Masvingo High Court judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze, recently acquitted MDC vice chairperson Job Sikhala of treason charges after he allegedly called for the overthrowing of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government. The Daily News on Sunday reporter Blessings Mashaya caught up with the firebrand politician in Harare to speak on a variety of issues, politics…
Talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change have broken down, pitching Zimbabwe further into political disarray. MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has refused to engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa under the Polad grouping where other actors command near zero political support. Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has said that the negotiations have…
Zimbabwe is teetering on the edge of a large-scale humanitarian crisis and Sadc cannot afford to ignore it. Half the population (7,7 million) is at risk of starvation, making this the country’s worst food insecurity in a decade. Maize meal is disappearing from shop shelves and the country is setting up a maize meal committee…
Following the suspension of Zanu PF youth league leaders Godfrey Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu from their positions in the ruling party after they spoke strongly against corruption outside the party parameters, the Daily News on Sunday chief writer Fungi Kwaramba sits down with Tsenengamu to trace his life as a rebel in Zanu PF. Q:…
CHOFAMBA SITHOLE – A newly-published scholarly biography of the late retired commander of the Zimbabwe National Army, General Solomon Mujuru, captures the liberation war hero’s key role in shaping the history of Zimbabwe and challenges the official narrative on his death, allegedly in a house fire in 2011. Blessing Miles Tendi, a professor of African…
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya last week presented his monetary policy statement (MPS) anchored on price and exchange rate stability. This came at a time when Zimbabwe is battling economic woes, including inflation, domestic cash and foreign currency shortages, accumulation of arrears, fuel and power problems, among others. Our reporter Pauline Hurungudo…
THE $100 million collected from the two percent tax was allocated to cover the emergency requirements for mitigating the impact of Cyclone Idai natural disaster, rehabilitation of hundreds of lives and restoration of infrastructure. They say you can only know the true state of a car when you lift its bonnet and look inside. And…
LOSING her mother who single-handedly raised her following a divorce, the then 12-year-old Emelda Vhiriri chose to be grounded in faith and focus more on who she wanted to become, not where she was or the unfortunate circumstances that had occurred in her life. At the age of 25, having rubbed shoulders with a variety…
BEING crowned Miss Tourism Global City 2019 at a pageant held in Guangdong China last year was a milestone for Harare’ top model Sindiso Ndlovu, 25 and she believes the sky is the limit for her modelling career. The reigning queen managed to scoop the crown ahead of models from 63 different countries from around…
VETERAN actress and model Sarah Mpofu, pictured, values her nomination for this year’s National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) as this is recognition of her sterling work in the arts industry. Mpofu was recently nominated for the Best Actress category on her role in the play Home Affairs where she acted as Thalitha. Having been in a…
