HARARE – President Robert Mugabe on Saturday told hundreds of his injudicious cohorts at the Harare International Airport that Africa was mulling pulling out of the United Nations because the West was refusing to reform the inter-governmental organisation’s Security Council. While we fully understand the need to reform the UN Security Council, which currently consist…
ALEPPO – The US ambassador to the UN has accused Russia of “barbarism” over the bombing of the Syrian city of Aleppo. At an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Samantha Power said Russia had told the council outright lies about its conduct in Syria. She said Russia and the Syrian regime were “laying…
HARARE – Uncertainty now surrounds the government’s planned introduction of bond notes next month — in its desperate bid to mitigate the country’s worsening liquidity and cash crisis — following yet another court challenge of the much-distrusted surrogate currency, this time by prominent Harare businessman Fredrick Mutanda. Mutanda’s High Court legal action comes as the…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe, without a hint of irony, yesterday lashed at pro-democracy groups — including music icon Thomas Mapfumo — for demonstrating against him during his visit to New York last week. Addressing Zanu PF supporters at Harare International Airport upon his return from the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting, Mugabe however,…
HARARE – The United Nations has warned that about 196 000 people living with HIV in the impoverished Zimbabwe’s rural areas are at risk due to the ravaging drought and the deteriorating economic situation which has affected their treatment regime. According to statistics, Zimbabwe has 1,4 million living with HIV with adult HIV prevalence pegged…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has long been considered a haven from earthquakes because the central region of the country is regarded as stable. But Thursday’s tremors that shook Chipinge, south east of Zimbabwe, after an earthquake measuring 5,6 on the Richter scale hit Mozambique — combined with recent seismic activity in Kariba, Binga and Karoi —…
HARARE – Church leaders on Friday visited victims of State brutality in hospital and jail, as they expressed concern over the continued victimisation of citizens by President Robert Mugabe’s government. However, their visit to Chikurubi Maximum Prison (Chikurubi) — where anti-Mugabe protesters were held on allegations of perpetrating public violence — was met with resistance…
HARARE – From kingmakers to foes perhaps best describes how war veterans have crossed swords with President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF party for frankly speaking against the nonagenarian leader’s failed rule. Since the country got its independence, the war veterans’ narrative was that Mugabe is never wrong, despite several of his glaring failures that…
HARARE – Deep in the arid Masvingo Province lies the remote district of Mwenezi where villagers have resorted to feeding on baboons, shockingly claiming its not out of hunger. The area, which falls under the country’s natural farming region five — characterised by high temperatures and low rainfall throughout the year— last experienced reasonable harvests…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe moves from El Nino to La Nina, the number of food insecure Zimbabweans will rise to nearly six million by January 2017 from 4,1 million. El Nino, a climatic condition characterised by droughts which ravaged the country in the 2015/2016 agricultural season, is likely to be replaced by La Nina which…
