HARARE – If I had sufficient political clout to be able to sit down with Grace Mugabe, I would not be sitting and writing this article which I pray she will be able to read. I would have preferred what usually is termed a girls’ talk. Whilst many people may have an automatic response to want…
HARARE – The recent Sadc summit in reminded me of my career as a columnist in the region — in Southern and Northern Rhodesia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. For a time, a few years ago, I wrote a column, under my name, in the Johannesburg newspaper The Sowetan. One day, while in London in 2008, a…
HARARE – For every 100 000 live births, over 500 women die in Zimbabwe from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, while dozens more suffer from post-partum injuries. Whilst there has been a marginal fall from the over 900 maternal deaths recorded at the height of Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown in 2007, the cumulative lifetime risk…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe was due to dash off to China yesterday to beg for a $4 billion financial rescue package for Zimbabwe to avert an imminent economic disaster that has seen his government fail to finance itself. The complex deal, wrought in months-long negotiations under the Joint Zimbabwe-China Permanent Commission, is aimed at…
HARARE – Thousands of Jehovah’s Witness parishioners have descended on Harare, snapping up all available hotel accommodation and spending millions of dollars as government’s religious tourism push pays off. Walter Mzembi, the minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry, told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that prime hotel accommodation has been taken by the parishioners,…
HARARE – Reproductive health care was allocated a budget of a paltry $200 000 in the 2013 budget. As at June 3, not a single disbursement had been made. HIV/Aids and TB awareness, which was allocated $205 000 in the spending plan, is yet to receive the funds from the fiscus. This comes at a…
HARARE – Chitungwiza’s opera starts early, and there is no charge. Lights, camera, action! Enter, the mother and child duo whose only song is Mitsvairo, (brooms). They are the harbingers of the day’s repertoire which starts as early as 5am. With her daughter in tow, the duo wakes up the lazy house maids and housewives…
HARARE – Book Café proprietor Paul Brickhill has described how he thought he wasn’t going to make it when he went into an emergency surgery due to cancer. Speaking exclusively to the Daily News on Sunday, the arts practitioner and creative director revealed doctors warned that his condition would be “touch-and-go” following a procedure he underwent…
HARARE – Australia cricket coach, Darren Lehmann has refused to be drawn into the politics of demonising Zimbabwe saying that his team is here on sporting business. The former Australian left-hander said they were happy to be in here as to fulfil the on-coming One Day international tri-series that also includes the hosts and South…
HARARE – Triangle coach Biggie Zuze has warned Dynamos against underestimating his side when the two teams clash in the Castle Premiership today. The Chiredz-based side have had a very difficult season thus far in the league and are currently one point above the last relegation spot with 24 points from 20 games played so…
