CHIKOMBA – It is game on in many parts of the country where United Nations-sponsored inter-party football for peace matches are helping ease grassroots political tensions. With cooperation from wobbly coalition government partners, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has pumped the top dollar into a concept which eased conflict and child abuse in countries…
HARARE – While for some inmates in the country’s overflowing prisons the clock ticks towards release day, for those condemned to life sentence there is no end in sight but death. Such anguish has prompted one such person, Khisimusi Ndlovu, who has been in prison since 1992, to approach the Supreme Court for recourse. For…
HARARE – Struggles for independence took different forms in various nations on the African continent. Following colonisation in the late 19th century, Africa’s quest for total freedom has been portrayed in many different ways. Some chose to write in prose while verse has also been widely used notably in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola and other like…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe continues to scale up efforts in the fight against HIV/Aids which has been around for the past three decades, Daily News Features Editor Thelma Chikwanha had a conversation with UNAIDS Country Coordinator Tatiana Shoumilina to find out on progress made so far. DN: What investments have been undertaken by your organisation…
WEDZA – Donning a straw hat to avoid the scorching heat, Bothwell Chimanga, 19, stood mesmerised as a group of dancers from Harare gyrated on a makeshift stage in between peace speeches at Wedza centre. Chimanga was part of hundreds of villagers of Wedza township dwellers who dumped their afternoon businesses to be at the…
HARARE – The heart-rending story by the Daily News a few days after the country commemorated 33 years of Independence has changed the life of 81-year-old Robert Siwa. Siwa lives with his wife Aquinata, 10 years younger, in the run-down settlement of Caledonia but disparagingly referred to as kwaBhobho (Bob’s) some 20km on the outskirts…
HARARE – At least six out of every 10 households in Zimbabwe are living in dire poverty, a report by a government statistics agency has revealed. A recently released poverty assessment report by Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) shows poverty is deeper in rural and farming areas where economic activity is low and droughts have…
HARARE – A dirty strip snakes into a rundown compound in Caledonia, a bustling settlement established to house victims of President Robert Mugabe’s Operation Murambatsvina (drive out trash) seven years ago. In this midst of extreme poverty, residents here, 20 kilometres east of the capital Harare, still remember to celebrate Independence Day. But they say…
HARARE – It is official; Zimbabwe is now 33 years old. In 1980, I was 20 and a student in the United Kingdom so I did not witness first-hand the experience and real time excitement of independence. Notwithstanding, I am fortunate to have been a part of the entire post-colonial experience and, therefore, competent…
HARARE – With the harmonised elections on the horizon, Zimbabweans await to see how the two new radio stations, Star FM and Zi FM will cover political parties fighting it against Zanu PF. Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH) which used to enjoy a monopoly within the broadcasting sector has over the years refused to air campaign…
