order 

and that order rarely breaks. He has made 

many sacrifices for us, and he works tirelessly. 

His faith in me is rivaled only by that of my 

late mother. From a career perspective, my 

other inspiration would have to be my aunt 

Florence Ziumbe, my late mother’s immediate 

sister. She has had a successful career in law 

and has gone on to sit on various company and 

industry boards in Zimbabwe.” 

Currently running for the Student Representative 

Council at his university, Gwinyai, who 

loves soccer, spends most of his time engaging 

students on matters that affect them, and 

coming up with solutions. On his biggest life 

achievement thus far, the well-spoken young 

man said, “I think it’s between graduating and 

winning this tournament.” 

Gwinyai’s other huge love is for music, politics 

and governance with particular regards 

to African development. Expressing how 

much he detests disrespect, he explained, 

“Even when someone approaches you begging 

for money you should afford them the respect; 

ANY human being should be afforded and respond 

courteously.” 

Imparting advice to younger generations, 

Gwinyai emphasized the need for his generation 

to realise the vital role they have in shaping 

Africa. “The next 50 years are the most 

crucial for Africa, and our generation has 

been tasked with ensuring that when people 

look back and smile at their progress, they 

will look to us as having been the pioneers of 

that progress. So every single person has a responsibility 

towards ensuring that Africa becomes 

the economic centre of the world that it 

once was, and it is possible. Nothing can stop 

us.” 

“For me, winning this tournament proves that 

we have an opinion, a voice, and a means to 

voice our opinions for black people all over. 

We have no reason to fear what other people 

will think of our ideas, if we can defend them 

with our minds.” 

Gwinyai, who believes that ideas can never 

be killed, states how power of an idea is immeasurable. 

His passion for equality amongst 

the nations is evident through his vision for a 

better world. “It is through mending race relations 

that we can begin to address issues of 

inequality. I’ve made some very good friends 

with white people and simultaneously met 

some horribly racist black people. Once we 

understand that having the same skin colour 

does not equate to people necessarily thinking 

the same, we can begin to engage with 

each other without prejudice and generalisation. 

I envision a world where we value ideas 

over skin colour. Africa is where it is today because 

of racism and hate and if we mend that, 

we can build on something better than what 

we’ve done in the past 50 or 60 years.” 

“I never would have thought about winning 

EFL and being the first black person to win 

it, but this year it all changed and I pushed 

myself harder than ever before. I realise now 

that I’m nowhere close to where I am meant 

to be and that makes me work harder every 

day.” It is undeniable that the self-motivated, 

well-groomed, easily likeable gentleman is 

definitely driven to constantly become a better 

person, with each breath he takes.

8 THE STANDARD STYLE / MAN / WHEELS 

August 24 to 30 2014 

Troubleshooting a Car 

That Won't Start 

Did you ever consider those 

wonderful days when your car 

won't start? If you left your 

lights, radio, or some other 

electrical gizmo on after you parked 

the car, you know what the trouble 

is: Your battery is dead. Of course, 

there are other possible reasons that 

your car won't start. 

Won't-start symptoms 

Your car may not start for a number 

of reasons. The following list 

outlines the most common circumstances 

and tells you what action 

you can take to try to remedy each 

situation: 

• The car is silent when you turn 

the key in the ignition. Check the 

battery terminal cable connections. 

If they look very corroded, force the 

point of a screwdriver (with an insulated 

or wooden handle) between 

the connector and the terminal post 

and twist it to lodge it firmly. Then 

try to start the engine. If it starts, 

you need to clean or replace your cables. 

• The car makes a clicking noise 

but won't start. This sound usually 

means a dead battery. If not, check 

the wiring to and from the starter 

for a loose connection. 

• The car cranks over but won't 

start. Check the fuel supply to your 

engine. If that's okay, check whether 

the electrical spark is getting to 

your spark plugs. 

• The engine starts but dies. If 

your car has a carburetor, check 

your carburetor adjustment and 

your choke to see whether the choke 

is first closing and then opening. If 

you have fuel injection, you'll need 

professional help. 

• The car won't start on rainy 

days. Check inside the distributor 

cap for dampness. If you find moisture, 

get some mechanic's solvent 

from your friendly service station 

— they use it to clean car parts — 

or buy an aerosol can of it at an 

auto supply store. To evaporate any 

dampness inside the distributor cap, 

turn the cap upside down and pour 

or spray some solvent into it. Swish 

it around and pour it out. Then dry 

the cap as best you can with a clean, 

lint-free rag and replace the cap. 

Use only clean solvent; even a tiny 

speck of dirt can foul the points. 

Petrol won't do because a spark can 

ignite gasoline fumes and cause an 

explosion or a fire. 

• The car won't start on cold mornings. 

For vehicles with carburetors, 

0check the choke. Is it closed? Does 

it open? If you have fuel injection, 

you'll need to have a professional diagnose 

the cold-start problems. 

• The engine misses while idling. 

Check the points (if your car has 

a non-electronic distributor) and 

the spark plugs. Also check the fuel 

pump, fuel filter, and carburetor, if 

you have one. 

• The engine misses or hesitates 

during acceleration. Check the accelerator 

pump in the carburetor (if 

equipped), the spark plugs, the distributor, 

and the timing. 

• The engine knocks or pings. 

Check your timing; also check the 

octane rating of the fuel you're using. 

The owner's manual can tell you 

whether your vehicle needs regular 

unleaded or premium petrol or

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10 THE STANDARD STYLE / HOME & GARDEN / TRENDS 

August 24 to 30 2014 

A Case for Balconies and Verandas 

This home has 

both a veranda 

and a balcony. 

A home is considered 

incomplete 

if it does not have 

at least one of 

these. 

Noma Ndlovu 

Verandas and balconies are outdoor living spaces that are part of the 

main home usually a feature in most properties. They add value to 

your property. These areas are often used for entertaining, dining relaxing 

or any appropriate activities that suits the space. The verandas 

are on the ground floor while balconies are above the ground floor. 

Open Veranda 

This veranda is open and exposed to all weather elements. It usually flows 

from the living or dining area of the home. This can be used to showcase 

your flowers and sculptures. Stone tiles and polished teak decking would 

be perfect flooring this area. Wicker and teak furniture would match this 

area well. 

Balconies are usually above the ground and open up to fantastic views of 

the surrounding areas. They are found in apartments, town houses, double 

storey homes and high rise buildings. Balconies like any other room need 

attention and you can spruce them up to show your individuality. They are 

probably the best area to mix both interior and exterior themes and blend 

them into beautiful spaces. 

They can be enclosed. I particularly like the enclosed ones as you can 

literally convert them into another room. You can enclose your balconies 

with sliding glass doors, drop blinds in canvas or wooden doors. Having the 

option to enclose gives you an element of privacy as well. 

Balconies can vary in size, from small to large. They extend from bedrooms, 

bathrooms and even living rooms. The size shouldn’t cramp your style you 

can make a small balcony look very beautiful and grand by careful selection 

of colour and placement furniture pieces. 

You can also go green small scale on your balcony and grow a selection 

of vegetables, herbs and flowers in small flowerpots. 

Balconies can be open. These are most common in most buildings. They 

are the standard. Open balconies are easy to manage and often are smaller 

in size than enclosed ones. You can therefore make them cosy, warm and 

inviting. Balconies are built using many different materials. They can be in 

glass, stainless steel, wrought iron, brick work or a combination. Since they 

are open it makes sense to use material that weathers well. 

A Juliet is another type of a balcony, much smaller in size. It is built in 

front of windows or doors as metal barrier for both safety and design reasons. 

You can still open doors and windows but there is no space for sitting. 

If you are not sure about your Balcony or Veranda project please consult a 

professional Interior designer or decorator to help you achieve your desired 

space. You don’t need to spend a lot of money to make your balcony habitable. 

Always ensure that the décor style flows through from the room out of 

which the balcony extends from. Till then enjoy, relax and live. 

Credits – Simone Design Blog. Wikipedia. Luxe Interiors + Designers 

Noma Ndlovu is an Interior Designer and can be contacted on +263 739 822 

449 or unaminkosi@yahoo.co.uk 

An enclosed veranda with both glass doors and drop blinds, it can be 

used as a sun lounge and should flow with the main theme of your home. 

The Veranda 

A veranda is a roofed gallery in front of a house. It can be open or enclosed. 

Styles differ according to taste, design and size of the property. This is the 

most common element of a home and often added without a thought. As a 

social place for friends and family, a veranda needs to be inviting and user 

friendly. Since it’s on the ground floor it can literally be any shape or size. 

It can go right round the house or just at a section of the house usually at a 

90 degree angle. 

The veranda can be supported by Roman Columns, steel or wood 

beams, concrete blocks and bricks. The roofing material can be beamed 

wood, glass, fibre glass or corrugated iron sheets. 

An enclosed Veranda is one that has doors or drop blinds fitted on. These 

can be opened up to let in air and light or closed to keep out harsh weather 

elements. In some homes the enclosed veranda can be used as a sun lounge, 

a games room or second diner. The same design elements applied in the 

main home should be applied to the veranda so that there is a flow and a 

match to the whole style of the house. 

A small, open cosy corner veranda with steel beams gives any 

home a classy look. 

A wooden balcony completely transformed into a social and green space. 

The Balcony 

MANHATTAN INTERIORS

August 24 to 30 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / HOME & GARDEN /INSPIRATION 11 

WINDOW DRESSINGS - CURTAINS & DRAPES 

Spacework 

late, Coffee & Cream 

As any designer or decorator will tell 

you, like paint colour, curtains make a 

room — but only when chosen correctly. 

e this season by Curtains giving are itby a far cosy the warm most practical winter interior. Don't be afraid to use your 

make each option roomfor reflect styling windows. your personality We enjoy curtains and preferences . But keep it practical. This 

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and 

indulgences - chocolate, coffee and 

decorative features to any room. Curtains can 

be used throughout the home and add pizzazz 

to the ambiance of your interiors. Like our 

very own closet, curtains are both seasonal or 

hoose for your walls is probably one of the biggest decisions you have to make when 

can even be timeless throughout the year. But 

g as they are with the so many biggest decisions, most it’s prominent easy to feel feature overwhelmed. 

for making Here are a statement some ideas on in narrowing a living room. You can set off your living room 

in the room. Creamy hot chocolate 

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them stand 

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curtains 

for your home. 

