HARARE – As Zimbabwe marked its 35th independence on Saturday, journalists and media activists feel the media landscape remains largely underdeveloped. Media activist Tabani Moyo says the best way to understand the landscape of the media in present day Zimbabwe vis-à-vis the colonial era, is to do so through zooming on its structure, content, ownership…
LONDON – The barbarities by South Africans against immigrants from other African countries is appalling. Regional governments, including Zimbabwe, are now organising the repatriation of their people. The violence may not necessarily be explained as primordial atavism although some would insist South Africans are historically violent people. A far less contentious proposition would explain the…
HARARE – Who needs enemies, the so-called “lunatic fringe” or the non-existent “putschist cabal” of former Vice President Joice Mujuru when one’s boss is Robert Mugabe; the President of Zimbabwe, Head of State and Government, and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces — as lickspittle State media always remind all “naughty” Zimbabweans. Well, these…
HARARE – Zimbabwean artistes have been invited to collaborate with their counterparts from other southern African countries on an anti-xenophobia song. The initiative is the brainchild of Afrika Revenge’s Willis WaTaffi and radio personality Zandile ‘Zaza’ Ndlovu who are currently mobilising artistes from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi and Zambia to feature on the song. Artistes…
HARARE – In a sensational claim that analysts say helps explain the political and economic mess that Zimbabwe finds itself in, former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa has revealed that President Robert Mugabe does not tolerate diversity of thought, makes all government decisions and does not consult anyone including his ministers. Speaking to the Daily…
HARARE – In a move that is likely to cripple the operations of the Premier Services Medical Aid Society (Psmas) and its subsidiary the Premier Services Medical Investments (Private) Limited (PSMI) — an arbitrator has ordered the institutions to pay its group chief executive officer Cuthbert Dube a collective amount of $3 million in salary…
JOHANNESBURG – Zulu monarch Goodwill Zwelithini (pictured) told thousands at the Moses Mabhida Stadium that he did not call an imbizo to take responsibility for the recent xenophobic attacks. “I haven’t called this imbizo to say we are responsible‚ but because of your numbers you can stop this carnage. We believe that there’s a third…
HARARE – Madzibaba Ishamea Mufani yesterday said Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) president Johannes Ndanga was bitter because the cleric refused to conduct prayers for him to become Zimbabwe’s vice president. Mufani is being charged with public violence after members of his sect attacked journalists, police officers and ACCZ officials who had gone to…
HARARE – CAPS United coach Mark Harrison has warned the club’s precarious financial position is a ‘ticking time bomb’ that could explode and drive the team towards disintegration. Harrison’s startling remarks follow the team’s 0-4 mauling in Triangle two weeks ago and the boycott of its high profile match against ambitious How Mine a week…
HARARE – At least 45 000 people who screened for HIV in the fourth quarter of the last year failed to collect their results, National Aids Council (Nac) has revealed. Nac’s HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC) periodic report shows that about 603 000 people were tested during the period under review. Of those, about 558…
