HARARE – Justice, Legal & Parliamentary Affairs minister Emmerson Mnangagwa — who officiated as guest speaker at commemorations marking World Day Against Death Penalty in Harare recently told anti-death activists that capital punishment must be completely abolished from the country’s statutes as it is inhuman and degrading. The minister’s call comes barely half a year…
HARARE – Zimbabwe-born singer Eska Mtungwazi’s label as British Music’s best kept secret has fallen away at long last. Eska, who relocated to the United Kingdom (UK) as a three-year-old from Zimbabwe’s second largest city Bulawayo, has won the admiration of leading British musicians despite the fact that she did not have, until now, a…
HARARE – Members of the Masvingo-based Ziya Cultural Theatre Club who produced the popular Sabhuku Vharazipi comedy say their fame has not translated into tangible benefits due to rampant piracy. David Mubayiwa, the hilarious comedy’s main actor, told the Daily News that a CD pirate even bragged about how Sabhuku Vharazipi had uplifted his lifestyle….
HARARE – The 2014 budget is highly anticipated for many reasons but none other so than that it is the first post-election budget of the new regime in town. In an era marked by shallowness and the dearth of white papers or other policy debate, the budget becomes much more than a simple resource allocation…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF government must immediately spring into action and put in place measures to curtail widespread abuse of the girl-child. With shocking statistics that over 4 000 cases of child abuse are reported every year, this is when a responsible government must intervene. This is why governments are…
HARARE – Zanu PF has described as rebels, factional leaders who are battling to succeed President Robert Mugabe saying their actions would only see them falling by the wayside. This comes at a time when the faction-riddled party is facing acute divisions as the race to succeed Mugabe has intensified ahead of an elective congress…
BULAWAYO – The Welshman Ncube-led MDC has sacked Alderman Charles Mpofu for inciting people against the party and bringing it into disrepute. Mpofu, who recently called for the dissolution of the whole party, was reportedly expelled after the Bulawayo disciplinary committee found him guilty of the charges. In an interesting turn of events, Mpofu rubbished…
MUTARE – The minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr David Parirenyatwa and the special advisor to the President, Timothy Stamps have condemned Sakubva District Hospital’s Psychiatric Unit following their tour of the place in a belated World Mental Health Day last Friday. Parirenyatwa was taken on tour of the Psychiatric Unit as a prelude…
JOHANNESBURG – Judgment was reserved by the Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday in the appeal hearing on South Africa’s obligation under international law to probe alleged atrocities by officials in Zimbabwe. A full Bench heard there was no suggestion from any party that the South African police should go and investigate alleged crimes against…
HARARE – New adult HIV infections are set to increase to 54 000 by 2015 if further risk reduction measures are not put in place, an international labour organisation has said. The International Labour Organisation (ILO), currently running a Corridor Economic Empowerment Project aimed at achieving zero new infections in the country, said approximately 48…