If your lounge suite is brown don't panic. 

e your lifeline. Keep things simple and bring interest to the space with highlights of 

your accessories and art. Rich, tactile textures, such as leather, sheepskin, suede and 

sed to build up layers of warmth and character. 

idea is to use the colours mixed and not matched. For a less dramatic but equally 

oose a wall to make a focal point in your living room. Go ahead and rescue those old 

nd get them up the wall so you can enjoy them. Visit a professional frame shop to help 

ght frame for each piece. Once framed group them together for impact on your wall. A 

keep these prints black and white. When you photograph people in colour, you 

ir outfits. But black and white captures the essence of a natural setting and goes past 

hotograph the soul. 

will work like an exclamation point! Also keep 

in mind that in a space where the sun shines 

through unlined curtains, the colour will infuse 

the room. For instance, blues can be ee- 

quite like snuggling up to a warm cup of coffee with a spew of sweet cream to cozy 

days. Bring this same indulgence into the way you accessorize your space. Filled, 

al or grouped, vases offer the perfect finishing touch for any room. Add mellow mood 

When it comes to using curtaining for window 

treatments, 

oom by choosing your favourite 

it’s a matter 

glass 

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set arie; collection 

pinks, cheery. 

of cream candles into it 

e with coffee fabric, beans. length Then and select lining, and other custom-made items in a similar colour from table runners to 

e afraid to versus go for already-made. texture in fabrics. Fabric But is an avoid essential lots of pattern , as these tend to always 

part of choosing curtains, since the material 

simplicity of the look. 

will determine how well your curtains function 

and hold up over time. Sunlight will fade 

und you, sofabrics don'tover neglect time. your If the bedroom gets as a lot well. of Use banding on cushions, pull out the 

light, it’s smart to avoid bright colours, since 

uffy bean bag for a wintry, cosy feel. 

they tend to fade faster. According to designer 

Guerico, linen, silk, faux silk, and velvet are 

ggling into your home this week! 

best choices to use for window treatments 

since they tend to hang the best. In general 

faux silk tends to be the most durable. So consider 

lining your curtains to prolong the life 

of the curtains. On the other hand, some fabrics 

such as suede, velvet, tapestry, or tweed 

can help keep out the cold since their weight 

helps block light and keep heat. 

Keep these practical tips in line with the 

overall colour decor and ambiance you want 

to have for your room. You’ll need to decide if 

you want the curtains to blend with the decor 

or to pop-out. For blending, pick curtains that 

are the same tone as the wall but a few shades 

darker, or choose a non-dominant subtle colour 

in the room (for example soft shade from 

the rug). For a dramatic effect a bold colour 

Next, as a rule of thumb: If you have patterned 

furniture or bedding (or a very elaborate 

rug), stick with solid plain curtains. If 

you have solid-colour furniture or bedding, 

consider patterned curtains. If you prefer a 

subtle hint of style and energy, go for a small, 

neutral print, like dots or paisley, which read 

like texture from afar. A large, graphic print 

in a colour that contrasts the existing decor is 

daring but can be spectacular. 

Also, always consider the length of the curtains 

for your windows. For a more traditional 

look, have the curtain slightly gathered on the 

floor, you’ll want to add another five to 10 centimetres 

to your length. For a modern, crisp 

look, have the panel fall flush with the floor or 

sill. This is a great approach for café curtains 

(short panels that cover only the lower portion 

of a window and hit the sill), which work well 

in spots like the kitchen and bathroom, where 

long curtains aren’t practical. Also, when 

measuring the width of your window, be sure 

to add 10 to 20 centimetres on both sides and 

double the total number to ensure curtain fullness 

especially for the bedrooms. 

Lastly, compare the pros and cons of both custom 

curtains vs. ready-made curtains. With 

custom curtains you can customise the dimensions 

to your window size and create a tailored 

look, like a perfectly fitted suit. Custom panels 

also come in endless design options. Just bear 

in mind that with these options come a considerable 

price difference from ready- made curtain 

panels. But, if custom curtains just aren’t 

in your budget, we suggest spending a little 

more money on high-quality retail curtains. 

We believe that curtains can make for the biggest 

change in any room especially when used 

with other window treatments such as blinds. 

They’re hugely important for a major makeover, 

and can add height, drama, breezy ambiance, 

softness, and even a punch of colour to 

any space- and we definitely encourage everyone 

to give them a spin. 

References 

Elle Decor. [Sa]. Curtain Call. [O]. 

Available: http://www.elledecor.com/homeremodeling/what-the-pros-know/how-tohome-decorating-ideas/how-to-choose-curtains 

Email: tracy@spacework.co.zw 

Cell: +263 772 277397

12 THE STANDARD STYLE / HOME & GARDEN / GARDEN 

August 24 to 30 2014 

Decorate your landscape with grass 

Tanatsiwa Hove Gobvu 

Take care to not over fertilise the grasses. Too 

much fertiliser promotes excessive growth 

and then the grass becomes unmanageable 

and flops over. These grasses are adaptable 

and can grow in poorer soils better than many 

other garden plants. These grasses require 

little effort to maintain. They come in many 

heights, colours, textures and have varying 

water requirements. 

Most grasses handle heat well and don’t require 

a lot of water. These decorative plants 

have few if any pests or diseases that damage 

them. The low maintenance means grasses 

are relatively hands-off after they are added to 

your yard. The low irrigation needs of grasses 

allow you to conserve water in the garden. 

Grasses often grow well on slopes, preventing 

erosion of the soil in those areas. The hardy 

plants provide a habitat for wildlife and create 

a natural environment in your yard. 

Grasses are useful in different types of landscapes 

ranging from formal gardens to native 

plains. Grasses are a very popular category of 

landscape plants. There are many varieties 

available, so finding one to suit your garden 

style and growing conditions as well as your 

taste should be easy. Because of their colour, 

texture and movement, grasses are wonderful 

additions to our landscapes. Along with the 

beauty they add to your garden, these grasses 

have distinct benefits that enhance the landscape 

and the surrounding ecosystem. 

Ornamental grasses are colourful, hardy and 

are easy to maintain. The texture and colours 

of ornamental grass are difficult to duplicate 

with any other plant. Ornamental grasses are 

easy to care for and maintain and they are 

relatively disease free. 

They can be used as groundcovers for erosion 

control. Grasses fit into many areas of 

the yard and serve different purposes. Short 

grasses work as a border to define the edge 

of a planting bed. Large grasses add height 

to any area of the yard and fill in large empty 

spaces in the landscape. The tall grasses can 

act as a privacy barrier when strategically 

planted. You can also plant smaller grasses in 

flower pots. The grasses mix well with other 

flowering plants. 

Grasses come in numerous varieties, each 

with distinct features. They come in colors 

including green, blue, purple and tan to say 

the least. Combining several types of grasses 

creates contrast in the yard for visual interest 

that draws the eye around your outdoor space. 

Long grasses also move around in the breeze, 

and the rustling sound adds a soothing touch 

to the garden. 

Grasses add movement and sound to a landscape. 

Grasses look well against a dark background 

and placed to catch morning or evening 

light. Some grasses grow best under warm 

temperatures and others in cooler temperatures. 

. Grass is a low-maintenance landscape 

element once it’s planted. The grasses grow 

on their own without the need for pruning or 

maintenance. 

Grasses generally grow best in hours of direct 

sun each day. In shade, these grasses may not 

bloom, and often tend to fall over. Use hedge 

shears and wear gloves to prevent cuts from 

the razor-sharp edges of some grass species. 

Few pests bother grasses. If aphids or mites 

appear, spray with a strong stream of water to 

control the problem. 

Grasses significantly add to the whole beauty 

and design of a landscape. They can be placed 

on any spot in the yard. They particularly accentuate 

rockeries, fountains and even alongside 

driveways. Grasses are amongst some 

of the great landscaping features and are an 

inexpensive way of creating beautiful landscapes. 

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FOOD & DRINK 

1 

In this issue 

of Food & Drink 

(1,(2) 40 Cork Road Avondale 

(3) The Pointe 

(4) White Horse Inn 

2 3 4

14 THE STANDARD STYLE / RESTAURANT GUIDE 

August 24 to 30 2014 

RESTAURANT GUIDE 

WHITE HORSE INN L** 

LOCATION 

Vumba Mountains. White Horse Inn is only 20 

minutes drive from the city of Mutare, Zimbabwe. 

The Inn has 12 rooms and 2 mini suites, decorated 

in soft colours to complement the superb 

outdoor vegetation, a delight to the eye all year round. 

ABOUT THE INN 

Against a backdrop of the magnificent Vumba mountain 

range, at the bottom of a winding forested road is 

the White Horse Inn. 

The dining room combines style and, during the 

day, visual access to the local scenery. Over the years 

the Inn has established a reputation for the finest 

cuisine in the Eastern Highlands, with a menu that 

combines family favourites and unusual exotic dishes. 

Five-star cuisine with two-star economy. 

Next door is a cozy pub, a favourite all year round, 

particularly in winter when roaring log fires add 

warmth to the chill of the evening air. 

Two lounges are available to guests. These are complemented 

by a superb terrace, overlooking the swimming 

pool and the gardens below - a magical world 

frozen in time. 

EXPERIENCES 

The distinctly african trees that crowd the terraced 

gardens attract a huge variety of bird life, as well as 

the Vumba’s rare samango monkeys. Walks in the garden 

are rewarding for guests interested in the wonders 

of nature; a stream passses through the grounds providing 

the surroundings with a fresh country feel. An 

expert resident bird guide is available for guided bird 

walks upon request. 

FIND OUT MORE 

Email: whitehorseinn@bsatt.com or call +2632060325, 

+263715938388 

Website: www.whitehorseinn.co.zw 

Facebook: White Horse Inn, Vumba 

Both local and international guests get to enjoy the cooking 

of Stephen Hyde who blends modern innovation with 

traditional cuisine. The restaurant is complemented by 

beautiful décor and elegant ambience. We pride ourselves on 

our service, flavours, knowledge and presentation. All our 

staff have extensive experience within the Hospitality 

industry, both in Zimbabwe and further afield. 

Emmanuel's offers more in terms of style, modern culture and 

culinary delights – it's simple…. Our aim is to provide the best 

Zimbabwe has to offer. 

th 

Emmanuel's Restaurant, 123 Corner 4 and Chinamano, 

04 730 590; 707522/, emmanuels@brontehotel.co.zw 

Monday-Friday: lunch (12pm-2pm) dinner (6.30pm-9.30pm) 

Saturday: dinner (6.30pm-9.30pm) Sunday closed

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Africa Albida Tourism’s duo 

of award-winning 

restaurants in Victoria Falls 

Lebbie Musavaya 

The Boma – Place of Eating is an unforgettable 

African fusion of mouth-watering local cuisine, 

spirited dance performances and traditional storytelling. 

The multi-award winning restaurant has firmly 

established itself as a Victoria Falls highlight, providing 

a unique cultural experience that bombards 

the senses with the tastes, sights and sounds of Africa. 

