HARARE – Zimbabwe cannot go for fresh polls in March because there is no money to bankroll a referendum and fresh elections within six months among other reasons, analysts and political parties said yesterday. The slow pace of electoral and political reforms such as a new constitution and security sector realignment makes it impossible for…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s henchmen have escalated a plan to discredit and malign the octogenarian leader’s political enemies, including South African president Jacob Zuma, through a series of dirty tricks. The $100 million plot — allegedly bankrolled by a raft of shadowy international businessmen and associates of the Zanu PF strongman — is also…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe turned 89 on Thursday determined to extend his grip on power despite concerns over his health and advanced age. Africa’s oldest leader and world’s second oldest after Shimon Peres of Israel, Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980. Despite speculation over his physical fitness Mugabe accepted nomination…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe holds the key to violence and peace in Zimbabwe, MDC deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma has said. Mangoma was addressing families of 31 Glen View activists who are in remand prison for the murder of a policeman in May last year. The families early this week gathered at the MDC headquarters…
HARARE – A seven-member Cabinet taskforce produced a new draft constitution for Zimbabwe on Wednesday, seeking to beat a Christmas deadline set by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is also eager to get the draft out of the way by Christmas. The move advanced progress on the writing of a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has reopened his feud with South African liberation struggle icon Nelson Mandela, accusing him of going “too far” to please whites. Mugabe and Mandela have never quite seen eye-to-eye and in a television interview, the 89-year-old Zimbabwean leader trashes the former South African president’s credentials. Mandela’s reconciliation policies were…
HARARE – Sungura and mbira rarely meet but when it involves the mbira queen Chiwoniso Maraire and sungura king Alick Macheso normal rules cease to apply. Macheso, riding high following the release of his ninth album Kwatakabva Mitunhu (Kure Kwekure) last week, will share the stage with Chiwoniso for the first time at Jazz 105…
HARARE – Celebrated musicians Alick Macheso and Suluman Chimbetu are close to finalising their long-awaited joint show dubbed “End-of-Year Gig” to be held in December. The two musicians’ alleged strained relationship has been a common media feature and was worsened when Sulu lured some members from Macheso’s Orchestra Mberikwazvo who included popular dancer Franco Slomo….
HARARE – Alick Macheso is arguably Zimbabwe’s all-time highest selling musician. He has become a master of songs whose passion for his trade is expressed via his guitar prowess and romantic lyrics — often sending glowing tributes to women. I love his music but despite being boss at the entertainment desk, I never had an…
HARARE – Baker’s Inn, the country’s leading baker, officially appointed sungura ace Alick Macheso as its brand ambassador on Tuesday in the capital. David Muchingura, the Baker’s Inn general manager said his company which produces more than 1,6 million loaves a day was happy to associate with Macheso who, in their opinion, is “the biggest…
