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…
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…
Nyasha Mutseyekwa, a minivan transporter in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, cannot afford new tyres for his ramshackle kombi, selling at US$45 for a good second hand. Whether he opted to pay in US currency or in the devalued local bond notes at the equivalent black market price, Mutseyekwa would have to save up for months to…
A TEACHER who allegedly led a strike by students at Njube High School in Bulawayo has broken his silence from Namibia where he is hiding. Speaking from Namibia after fleeing the country’s law enforcement agents who want him for inciting demonstrations, he said he yearned to return home but could not do so right now….
GROWING up in a township which was portrayed as a criminal hub in Mzilikazi, Bulawayo, Rita Marque Mbatha, pictured, intended to change that perception. She immediately took interest in criminal justice to fight for the underdog, and defend the vulnerable. Born to a factory worker father whose finances were constrained, Mbatha had to forgo her…