The Boma specialises in a superb selection of 

Zimbabwean dishes, including delicacies such as mopani 

worms and game stews. 

The four-course meal includes a choice of starters, 

such as smoked baby crocodile tail, and a barbecue 

buffet, where no plate is complete without the 

famous warthog “pumba” steak. 

A fine selection of wines is available to accompany 

the meal, which is finished off by a smorgasbord of 

desserts. 

Beneath partially open skies, diners are captivated 

by a feast of nightly entertainment comprising 

vibrant songs and dances performed by traditional 

dancers. 

An enthralling interactive drumming session 

provides a wonderful finale to the evening’s festivities. 

The deluxe MaKuwa-Kuwa Restaurant, housed in 

the well-known Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, is launching 

a new summer menu on September 1. 

It will feature a new twist on the perennial favourite, 

warthog. The flame grilled fillet will be served 

with cheese gratinated dauphinoise potatoes, vegetable 

julienne with homemade barbecue sauce and 

flamed black cherries. 

Newcomers on the menu which are set to ignite 

taste buds include a walnut and fig salad starter 

topped with camembert wedges, cucumber involtini 

and rosa tomato confit, dressed with red wine vinaigrette, 

and a main of seared kudu fillet served with 

a fruity polenta chip, mixed vegetables and a cranberry 

glaze. 

As well as the more adventurous Zimbabwean 

game dishes, the à la carte restaurant offers a wide 

variety of internationally styled cuisine. 

Split level, with a dramatic view of the Zambezi 

National Park, and focusing on a central waterhole 

which attracts wildlife year-round, the restaurant’s 

setting is unparalleled. 

Honouring a centuries-old legend of an inimitable 

royal drum, which, disenchanted with its owner, 

was lost forever when it “jumped” into the Zambezi 

River, the MaKuwa-Kuwa Restaurant celebrates the 

richness of Africa’s heritage with fine fare. 

The MaKuwa-Kuwa drumbeat is a call to partake 

of a royal feast. 

The Boma – Place of Eating and the MaKuwa-Kuwa 

Restaurant make up the restaurant division of the 

hospitality group Africa Albida Tourism. The group 

has hotels and lodges in Southern Africa’s foremost 

tourist destinations, with the well-established Victoria 

Falls Safari Lodge as its flagship property. Its 

operations are characterised by their prime locations 

and an untiring quest for quality in every aspect of 

product delivery. Other properties include the exclusive 

20-room Victoria Falls Safari Club, the Resort 

Condominium International Gold Crown Resort Lokuthula 

Lodges (Victoria Falls) and Ngoma Safari 

Lodge located in Chobe, Botswana. The luxurious 

Victoria Falls Safari Suites opened on 20 December 

2013. 

For more information, visit http://www.africaalbidatourism.com 

The Pointe Restaurant 

• The Pointe Restaurant nestled in the avenues, opened its doors in December 

1997 by Mr. Carlos Quintas who has a vast background in the hospitality and 

entertainment industry. Back then he was the Creator & Operator of the 

legendary landmark, Copacabana Restaurant, in the 70s and still today, gave 

name to the bus terminus Copacabana. 

• A professional Musician, who was performing abroad, introduced the popular 

Karaoke & Dance sessions at The Pointe Restaurant, catch him or Tendayi on 

Friday nights for a fun filled evening. 

• Try our highly acclaimed Charcoal grilled Chicken and many seafood dishes 

on offer. For all your catering needs for Outside or Indoor Catering, Cocktail 

snack platters, we have assorted menus to choose from .Don’t forget to book 

now for your corporate Christmas parties done at affordable deals to suit your 

budget and enjoy our Cocktail cozy bar upstairs filled with an assortment of 

liqueurs, whiskies and beers. 

The Pointe Restaurant 

rd 

Stand 1763 Along 3 Street , 

Crn Baines & Josiah Chinamano Avenues Harare 

Call: 0772 468 123, 0712 753 129, 

Tel: 734240, 703095 

Email: pointecq@ai.co.zw 

Join us on our Facebook page 

Enjoy Portuguese and International Cuisine. 

· Try our highly acclaimed Charcoal grilled 

Chicken and Prawns. 

· Karaoke & Dance every Friday, and on any 

other day by arrangement. 

· Caterers for all your functions, Snack Trays 

· Cozy Bar Upstairs enjoy assorted sports 

channels. 

· Good Parking 

Open everyday from 9am – 10pm Fridays til late 

The Pointe – Where friendly people meet 

The MaKuwa-Kuwa Restaurant at the Victoria Falls Safari Lodgewinner 

of the ‘The Most Imaginative menu’ and 

‘Best Deluxe Restaurant’ awards. 

(Zim on a Plate National Restaurant Awards) 

The Boma - Place Of Eating at the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge Resort - 

winner of ‘The Best Dinner Experience’ and 

‘The Most Imaginative Dining Experience’ awards. 

(Zim on a Plate National Restaurant Awards) 

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August 24 to 30 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / FOOD & DRINK 17

18 THE STANDARD STYLE / EATING OUT / 40 CORK ROAD 

August 24 to 30 2014 

40 Cork Road, 

Avondale 

3 

5 

1) and 2) External shots including the magnificent jacaranda tree; 3) Currant 

muffins; 4) Cinnamon tart. 5) Some of the friendly waiters; 6) Chicken tikka 

salad with wedges; 6) chocolate and vanilla scoops; 8) Eating in the courtyard; 

9) Chef-patron Ian Munn. All pictures by Dusty Miller 

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Birdlife outing to Double O/Carswell Ranch, Nyabira. Meet CABS, Northridge Park, 7am. 

Lunch: Alo, Alo, Arundel; Theo’s, 167, Enterprise Road; Adrienne’s, Belgravia; Da Eros, 

Fishmonger and Great Wall, East Road; Sitar, Newlands; Palms, Bronte Hotel; Willow Bean Cafe, 

Rolf Valley, English roast/pudding US$15. (BYOB, no corkage.) Paula’s Place; Wild Geese, Teviotdale 

buffet/live music; City Bowling Club, Harare Gardens (roast beef, Yorkshire pud, horseradish 

sauce); Italian Club, Strathaven, Mukuvisi Woodlands Coffee Shop; Centurion Pub & Grill, Harare 

Sports Club, Arti’s, New Section, Borrowdale Village; Hellenics, Eastlea 

Aug 25 Keep fit, Zumba Dancing, City Bowling Club, Harare Gardens. And every working night except 

Fridays. 5:30pm-6:30pm. 

To Aug 30 Harare Show 

Aug 25-29 Stragglers’ Junior Cricket Week Hartmann House and St George’s 

Aug 26 7pm Line dancing City Bowling Club 

(and every other Tuesday) 6:30pm for 7 Fun pub quiz Theo’s, 167, Enterprise Rd (opp Redan) 

Supper US$5, prizes. Quizmaster Dusty Miller 

Aug 27 Farmers’ market, Maasdorp Avenue, Belgravia (next to Bottom Drawer) 

Aug 28 (and every Thursday) Tapas night and music by Evicted, Amanzi Restaurant, Chisipite 

Aug 29 Greendale Good Food & Wine Appreciation Society monthly lunch Sitar, Newlands. 

Fun music pub quiz, (“Spot the Tune”)Borrowdale Country Club. 6:30pm for 7 supper available. 

Quizmaster Tony Palmer 

Sept 4 (and every other Thursday) fun pub quiz blue@2 Private Wine Bar, 2, Aberdeen Rd, Avondale. 

Booking essential, Tel 0772 856 371 

Sept 6 Birdlife Marlborough Vlei walk (bottom Princess Margaret Rd, off Harare Drive) 7am 

Car boot sale, Borrowdale Country Club 

3rd annual Boerewors Competition, Old Miltonians, Bulawayo. 

Country Jukebox fundraiser for Joe Esterhuisen’s breathing equipment, City Bowling Club, from 

dusk. Supper available 

Sept 7 Air Show, Charles Prince Airport 8am-midnight. 

Sept 14 Rhino Awareness Day. 

Battle of Britain Sunday. Service Athol Evans Chapel. Royal Society of St George Battle of Britain 

lunch 

Sept 27 Karaoke night, with Dave and Debbie, City Bowling Club, from dusk. Supper available. 

Greek night with Costa Nicolas, Hellenic Club, Eastlea. Details Joanna 0772 390 960 

Oct 11-12 Zimbabwe Trout Fishing championships Nyanga. To compete: mmatipano@zimparks.co.zw stay 

at Rhodes Nyanga Hotel. 

Oct 12-14 AEL Tiger Fishing Challenge, Eagle’s Rest Hotel, Siavonga, Zambia. 

Oct 22-25 53rd annual Kariba Invitation Tiger Fishing Tournament, Charara Eastern Basin 

Oct 29-Nov 8. EatOut Zimbabwe Restaurant Week. Enjoy bargain 2 and 3 course meals at top eateries in 

Harare and Bulawayo. 

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THE last time I typed 40 Cork 

Road….in a headline…it ended 

with the single word “revisited”. 

That was in early July 2005 and I am 

yet to find the story relating to my 

previous visit. (Probably before the 

new millennium!) 

Well, I don’t know why I’ve left it 

more than nine years to call again 

and actually went twice in the space 

of six days recently. 

On the Friday I was merely killing 

time between appointments at New- 

lands and Mount Pleasant and briefly 

diverted to Cork Road for a hot 

drink, on a bitterly cold morning. I 

ordered a lovely cinnamon milk tart 

(US$2) to go with a pot of Tanganda 

tea (US$1) and enjoyed it so much I 

followed up with a rich currant muffin: 

also US$2. 

Chatting to café owner, Ian Munn, 

I said I’d return for lunch or a more 

substantial spread as soon as the 

sun came out and days warmed 

up. Number “40” has a restful, Zen- 

peaceful garden with a soothing 

waterfall feature and much birdlife, 

but a thick canopy of venerable exotic 

and indigenous trees can make 

it cold and miserable on grey days. 

The sun belted down from a cloudless 

cornflower blue sky on a windless 

Wednesday lunchtime, so much 

so that many punters asked waiters 

to move tables and chairs into the 

shade. 

Ian Munn said the property was 

built in 1911 and was the manager’s 

homestead on what he thought was 

the original Avondale Farm. He 

could be right. Main farmstead of 

Avondale was on Avondale Ridge 

where the colourful pioneering 

French nobleman, the Count de 

la Panouse and his wife, Fanny, 

“Countess Billy”, who came to this 

country, dressed as a boy, produced 

milk, cream, butter and eggs. They 

were the first couple to have a Christian 

wedding in this country. 

