HARARE – Amid pomp and fanfare that blanketed the grinding poverty, Zimbabwe recently celebrated its 33rd birthday — but for journalists there is not much to celebrate. The country has only one television station which dates back to the colonial era and just as it was used by the rogue Rhodesian regime for propaganda; it…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is haunted by the 2008 election ghost, and yesterday warned detractors in his party against repeating the so-called Bhora Musango (kick the ball off the field) strategy again. The strategy, in which party supporters voted for a Zanu PF MP and councillor and not for the party’s presidential candidate, was…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate has heard how swimming sensation Kirsty Coventry bravely fought a group of robbers who smashed her car as she made her way home from the airport. Kirsty, an Olympic gold medallist, yesterday appeared in court as a complainant after one of the robbers, who are also turning out to be…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe continues to scale up efforts in the fight against HIV/Aids which has been around for the past three decades, Daily News Features Editor Thelma Chikwanha had a conversation with UNAIDS Country Coordinator Tatiana Shoumilina to find out on progress made so far. DN: What investments have been undertaken by your organisation…
HARARE – The European Union (EU) says it is ready to send election observers to Zimbabwe to monitor the forthcoming watershed elections. Aldo Dell’Ariccia, head of the EU delegation, told the Daily News that the 27-member bloc was awaiting the invite. “We do not impose ourselves or force governments to invite us to observe their…
HARARE – Comedian Carl Joshua Ncube has introduced monthly comedy nights which seek to identify young talented comedians. The first talent search shows will take place on May 29 at Londoners Night Club. Ncube told the Daily News yesterday of his intention to elevate comedy in Zimbabwe. “I have been planning for a while to…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has told Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete that Zanu PF was hoodwinking the regional bloc and surreptitiously planning a peaceful but rigged election. Tsvangirai met Kikwete in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday night. Kikwete is also the chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) organ Troika on politics, defence…
BULAWAYO – Chicken Inn beat fancied CAPS United in a Castle Lager Premiership encounter yesterday. Speedy striker Tendai Ndoro secured the maximum points for the hosts with an opportunistic strike on 77 minutes to leave Gamecocks gaffer Mandla Mpofu a relieved man. “This victory comes as a huge relief after our recent run of poor…
HARARE – Holding periodic free and fair elections is one of the characteristics of both liberal and electoral democracies in the world. The question that most of the so-called learned people in Africa and Zimbabwe have consistently evaded and with some becoming emotional is “What is the benefit of elections to the ordinary man?” Some…
HARARE – The planned tour of Zimbabwe this month end by two popular American gospel artistes Cece Winans and Pastor Donnie McClurkin is off. Red Ink Events, who were behind the efforts to bring the popular duo to Zimbabwe, failed to raise adequate funds to bankroll the concert. “Unfortunately we have had to cancel the…
