By Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa I woke up this morning to my phone buzzing at the news of today’s Google Doodle focusing on mbira. Thank you to everyone who recognizes that this music is my calling and respects my voice in this discourse. With that great responsibility at heart, I do want to share why today feels…
Saviour Kasukuwere – HAPPY Unity Day fellow African brothers and sisters! It has been an interesting road from the time our founding fathers formed the Organisation of African Unity envisaging a united Africa 57 years ago. In the words of Kwame Nkrumah “We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there…
THE government recently ordered business to revert to March 25, 2020 price levels following continued increases in prices of basic goods and services during the obtaining lockdown introduced to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa even announced that price monitors would be sent out countrywide to ensure compliance. No one really…
EDITOR — Cleaning and disinfecting high-touch surfaces in your home regularly is an important precaution to lower the risk of infection. Follow cleaning product instructions for safe and effective use, including precautions you should take when applying the product, such as wearing gloves and making sure you have good ventilation. Some national authorities have made…
Guo Shaochun – RECENTLY, some politicians have been trying to pin the blame for the Covid-19 outbreak on China and even demanding reparations. This line of thinking is simply wrong or even absurd. First, it is unreasonable to require a country that faithfully and completely fulfilled the reporting obligation to bear responsibility for the pandemic….
EDISON XIE – SOME senior officials in the United States’ Donald Trump administration have agreed to new measures to restrict the global supply of chips to Huawei Technologies, at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic impacts economic growth around the world. Under the proposed rule change, foreign companies that use US chip making equipment would be…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa finally wielded the axe on Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi on Wednesday. The junior minister had become a danger to the country’s international image, spewing vitriol on issues of global attention like the deadly coronavirus and last week’s alleged abduction of MDC youth leaders Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova. So…
EDITOR — I believe it is the duty of each and every person in this country to pray for Zimbabwe. Looking at what is happening, we need to all come together and pray that God guides our leaders so that they take the country forward. It is sad that during the run-up to the elections…
THE decision by Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to order the police to institute a full-scale investigation into the alleged abduction and torture of three MDC youth leaders — Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova — is commendable. The police have to get to the bottom of what transpired last Wednesday…
THE coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak has seen sweeping changes across the art world as galleries and showbiz facilities have been forced to close their doors while the cultural calendar of exhibitions and festivals has been disabled. For most artists the entire work calendar for 2020 went up in smoke from March 30 when the local national…