A pioneer farm was around 3 000 

acres (1 214 hectares.) I suppose it’s 

just possible a manager, after they 

left the country, could have built his 

home so far from the main centre of 

operations, but my own feeling is 

that we are talking about a different, 

neighbouring, farm. 

Whatever, the place has a lot going 

for it, architecturally; gardens are 

gorgeous and include the largest, 

probably oldest, jacaranda tree I’ve 

seen anywhere in the world. 

On Wednesday I had a delicious 

chicken tikka salad on Thai noodles 

which came with a side order 

of splendid large square cut potato 

4 

wedges, golden brown, fried crisp 

on the outside. Salad element was 

mainly fresh garden leaves, including 

rocket, with sliced tomato, pepper 

and a wee bit of onion, with a 

sprinkling of sweetcorn kernels. 

Possibly because I’d hungrily wolfed 

a glazed baked roll, studded with 

bits of beetroot and slathered with 

butter as I awaited mains, it outfaced 

me and I took home about a 

quarter in a polystyrene box. 

Since my previous visit, nine 

years ago, Ian has built a separate 

thatched wing which houses a ‘tutti 

gelati “ice-cream shop (I had a scoop 

of vanilla, topped with another one 

of rich, creamy chocolate ice-cream: 

it was wonderful; and a functions 

area which can accommodate up to 

about 350 pax at a cocktail party or 

other standing event and hold a wedding 

reception or similar with up to 

200 guests. 

A child’s play area is also new 

but the original KwaMambo pottery 

and gift shop also functions in 

the main homestead. Occasionally 

I get desperate phone calls, texts and 

e-mails asking where KwaMambo 

Restaurant is, and I have to think for 

a second. 

Food tends to be lightish “fusion” 

dishes suitable for lovely ladies who 

lunch languidly, but there are also 

steaks, chops and half chickens for 

the guys who graze. They also serve 

very substantial Full Monty-style 

English breakfasts from US$7-US$12 

including free tea or coffee. 

They used to open on a Sunday, 

but don’t now. Previously they 

weren’t licensed (to sell grog); they 

are now (but “don’t flaunt it”); I had 

a very acceptable chilled “chateau 

cardboard” house dry white wine 

with lunch. 

Ian is a very “hands-on” owner 

possibly betraying the fact he has 

an MBA and MSc. Not totally necessary 

to cook and successfully sell 

eggs, bacon, mushrooms and La Lucie 

Zimbabwean coffee, but he also 

operates PrintMedia Distribution 

from “40”. (Distributing overseas 

magazines and books: not to be confused 

with Munn Marketing, which 

he used to own but “we” {AMH} 

bought off him years ago.) 

40, Cork Road, opens 8am-4pm-ish 

Monday to Saturday. Eating on the 

shaded stoep or in the garden; smoking/non-smoking 

areas. Licensed to 

sell alcohol and a fair range is carried. 

Very child friendly and quite 

handicapped friendly. Guarded 

parking on grass verges each side of 

the road. Booking’s a good idea. Tel 

0778 075 147 or 0712 207 720. 

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Families are the 

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They are the inspiration 

to reach great heights, 

and our comfort when 

we occasionally falter. 

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Our definition of family is love, hence 

what we value as a family is love. We 

value family as it gives one a sense of 

belonging having people that you know 

will always love you. We pray that our 

family should be a shelter in times of 

storm and it should be a learning centre 

for life, from academics to God’s word. 

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20 THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY / PARENTING 

August 24 to 30 2014 

Parenting Styles 

A 

PARENTING style is the overall emotional climate in the 

home. These four styles of parenting involve combinations 

of acceptance and responsiveness on the one hand 

and demand and control on the other . 

Authoritative parenting 

This combines a medium level demands on the child and a 

medium level responsiveness from the parents. Authoritative 

parents rely on positive reinforcement and infrequent use of 

punishment. Parents are more aware of a child's feelings and 

capabilities and support the development of a child's autonomy 

within reasonable limits. There is a give-and-take atmosphere 

involved in parent-child communication and both control and 

support are balanced. It is also described as the "just right" 

style. Research shows that this style is more beneficial than the 

too-hard authoritarian style or the too-soft permissive style. 

Authoritarian parenting styles 

Authoritarian parents are very rigid and strict. They place high 

demands on the child, but are not responsive to the child. Parents 

who practice authoritarian style parenting have a rigid set 

of rules and expectations that are strictly enforced and require 

rigid obedience. When the rules are not followed, punishment is 

most often used to promote future obedience. There is usually 

no explanation of punishment except that the child is in trouble 

for breaking a rule. "Because I said so" is a typical response to 

a child's question of authority. This type of authority is used 

more often in working-class families than the middle class. Children 

raised in an authoritarian-style home were less cheerful, 

more moody and more vulnerable to stress. In many cases these 

children also demonstrated passive hostility. 

Permissive parenting 

Permissive or indulgent parenting is more popular in middleclass 

families than in working-class families. In these family 

settings, a child's freedom and autonomy are highly valued, and 

parents tend to rely mostly on reasoning and explanation. Parents 

are undemanding, so there tends to be little, if any punishment 

or explicit rules in this style of parenting. These parents 

say that their children are free from external constraints and 

tend to be highly responsive to whatever the child wants at the 

moment. Children of permissive parents are generally happy 

but sometimes show low levels of self-control and self-reliance 

because they lack structure at home. 

Uninvolved parenting 

An uninvolved or neglectful parenting style is when parents are 

often emotionally absent and sometimes even physically absent. 

They have little or no expectation of the child and regularly 

have no communication. They are not responsive to a child's 

needs and do not demand anything of them in their behavioral 

expectations. If present, they may provide what the child needs 

for survival with little to no engagement. There is often a large 

gap between parents and children with this parenting style. 

Children with little or no communication with their own parents 

tended to be the victims of another child’s deviant behavior 

and may be involved in some deviance themselves. Children 

of uninvolved parents suffer in social competence, academic 

performance, psychosocial development and problem behavior. 

There is no single or definitive model of parenting. With authoritarian 

and permissive (indulgent) parenting on opposite 

sides of the spectrum, most conventional and modern models 

of parenting fall somewhere in between. Parenting strategies 

as well as behaviors and ideals of what parents expect, whether 

communicated verbally and/or non-verbally, also play a significant 

role in a child's development. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parenting

August 24 to 30 2014 

THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY / EDUCATION 21 

Why wear 

School Uniform? 

Edson Chivandikwa 

STEVEN Gerrard, the soccer great, reflects 

in his autobiography “Just seeing 

the uniform made me sick. They resembled 

prison clothes after the freedom of 

the weekend”. Have you ever pondered the benefits 

of wearing school uniform? 

Preventing Violence 

School uniform fosters a sense of community 

whereas wearing civvies encourages the prominence 

of the individual. Civvies can lead to 

“gang” or “wrong” colours. Uniform protects 

pupils from outside gangsters. In an environment 

of khakis, a stranger wearing a weird blue 

can easily be detected. 

In the United States when the Long Beach, 

California School District instituted a compulsory 

school uniform policy, in the following five 

years, overall crime dropped 86%, cases of assault 

fell from 319 to 82 and acts of vandalism 

decreased from 1 409 to 106. 

Classroom Behaviour 

Research shows that pupils are less likely to 

misbehave when they are wearing school uniform. 

True, very little learning occurs during 

“civvies days” in our schools. Pupils preoccupy 

themselves with discussing each other’s dress. 

Uniform puts pupils in a “school mode” and 

teachers unmistakably stick out as educators 

and authority figures. School administrators 

spend less time presiding over cases of dress 

code violation. Uniform reduces non-academic 

distractions; pupils, who at this stage are forming 

self-identities and identifying with status 

designer symbols, are kept on track. 

Cost 

Uniforms are usually far cheaper and made 

from stronger fabric than designer clothes. 

Therefore parents worry less about what their 

children will wear in the morning; they just 

need to make sure that the uniforms are laundered. 

Uniforms are never out of style 

As fashion trends shift in the designer world, 

uniforms from year to year remain the same. 

School identities and cultures are maintained. 

The blazer for example is a symbol of the 

school’s pride. So? Let’s wear uniform with a 

smile! 

Edson Chivandikwa is a Social Science 

Researcher and Writer and can be reached 

at ekc@peterhouse.co.zw

22 THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY / HEALTH 

The value of Psychosocial Support 

in the management of cancer 

–“We all have a role to play” 

Lovemore Makurirofa (Cancer Association of Zimbabwe 

THERE is one thing that 

is common in all the 

stories/narratives that 

cancer survivors tell 

to show their bravery in the 

fight against cancer -- SUP- 

PORT. This is true, cancer 

clients often require a lot of 

support for them to be able 

to cope with both the cancer 

itself and the treatment they 

receive. Although there are 

different dimensions of support 

that can be rendered to 

a cancer client, today this article 

focuses on PSYCHOSO- 

CIAL SUPPORT. 

Psychosocial support includes 

mental health counselling, 

education, group support 

and many other similar 

services offered to improve 

psychological and social wellbeing 

of those diagnosed of 

or affected by cancer. These 

services are usually provided 

by different types of mental 

health professionals, spiritualists 

and cancer survivors 

themselves. 

Cancer can affect the entire 

family (both adults and 

children) in many ways and 

as a result, the whole family 

requires psychosocial 

support in order to cope with 

the cancer diagnosis of their 

family member. Psychosocial 

support fosters resilience 

of individuals, families and 

ultimately communities to 

deal with cancer and easing 

resumption of normal life 

despite a cancer diagnosis. It 

can be in form of individual 

counselling, family counsel- 

ling, group counselling or 

being part of a cancer support 

group. The Cancer Association 

of Zimbabwe and 

other institutions offer these 

services for free. If you/your 

friend/ relative have cancer, 

you may consider some or all 

the options of getting psychosocial 

support. 

In Zimbabwe, the majority 

of the cancer clients [80%] 

seek appropriate treatment 

very late resulting in less 

chances of treatment success. 

This is because the clients 

take long time to decide 

what to do when diagnosed of 

cancer and this unnecessary 

long decision-making period 

gives the cancer an opportunity 

to spread/ metastasize. 

Remember, cancer at its early 

stages is not painful so cancer 

clients might ignore it. However, 

with proper psychosocial 

support the person can 

make an informed decision 

early and seek appropriate 

medical attention in time and 

this will definitely improve 

the chances of cancer treatment 

success. 

Psychosocial support is 

best provided by families and 

communities (for example religious 

institutions). Most of 

the psychological challenges 

affecting cancer patients are 

a result of the failure by a 

partner or family members 

to understand the condition 

of the cancer patients and 

the truth about the available 

cancer treatment options. 

