HARARE – Self-proclaimed dancehall queen Lady Squanda, real name Sandra Muchaneta Gazi is one artiste who likes creating controversy. Last week, she almost killed her 75-year-old grandmother Eunice Tomana with shock after she faked her own death as a way of marketing her forthcoming song Rufu RwaSquanda. When the Daily News on Sunday news crew…
HARARE – MDC bigwigs in Chitungwiza are jostling for the position of town mayor which is up for grabs following the just-ended harmonised elections. With new constitutional provisions making the mayor of the second-largest urban local authority in the province, the deputy chairperson of Harare city council, the post of Chitungwiza mayor has become a…
HARARE – Warren Park One’s 5th Avenue suffered unprecedented traffic jam as countless vehicles and thousands of MDC supporters thronged House Number 34 to pay their last respects to the late Harare Youth Assembly secretary-general Rebecca Mafikeni. Some residents peeped through windows, verandas, while others stood at their gates with cell phones in hand, capturing…
HARARE – As President Robert Mugabe starts a new five-year term to rule Zimbabwe until he’s 94, his party faces a succession battle between his vice president, whose nom de guerre was “Comrade Spill Blood,” and a former spy chief known as “The Crocodile”. The contest pits vice president Joice Mujuru, who took the name…
HARARE – With an estimated deforestation rate of 300 000 hectares per year, Zimbabwe has moved in to adopt a policy that seeks to enhance forests sustainability. This development is expected to benefit the country from numerous shared global synergies, thus maintaining the economic, social and environmental values of all types of forests, for the…
HARARE – Now that outgoing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has withdrawn his poll challenge, the first task for president-elect Robert Mugabe is to form the Cabinet. And we hope that the process will be different this time, not the well-rehearsed recycling of Zanu PF deadwood. Previously, the Cabinet had to include a blend of representation…
HARARE – To be in or out of court? That is a question. Strategy is about outflanking opposition and never doing what your competitor expects of you. Dexterity is the ability to move out of the orbit or zones of doubt to zones of confidence. While we must confess that we are not the firstborns…
HARARE – Barclays Bank Zimbabwe (Barclays Zim), a unit of British multi-national banking and financial services group, posted a $1,1 million profit before tax in the half year to June 2013, up 37 percent from prior comparable period. George Guvamatanga, Barclays Zim’s managing director, said while post tax profit also increased to $8 million from…
HARARE – Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has dismissed any hopes and thoughts of legalising prostitution ahead of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) conference. Mzembi told the Daily News that there was no way they would legalise prostitution as it goes against religious and national values. “We are a Christian nation, we are guided…
HARARE – It has the globe’s fastest growing economy, yet it’s a tale of two worlds demarcated by poverty and riches. From Europe to Africa, China is spreading its wings, while its nationals are now a permanent feature in most of countries as its population continue to balloon. The country considers itself as developing, but…
