HARARE – Fearless former war veterans’ leader Jabulani Sibanda said yesterday that he is not afraid of going to prison to defend his beliefs and constitutional rights against President Robert Mugabe’s government. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Sibanda said Zimbabweans owed it to themselves to remove Mugabe and Zanu PF from…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s ex-ambassador to Australia has said she is pleased with the $133 000 she won in a defamation case against Reason Wafawarova who reported that she stripped in front of embassy staff. Australia’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered Wafawarova to pay Jacqueline Zwambila $118 000 in general damages and $14 847 in aggravated…
HARARE – Bilateral trade between Zimbabwe and Britain totalled $73,6 million, according to consultancy firm British Expertise, in the eight months to August last year. Catriona Laing, the British ambassador to Zimbabwe, urged her fellow countrymen to invest in the country despite deteriorating economic conditions. “There are large scale opportunities for inward investment in energy…
HARARE – When Chase Skuza remixed his late brother Solomon’s track, Banolila, the song became an instant national hit on the strength of its video that featured Inkululeko Yabatsha School of Arts (Iyasa). Iyasa, donning vintage costumes, blew the nation away with a presentation that mixed incredible dance moves and comical drama. The fulcrum of…
HARARE – It is sad that an outstanding poet, freedom fighter, musician, gender activist and farmer, Tichaona Freedom Nyamubaya passed on. May her soul rest in peace. While Nyamubaya was a rare breed, a candid and outspoken critic of the abuses that female freedom fighters endured at the hands of their male counterparts, it is…
HARARE – Thousands of anguished Zimbabweans from all walks of life, including virtually all of the country’s opposition leaders, attended a solemn prayer rally in Harare yesterday to mark four months since journalist-turned-democracy activist, Itai Dzamara, was abducted in broad daylight by suspected State agents. Among the attendees at the emotional rally, which was held…
HARARE – As the government’s much-criticised crackdown against street vendors in urban areas gathers steam, questions are mounting about who exactly is in charge of the increasingly violent campaign in Harare. While it had been assumed all along that the Harare City Council was in charge of the operation in the capital city, Mayor Bernard…
HARARE – Miss World Zimbabwe (Miss Zimbabwe) Annie-Grace Farai Mutambu wants robbers who attacked her and seized her laptop and mobile phone to rot in prison. She said life has become a nightmare she cannot wake up from since the June 28 day when she escaped an apparent kidnap attempt on the Friday night during…
HARARE – Mashonaland West acting Zanu PF provincial chairman Ziyambi Ziyambi was facing ouster yesterday after the local executive moved to pass a vote of no confidence in him. While the deputy Home Affairs minister was unreachable for comment, the Daily News on Sunday heard that the local executive had gathered signatures in support of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will be looking to level the series when they take on India in a must-win second One Day International at Harare Sports Club this morning. The visitors won the first ODI of the three-match series when they edged the hosts by four runs at the same venue on Friday. Zimbabwe failed to…
