HARARE – It is not easy to speak up against a man who has made a living discrediting other people’s public statements. Now Jonathan Moyo, the Media, Information and Broadcasting Services minister, declines to speak openly about national interest, saying his definition has been sledged in “vicious editorials.” “On all the previous occasions that we…
HARARE – Homeseekers in Mutare, who bought stands in the border town during the Zim dollar era, are yet to get their properties. Bordervale, which is near the Mozambique border, was designated in 2008 as a low density residential area, and interested persons formed Birkely South Housing Scheme to coordinate the housing scheme. At least…
HARARE – PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s volte face in exonerating former Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) chairperson Godwills Masimirembwa for allegedly soliciting a $6 million bribe from Ghanaian investors in the Gye Nyame Resources (GNR) diamond concession was telling. It was telling in that the nonagenarian leader admitted to having been misled. Mugabe had in September…
EDITOR — I believe there is a lot of corruption involving traffic police along Chiremba Road on the way to Epworth. In most cases one can find at least three roadblocks on this road which is only twenty-something kilometres from the city. Surely three roadblocks on a 22 kilometre stretch? One can find Hatfield police,the…
HARARE – Under-fire Champions Insurance (Champions), which has been thrust into the centre of the Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) whirlwind, was actually invited to “clean the rot and mess” created by airline managers and surrounding the flag carrier’s insurance portfolio, documents show. This follows an early 2013 request and clearance for company managing director Nathan Chikono,…
HARARE – Broadcasting stations using outmoded systems such as the ZBC have been making a lot of excited noise announcing that they will soon be moving from analogue to digital broadcasting. The analogue is the old while digital broadcasting represents the new world of modern broadcasting. The irony was lost on the State-broadcaster that while…
HARARE – Edith “WeUtonga” Katiji has hit out at the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) for failing to come up with clear criteria governing the selection of National Arts Merit Award (Nama) winners. The famous bassist and vocalist, who along with Selmor Mtukudzi controversially lost the National Arts Merit Award (Nama) Outstanding Female Musician…
HARARE – Celebrated Afro-fusion group Mokoomba will leave for Denmark this morning to embark on a 10-country tour that will involve maiden appearances in Australia and New Zealand. The internationally recognised group, whose album Rising Tide recently scooped the global Songlines Newcomer Award, will also tour Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland…
HARARE – When Portia Gwanzura formed traditional music group Hohodza in the 1992, she never realised that she was creating a mentorship platform for her six year old son. The Hohodza founder’s son Robert ‘RobyGee Moyondizvo’ Gwanzura (27), who has just released an album called Moyondizvo, credits the once popular group for providing the early…
KIEV – Ukraine has issued a warrant for the arrest of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, the interim interior minister has announced. Arsen Avakov said on Facebook that a criminal case had been opened against Mr Yanukovych and other officials over “mass murder of peaceful citizens”. MPs voted to remove Mr Yanukovych on Saturday after months…
