HARARE – Zambezi News co-creators Comrade Fatso and Outspoken will address the Ted Conference in Belgium on March 25 alongside other respected thinkers from all over the world. The annual event brings together “the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes.” Previous Ted speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall,…
HARARE – Award-winning gospel artiste Blessing Shumba launched his fifth and latest album titled Calvary at Mutare’s Golden Peacock Hotel last Friday. The album was unveiled at a colourful event officiated by Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Mandi Chimene. Shumba believes his 12-track fifth album is laden with potential hits. “I strongly believe in the project…
HARARE – Despite feigning bravado in public spaces, Zanu PF bigwigs are said to be seriously rattled by the new kid on the political block, the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF), as it emerges that many ruling party legislators are now ready to jump ship for the outfit led by former Vice President Joice Mujuru. Well-placed…
HARARE – Zanu PF insiders say the ongoing suspensions and expulsions of party officials loyal to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa had left the Midlands godfather “in the cold” as the brutal war within the former liberation movement to succeed President Robert Mugabe begins to peter towards an anti-climax. This sentiment follows last week’s savage…
HARARE – Zanu PF is “repossessing” motor vehicles it gave to its candidates ahead of the controversial 2013 parliamentary election — with only those who won entitled to keep them, the Daily News has learnt. In a letter addressed to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, one of the losing candidates who asked not to be identified,…
MAKONI – Almost half of all women in Zimbabwe suffer from gender- based violence and government is now stepping up efforts to curb the scourge, minister of State for Bulawayo province Eunice Sandi Moyo said. Launching the International Women’s Day in Rukweza, about 30km southwest of Rusape, Sandi Moyo said government has responded to the…
HARARE – Amid claims by some that main opposition (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai is now a spent force, the Daily News’ reporters Fungi Kwaramba and Tendai Kamhungira (DN) took time to speak to Tsvangirai (MT), in a wide-ranging interview that touches on the party’s succession plan, opposition party coalitions and his stance on electoral reforms….
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has reiterated his willingness to work with former Vice President Joice Mujuru and her newly-formed Zimbabwe People First (ZPF), saying the enemies of the people who needed to be booted out of power were President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu PF. Speaking in an interview with the Daily…
HARARE – Dying at the hands of the police who are supposed to be protecting civilians is a disturbing scenario that unfortunately befell Mugove Manonge who was allegedly strangled at a police roadblock after he had failed to pay a $10 spot fine. In the most unusual of circumstances, Manonge is alleged to have been…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday rubbed salt into the gaping wounds of the Zanu PF faction that is rallying behind embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he fired War Veterans minister Christopher Mutsvangwa from his Cabinet team. Mutsvangwa and his wife Monica were among the nearly two dozen Zanu PF bigwigs, who are linked…
