HARARE – Tsitsi Fred, who is well known for her signature artisanal knits, emerged as the top designer at the recent Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase (ZFS) which took place in Birmingham in July this year. The Zimbabwe-born designer’s label called Tsitsi Fred Knitwear was voted the best from a competitive field that included Pesnique, RAAAH, House of…
HARARE – Upcoming Afropop artiste Candy Maine is attracting national attention thanks to his swanky videos that have won him several award nominations. His most successful video to date was for the song “I don’t care when I am in love.” The video made by award-winning director Andy Cutta, was nominated for the 2015 edition…
HARARE – Township jazz maestro Tanga Wekwa Sando, 62, says his career is not driven by the desire to make money and win awards. The Harare-born artiste, who has won several accolades over the past 45 years, told the Daily News on Sunday that his career has him given many other benefits that money cannot…
HARARE – I have always said I want to get pregnant, not fall pregnant. There is a huge difference between these two things. After coming across a very hilarious cartoon of a lady vagrant with her five children being given a pack of contraceptive pills by a savvy passer-by, I realised we had not really…
HARARE – The announcement by government on police bans on all demonstrations in the capital under the Public Order and Security Act (Posa) violates rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression which is protected under international human rights law, social and political commentators have said. Since June, various groups and political parties have staged…
HARARE – Clad in white caps, face masks, matching T-shirts and armed with brooms and black plastic bags, business executives are increasingly making their presence felt on the streets through clean-up campaigns. This comes at a time when Zimbabwe is facing a challenge in waste management, particularly the urban centres and growth points due to…
HARARE – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru yesterday overcame attempts to block her from holding her maiden rally in Bindura and warned President Robert Mugabe that he could be consumed by people’s power if he continues to use repression as a tool against protestors. Thousands of Zimbabwe People First (ZPF), the party which Mujuru now…
HARARE – Zimbabweans wait in queues for some of the most basic of commodities but who would have guessed that on August 29, they would be queuing to enter a court building to witness the prosecution of their relatives. Well, welcome to Zimbabwe where impossible is just another meaningless word. It’s a little over lunch…
HARARE – Po-democracy groups have filed an urgent application at the High Court challenging a recent police ban on demonstrations in central Harare. High Court judge Priscillah Chigumba will hear the case tomorrow in which the groups are represented by prominent lawyer and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Tendai Biti. The court application comes as…
HARARE – In a development that spells more bad news for the Zanu PF faction rallying behind Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, President Robert Mugabe last night unilaterally installed Kudzanai Chipanga as the new leader of the party’s key youth league structure. The surprising pronouncement follows the thuggish removal of Pupurai Togarepi as the former liberation…
