HARARE – The local public media’s silence on skirmishes involving First Lady Grace Mugabe in South Africa, where she allegedly severely assaulted a 20-year-old woman she had found with her sons at an upmarket hotel in Sandton is shocking to say the least. Grace is the President’s wife and a public figure, hence the nation…
HARARE – The Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing recently held a national “Local Government Investment Conference’’ which it conveniently dubbed with a catchy acronym, Logic. According to the Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe’s (UCAZ) organising committee for the event, the theme was ‘‘Local Government: Promoting Investment and Industrialisation for Socio-economic Development.’’…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa had to be airlifted to South Africa last week to receive urgent medical assistance following suspected food poisoning. Mnangagwa fell ill in Gwanda, where he was attending President Robert Mugabe’s sixth youth interface meeting. He initially received medical attention at Claybank and Thornhill hospitals, before it was felt he…
HARARE – The “Rainbow Nation”, as South Africa is affectionately known, recently left their northern neighbours in Zimbabwe green with envy when that country’s highest court ruled their legislators could cast secret ballots in a confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma, whose second term at the helm ends in December. On August 8, the South…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi and First Lady Grace Mugabe must all start talking straight and openly declare their ambitions to take over from President Robert Mugabe. The crusade for the presidency has started slowly, with contenders playing their cards close to their chest, obviously because they all have to…
HARARE – Another popular travelling holiday — the Heroes and Defence Forces days — begins tomorrow with several people having already journeyed to different destinations across the country on Friday. Most of Zimbabwe’s roads are in a bad state, leaving travellers at the mercy of drivers of both public and private vehicles. In 2013, the…
HARARE – The recurrence of avian flu, a lethal chicken virus which has been reported, for the second time, at one of the farms belonging to the country’s largest poultry producer Irvine’s, should be a major concern to all of us. There is widespread panic among ordinary citizens and also anxiety among large-scale poultry breeders…
HARARE – Now that Miss World Zimbabwe 2017 Chiedza Lorraine Mhosva has officially received her prize money of $20 000 and a brand new Kia Picanto, it is time she gets down to serious business. The Miss World Zimbabwe title is not just about the glitz and glamour, it is also about the social responsibility…
HARARE – The recent violence that erupted at a musical concert featuring international reggae star Busy Signal in Bulawayo over the weekend should be strongly condemned. Fans ran amok after Winky D walked off the stage in protest over poor sound and in the resultant mayhem, beer and other beverages were looted by hooligans who…
HARARE – On Saturday Morgan Tsvangirai was endorsed as the leader of an MDC Alliance comprising six other political parties in a development lauded as historic by multitudes fed up with President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF rule which they blame for their troubles. But hardly had the celebrations cooled, did suspected MDC thugs cause…
