HARARE – The use of food as a weapon is an age-old strategy. In ancient and Biblical times, armies laid siege to enemies to weaken them before attacking. Food in the modern world continues to be used as a weapon — albeit a political one. The principle still holds that those who have food have…
HARARE – Cars have always been a status symbol in Zimbabwe. The past five years under the coalition government has experienced an unprecedented boom in car imports. During the colonial days, very few Africans owned cars. And among the minority were business people, headmasters, teachers, nurses, medical orderlies and some clerks. Because of poor salaries…
HARARE – Warren Park One’s 5th Avenue suffered unprecedented traffic jam as countless vehicles and thousands of MDC supporters thronged House Number 34 to pay their last respects to the late Harare Youth Assembly secretary-general Rebecca Mafikeni. Some residents peeped through windows, verandas, while others stood at their gates with cell phones in hand, capturing…
HARARE – Green trees and drying grass decorate a terrain which undulates with great modesty, exuding a glowing natural look of Muzarabani South in Mashonaland Central Province. It is also in the same province that Alpha Resettlement has its dominant indigenous trees like Musasa donned with President Robert Mugabe’s campaign posters while only small torn…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s history is complex. As the vast majority of African nations, this country (formerly known as Rhodesia) declared independence from the United Kingdom on November 11, 1965, then renamed and finally self-governed as Zimbabwe on April 18, 1980. Currently, it is placed as number 172 in the Human Development Index and has been…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s election may have been a triumph for President Robert Mugabe, but the economic impact looks uncertain, with the country now facing “huge challenges”, say analysts. Harare’s stock market fell heavily last week, with some companies’ share prices falling up to 20 percent on Monday, following the news that Morgan Tsvangirai’s opposition MDC…
HARARE – Many Zimbabwean men are struggling to keep it up. And one in every 10 men is willing to seek treatment for humiliating and perturbing erectile dysfunction. The ban on male sexual performance (libido) enhancers by the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe, may lead to a flourishing black market for the performance-enhancing drugs. Men…
HARARE – While Zanu PF is poised for a majority two thirds in Parliament and their presidential candidate Robert Mugabe set to win resoundly, social and political commentators have urged the MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai not to lose heart and regroup. Rashweat Mukundu said while there were signs of rigging, “it was also a…
HARARE – More than 1 200 delegates, among them ministers of tourism from 186 countries, captains of the tourism industry, tourist wholesalers and stakeholders are expected to attend the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, UNWTO general assembly set for Victoria Falls from 24 to 29 August. Zimbabwe and Zambia would co-host the 20th session of…
HARARE – Songbird Chiwoniso Maraire has passed on. Yes, just like that! The mbira music star, 37, died on Wednesday evening at the CitiMed Hospital in Chitungwiza after being admitted with a suspected pneumonia infection. Chiwoniso had been admitted at the hospital for the last 10 days and was awaiting a lung biopsy to examine…
