MUTARE – Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader Joice Mujuru yesterday savaged President Robert Mugabe for using violence to continue clinging onto power and called on the nonagenarian to resign and pave way for an early election. Addressing more than 5 000 supporters who thronged Sakubva Stadium for her ZPF’s maiden rally here, Mujuru said Mugabe…
HARARE – A pastor who planned Zimbabwe’s biggest mass protests in a decade, and whose activism has steeled mass anger over President Robert Mugabe’s disastrous 36-year rule and the nation’s dying economy, signalled his defiance in the face of attempts to extra-legally apprehend him, making a brief appearance on social media and denying he had…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s church leaders called on the government to listen to the cries of its suffering citizens, warning that their grievances could “soon explode into civil unrest if not addressed.” Church groups — including the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference, the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Council of Churches and the Student Christian Movement…
BULAWAYO – Business temporarily came to a standstill in the Central Business District here as hundreds of women took to the streets to peacefully show their fury at President Robert Mugabe’s rule. The protest, dubbed #BeatThePot campaign led by MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe, saw women of all ages clad in the usual red party…
HARARE – National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe chairperson Sten Zvorwadza and 13 of his members arrested on Friday following demonstrations against alleged municipal police corruption were released on $50 bail each yesterday. The vendors appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa charged with disorderly conduct in a public place. “It is clear that no violence was…
HARARE – Last Wednesday’s nationwide stay-away was successful because it was a “collective thing that involved almost everyone” — followers of Pastor Evans Mawarire, supporters of #Tajamuka, and most importantly ordinary men and women. Political and social commentators said the recent nationwide stay-away call was not as successful because it was not coordinated inclusively. They…
BULAWAYO – Arriving at Burombo Hostels last week, the vicinity resembled an utterly deserted domicile, as a sombre atmosphere engulfed the area. The flats, which are located in Nguboyenja high density suburb just a stone’s throw east of Renkini Long Bus Termini, houses nearly 1 000 residents. This is the place where police in the…
HARARE – Mutare-based controversial Sungura artiste Hosiah Chipanga has hit out at local radio stations for “banning” his hard-hitting latest album titled Gamba which some have described as his most politically-charged album to date. The talented singer and songwriter told the Daily News on Sunday that he personally took copies of Gamba to both State-owned…
HARARE – Prominent DJ and music producer DJ Fydale, who generated international attention in April this year after he featured top Jamaican musicians Anthony B, Chuck Fenda and Lutan Fyah on his Focus Riddim, says Zimdancehall artistes are an ungrateful lot. The Kwekwe-bred artiste, who is a previous winner of the ZIM-UK Cup Clash and…
HARARE – Popular music promoter Josh Hozheri is no longer keen to sue the owners of the just-opened entertainment joint called Jazz 24/7 which is operating in the building that used to house his defunct Jazz 105. Last week Hozheri, who was forced to close his Jazz 105 venture in 2014 due high rental charges,…
