BULAWAYO – Ever since Ntabazinduna traditional leader Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni flew back from the United Kingdom after a 40-year stay to take-over the chieftainship following the death of his respected father, the young traditional leader has been loved and hated in equal measure by his friends and foes alike. The eloquent Nhlanhlayamangwe has been…
HARARE – The current political system in Zimbabwe under the ruling Zanu PF has failed to work for 38 years and it would be folly to think it can work now, political analysts contend. They also called for an urgent multi-sector dialogue that looks into the country’s socio-economic and political issues. The call comes as…
HARARE – Government should hasten and develop legislation to govern the overdue process of devolution, the Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) and the Harare Residents Trust (HRT) have said. The two organisations recently presented a joint paper to the local government, public works and national housing Ministry, outlining stakeholders’ concerns and issues regarding…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has led “the most failed first 100 days of any president,” analysts have said, citing the worsening plight of the long-suffering majority of Zimbabweans. Mnangagwa was installed president on August 26, after the Constitutional Court confirmed his disputed July 30 election victory, dismissing an opposition challenge that had held up…
HARARE – Grace Abound Church’s Open Heavens Services, which started in October, ended on a high note last week in Kwekwe. Moving under the guidance of Prophet Effort Maphosa, the church held three services under the banner of Open Heavens and ended with an all-night prayer. All the services drew thousands of people. “The services…
HARARE – For her, the mission is two-pronged but the effect is the same. It is all about positioning African traditional healing on the pedestal it deserves. For Queen Aquata, born Sicecisiwe Nkala, hers is a calling to heal the nation through African healing and to reinstate the true image of the traditional healers that…
HARARE – Dorothy Mudzamire of Siyakhovu in Kariba is afraid of dying. She is painfully thin. Mudzamire, 27, said she has been hit hard by the worsening economic hardships prevailing in the country. She has had to ration the little food she gets to survive — but this is particularly dangerous for her because she…
HARARE – When Zimbabwe’s army took power in a bloodless coup exactly one year ago, it promised to bring happiness back by ending social and economic suffering. The military said the coup was needed to “target criminals” around then president, Robert Mugabe and to stamp out corruption which had plagued Zimbabwe for decades. A military…
HARARE – A sombre atmosphere engulfed Dzivaresekwa last week as family, friends and relatives paid their last respects to 16-year-old boy Tinashe Mlambo — who drowned in a disused pit in the high density suburb last Sunday, the latest to be killed in what is now being dubbed the “pool of death”. The deep…
HARARE – Opposition Zengeza West MP Job “Wiwa” Sikhala has become well known in the National Assembly for his provocative and controversial statements. Wiwa, who is MP on the MDC Alliance ticket, sees politics as a bloodsport, and dedicates his time to wheeling out pure political aggression against his Zanu PF rivals, lighting up the…
