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MDC-T vice president Obert Gutu said: “After ushering in political independence, the next frontier of the battle should be to ensure socio-economic independence for the masses of Zimbabwe. The new dispensation, led by President Mnangagwa, should tirelessly work towards the attainment of socio-economic independence by the majority of the people of Zimbabwe. [GoogleAd] It should…

THE Easter Holiday, a season where Christians from all over the world celebrate the death and subsequent resurrection of Jesus Christ, is upon us! [GoogleAd] Jesus is believed to have been crucified on a Friday and then resurrected on the third day. Like any other holidays, Easter, a Christian festival and one of the most…

AFRO-fusion singer Ammi Jamanda who recently collaborated with Chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo, is on the cusp of becoming a traditional healer. [GoogleAd] She collaborated with Mapfumo, popularly known as Mukanya, his baboon totem, on the song Ruva Rangu. Candid and unapologetic about her true identity, Jamanda opened up to the Daily News on Sunday…

Roger’s novel is set in the demi-monde of Zimbabwe’s politics at the end of Robert Mugabe’s reign. Malan considers the portents for South Africa. [GoogleAd] “Two Weeks in November” features several characters whose identity is concealed behind pseudonyms, a factor that would normally seem suspect to me. On the other hand, Douglas Rogers’ book is set…

Ernest Gwinyai & Alex Majongwe Out of a population of 16 million about 800 000 to 1 000 000 Zimbabweans are on medical aid cover. As at December 31,  2017 about $650 million in contributions accrued to the medical aid sector. [GoogleAd] These funds almost equate to the nation’s annual health budget allocation outside donor…

Dakarai Mashava Features Editor  ZIMBABWE-BORN Delight Mapasure’s decision to introduce boerewors on the United Kingdom market has surpassed her wildest dreams. In October last year, Mapasure and her South Africa-born husband Keitumetse Ngwenya co-founded a sausage-making company called K’s Wors which is already winning rave reviews.  In November last year, K’s Wors featured as a…

I hardly knew of Hopewell Chin’ono before September 2018, nor did I take much notice of his writings.  In September 2018, a post on a social media group attracted my attention. [GoogleAd]  It was an online link titled Time the Zimbabwean Men Start to Think of Investing in Their Villages. I decided to read it. The…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under attack for inviting Uganda President Yoweri Museveni to officially open this year’s 60th Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) despite his alleged dictatorial tendencies. Museveni, who was once hailed as a freedom fighter and liberator by the Ugandans and by the Western world, has since drifted into an autocratic leader,…

FOR years, Mthobisi Ndebele eked out a relatively decent living as a cross-border transporter of goods, otherwise known as malayitsha in the local language. Everything changed when he was diagnosed with HIV-related tuberculosis (TB) almost a decade ago. To start with, his employer didn’t want him anymore. Immediately, his only source of income dried up,…