BULAWAYO – Former Magwegwe legislator and spokesperson for the short-lived Independent Candidates Coalition (ICC) Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda says time is ripe for the emergence of an alternative political party. The heavily-contested political landscape in Zimbabwe is poised to assume new dimensions by the end of the year with the planned launch of new political…
GWERU – Gweru City Council has complied with a directive by the outgoing minister of Local government, Ignatius Chombo, to scrap utility debts dating from February 2009 to the end of June 2013. In a statement, town clerk, Daniel Matawu said: “The entire community of Gweru is hereby notified that the city of Gweru has…
HARARE – Around 200 people are being infected with HIV everyday in Zimbabwe down from 400, as the country moves to achieve zero infections by 2015. The new statistics were revealed yesterday at the first symposium on HIV/Aids, human rights and the law currently underway in Harare. Michael Bartos, UNAids country coordinator said: “If we…
HARARE – A man who allegedly neglects his family while spending all his money on skin bleaching products and alcohol has been dragged before the courts by his wife. Stanely Mushatu — who spotted a trendy “Mohawk” hairstyle — denied the financial and verbal abuse allegations which his wife Nomatter Chigodora laid against him. Chigodora…
HARARE – Parliament can be a discouraging place for women, who risk being disempowered if they are ill-prepared, long-serving politician Olivia Muchena has said. Muchena a Senator, was speaking at a meeting of women politicians called by Women in Politics Support Unit (Wipsu) last week. “Parliament can be a discouraging place, a woman can be…
HARARE – One in four Zimbabweans living in rural areas faces a looming food crisis following erratic rains last season, particularly in the southern districts. In some places rains came too late, in others not at all and yet in others, there was too much rain. The cumulative effect of too much rain or the…
HARARE – It is common practice within journalism throughout the world to source comments from academics. Ordinarily, such academics will be specialists or researchers in the area within which the journalist’s story falls like politics or economics. The journalistic animus behind sourcing such comment is to enrich the story with authoritative, objective and insightful perspectives…
EDITOR — It has often been noted of old that, “Children are the future” but however, with all due respect to the old adage I beg to differ. Allow me to safely say that “Children (especially the youths) are not only the future but the now”. The Zimbabwean elections came and our astute and visionary…
EDITOR — I would like to respond to the ZBC public relations officers’s defence of the national broadcaster’s shortcomings. He thinks the broadcaster should actually be congratulated for a job well done in covering among other things the constitutional referendum,the president’s inauguration and the just-ended UNWTO conference. Well, congratulations ZBC for that successful coverage! But…
HARARE – Nadine Brown’s music spews out a great deal of energy no wonder she is known as Lady Fire on the local reggae scene. After several years as a backing vocalist for several top Zimbabwean musicians like Mateo, Queen Mashie, Jah Prayzah and Mic Inity, the late Andy Brown’s former wife is on the…
