HARARE – As President Robert Mugabe steps on the American soil this week for the annual United Nations (UN) General Assembly meeting — the world is being reminded of the “dangers” of rescuing his stone broke government with a bailout package. Mugabe will join other world leaders in New York this week for the UN…
HARARE – Shunned because of the physical deformities they were either born with or acquired later in life, people with disabilities are often forgotten and ridiculed. Loreen Chikoto was born with dwarfism, a genetic defect that makes her smaller than the average person. When she started dating, people found it odd and when she got…
HARARE – He walks with a limp and his hand is still in an arm sling, but despite the scars that are still fresh, anti-President Robert Mugabe activist Stendrick Zvorwadza is not scared, at least that is what he says. Now Zvorwadza, 47, is planning to dress up in protective clothing whenever he confronts his…
HARARE – Zimbabwe, which owes multilateral institutions over $10 billion, is sinking beneath a tide of debt. A spate of recent reports have revealed how perilously close to the edge many are. In a nation where as many as 70 percent of people live on less than a $1 a day, according to the United…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is in a fix, despite controlling the security sector, he is faced with an enemy much bigger and one that he swore ever to protect when he was re-elected — the Constitution. On one hand, the police are hell-bent on thwarting dissenting voices, on the other hand the courts say…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa missed it completely in his mid-term fiscal policy on Thursday when he announced that government intends to retrench 25 000 civil servants because that is not the answer to Zimbabwe’s economic problems. Instead, he should have been bold enough to just retrench one person: President Robert Mugabe. Zimbabwe’s populace…
HARARE – Honey 3: Dare to Dance actress Sibongile Mlambo says being nominated for this year’s edition of the Zimbabwe International Women’s Awards (Ziwa) proves that her homeland is increasingly getting interested in her career. Mlambo, who is based in the United States of America (USA), has been nominated in the Actress of the Year…
HARARE – Filmmaker Rufaro Kaseke, whose videos of President Robert Mugabe’s regime and system of governance have gone viral on social media, has vowed to continue contributing to the anti-government protests until the nonagenarian mends his ways. The United Kingdom-based Kaseke refuted claims that he has suddenly become a critic because he is no longer…
HARARE – Rising artiste Bryan K’s anointed African queen — South African model Onalerona Mohube — really fits the bill. Mohube, who acted as the “true African queen” on Bryan K’s just-released video is indeed a “heavy machine” who is not shy to admit it. “I am a heavy machine! I think it’s more about…
HARARE – Despite central bank governor John Mangudya’s best efforts to assure wary Zimbabweans that the introduction of the country’s much-distrusted bond notes next month would only do the dying local economy a power of good, the sentiment among most people yesterday regarding the surrogate currency was decidedly negative. Economic experts also told the Daily…
