HARARE – Rising music star Victor Kunonga (VK) has just released an album titled Kwedu which has won the endorsement of South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela. Daily News on Sunday’s Dakarai Mashava (DM) spoke to the 40-year-old musician on his career and the general state of affairs in Zimbabwe’s music industry. Below are excerpts…
HARARE – Dethroned Miss Zimbabwe Catherine Makaya says she is yet to receive formal communication from the Miss Zimbabwe Trust on why she was booted out unceremoniously. In a statement to the Daily News on Sunday the 19-year-old beauty queen said the only communication she got from Mary Chiwenga-led Miss Zimbabwe Trust was on the…
LONDON – At its most recent meeting, the Zanu PF politburo passed a number of constitutional amendments whose constitutionality I write about in this piece. My reading of Section 253 on amendments to the Zanu PF constitution is that it is a long process which requires certain critical steps to be taken and that if…
HARARE – With President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF in turmoil, we join the rest of the country in pleading for peace and tranquillity at the party’s congress which takes place in Harare this week. We pray that the Zanu PF 6th national people’s congress will explore ways of ending the succession crisis and chart a…
HARARE – Serious anxiety has gripped Zanu PF supporters of embattled Vice President Joice Mujuru as her continued tenure as President Robert Mugabe’s number two appears increasingly fragile, amid fears of a heightened clampdown on all her perceived allies. The apprehension engulfing the Mujuru camp was given impetus by ominous State media reports yesterday exhorting…
HARARE – Firebrand MDC activist Job Sikhala — who stands accused of plotting to oust President Robert Mugabe from power — claims he was battered by cops and tortured by a “foul-mouthed” policewoman yesterday. Sikhala appeared to be in serious pain when a Daily News on Sunday crew visited him at the Avenues Clinic in…
HARARE – Ex-war veterans leader Jabulani Sibanda remains in police custody with sources saying he is likely to appear in court tomorrow facing charges of undermining the authority of the President. Sibanda’s lawyer, Sobuza Gula Ndebele declined to give details of the whereabouts of the firebrand war veteran, who was arrested on Friday. “I am…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa will before end of June introduce a one-stop post on the Zimbabwean side of the border as part of measures to improve the clearing processes. The facility will entail coordination and cooperation among all agencies involved in regulatory requirements at the ports of entry. Chinamasa said this measure was…
HARARE – Suluman Chimbetu’s song Idah Nhoro’s gushing praise for people who look after orphans has fuelled speculation that it is a special dedication to the First Lady Grace Mugabe. The song, which is off Suluman’s just-released fifth album Gunship, featured music superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi. It contains Shona and Swahili lyrics delivered by Tuku…
LONDON – Youth development is rightly gaining increased attention in present day Africa. The main message is clear enough as African governments are justifiably putting youth concerns at the heart of the development agenda and committing fully to engage young people in all aspects of their programmes and initiatives that target economic development. I believe…
