HARARE – As president Robert Mugabe faces the sunset of his long political career, the perception that he failed to end corruption has persisted because of factual evidence that points to one of the most corrupt regimes in Zimbabwe’s history, analysts say. Before the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)’s latest blitz against graft in high places,…
HARARE – The recent removal of 81 Zanu PF members from the European Union, EU sanctions list while leaving 10 others has created a debate among Zimbabweans from across the political and social divide. President Robert Mugabe’s potential heirs, Vice President Joice Mujuru and Defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa are among those off the EU travel…
TSHOLOTSHO – Zimbabwe’s starving San community, commonly known as bushmen, are demanding to be taken back to the bush saying the government has neglected them for many years. The San were moved from Hwange National Park in the 1920s during the colonial era by the Europeans and most of them settled in Mgodimasili area in…
ZVISHAVANE – It is deep down in the bush but this is where pillow talk rules the roost and sex has ceased being that dirty a word. People living with HIV in Midlands Province’s deep rural areas from Gokwe to Mapirimira in Zvishavane are confessing to romping like they have not done in years — …
NJELELE – It has been hyped as the “Promised Land”. And 89-year-old President Robert Mugabe — probably facing his last election — is touting it as the latest ace up his sleeve. But for many rural folks whose vote Mugabe has survived on for the past three decades, the takeover of large foreign-owned firms, masked…
JOHANNESBURG – Cheers erupt as the man in a wheelchair struggles to stand, his face contorted with effort. Unable to walk after a car accident four years ago, he has come to Johannesburg’s FNB Stadium with thousands of others in the hope of being cured. The charismatic Pastor Chris, dressed in an all-white suit, has…
HARARE – The recent crackdown on political and social activists is not anything new as Zanu PF is known to mastermind crackdowns every other general election. Controversial playwright Cont Mhlanga said in an interview he held with Enos Nkala sometime back, the nationalist told him that in 1979 as Zanu PF faced its first crucial…
HARARE – So the referendum has come and gone! I am one of those who still have misgivings about the way we were railroaded into the poll without being given enough time to study this very important document. But the fact that the powers that be had their way makes my reservations irrelevant. What a…
HARARE – He is a visually impaired who can respond to your text message or email in minutes but Tafadzwa Nyamuzihwa has faced many challenges in his life. He does not know if Nyamuzihwa is even his real name because he was dumped at Mbare Musika as a toddler and was consequently taken to SOS…
HARARE – Sexual harassment in the newsroom continues to rob women of their legal right to live and work without being harassed. These sentiments were aired by former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (Zbc) employee Nyaradzo Makombe Hazangwi last week during the launch of a booklet that profiles sexual harassment in the media. The booklet entitled: Who…
