HARARE – Portia Zvavahera paints from her dreams—her grandmother believed in them, she once explained; they would discuss their reveries daily growing up in Zimbabwe. Now, the artist records her nocturnal visions as sketches, which she develops into paintings where animal and human forms appear like apparitions. Across Zvavahera’s canvases, which recall the fluid, expressive…
THE Daily News has been a lone voice over the past few months in highlighting the folly of the country’s opposition engaging in self-immolation, and taking counsel from dubious characters. For this fair and spot-on reporting stance, we have received ill-conceived flak from a few misguided opposition leaders and their cheerleaders — among them unprincipled “journalists” and…
AS THE vicious factional wars that are tearing apart Zimbabwe’s main opposition plumb new lows with each passing day, political analysts say the MDC may have reached the end of the road in its current incarnation, the Daily News reports. In addition, they say, both Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa,, have to take responsibility for…
HIGH Court Judge Justice Martin Makonese has thrown away an application by local activists who had sought an interdict barring President Emmerson Mnangagwa from conducting exhumation and reburials of victims of Gukurahundi atrocities of the 1980s. The applicants, who included Gukurahundi survivor Charles Thomas, Zapu and Ibhetshu LikaZulu, recently filed an urgent High Court application…
MDC Alliance Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe, has filed an urgent chamber application challenging her detention at Harare remand prison pending mental examination by government doctors. Mamombe was last Thursday placed in the custody of the superintendent at the prison by Harare regional magistrate Bianca Makwande after the State had argued that she must…
PROMINENT Johanne Masowe church leader Lloyd Gwasira has dragged a congregant to the civil court for alleging that he uses witchcraft to sexually harass female congregants. Gwasira, who oversees the Johanne Masowe sect which congregates at Gwanzura Stadium in Highfield, Harare, is seeking an interdict against Luxon Sixpence, a cop based at Lusulu Police Station…
CEMENT manufacturing giant, Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe (Ltd), has recorded a strong come back from the Covid-19-induced slowdown of business operations as indicated in the company’s half-year performance results. Closing the period with a 27 percent revenue growth and a nine percent improvement in gross profit margin, the company reported a fair start to the year,…
ZIMBABWEANS in South Africa have welcomed the imminent reopening of the border by their host country. South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced foreigners can travel into and out of his country for business, leisure and other travel with effect from October 1, 2020. The news has delighted Zimbabweans resident in southern Africa’s biggest economy…
CLEARLY, the Warriors’ toughest opponent when the 2020 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers resume in November is the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa). The Warriors face reigning African champions Algeria in mouth-watering two matches set to take place between November 9 and 17. The two qualifiers should have taken place last March but the Confederation…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) officially launched a Draft Comprehensive Electoral Amendment Bill which was handed over to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. The comprehensive draft was handed over by Zesn chairperson Andrew Makoni to Acting Chairperson of Portfolio Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs,…