Imagine a situation whereby 

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Maternity Clinic (19709 Unit N Shopping Centre 

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a woman newly diagnosed of 

breast cancer is offered mastectomy 

(removal of one or 

both of the breast) by the doctor 

as the best available treatment 

option and her mother 

in law and/or her husband 

disapproves the removal of 

the breast. Such a situation 

psychologically affects the 

patient and is likely to result 

in delays to seek medical attention. 

All this militates 

against the success of the 

cancer treatment. Cancer 

treatment success is therefore 

not only in the hands of 

the health practitioners such 

as doctors, oncologists and 

surgeons but is also determined 

by the psychological 

status of the client, which 

in turn is determined by the 

family and community (for 

example churches) support. 

It is therefore, very important 

for the family to support 

Dr Austin Jeans, The Rolf Valley Centre for 

Sports Medicine 

CONTACT and collision sport at 

school is often the source of much 

anxiety to parents. Due to peer, 

parental and coach pressures to 

return to sport as soon as possible, the 

risk of serious brain injury following 

an acute concussion is increased. 

IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT CON- 

CUSSION 

Concussion results from direct or indirect 

bumps, blows or violent rotations 

to the head or face 

Concussion is a non-visible brain injury 

causing temporary disturbance 

in brain function 

Concussions are potentially serious 

injuries 

Concussions occur comm only in 

contact sports and 80% of them will 

resolve in 7-10 days 

Concussion repeated before recovery 

can result in worsened concussion, 

brain injury and even death 

Concussions can occur in any sport 

Concussion symptoms can be delayed 

even occurring hours after injury 

Concussion is a commonly missed, not 

diagnosed or simply ignored injury 

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT 

CONCUSSION 

• A player who has sustained a 

concussion is up to three times 

more likely to sustain a second 

concussion in the same season 

• Children, adolescents and females 

tend to take longer to recover from 

concussion 

• There is currently no known cure 

for concussion other than physical 

and mental rest over the required 

passage of time. 

• Injuries to the brain are the most 

common cause of death in sport 

Correcting some common 

Concussion Myths 

MYTH - You can only be concussed 

in “contact sports”. 

FACT - Although more likely in contact 

and collision sports such as rugby, hockey, 

football and boxing, concussion can 

occur in many sports eg cycling, cricket, 

basketball, motorsports, horse riding, 

water polo and even ballet dancers! 

the cancer client as this is the 

most sustainable way of providing 

psychosocial support. 

We all have a role to play in 

strengthening the ability of 

families and communities to 

provide love, care and support 

for those suffering from/ 

affected by cancer. 

Experiences of newly diagnosed 

cancer clients and 

the resultant effect on cancer 

management 

Cancer Support Groups 

The purpose of a support 

group is to help people in 

similar situations share their 

concerns with each other and 

learn more about coping and 

problem-solving. People in a 

support group can also learn 

more about their cancer and 

get new ideas from others. 

For example, a person who 

has just been diagnosed with 

cancer can hear from others 

about how their children 

might react, since they have 

been through this experience. 

A woman with breast cancer 

can learn from other women 

about breast reconstruction. 

Men with prostate cancer 

may learn from each other 

about dealing with the side 

effects of treatment. 

The sharing of experiences 

will enable the client 

and family to cope and accept 

the diagnosis and make an 

informed decision early. It 

also helps in the reintegration 

of the client back into 

the family and community 

support systems. This is the 

most sustainable way in helping 

the client to cope with 

cancer. Support groups offer 

an opportunity to share 

with others who have gone 

through the same experience 

and other clients still going 

through the same treatment 

MYTH - You need to lose consciousness 

or memory to have a concussion. 

FACT - Only about 8% of cases of concussion 

involve loss of consciousness; 

Concussion may present in many different 

ways depending on the area of 

the brain most affected; these may be 

obvious signs such as blacking out, 

vomiting or confusion, or more subtle 

symptoms such as poor concentration 

or personality changes. 

MYTH - A normal X-ray or brain 

scan means you’re OK and cleared 

to play. 

FACT – X-rays, CT scans & MRI scans 

are not sensitive enough to detect the 

changes taking place in a concussed 

brain; most concussions have normal 

X-rays or scans; you may still have serious 

injury with a normal scan. 

MYTH - You’re OK to play once the 

headache has gone. 

FACT -The 

following criteria need to be met to 

allow return to sport: 

1. All symptoms must ha ve c leared. 

2. You should have a normal 

neurological examination. 

3. Your computerised brain 

function tests returned 

to baseline or within normal limits. 

4. You should undergo a 

sports-specific return to play 

exercise programme without 

symptoms recurring 

MYTH – Protective gear like scrumcaps 

& gum guards prevent concussion. 

FACT - There is currently no evidence 

that the wearing of scrumcaps or use 

of gum guards play any role in preventing 

concussion. Scrumcaps do, however, 

help prevent scalp lacerations and gum 

guards help to reduce teeth trauma, so 

they are important protective gear for 

sport 

What are the signs and symptoms of 

an acute concussion? 

You can’t see a concussion. Signs and 

symptoms of concussion can show up 

right after the injury or can take days 

or weeks to appear. If a young player 

reports any symptoms of concussion, 

or if you notice the symptoms yourself, 

seek m edical attention right away. 

Signs Observed by Parents or Guard- 

August 24 to 30 2014 

procedures to strengthen the 

client’s ability to deal with 

other people’s negative comments 

(stigmatisation and 

discrimination). 

For More Information 

Contact: 

The Cancer Association 

of Zimbabwe 

60 Livingstone Harare 

(Cnr 6 th Street and 

Livingstone Avenue) 

Tel: 04 - 707444 / 705522 

Fax: +263 4 707 482 

Email: info@cancer.co.zw, 

Website: www. 

cancerzimbabwe.org 

Facebook: The Cancer 

Association of Zimbabwe 

“We are committed to 

cancer prevention and 

improving the quality 

of life of patients, their 

families and communities 

through timeous, cost 

effective and evidence 

based interventions” 

‘HEADS UP’ ON CONCUSSION 

ians Symptoms Reported by Athlete 

• Appears daz ed or stunned 

• Headache 

• Is confused about assignment 

• Nausea 

• Forgets plays 

• Balance problems or dizziness 

• Is unsure of game, score, or 

opponent 

• Double or fuzzy vision 

• Answers questions slowly 

• Sensitivity to light or noise 

• Loses consciousness 

• Feeling sluggish 

• Moves clumsily 

• Feeling foggy or groggy 

• Shows behaviour or personality 

changes 

• Concentration or memory 

problems 

• Confusion 

• Can’t recall events prior to hit 

• Can’t recall events after hit 

What should you do if you think your 

young athlete has a concussion? 

1. Seek medical attention right away. 

A health care professional will be able 

to decide how serious the concussion 

is and when it is safe for your child to 

return to sports. 

2. Keep them out of play. Concussions 

take time to heal. Don’t let your 

child return to play until a health care 

professional says it’s OK. Athletes who 

return to play too soon—while the 

brain is still healing—risk a greater 

chance of having a second concussion. 

Second or later concussions can 

be very serious. They can cause permanent 

brain damage, affecting your 

child for a lifetime. 

3. Tell all of your child’s coaches 

about any recent concussion. Coaches 

should know if your child had a recent 

concussion in ANY sport. Your child’s 

coaches may not know about a concussion 

your child received in another 

sport or activity unless you tell them. 

Knowing about the concussion will allow 

the coach to keep your child from 

activities that could result in another 

concussion. 

4. Remind your child: It’s better to 

miss one game than the whole season.

August 24 to 30 2014 

THE STANDARD STYLE 23

24 THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY /GETAWAY 

August 24 to 30 2014 

Festive 

Kariba Half 

Marathon’s 

Rosie Mitchell 

DO you need an excuse to visit Lake Kariba? Not 

really! The largest man-made water body in the 

world, Kariba becomes a veritable playground 

for families and friends who want to enjoy some 

relaxation and quality time over long weekends and 

school holidays. In Zimbabwe’s tourism heyday of 

the 90s, Kariba rocked. Let’s hope we’re on our way 

back again, to those days. Meantime, this holiday 

haven still attracts the crowds on high days and holidays 

and the Kariba Half Marathon and 10km Fun 

Run/Walk is just one of its regular draw cards. 

This fun running event over Heroes Holiday weekend 

this year celebrated its 10th anniversary, assisted 

by various generous sponsors. 

The weather was perfect – windless and sunny 

without being excessively hot, and the turnout of 

over 500 runners and walkers across the board of 

age groups guaranteed a festive event and lots of welcome 

business for Kariba’s hotels, lodges, rest camps 

and houseboats. Comedian and chef Carl Joshua 

Ncube played his part with shows aboard the Zambezi 

Trader houseboat and a cooking demo at Gache 

Gache Lodge. Hospitality providers were pleased 

with this injection of business -- one of the reasons 

this running event was launched. 

Kariba’s hospitality, boating and game viewing opportunities 

await you any time of year, so how about 

a family getaway? There are several affordable accommodation 

options, including long established hotels 

Caribbea Bay and Cutty Sark Hotel, and budget 

options with chalets and camping at Lomagundi 

Lakeside, Warthogs Bush Camp and Moth Cottages. 

Across the Lake, if you prefer more up-market try 

Gache Gache Lodge, or even more so, Bumi Hills Safari 

Lodge, both reached by a short boat ride from Kariba. 

Houseboat cruises, all the rage in the 1990s, like 

all Kariba businesses have suffered from the drop-off 

in tourism post 2000, but are still very much an option 

so let’s hope business continues to pick up this 

year. The drive from Harare to Kariba is very scenic, 

and you can start to game spot as soon as you enter 

the safari area, with its rolling hills and wild scenery, 

still around an hour and a half ’s drive from Kariba 

itself. We spotted a group of elephants in this area 

and stopped to enjoy them. 

During our day’s hired boat trip on the lake, we 

saw a surprising number of houseboats out there 

which was encouraging, and a fair number of those 

who came for the running events combined the trip 

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for more. 

We decided to repeat our great 2012 experience of 

this Fun Run, then chill out and enjoy Kariba’s relaxing 

attractions. Once again, we chose Cutty Sark 

which has made quite a comeback in the last few 

years, and offers special rates for the runners. It has 

the most spectacular view over the lake and is comfortable 

and friendly, with good service and beautiful 

grounds. The rolling green lawns have been adopted 

since our last visit as a safe haven by three wild zebras 

who have taken up residence and become so accustomed 

to humans, you can virtually walk right up 

to them, remembering of course, they are wild animals, 

and as such should be approached with caution! 

