HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has rejected charges that there is a simmering succession war between alleged protagonists Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti to take over from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Chamisa and Biti have been touted as front-runners to take over the reins in the MDC once Tsvangirai steps down in 2016….
HARARE – “There’s no doubt that this has been a particularly difficult year, and I am relieved that this annus horribilis (year of horrors) is coming to an end.” This was Kofi Annan in 2004, then a UN secretary-general describing what he saw as a horrifying year. His remarks were widely interpreted as alluding to…
HARARE – The most important cultural event (though fading very fast) in Zimbabwe around August or early September is the rain making ceremony called “Mukwerera” in Shona language. The main ceremony is held at the Matopos in Matabeleland South province. This is an ancient ceremony where all the chiefs send emissaries to Matopos so that…
HARARE – Reports coming out of Chitungwiza over circumstances surrounding the dismissal of close to a dozen-and-a-half municipal employees are a sad pointer to what has become a scourge of most local authorities. As we are made to understand, the group facing dismissal comprises party activists of obscure professional skills who got engaged by Chitungwiza…
HARARE – Police have shot dead an armed robber on its wanted list and are on the hunt for two more. Peace Mutema, wanted for a spate of armed robberies in Harare and Bulawayo, was killed on New Year’s Eve after detectives received a tip off that he was meeting a relative in the middle…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s junior tennis team is geared up for the International Tennis Federation Southern African Junior championships to be held in Namibia this week. The championships are set to run between January 6 to 12 with participants taking part in the Under-12, Under-14 and Under-16 categories. “We have a good chance because our players…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo artists have registered their views over the 2012 arts calendar citing a marked improvement in audience turnout as a big step last year. However, they all decried a disappointing trend of the same audience not willing to pay for shows. Over the years, the audience in the arts sector in Bulawayo has…
HARARE – The World Food Programme (WFP) is set to increase its cash handouts to people in drought-stricken parts of Zimbabwe, country director Felix Bamezon has said. Currently, the UN agency is giving out $3 per person per month but is mulling increasing the amount in light of a likely food price hike following another…
DAMASCUS – Dozens of people have been killed by an air strike on a petrol station in the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, activists say. Damascus residents say they saw burning bodies and a scene of horror after the strike on the petrol station in Mleiha district. Unverified video footage showed charred bodies and…
HARARE – Want-away Dynamos forward Rodreck Mutuma will start his trial at South African Absa Premiership side Bloemfontein Celtic on January 14. Mutuma has been on Celtic’s radar since last year and the reigning Telkom Knockout champions are now prepared to have a closer look at the lanky forward. Although Dynamos are reluctant to sell,…
