HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s spin-doctor — George Charamba — is a British-trained Chevening scholar, who has admirably shaped the president’s public image and runs the Munhumutapa Building communications office with aplomb. A jolly good fellow, he has achieved a meteoric rise as press secretary to the president and is credited with rehabilitating his tattered…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is said to have been touched by the plight of his former Presidential Affairs minister, Didymus Mutasa, who has been going through a rough patch ever since he was kicked out of the ruling Zanu PF party and government over two years ago. Mutasa was forced out of Zanu PF…
HARARE – On Friday, President Robert Mugabe spoke for the first time on the emergence of terror groups that have brought horror to a number of communities that are now living in constant fear of being harangued by these marauding gangs. As the country’s election-weary citizens tiptoe towards crucial elections next year, opportunists are on…
HARARE – In recent weeks Zimbabwe has witnessed the resurgence of politically-motivated and State-sponsored violence which rights and opposition groups say could be the harbinger for what is likely to happen in the coming months as the country prepares for the crucial 2018 national elections. Amid this, the international community has been expressing its fears…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) should consult widely with residents before they roll out the controversial prepaid water meters. Residents believe the city should conduct joint meetings with all stakeholders to explain and justify prepaid water meters before they can introduce them to the residents. With some residents already calling on council to indefinitely…
HARARE – The resurfacing of terror gangs in several parts of the country — all of which are linked in one way or the other to the ruling Zanu PF — is indeed worrying. Their resurfacing must be least surprising as it is a reminder of the impending 2018 elections. Innocent and unsuspecting citizens are…
HARARE – This week, the Environmental Management Agency gave manufacturers and users of polystyrene material up to three months to comply with Statutory Instrument (SI) 84 of 2012, which prohibits the use of kaylites. SI 84 had caused a major uproar countrywide, with manufacturers of kaylites and retailers raising the red flag, saying the ban…
HARARE – With the 2018 elections fast approaching, this week the Daily News speaks to Rindai Chipfunde-Vava, the Director of Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) on a number of issues around this crucial vote, its preparation and short comings thus far. Zesn was formed in 2000 and it is a coalition of 31 non-governmental organisations…
HARARE – If there is one thing our leaders are masters of, it is the blame game. They will always craft ways of explaining the cause of a problem, rather than come up with pragmatic, long-term solutions. For a long time, President Robert Mugabe’s government has blamed sanctions, Western forces et al for the myriad…
HARARE – The public quarrelling between Tourism and Hospitality minister Walter Mzembi and Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive Karikoga Kaseke — over the sponsorship of Harare International Carnival — highlights the endemic culture of domineering and overbearing arrogance by politicians. And in most of the cases, these politicians would be wrong. For starters, why…