They are an enjoyable sight and spend their days and 

nights wandering about the grounds, grazing on the 

lawns, and even lying down in relaxed fashion in the 

heat of the day. Near Cutty Sark, they have calculated 

they are safe from carnivores. Kariba is, after 

all, a wildlife area and lions, elephants, hippos and 

more, roam its shores. The elephants near Kariba 

town have grown well accustomed to people and vehicles, 

and we enjoyed seeing some in close proximity 

when we went to register for our races at Lomagundi 

Lakeside. 

The running events were again very enjoyable. I 

shaved ten minutes off my 2012 Half Marathon time, 

managing to run up all the steep hills this time, and 

thoroughly enjoyed the run over the famous dam wall 

to the Zambian border and back again. The baboons 

along the route were very comical and I enjoyed an 

adrenaline moment when an elephant decided to 

cross the dirt road just as I was running past. Kariba 

residents who patrol the route in vehicles for reasons 

such as this, anxiously urged me on and I pushed my 

pace. The elephant seemed entirely unconcerned 

and added to my enjoyment of this race through wonderful 

scenery, complete with big game such as this! 

The Kariba Half is a tough race, taking you from 

up on the hill at AMC fuel station all the way down to 

the dam wall, then all the way back up, and on beyond 

AMC to Lomagundi Lakeside, with the last 2+km on 

dirt to add to the challenge. 

The standing 

record was beaten this 

year by Elijah Mabhuno 

in a staggering 1.04.29 

and first lady in 1.18.25 

was Constance Nyasango. 

There were lots of 

prizes given out to First 

and Second finishers 

in each age category, as 

well as for Kariba winners 

by category, a nice 

touch to recognise locals. 

After the Half Marathon 

and 10km event, a series 

of running events for 

children from toddlers to 

12 were held, and prizes 

distributed for these races 

too – a great way to get 

the kids interested in the 

fun and healthy pursuit 

of running. 

How about diarising 

this event for next year’s 

family getaway over Heroes 

Weekend? 

tenth 

edition


ARTS & CULTURE 

In this issue 

of Arts & Culture 

(1) Josephine Takundwa 

(2) Pee Kay 

(3) Dambudzo 

(4) Bill Gates 

2 3 4

26 THE STANDARD STYLE /COMMUNITY/ BREAKING NEW GROUND 

August 24 to 30 2014 

Patricia Mabviko-Musanhu 

MORE and more women are venturing 

into careers which were previously 

known to be only for man. This is a 

clear demonstration that talent, skill 

and ability know no gender. It’s been said 

over and over again that in order to succeed 

, one has to completely believe in themselves 

. If you believe you can do it, YOU CAN and 

YOU WILL! 

Josephine Takundwa came to know more 

intently about ICT and power protection 

when she joined a company that manufactured 

power protection devices during her 

attachment. When she completed her business 

studies degree, she was offered a job by 

this company. This gave her more exposure 

to ICT to a point where she began to notice 

gaps in the market. In 2004 she decided to set 

up her own business. Today, nearly 10 years 

later, her efforts in helping to develop the ICT 

industry in Zimbabwe have been recognized 

and she has won numerous business and ICT 

awards. In addition, her business continues 

to grow from strength to strength. 

In 2011, she was runners up of the top ICT 

business woman award given to a woman 

who has contributed the most and has shown 

commitment to the development of ICT in 

Zimbabwe. She won the top ICT business 

woman award the following year and in 2013, 

she emerged winner in the services category 

of Women in Enterprise, Conference and 

Awards administered by the Zimbabwe National 

Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) and 

the Women Alliance of Business Associations 

in Zimbabwe. In the same year, she was 

nominated runners up for the ZNCC Harare 

Business woman award for Mashonaland region. 

How did a young woman who had no real 

understanding of ICT & power protection 

prior to her attachment venture into this industry 

and do so well? “I got to understand 

quite a lot when I joined this company and at 

some point noticed that one of the products 

we used to sell was not promoted well in the 

market. I also noticed that there was very 

little competition on the market and that 

there was latent demand,” she said. Josephine 

decided to establish her own company 

in ICT providing ICT hardware and surge 

protection devices. After a while, she realised 

that she had to go beyond simply selling 

hardware to providing solutions and solving 

problems for clients. She noted that because 

ICT depends solely on power, the best way 

to add more value to her clients was to also 

develop an understanding of power so as 

to give a more comprehensive solution supporting 

and protecting ICT systems. She immediately 

extended her services to include 

provision of power stabilisation and voltage 

regulation devices as well as power protection 

for the telecommunications sector. For 

a job that involves working with the mining 

and telecoms sector amongst other technically 

demanding fields, Josephine continues 

to take time to train with different regional 

and international companies in order to have 

a better understanding of her field as well as 

the products on offer. She also believes in 

best practice as far as business management 

is concerned as well as being prudent and 

conservative when it comes to financial matters. 

“If you don’t keep an eye on your costs 

and operating expenses, especially in this 

environment, you will find yourself out of 

depth,” she said. 

In conjunction with her partners, she 

recently took a business delegation of Zimbabweans 

to attend a telecommunications 

symposium in Germany. The symposium 

was attended by delegates from four countries 

including Zimbabwe, Namibia, Italy 

and Germany. Josephine was the only female 

delegate at the symposium. “This was an indication 

to me that there are opportunities 

for women who desire to venture into this 

industry. Sometimes we need to cross that 

line that divides men and women and make 

it invisible. In women’s minds that line may 

exist but we need to get rid of it,” she added. 

Josephine was recently selected for two 

mentorship programmes by two different 

organisations in America. She will be travelling 

to America in October on the Young 

African Leaders initiative to attend a fourweek 

business entrepreneurial exchange 

programme. Thereafter she will be attending 

a year’s training programme that focuses 

on entrepreneurship and is organised by a 

women’s empowerment organisation based 

in Washington DC. 

Patricia Mabviko Musanhu is a Company 

Director/Producer at Black and 

White Media Productions. She can be contacted 

at pmabviko@gmail.com 

JOSEPHINE 

TAKUNDWA 

shines in the ICT 

& Power Protection Industry

August 24 to 30 2014 

THE STANDARD STYLE / ARTS 27 

Pee Kay 

ready for live 

performances 

Silence Charumbira 

After the release of his long 

awaited duet with Jamaican 

Busy Signal titled Show me 

Love, rnB and Hip hop artiste 

Pee Kay says he is ready to concentrate 

on live performances. 

Show me Love was released over 

just over a week ago and it appears 

to be doing well already. 

the track was released on the 

back of another hit Ma1 that catapulted 

the musician to the top of local 

charts. 

Pee Kay said he was happy with 

the response that he has got on the 

track. 

“the response has been very positive. 

I think the lowest rating the 

track has got so far is a 7/10 which is 

still very good,” he said. 

“We will be performing at the 

Unplugged concert at thorn tree 

Lodge in Glen Lorne on August 31 

which will be opening up a series of 

other shows to come.” 

the musician who was a judge at 

Miss Curvy in Kariba last week said 

he had a great experience performing 

at the same event. 

“the performance was great. Initially 

we were also supposed to perform 

at the after party on Saturday 

(yesterday) but we have resolved not 

to perform since it will be more or 

less the same set up,” he said. 

“there are several other appearances 

that I will make, for example, 

at the Grain Beach Party.” 

He said he anticipated bigger 

shows in the near future. 

“the biggest shows that I have 

performed at so far are the Carnival, 

the Uhuru show at Belgravia Sports 

Club and the OK Grand Challenge 

which had around 30 000 people attending. 

I look forward to events of 

that magnitude in the near future,” 

Pee Kay said. 

the artiste’s manager Kevin Kumire 

said they have also lined up a 

regional tour that will see them perform 

in South Africa in September. 

“We will be travelling to South 

Africa at the end of September,” he 

said.

28 THE STANDARD STYLE / ARTS / BOOKWORM 

August 24 to 30 2014 

What’s booking at 

The Spotlight 

Harare’s central booking office 

Reps Theatre Foyer, Belgravia Shopping Centre 

Tel: (04) 308159 or 0771 357204 

Open Mon-Fri 9am to 4pm, Sat 9am to 12 noon 

Dambudzo – 

A native of nowhere 

On Reps Main Stage 

Dance Trust of Zimbabwe 

(National Ballet and Tumbuka) 

present 

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM 

A roller coaster ride of love and laughs brought to life 

through dance, music and quirky characters to lift your 

heart and warm your soul 

Reps Theatre from 10 – 13th September at 6.30 p.m. 

Matinee Saturday at 2.30 p.m 

Tickets $10.00 for Adults with Pensioners 

and Children $5.00 

In Theatre Upstairs 

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST 

A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Oscar Wilde 

English set-book for 2014 and 2015 

Reps Theatre Upstairs 17th – 20th and 24th – 27th 

September at 7.00 p.m. 

Matinees – Saturdays at 2.30 p.m. 

Tickets $10.00 for Adults and $5.00 for Scholars 

On Sale at The Spotlight 

WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT, ZIMBABWE 

Become a Wild Life Defender and join here 

Collection of Membership Fees being undertaken by 

Reps as a Community Service. 

You are now able to pay these at the Spotlight 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays 

Also on sale: 

latest copies of Ndeipi magazine 

and 

Jump Theatre, How to Make a Play 

The essential handbook for everyone involved 

in drama and theatre, 

Written by Kevin Hanssen 

plus 

InnSider Cards 

New InnSider cards and renewals can be done at The 

Spotlight for discounts at the Inns of Zimbabwe Group 

We also sell airtime for 

Econet – NetOne – Telecel 

and 

uMax 

Collect from here the latest copies of community free 

papers Harare News and Zimtrader 

And don’t forget that Reps membership forms are also 

available! 

If you would like to sell tickets through The Spotlight 

call the Reps office mornings only 335850 for information 

By Bookworm 

I 

TRY to write in such a way that I short-circuit, 

like in electricity, people’s traditions and morals. 

Because only then can they start having original 

thoughts of their own. I would like people to stop 

thinking in an institutionalised way. If they stop 

thinking like that and look in a mirror, they will see 

how beautiful they are and see those impossibilities 

within themselves emotionally and intellectually – 

that’s why most of what I have written is always seen 

as being disruptive and destructive. 

On August 18, 1987 Dambudzo Marechera died a 

lonely figure at Parirenyatwa Hospital to an Aidsrelated 

illness. Prior to his death, he had been living 

at Sloane Court in the Avenues district of Harare. He 

was, at the time, as we now know in a hide and seek 

relationship with Flora Veit-Wild who made some 

startling revelations two years ago. 

