HARARE – Our football has over the last few years witnessed some highs and lows and the biggest casualties of this all has been the fans. Whether you like or disagree with the way he conducts his business, there is no denying that the coming in of Philip Chiyangwa surely has brought golden smiles on…
HARARE – The death of sungura great Daiton Somanje two years ago, thrust his son Faheem into the hot seat as the leader of the legendary Pengaudzoke that the Tsaona singer co-founded with his brother Josphat. With his talented uncle, Josphat, being weighed down by ill-health, the onerous task of reviving the unique Pengaudzoke beat…
HARARE – An actress is getting ready to perform in a local production of the play Narratives of the Dark, and there’s one thing that distinguishes this talented woman from other actresses — she is visually-impaired. Edith Masango, 25, is an actress in a one-woman theatrical production that opened in Theatre in the Park on…
HARARE – Analysts say with the make-or-break 2018 national elections around the corner — coupled with the warring ruling Zanu PF continuing with its destructive policies of the past 37 years — there is little prospect that the dying local economy will turn around anytime soon. At the same time, concerned Zanu PF insiders told…
HARARE – The battle for the much anticipated next year’s election is gathering steam with a local social movement, #IAMZIMBABWE, becoming the latest group to crank the heat on President Robert Mugabe and his government to pave way for the holding of free and fair elections. The social movement has begun collecting signatures for a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has increased mandatory petrol blending from five percent to 10 percent due to increasing supplies of ethanol. This comes after government in March reduced to five percent from 15 percent the mandatory amount of local ethanol to be blended with petrol as President Robert Mugabe’s cash-squeezed government sought to reduce its fuel…
HARARE – Southern African leaders must keep an eye on Zimbabwe as it draws up a road-map for general elections in 2018, amid high tension and possible chaos over President Robert Mugabe’s likely successor amid stalled electoral reforms, analysts have warned. The 15-nation Southern African Development Community (Sadc) must put Zimbabwe on the front burner…
HARARE – Ahead of next year elections, Zimbabwe’s opposition finds itself worried sick that the country’s feared secret police have infiltrated their ranks. This follows stunning developments earlier last week when former security advisor to then Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s office during the stability-inducing GNU, Pearson Mbalekwa, won Zanu PF primary elections for the Chiwundura…
HARARE – Suspected Zanu PF youths stabbed and critically injured an MDC supporter in Chiwundura last week, a faith-based rights group said, continuing a wave of attacks in the run-up to the July 15 by-election. The National Assembly seat fell vacant following the death of Kizito Chivamba last month. The by-election has seen the worst…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe must match his Pan African rhetoric by providing food, jobs, schools, housing and healthcare that are still so sorely lacking in his country, academics and the opposition have said. Pan-Africanism, including even a “United States of Africa”, has been a rallying cry since the continent started to shake off its…
