HARARE – It is the movement that, among its many triumphs, won women the vote. Yet, for the average modern woman, the women’s movement is dead, stymied by political polarisation in Zimbabwe. Rudo Chigudu, a prominent Zimbabwean women’s rights activist, thinks political divisions and tensions have set in within the women’s movement. “It doesn’t matter…
NAIROBI – The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified Kenya as a “high-risk” country for the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Kenya was vulnerable because it was a major transport hub, with many flights from West Africa, a WHO official said. This is the most serious warning to date by the WHO that Ebola…
HARARE – The chickens are truly coming home to roost for President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF — and this has absolutely nothing to do with so-called sanctions, the “evil” West, Morgan Tsvangirai or the MDC. Things are so bad that there is now no way of hiding them or papering over the cracks as…
HARARE – There was nothing at all coincidental about the sudden flurry of activity by local municipal workers undertaking road repairs five days before Heroes’ Day. Most roads approaching the town centre haven’t had any repairs since the last election. In some residential areas, it’s been over eight years since people have seen a grader,…
EDITOR — We must not only pay lip service when it comes to honouring our national heroes but rather we must respectfully salute them for the role they played during the liberation struggle and in society. It is disturbing that there is so much talk but very little action when it comes to the welfare…
HARARE – AIM-listed Caledonia Mining Corporation (Caledonia) says gold production at its Zimbabwe-based Blanket Mine (Blanket) declined from 22 060 ounces in the first half of 2013 to 21 464 ounces in the half-year of 2014 due to lower grades and declining gold prices. Although production increased from 10 241 ounces in the first quarter…
HARARE – Shares in mining companies operating in Zimbabwe are falling sharply amid a deepening crisis triggered by President Robert Mugabe’s landslide victory in last year’s presidential election. Zimbabwe is the world’s second-largest producer of platinum after South Africa, and is also an important gold producer. Mugabe’s victory provoked widespread fears he would lead a…
HARARE – Half of a Yellow Sun, a feature film by United Kingdom-based Nigerian Biyi Bandele, will be the main highlight of the 13th International Images Film Festival (IIFF) that will run in Harare from August 15 to 23. The 111 minute-long film, based on an award winning novel on Nigeria’s Biafra civil war that…
BULAWAYO – Two award-winning Zimbabwean visual artistes Forbes Mushipe and Israel Israel have launched a collaborative exhibition at the National Gallery in Bulawayo. Gweru-based Mushipe and Bulawayo’s Israel are contributing 25 pieces each to the month-long joint exhibition titled “Crossing the Bridge”. The exhibition, which was officially unveiled last Thursday by AmaBooks Publishers co-director Brian…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF factions have sent a strong message to Zimbabweans and the rest of the world over their penchant for stifling any political challenge, after staging deeply flawed internal elections that confirmed the party as masters of electoral rigging, opposition parties said yesterday. Amid widespread allegations of electoral fraud, intimidation…
