HARARE – The re-emergence of insurgencies by Renamo (Resistencia Nacional Mocambicana) in Mozambique threatens the economic interests of Zimbabwe and must be repelled with military might before further escalation occurs. Given its historical banditry exploits, Renamo has double the capacity of Al Shabbab and Boko Haram combined and its actions can be least be described…
HARARE – She had warned me for two decades when it finally happened. I expected her to be all over me with “I told you and you didn’t listen”, but she was modest about it. She only said:” If you had listened, you wouldn’t be going through all this pain. I thanked her but she…
HARARE – When the desperate deal with the greedy, the conclusion is foregone. The desperate always lose. But then, the greedy have a habit of tripping themselves in the end — sometimes. And this is what happened in 2009 when Zimbabwe dolarised the economy. A year before, there were hordes of young people on the…
HARARE – James Makamba, founder and chairperson of Telecel Zimbabwe is an adorable figure with more than 90 000 pan African people following his life on Facebook. This is a sudden turn of events for a man, who, at one time was considered a security risk in his country native Zimbabwe. And Makamba now cuts…
MUTARE – Turning into a dinky dirt road at Sithole off the Marange highway, we clung to our seats as we were jostled and tossed as the driver struggled to find passable portions of the neglected road. Our port of call was Gudoricharima village, about 70km south-west of Mutare. Here, they pierce ears of dogs…
HARARE – Food is a commodity in the last instance, wrote Dan Morgan in his book, Merchants of Grain. Morgan, a former editor with the Washington Post, said poor people in Africa (and other parts of the world) starve “not because there is not enough food in the world, but because they are beyond the…
BULAWAYO – For a decade after independence Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, was envied as one of the cleanest and most attractive cities in the world. The city has in the long run lost its lustre due to a variety of issues, chief among them the decade-long economic meltdown which spawned stagnation. A drive past…
HARARE – Political and social commentators are calling on the new minister of Energy, Dzikamai Mavhaire to explain to the nation what is really happening in terms of power supply. Since the July 31 harmonised elections, power blackouts are increasing each day with the power utility promising more cuts until February. The Daily News caught…
MUTARE – Stripped of all trees and subjected to an annual torching ritual, the mountain that hides Dangamvura high density suburb from the rest of Mutare is a charred, obscene obelisk of destructive environmental citizenry. Home to the eastern province’s departed heroes and hosting apostolic sects’ shrines, the mountain could easily pass for a sand…
BULAWAYO – Nine-year-old Mcedisi Hlabangani kicks an empty bottle of sterilised milk as he passes through the Tsholotsho business centre on his way home from school. With his satchel sloppily tucked on his back, clad in his khaki uniform, the boy’s inclination in kicking the empty bottle is evidenced by the way he keeps pursuing…
