WE can never stop couples from fighting. I think this is part of life due to sin’s nature, but what we can possibly do is help couples fight with wisdom and dignity.

In the last week President Robert Mugabe exercised his constitutional mandate to appoint and swear in 14 new members to his Cabinet.

Building and sustaining a relationship is a lifelong process that requires a lot of patience, commitment and investment. I have repeatedly said this that many people of our generation lack patience with themselves and others.

THE outpouring of the Spirit was predicted by the Prophets of old.

FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday stunned Zanu PF delegates gathered in Binga when she chastised men, saying they should go for sex workers as the practice has been legalised, instead of raping minors.

Sixteen Go Beer employees face retrenchment after Gweru councillors pushed for their exit at a special council meeting held yesterday.

BULAWAYO residents are struggling to keep up with rate payments to the city council, as they owe close to $103 million as at March this year.

BULAWAYO City Council has given vendors the green light to operate in the city centre to avoid running battles between traders and the city authorities, Southern Eye has learnt.

A DUBAI lending company, Elbygare Global, has offered short and long-term finance for Bulawayo City Council’s infrastructure projects at a time the local authority is struggling to access affordable loans.

Zimbabweans still dominate the number of new asylum seekers in South Africa despite a special dispensation programme meant to cater for the undocumented immigrants in that country.

HEALTH and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa has commended the Mpilo Central Hospital board for suspending the heath institution’s top brass to facilitate investigations into corruption allegations.

THE MDC-T Bulawayo provincial executive has urged residents to stand up and demand essential services they are entitled to in the face of unending water and power cuts.

Caledonia Mining Corporation says gold production at its Blanket Mine near Gwanda dropped four percent on a quarterly basis to 9,960 ounces in the first quarter to March 31 but still expects to meet its annual target of 42,000oz on improved second half performance.

Government has discovered gas reserves in the Lupane-Lubimbi basin estimated at over 23 billion cubic feet and would start exploitation this year, Mines and Mining Development minister, Walter Chidhakwa has said.

TODAY is the last day your favourite newspaper, Southern Eye, will be on the streets as a standalone publication.

ZANU PF will be basking in glory this week after its candidates won convincingly in two by-elections that were boycotted by the main opposition parties on Friday.

THE decision by the Bulawayo City Council to embark on an aggressive programme to make land available to investors is a step in the right direction.

THE reaction by Zanu PF youths to the new discourse in South Africa over relics of colonialism such as Cecil John Rhodes’ statue at the University of Cape Town (UCT) was quite predictable.

THE government has a long history of imposing development projects on citizens and the case of Siasundu villagers in Binga who are about to be evicted to pave way for the development of an urban centre is the latest example of this arrogance.

JOB losses and delayed salaries have become the most prominent symptoms of Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown that long assumed crisis proportions.

THE partisan nature of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) when dealing with cases involving Zanu PF and members of the ruling elite can no longer be a subject of debate.

ZIMBABWE’s health delivery system has been on the deathbed for quite some time despite short-lived gains made after independence.

CONTROVERSY always follows President Robert Mugabe’s lavish annual birthday parties and if reports emanating from Matabeleland North are anything to go by, this year was not any different.

FAILURE by the government to pay staff at State universities was inevitable as revenue inflows into Treasury have been shrinking in response to the slow but steady death of the economy.

THE reversal of the unpopular takeover of Maleme Ranch in Matabo district of Matabeleland South by government spy Rodney Mashingaidze should be hailed as a triumph for people power.

THE deadly riots at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison that left three inmates dead and several seriously injured last Friday were a manifestation of the mounting economic, political and social problems afflicting Zimbabwe since Zanu PF’s hollow 2013 election victory.