HARARE – One of Uganda’s funniest women, Anne Kansiime, is headed to Harare for a once-off showcase on November 14. Kansiime is currently on a world tour and over the weekend she was in Canada where she reportedly had sold-out shows. She started her acting stints in 2007, as an undergraduate at Makerere University in…
LONDON – When it comes to producing policy blueprints, we rank highly than the poverty index. Manifestos have come to define the objectives of political parties. But I am not convinced that in undemocratic states, manifestos have any broader efficacy. I do not, of course, discount their value. However, in states like Zimbabwe, that do…
HARARE – Veterans of Zimbabwe’s war of liberation are throwing their weight behind former Vice President Joice Mujuru as she plots her assault on President Robert Mugabe’s and the bitterly-divided post-congress Zanu PF’s vice grip on power ahead of the eagerly-anticipated 2018 national elections. At the same time, and in what observers say will work…
HARARE – War veterans leader Joseph Chinotimba has blamed Jabulani Sibanda for the 2008 election violence which left at least 200 people, mainly opposition supporters, dead. Speaking at a campaign rally in Epworth on Sunday Chinotimba said, “Jabulani Sibanda led war veterans on a campaign of violence against Tsvangirai and his supporters in previous elections…
CANBERRA – It was to his Christian faith that former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott turned to draw inspiration on his last day in office, quoting the Psalms “what shall I render unto the Lord for all his blessings to me?” He didn’t look blessed. But perhaps it was his faith that eventually gave the…
HARARE – Zanu PF Politburo member and former Cabinet Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu has died. He was 78. Ndlovu died Tuesday morning at Mater Dei Hospital where he was admitted after suffering a stroke last week. Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial chairman Dennis Ndlovu confirmed the death.
HARARE – Economic and political experts have lashed President Robert Mugabe’s surprising decision last week to expand his already bloated Cabinet, describing the move as strange, wasteful and guaranteed to worsen the country’s escalating economic meltdown. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the experts said the new Cabinet additions flew in the face of “all…
HARARE – Analysts have hailed former vice president Joice Mujuru’s Blueprint to Unlock Investment and Leverage Development (Build) manifesto as a pro-poor policy document that may provide answers to the many socio-economic challenges that the is country facing. Mining activist Farai Maguwu said Mujuru is standing where MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai was in 1999 with…
HARARE – ‘Sterile’ CAPS United strikers reminded their new coach Lloyd Chitembwe of his difficult task to turn things around, by putting one of their worst performances against a plucky relegation-fighting Buffaloes. But the returning Chitembwe felt they were ‘unlucky’ not to beat Buffaloes. “I thought the guys applied themselves well, they showed terrific desire….
HARARE – The Italian Culture Week, organised by the Embassies of Italy and Switzerland, will begin today and run until September 17. Several activities have been lined up at various venues in Harare including the best of Italian cuisine to be showcased at Meikles Hotel by internationally- renowned Italian Chef Lorenzo Mottalini who will delight…
