HARARE – Wananchi, the goat month draws to an end and not many will shed tears to see the echoes of its ironic laughter. It has been a long month, with even longer scars and shadows of pain planted across the land. The citizen has been put to the test, stretched ,tortured ,drained and twisted….
HARARE – In my view, Education, Sports, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart, fits perfectly into William Shakespeare’s statement that: “there is no art to find minds construction in the face; he was a gentleman on whom I had built an absolute trust”. Simplified the Shakespearean statement, in Macbeth, means that you can’t tell what…
HARARE – Zanu PF Masvingo Province has disowned former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) advisor and aspiring senator Munyaradzi Kereke, saying the maverick businessman was not in the party structures. This follows allegations that Kereke entered into a “gentleman’s agreement” with ward 23 secretary for finance Batsirai Munyani to step aside to make way for…
HARARE – Whistle blower website, WikiLeaks, is on the verge of releasing millions more confidential US diplomatic cables with Zimbabwe bracing for a fresh potential fallout. The reports are likely to cause panic and tremors especially in Zanu PF where top officials were reported to have secretly met United States diplomats. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange…
NEW YORK – Three major U.S. airlines on Saturday confirmed that pilots were complying with Chinese government demands that it be notified of plans to traverse the newly declared air defense zone over the East China Sea. The demands from Beijing have resulted in tensions with Japan and the United States. On Saturday, United, American…
EDITOR — The plan by the Ministry of Local Government to demolish 10 000 houses in Chitungwiza is psychological torture and also a violation of human rights. The plan to demolish the so-called illegal structures in Chitungwiza and other targeted places is tantamount to the declaration of hostility against citizens of the country. The move…
EDITOR — The decision by the Zanu PF politburo to endorse elections recently held in Manicaland, Midlands and Mashonaland Central provinces should be applauded. While the private media focused on the results and claimed that those who won elections would be gagged and the elections nullified Zanu PF decided to deal with continuity instead of…
HARARE – Government plans to establish a regulatory body and laws to control the standards of imports, Industry minister Mike Bimha says. This comes on the back of a massive influx of cheap and sub-standard goods into the country as its manufacturing sector remains depressed, operating at below 40 percent capacity. “We are working on…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is willing to let foreign-owned platinum mining firms own majority shares in their local operations if they build a refinery in the country, the mines minister said on Thursday. The country has the world’s second largest known platinum reserves but mining companies send the raw product to neighbouring South Africa for processing….
HARARE – Accomplished bass guitarist and jazz artiste Josh Meck is delighted with the way his music craft has blossomed ever since he relocated to South Africa early this year. Meck, who has played for Chiwoniso Maraire, Africa Revenge, Victor Kunonga, Tanga wekwa Sando and German Jazz star Max Wild, says the South African music…
