HARARE – In one of the biggest campaign compromise, Ignatius Chombo, the Zimbabwean Local Government minister, has written off all outstanding water bills nationwide in a move widely viewed as a vote-buying gimmick by Zanu PF. The Daily News sought comments from social and political commentators on the latest directive by Chombo. Okay Machisa, ZimRights…
HARARE – They deal ruthlessly with people whose ideologies differs from theirs and have over the past two decades not taken any prisoners. Even a renowned terrorist like Adolf Hitler could borrow a trick or two from the shadowy militant group which calls itself Chipangano. Chipangano, loosely translated meaning an agreement or oath, is believed…
HARARE – Compensation Farm, once a thriving safari and animal conservancy in Nyamandlovu is now a pale shadow of itself, 13 years after the brutal murder of then farm owner Martin Olds by invaders. New settlers have hunted down all the wild animals and vandalised aluminium pipes which used to supply water to the farm….
HARARE – One of the most charismatic politicians in the Government of National Unity (GNU) is Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Guseni Oliver Mutambara. Mutambara built a national profile as president of the Students Representative Council of the University of Zimbabwe between 1988 and 1989 where he led anti-government protests leading to his arrest and imprisonment….
HARARE – When Barrack Obama was on his way to become the first black President of the United States, his wife Michele and daughters were in the spotlight. While over the years we have been presented with First Ladies, the world has been dazzled by Michele’s charisma and character. In the media, she has been…
THE 2013 presidential election will present Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) with possibly his best chance to become President of Zimbabwe. Tsvangirai’s only obstacle at the coming presidential election is President Robert Mugabe, leader of Zanu PF, who poses the greatest challenge to his presidential ambitions. Losing to…
HARARE – While Simbarashe Chaunoita’s imposing height is intimidating, it is his amazing character that makes him stand out from the rest of his fellow inmates. Not only is he charming, Chaunoita exudes an inner peace which makes one wonder how such an eloquent man finds himself locked at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, the largest…
HARARE – Since the weekend Sadc summit in Maputo, Mozambique, where the government was urged to seek a delay in the harmonised elections, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa has been in the news since he was tasked by the regional bloc with that assignment. Chinamasa on Tuesday filed an appeal against the Constitutional Court ruling ordering…
HARARE – It is a warm Friday afternoon and residents in Chitungwiza are readying themselves for a voter education meeting taking place in Unit L that will spell their voting rights. Chitungwiza is one of the hot spots for politically-motivated violence during political parties’ campaigns, hence any political gathering has the potential to be explosive….
HARARE – As Zimbabwe joined the rest of Africa to celebrate Day of the African Child on June 16, the country’s social workers said African children are not any better than those that were involved in the 1976 Soweto Uprising. The Day of the African Child has been celebrated on June 16 every year since…
