HARARE – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru and her allies -— coalescing under the People First slogan — are reeling under increased surveillance by the country’s dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), as President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF plots to derail the emerging political movement. Both the victims of the surveillance and placed sources within the…
HARARE – A surprise raid on Walter Magaya’s Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) church by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has accentuated fears that the skint government has started a blitz on churches to boost its finances. This has, however, been greeted with shock by the clergy, with some churches expressing a state of “confusion”…
HARARE – Interdenominational gospel choir, Zimpraise, will hold the International Gospel and Music festival 2015 on October 9 and 10. The festival will feature several top choirs and artistes including music superstar Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi. The two-day event, set for the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC), will also see Zimpraise do the live recording of…
HARARE – The European Union (EU) says it supports Zimbabwe’s debt repayment strategy and will facilitate for “progressive” discussions with creditors at the upcoming multilateral lenders meetings in Lima, Peru. The EU ambassador to Zimbabwe, Philippe Van Damme, yesterday told delegates at the signing ceremony of the €89 million under the 11th European Development Fund…
LONDON – Ever since President Robert Mugabe delivered a wrong speech, it is hard to believe that any government official reads any text with conviction. If someone ploughs through a wrong speech to the end without noticing it, it is difficult to believe that the person has any conviction about its contents. Zimbabwe has politicians…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s intermittent power cuts — blamed on low water levels and maintenance work at Kariba — sum up the sad state of affairs currently obtaining in the country. And the blame lies with authorities who have allowed the situation to degenerate into a catastrophe as black outs being experienced throughout the country, are…
HARARE – Embattled Energy minister and acting Zanu PF chairman for Manicaland, Samuel Undenge, is in danger of being booted out from both his Cabinet and party posts, as Zimbabwe’s crippling electricity blackouts and the ruling party’s brutal factional and succession wars worsen. Sources told the Daily News yesterday that Undenge’s political enemies within the…
HARARE – Strange occult-related happenings reportedly hit Ellis Robins Boys High School (Ellis Robins) in Harare last week, thereby, disrupting classes and learning processes. Confirming the development, students at the Mabelreign school said first signs of the occult appeared when students experienced weird nightmares. “Blood” was also seen in one of the bathtubs at the…
LONDON – During my visit to Zimbabwe last year, I went on a fact-finding mission of the clothing industry for the purposes of researching for my dissertation. The obvious first port of call was the unavoidable second hand clothing markets, “mupedzanhamo” or “kotamai boutiques”. What was mind-boggling were the huge quantities and the ubiquitousness in…
NEW YORK – Vladimir Putin is back — and stealing Barack Obama’s thunder. The Russian president showed up at the United Nations on Monday for the first time in a decade, proposing a coup against U.S. global leadership and seeking to wrest control of a coalition battling ISIS away from America’s grip. And he wasn’t…