I first “met” Marechera in a school library at an out 

of way rural boarding school. I would sit behind colossal 

bookshelves, while my friends secretly groped 

their girlfriends, engross myself in the pages of The 

House of Hunger. The book was a motion picture of 

my life experiences. I saw in it my grandparents, my 

parents and my contemporaries as we all fought the 

imperial powers of colonialism. 

A supremely insightful observer who would have 

turned 62 this year, Marechera’s literary contributions 

speak across Zimbabwe’s great divides. He avowedly 

embraced fellow writers with causes to fight for 

and who could also perceive a common humanity in 

their stories. 

Those who appreciate Marechera’s acid won’t be 

disappointed with any smoothing over in his writings. 

There are punches and uppercuts in his writings 

to institutions and figures who represent power in all 

its corrupting tendencies. His legacy reminds us of 

our past, which also takes us forward. 

Marechera was one of the few individuals who did 

not have any faith in the independence project. He 

was on the outside looking inside and exile in Britain 

had distanced him from the claustrophobic prisms 

of the “war vet” mentality that has been the ruin of 

Zimbabwe. 

This easily made him a target of ‘hate’ and vicious 

criticism. He rejected early on the black leadership 

in Zimbabwe, the same leadership responsible for the 

recent economic and political crisis today. In 1978, 

at the height of the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe, 

Marechera is reported to have heckled when Robert 

Mugabe addressed his nationalist compatriots at the 

Africa Centre in London. It is clear that he had no 

faith in the man who was to lead Zimbabwe into independence 

two years later. He could see through his 

lust for power and his pretences to be “a man of the 

people.” 

In fact, with the recent political crisis in Zimbabwe, 

Marechera specifically helps us to remember that all 

that glittered in 1980 was not gold. Warning lights 

flashed through his exuberant fiction; his challenging 

questions constantly provoked the authorities. As 

Nadine Gordimer once remarked, Marechera stuck 

his neck out while others were reluctant to open their 

mouths. 

The cracks in Zimbabwe were always there, only 

the heat of time was to deepen them. After the Lancaster 

House Agreement in 1978 and the landslide victory 

of Robert Mugabe’s Party (Zanu PF) in the 1980 

elections, the sense of euphoria which followed was 

short-lived. Incidentally, the late Bob Marley who was 

invited to play at the independence gala composed a 

song titled Zimbabwe. Throughout the song Marley 

repeatedly warns the leadership that: So soon we’ll 

find out who is the real revolutionaries/And I don’t 

want my people to be tricked by mercenaries. 

Even though Marechera lived to witness a country 

in transition, he recognised and condemned early on 

the contradictions of this artificial process. The euphoria 

for the newly reconstructed country was merely 

a façade behind which untold misery dominated. 

This resulted in Marechera being censured, insulted 

and sometimes imprisoned as recounted in the recent 

memoirs of David Caute, Marechera and the Colonel. 

Marechera desperately advocated for freedom of 

expression and an environment that could encourage 

intellectuals and writers to play a critical part in the 

development of a new Zimbabwe without fomenting 

the kind of dogmatism that so often takes root. The 

dialogue between Grimknife Jr and Rix the Giant Cat 

in one of the untitled stories in Mindblast reflects this 

antagonism in post-independence Zimbabwe. 

But when did Marechera become the writer he became? 

On leaving New College, Marechera entered a 

phase of his life in which he was permanently unemployed 

and had no settled home as he lived out the role 

of the “writer-tramp”. There is no doubt that Marechera 

struggled to establish himself on leaving the 

“cloistered calm” of New College, Oxford. His time at 

Oxford had been somewhat detached from “real life,” 

he comments in The Black Insider, “I was just about to 

start a journey of discovery in the real United Kingdom.” 

What little influence remained from the academic 

conditioning of his university experiences soon disappeared 

in his quest for a clear sense of identity 

and purpose. The Black Insider demonstrates he was 

somewhat aware of the hybrid nature of his identity 

and his search was not so much a search of who he 

was, but who he might have been, had he not been 

subjected to the pernicious influences of colonialism. 

Bhukuworm@gmail.com

August 24 to 30 2014 

THE STANDARD STYLE / ARTS / CELEB NEWS 29 

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Bill Gates under an Ice Bucket 

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BETWEEN FRIENDS (13S) 

It’s hard to remember a time before the Ice Bucket 

Challenge, no? Our Facebook feeds have been 

overrun by clips of all kinds of characters from 

our pasts—camp friends, high-school exes, old 

work colleagues—muttering about who they’re 

nominating (“Karen, Joe Francone, and, you too, 

Christy!”) and then getting right to it and dumping 

a giant bucket over their heads. Right around 

the time the challenge had seemed to reach its peak 

pervasiveness, the celebrities caught on. Now, the 

entire Internet—not just Facebook—seems to be a 

mall where every store front features an Ice Bucket 

Challenge video. Athletes! Models! Actors! They’re 

all doing it. 

What is ALS? 

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often 

referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” is a 

progressive neurodegenerative disease that 

affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal 

cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the 

spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles 

throughout the body. The progressive degeneration 

of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads 

to their death. When the motor neurons die, the 

ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle 

movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action 

progressively affected, patients in the later stages 

of the disease may become totally paralyzed. 

A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. 

“A” means no or negative. “Myo” refers to muscle, 

and “Trophic” means nourishment–”No muscle 

nourishment.” When a muscle has no nourishment, 

it “atrophies” or wastes away. “Lateral” 

identifies the areas in a person’s spinal cord where 

portions of the nerve cells that signal and control 

the muscles are located. As this area degenerates it 

leads to scarring or hardening (“sclerosis”) in the 

region. 

As motor neurons degenerate, they can no 

longer send impulses to the muscle fibers that normally 

result in muscle movement. Early symptoms 

of ALS often include increasing muscle weakness, 

especially involving the arms and legs, speech, 

swallowing or breathing. When muscles no longer 

receive the messages from the motor neurons that 

they require to function, the muscles begin to atrophy 

(become smaller). Limbs begin to look “thinner” 

as muscle tissue atrophies. 

What Types of Nerves Make Your Body Work Properly? 

(The body has many kinds of nerves. There are 

those involved in the process of thinking, memory, 

and of detecting sensations (such as hot/cold, 

The Challenge has raised a staggering amount 

of money for A.L.S. research, and any movement 

that involves both Tom Cruise and Anna Wintour 

is clearly a triumph. And it’s also been fun, as 

with every choice made by celebrities, to overanalyze 

each video. Who chooses a quirky twist, like 

Chris Pratt? Who enlists a friend, as Leah Remini 

did with J. Lo? Some show off their pools or backyards; 

some go shirtless, while some cover up in 

baggy sweatshirts. Maybe most tellingly of all, a 

few nominate their non-celebrity friends, while 

others decide to nominate the likes of Angelina 

Jolie and Barack Obama. 

sharp/dull), and others for vision, hearing, and 

other bodily functions. The nerves that are affected 

when you have ALS are the motor neurons that 

provide voluntary movements and muscle power. 

Examples of voluntary movements are your making 

the effort to reach for the phone or step off a 

curb; these actions are controlled by the muscles 

in the arms and legs. 

The heart and the digestive system are also made 

of muscle but a different kind, and their movements 

are not under voluntary control. When your 

heart beats or a meal is digested, it all happens automatically. 

Therefore, the heart and digestive system 

are not involved in ALS. Breathing also may 

seem to be involuntary. Remember, though, while 

you cannot stop your heart, you can hold your 

breath - so be aware that ALS may eventually have 

an impact on breathing. 

Although the cause of ALS is not completely understood, 

the recent years have brought a wealth of 

new scientific understanding regarding the physiology 

of this disease. 

While there is not a cure or treatment today that 

halts or reverses ALS, there is one FDA approved 

drug, riluzole, that modestly slows the progression 

of ALS as well as several other drugs in clinical 

trials that hold promise. 

Importantly, there are significant devices and 

therapies that can manage the symptoms of ALS 

that help people maintain as much independence 

as possible and prolong survival. It is important to 

remember that ALS is a quite variable disease; no 

two people will have the same journey or experiences. 

There are medically documented cases of 

people in whom ALS ‘burns out,’ stops progressing 

or progresses at a very slow rate. 

