HARARE – Prime time viewing on ZBC TV in the 90s became a must for many largely because of hilarious comedies like Simon “Mutirowafanza” Shumba’s Bhachi Rangu. He became popular for his deep wasu accent and humour which he flaunted on each episode on national television. But according to rising gospel singer Evelyn Mhaga —…
HARARE – Did you know wine has legs? Yes it does, the legs are the ones that will tell you how rich in alcohol rich it is. So when you see wine experts swirling the wine and then looking at the glass they will be looking for the legs, which is, in lay man’s language,…
HARARE – Jive Zimbabwe has emerged as one of the leading arts promotion organisations in Zimbabwe. An increasing number of artistes have joined the company’s online music sales platform. The Daily News on Sunday’ Sharon Muguwu (SM) recently spoke to Jive Zimbabwe founder Benjamin Nyandoro (BN) on the operations of his organisation and its flagship…
HARARE – Zimbabwe commemorates 35 years of independence in eight days time, with her health delivery system in intensive care, a development that hinders the realisation of health for all which is enshrined in the constitution. The country has struggled to expand infrastructure inherited from the colonial regime resulting in the overburdening of central hospitals….
HARARE – On March 7, 2015, a 35-year-old Zimbabwean gave a solidarity speech at an MDC T rally at Zimbabwe grounds, where he supported calls for action against the failure of the government of Zimbabwe to deliver social and economic justice. This 35-year-old, was not an MDC official, but an activist, who for some time…
HARARE – Zimbabweans have savaged the ruinous policies of President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu PF party, saying these have reduced the country to a basket case where chaotic urban street vending has now become professionalised and where there is very little to celebrate on Independence Day next Saturday. Both analysts and ordinary Zimbabweans…
HARARE – In a stunning claim, former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa alleges that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec’s) decision to bar him from participating in the forthcoming Headlands by-election is based on a directive from Zanu PF bigwigs — a charge that raises questions about the independence of the country’s electoral body. Mutasa told…
HARARE – The ruling party Zanu PF is not prepared to deal with the economic challenges and security concerns of the people, former vice president Joice Mujuru has said. In a statement released over her expulsion from the ruling party last week, Mujuru accused Zanu PF’s supreme governing body outside congress, the politburo of focussing…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday hinted that he was ready to work with former Vice President Joice Mujuru, as long as she harboured the same “change” agenda — and also reaffirmed that the MDC would not participate in the forthcoming by-elections until comprehensive electoral reforms had been put in place. Speaking in Harare…
HARARE – The brutal purges of perceived allies of former Vice President Joice Mujuru are continuing unabated, with Zanu PF’s Harare province moving to recommend that 25 officials — including a Cabinet minister, three MPs and a senator — be expelled from the ruling party forthwith. The pending and countrywide purges were exclusively reported on…
