LONDON – I have a knack for good, clean humour and when the Zvirikufaya videos started, I was so taken in and amused by the humour the people of Zimbabwe evidently possess. Then the darkness started to creep in, and the videos became increasingly uncomfortable to watch. The venom, bitterness and a nation divided was…
BULAWAYO – Black Umfolosi, the veteran imbube outfit based in the City of Kings, is raising funds for their tour of Canada set for November. The forthcoming tour of North America will be the widely travelled group’s first international tour this year. Sotsha Moyo, the imbube outfit’s co-leader, told the Daily News that the fundraising…
ADDIS ABABA – Nine Ethiopian journalists and bloggers held in detention since April have been charged with terrorism by a court in the capital, Addis Ababa. They deny receiving financial aid and instructions from terrorists groups to destabilise the country. New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said the government was trying to stifle opposition…
LONDON – Dozens of passengers who died on board the crashed Malaysia Airlines plane are thought to have been heading to a major international Aids conference. They include Prof Joep Lange – a prominent and popular researcher and a former president of the International Aids Society (IAS). IAS said they would have “truly lost a…
HARARE – Zimbabwean musicians, who have failed to make significant inroads into the regional and international markets, have an opportunity to do so. They must take seriously advice from MTV Base channel director Tim Horwood. Horwood is encouraging local artistes to collaborate with their regional and international colleagues as a way of raising their profiles….
HARARE – Unfortunately for me, if Zimbabweans have at all been commended for being the happiest citizens in the world, I haven’t come across that piece of fascinating news. The happiest people would be those thoroughly satisfied with their government — I would love to believe. I have not read surveys claiming we are the…
EDITOR — I believe the call by the Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede cannot go unchallenged. I believe that Mudede might have his reasons for calling for the ban on contraceptives, but this is not practical with the lifestyle that people are living at this day and age. He might have a point that families have become…
EDITOR — I read with interest that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) will target the rich to find out where they got the money to build the mansions that are sprouting in Harare. This is a good idea, provided that this exercise starts from the top then down to the ordinary citizens of this country….
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s capital markets regulator has called on government to amend the Companies Act and make provisions for stiffer penalties on corrupt and fraudulent executives. Willia Bonyongwe, the Securities Commission of Zimbabwe (SecZim) chairperson, said the country’s legislative system is ineffective in dealing with fraud and corruption by business people. “Legislators should take a…
HARARE – Telecel Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) says it has invested at least $3,3 million in its mobile money service, Telecash, since inception in January this year. The telecoms firm — Zimbabwe’s second largest wireless network operator — said $2 million was spent on setting up the TeleCash platform. “We have invested, to date, a further $1,…