- www.alsa.org 

DStv August 2014 

Schedules 

MNET ACTION AUGUST 2014 

Sun 24 August 2014 

06:00 The Sugarland Express PG13VL 

08:00 The Expatriate 16V 

10:00 Barb Wire 13VN 

12:00 Love Me 13VL 

14:00 The Fog 16V 

16:00 Firewall 13VL 

18:15 Silent Trigger 16VL 

20:00 Crimson Tide 13VL 

22:00 The Hostage 16VL 

00:00 Jade 18VSNL 

02:00 The Hurt Locker 18VL 

04:30 Chernobyl Diaries 16VL 

Mon 25 August 2014 

06:00 Lethal Ninja 13VL 

07:45 Snake Eyes 13VL 

09:45 Twister PG13L 

11:45 Twin Daggers 16V 

13:15 Screwed 13VNL 

16:00 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider PG13V 

18:00 Kick Ass 16VL 

20:00 The Tracker 16V 

21:45 Let’s Get Harry 16VL 

23:45 Sugar Hill 18VL 

02:00 Hostile Intent 16VL 

03:30 State Property: Blood On The 

Streets 18VSNL 

Tues 26 August 2014 

06:00 Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night 13VL 

08:00 The Three Musketeers 13V 

10:00 Christine 16VL 

12:00 The Osterman Weekend 13VSNL 

14:00 Days Of Thunder PG13VL 

16:00 The 51st State 16VL 

18:00 The Double 13V 

20:00 Red Rock West 16VSL 

22:00 El Gringo 16VSNL 

00:00 Transit 16VL 

02:00 Street Warrior 16VN 

04:00 Lost Treasure 13VL 

Wed 27 August 2014 

06:00 The Inspectors 13VSL 

08:00 The Replacement Killers 16V 

10:00 The 13th Warrior 

12:00 Road Of No Return 16VL 

14:00 Final Impact 13VL 

16:00 Inside Out 13V 

18:00 Metal Mayhem 13VL 

20:00 Seeking Justice 16VL 

22:00 White Noise 2: The Light 13V 

23:45 Summer Of Sam 18VSNL 

02:15 Plunkett & Macleane 16VSL 

04:00 An Innocent Man 16VL 

Thurs 28 August 2014 

06:00 Waist Deep 16VL 

08:00 Screwed 13VNL 

10:45 The Expatriate 16V 

12:45 Lost Treasure 13VL 

14:15 Chernobyl Diaries 16VL 

16:00 Love Me 13VL 

18:00 Transit 16VL 

20:00 Mindhunters 16VNL 

22:00 Mask Of The Ninja 16VSN 

00:00 State Property: Blood On The 

Streets 18VSNL 

02:00 Ambushed 16VSNL 

04:00 The Fog 16V 

Fri 29 August 2014 

06:00 Cyborg Conquest 13VL 

08:00 Days Of Thunder PG13VL 

10:00 Snake Eyes 13VL 

12:00 Twister PG13L 

14:15 Twin Daggers 16V 

16:15 Lethal Ninja 13VL 

18:00 The 51st State 16VL 

20:00 New Best Friend 18SNL 

21:30 Kick Ass 16VL 

23:45 Locked In 16VSL 

01:45 Sugar Hill 18VL 

04:00 Barb Wire 13VN 

Sat 30 August 2014 

06:00 Christine 16VL 

08:00 The Osterman Weekend 13VSNL 

10:00 Let’s Get Harry 16VL 

12:00 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider PG13V 

14:00 True Legend 16V 

16:00 Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night 13VL 

18:00 The Three Musketeers 13V 

20:00 Centurion 18VL 

21:45 Street Warrior 16VN 

23:45 Red Rock West 16VSL 

01:30 Summer Of Sam 18VSNL 

03:55 Agora 13V 

The Inspectors 13VSL 

Mnet STARS AUGUST 2014 

Sun 24 August 2014 

07:30 Hachiko: A Dog’s Story PG 

09:00 Barton Fink 16VL 

10:45 Random Hearts PG 

13:00 102 Dalmations PG 

15:00 Dr. Seuss’ The Cat In The Hat PG 

16:20 Sister Act PG 

18:00 Why Do Fools Fall In Love 13VSNL 

20:00 The Lake House PG13VL 

21:45 For Colored Girls 16VSNL 

00:00 Malcolm X PG 

03:30 Blue Chips PG13L 

05:30 Dream Machine 13V 

Mon 25 August 2014 

07:30 Losing Isaiah PG13VL 

09:30 Liar, Liar PG13SL 

11:00 Battle For Terra PG 

12:30 Red Dog PG 

14:00 The Big Bounce PG13VL 

15:45 Good Morning Vietnam 13VL 

17:45 Clear History 13L 

19:30 Accepted PG13L 

21:00 Shall We Dance PG13L 

23:00 Puncture 16NL 

01:00 He Got Game 16SNL 

03:30 Drop Squad 13VL 

05:00 The Lady 16V 

Tues 26 August 2014 

07:30 Mao’s Last Dancer PG13L 

09:30 Gran Torino 16VL 

11:30 Battlefield America: Where Kids 

Rule PG13V 

13:30 In The Hive 16L 

15:30 P.S. I Love You 13SL 

17:45 The Family Stone PG 

19:30 The Nutty Professor PG13VL 

21:15 Midnight In Paris PG 

23:00 Three Men And A Little Lady PG 

01:00 Born On The Fourth Of July 

16VSL 

03:30 Othello 16VS 

Wed 27 August 2014 

07:30 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & 

Larry 13N 

09:30 The Hurrican 13VL 


13:45 Sophie PG 

15:45 Ides Of March 16L 

17:45 The Dukes PG13 

19:30 The Color Purple 13VSL 

21:00 Brother White PG 

22:45 Youth In Revolt 16SNL 

00:15 December PG13L 

02:00 The Golden Child 13V 

03:45 Three Men And A Baby PG 

Thurs 28 August 2014 

07:30 Why Do Fools Fall In Love 13VSNL 

09:30 The Lady 16V 

12:00 Dr. Seuss’ The Cat In The Hat PG 

13:30 Malcolm X PG 

17:15 All The King’s Men 16VL 

19:30 Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit PG 

21:15 Random Hearts PG 

23:45 Dream Machine 13V 

01:30 While You Were Sleeping PG 

03:30 Barton Fink 16VL 

Fri 29 August 2014 

07:30 Clear History 13L 

09:30 Accepted PG13L 

11:15 Hachiko: A Dog’s Story PG 

13:00 Shark Tale F 

14:15 101 Dalmatians PG 


17:30 The Lake House PG13VL 

19:30 The Boys Are Back 16 

21:15 Losing Isaiah PG13VL 

23:15 He Got Game 16SNL 

02:00 Liar, Liar PG13SL 

03:45 Red Dog PG 

05:30 Three Men And A Little Lady PG 

Sat 30 August 2014 

07:30 The Family Stone PG 

09:30 Peter Pan In Return To Never 

Land PG 

11:00 Midnight In Paris PG 

12:30 Sister Act PG 

14:30 Shrek PG 

16:00 Battlefield America: Where Kids 

Rule PG13V 

17:45 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 

13L 

19:30 Mr 3000 PG13L 

21:45 Gran Torino 16VL 

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30 THE STANDARD STYLE / ENVIRONMENT 

August 24 to 30 2014 

‘The environment can only take 

care of us when we take care of it.’ 

Michael Nott 

IT all began on a farm in Zimbabwe 

where Charlene Hewat grew 

up. She came across the carcass 

of a rhino that had been poached 

and this sad event sparked off her 

lifelong passion for the environment 

and her determination to do 

something to protect it. 

Charlene [or Charlie as she is 

affectionately known] decided to 

take action to protect the endangered 

species and to raise awareness 

about environmental issues. 

Together with her friend Julie Edwards 

they decided to do a 22 000 

km, transcontinental bicycle ride 

to raise funds and awareness for endangered 

species, the Black Rhino 

in particular. 

The “Rhino Girls”, as they became 

known, set out from Glasgow, 

Scotland in September 1986 

and rode across Europe and down 

through Africa arriving in Harare 

nearly a year later! The project led 

to the production of the book, Extinction 

is Forever (together with 

Alan Munn) and paved the way for 

the establishment of Environment 

2000 which later became Environment 

Africa. The renaming of the 

organisation was in part to express 

their commitment to environmental 

issues in the whole of Africa and 

they now have branches in Zambia, 

Mozambique and Malawi. Environment 

Africa has also been invited to 

share their skills and their passion 

in South Africa and Tanzania, so 

they’re a truly pan-African organisation. 

Environment Africa is not only 

committed to preserving and conserving 

the environment, they are 

also concerned with helping and 

supporting communities, in particular 

poor and marginalised communities. 

This includes teaching 

people about sustainable farming 

methods, soil preservation, renewable 

energy sources, bio-diversity, 

tree planting and bee keeping as 

well as responsible waste management 

and a recycling programme. 

They state that one of their guiding 

principles is “African solutions to 

African challenges through actionbased 

learning, harnessing indigenous 

knowledge systems and building 

up local safety nets systems.” 

Although they are currently involved 

in a number of different 

projects, there are two areas that 

they are especially focused on. As a 

founding member of the “Clean up 

the World Campaign” they’ve been 

involved in clean ups across the 

country since 1993. They have been, 

and still are, hugely concerned 

about the enormous amounts of litter 

in all parts of the country. Clean 

ups are part of their programme 

but they’re also seriously committed 

to raising awareness and 

encouraging people to behave in a 

more responsible manner. Recently 

they’ve taken another step forward 

in the battle against illegal littering 

and dumping and have begun more 

intensive recycling projects. In 2013 

Environment Africa launched their 

colour-coded bin liners to facilitate 

separating waste at the source and 

to make recycling easier. There are 

different colour codes for glass, 

plastic, tins, paper and bio-degradable 

matter, i.e. red for glass, yellow 

for paper, green for plastic, blue 

for cans and black general general 

waste. They promote the composting 

of bio-degradable waste and to 

this end they offer monthly courses 

for gardeners on how to make and 

use compost. 

Their ultimate goal is to reduce 

the amount of rubbish coming out 

of our homes, shops, businesses 

and public events. They are not 

only concerned about the problem 

of waste management in our cities 

and towns, they’ve also been working 

with the Parks and Wildlife 

Management Authorities to keep 

our national parks litter free. The 

project called “Carry In - Carry 

Out” means that all visitors to the 

Parks should receive a large bin 

bag on entry and are expected to 

carry out all non biodegradable 

waste when they leave. They have 

also been promoting vehicle litter 

bags and bus bins which they have 

distributed to motorists, taxis, commuter 

omnibuses and buses. The 

Ambassador for this campaign is 

Mary Wazara of Plastix Incorporated 

who has led the way in plastic 

recycling. There are currently 

four recycling centres in Harare 

– Greendale, Monavale, Avondale 

and a new centre to be opened 

shortly at Fife Avenue Shopping 

Centre. There are plans to have recycling 

centres across the country, 

especially in places like Victoria 

Falls and Beitbridge. 

The second major area of concern 

for Environment Africa is 

deforestation, which has reached 

alarming proportions in Zimbabwe. 

To this end in December 2012, 

on national tree planting day, they 

launched the ‘For Every Child a 

Tree’ campaign at the University 

of Zimbabwe, where 273 trees were 

planted. From 2012 to 2013 more 

than 80,000 trees were planted by 

Environment Africa. The idea is 

that if a tree is planted and named 

after a child, the child will be responsible 

for caring and nurturing 

the tree until it reaches maturity. 

Charlene believes, “We are all children 

of the planet; imagine the impact 

we could have if each one of 

us planted a tree in our name”. The 

Goodwill Ambassador of this campaign 

is Zimbabwean Wayne Black 

who runs Pure Earth nurseries and 

promotes the planting of indigenous 

trees. This initiative ties in 

neatly with their Wildlife Forestry 

and beekeeping programmes. 

Last year their Individual Environmental 

Champion was Abraham 

Chaukura, the headman from 

the Mutasa rural district. He is a 

master beekeeper, making a reasonable 

income from honey as well as 

hiring out his bees for pollination 

in farms and orchards around the 

Nyanga district. He is also involved 

in tree planting activities and has 

planted 500 indigenous trees since 

2012. He has established two indigenous 

tree plantations within 

the village as well as a gum tree 

nursery. He has also donated seedlings 

to five schools in the Mutasa 

district. He helps out with environmental 

commemorations such 

as the National Tree Planting Day, 

fire awareness campaigns and environmental 

awareness meetings for 

villagers. Apart from this he takes 

care of and monitors the use of wetlands 

surrounding the village. The 

2014 World Wetlands Day national 

commemorations were held in his 

village of Domborutinhira. In line 

with their concern to prevent deforestation, 

Environment Africa are 

promoting the use of alternative 

energy such as biogas and solar 

power and have established demo 

units in Guruve and Zvimba. 

Environment Africa continues to 

work in partnership with Mukuvisi 

Woodlands on the Eco-Schools programme 

which supports education 

and awareness on environmental 

issues for school children. They 

also work with the Curriculum Development 

Unit to develop Environmental 

Education from Primary 

School level. 

For more information see: 

www.environmentafrica.org or 

call 04 492143

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