RESPECTED MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says the main opposition party’s revered late founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is probably turning in his grave because of the toxic politics obtaining in the party that he had lived and sacrificed so much for. [Adz] Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Daily News on Sunday last week, Mwonzora…
First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa has clinched a fellowship programme for local doctors with Merck Foundation that will aim to boost the limited number of oncologists in Zimbabwe and train the existing ones. The aim of the partnership is to build a strong platform of qualified medical, paediatric and surgical oncologists across Zimbabwe through the Merck…
As Manicaland cleans up the destruction brought by Cyclone Idai, which killed 51 pupils and caused more than US$2,7 million of infrastructural damage, it is emerging that thousands of children will have their education severely affected. There are still 70 pupils missing, and learners at St Charles Luwanga have refused to go back to class…
The Zimbabwe government has been hailed for moving to repeal criminal laws enacted to try to prevent the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with officials conceding the regulations have failed to slow transmission of the deadly virus. The laws impose criminal penalties on people who know they have HIV and engage in behaviours…
ZAPU leader Dumiso Dabengwa has said Zanu PF staunchly refused to shelter South Africa’s exiled ANC cadres in Zimbabwe just after independence, forcing his party to shelter the Umkhonto we Sizwe guerrillas secretly. Dabengwa, who was giving a presentation at a two-day Umkhonto we Sizwe conference held in South Africa last week, said Zapu was…
CECILIA Majanyuke flips through the pages of her passport everytime it is stamped by immigration officials. She pays particular attention to the number of free pages in her travelling document — for it is a lifeline and precious tool to always have in neat shape — because that passport also defines the future. [GoogleAd] Majanyuke…
THE heat is on in the MDC where fearful bigwigs have forged alliances with their would-be rivals for posts at the party’s looming congress which could usher in a new breed of politicians in the country’s largest opposition party. Aware that nothing is guaranteed in politics, the bigwigs seeking to retain their positions or snatch…
AS THE eagerly-anticipated MDC congress looms large, alliances, vitriol and realignments are taking centre stage in the country’s largest opposition movement. Deputy Chief Writer Tendai Kamhungira speaks to respected secretary-general of the 20 year-old party Douglas Mwonzora who is touted as one of the officials set to challenge interim leader Nelson Chamisa for the presidency….
RECENTLY, the country experienced one of its worst natural disasters in the form of Cyclone Idai which ravaged Chimanimani as well as Chipinge in Manicaland Province and parts of Masvingo and Mashonaland East provinces. Natural disasters do happen and no one can stop them. Humans can only mitigate the suffering and at times minimise fatalities…
THE recent Cyclone Idai — which devastated parts of Manicaland, Masvingo and Mash East provinces of the country — has brought us face-to-face with the power of nature. The natural disaster made us aware — in a very cruel way — of our glaring shortcomings as a nation, both in terms of our response strategies…
