Itai Dzamara was a Zimbabwean journalist who left the pen for activism. In October 2014, Dzamara hand-delivered a petition to the late former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe at his Munhumutapa Offices asking him to step down immediately for failing to govern the country. Dzamara then said, in his petition he had asked the now…
RIGHTS groups have bemoaned government’s failure to end the strike by nurses and doctors at a time when Zimbabwe is struggling with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Zimbabwean healthcare workers went on strike over poor wages and the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) in early July, a situation the Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum)…
AT LEAST 65 people have been arrested in Mazowe for destroying artefacts belonging to Mbuya Nehanda, the police have said. Mbuya Nehanda, also known as Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana, was one of the spiritual leaders of the Shona during the 1896-97 first Chimurenga war. She was convicted without trial and was executed in 1898. National police…
STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe has rebounded from a $624 million loss posted for the half year last year to post an impressive $607,2 million inflation adjusted profit after tax for the half year ending June 2020. The bank, a subsidiary of Standard Bank Group of South Africa, attributed the performance to an improvement in its non-funded…
machakairet@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw TARISAI MACHAKAIRE Staff Writer RESIDENTS associations and civil society organisations across the country have raised concern over the recalling of councillors by the MDC faction headed by Thokozani Khupe. Since April when the Supreme Court upheld a previous High Court judgment that declared that Khupe was the legitimate MDC acting president, she has recalled…
THE year 2020 has so far seen several celebrity breakups that hit us hard; sadly for anyone who believes in celebrity love, the disappointments keep on coming. Songstress Rachel J and politician Terrence Mukupe ended their marriage. Mudiwa and his Portuguese wife Angelica called off their union. Seh Calaz and Moira Knight split after a…
AT A time when he is looking for ways to salvage his stuttering career, Warriors and Kaizer Chiefs winger Khama Billiat has triggered fresh debate after appointing Godfrey “Vokal” Bakasa as his new manager. Bakasa is popular in the local musical circles after working as a manager to Zimdancehall artistes such as Seh Calaz, Tocky…
ZIMBABWE has once again come under the spotlight over an alleged human rights crisis. Civil society groups, churches, political organisations in and outside the country have slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government over the alleged human rights violations following the crackdown on opposition political leaders, activists and government critics in support of the foiled…
RECENT reports that malaria — a deadly tropical disease — killed 364 people in Manicaland, Matabeleland South and Masvingo provinces are shocking, but also call for the government to revisit its public health policies, especially its management of diseases in the context of pandemics like coronavirus (Covid-19). According to the World Health Organisation, over 361…
OPINION BLACK EDWARD AS YOU walk along the broad lane, popularly known as the “Big Line”, in Glen Norah on a busy day you get this unsettling feeling that something is terribly amiss. A dirty little girl stands sobbing in the middle of the road with tears running down her cheeks and snot out of…
