HARARE – As the much-anticipated 2018 national polls loom large, there is a feeling of deja vu among pro-democracy, opposition and rights groups. This is especially so given the increase of violence by Zanu PF supporters who have historically benefitted from the lack of appetite by police to bring them to book. Where police have…
HARARE – Zimbabweans across the divide have been debating on whether it was wise for activist clergyman and founder of #ThisFlag movement, Evan Mawarire to come back to the country after his six months self-exile in the United States. Mawarire returned to Zimbabwe on February 1 only to be arrested by State security agents at…
HARARE – As we move ahead in an ever-changing creative economy which is being affected in both a positive and negative way by local and global political, economic, social and technological factors, it is critical for the National Arts Council and its National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) stakeholders to evaluate the current NAMA with the…
HARARE – It is high time the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) starts conducting its business in a more professional manner. This past week, Zifa has been embroiled in an employment saga with former Warriors coach Kalisto Pasuwa. At the height of the soap opera, Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa came out in the media pleading with…
HARARE – Thank you very much for inviting me to this important discussion forum. We at the Daily News are always most grateful for opportunities such as this one, where we can exchange notes with key opinion leaders in the country, and enrich each other on important national issues. Allow me also to point out…
HARARE – The government must follow up on its recent decision to suspend the implementation of Statutory Instrument 20 (SI 20), which imposed 15 percent value added tax (Vat) on rice, meat, potatoes, margarine, cereals and maheu, by ensuring retailers reduce their prices. Over the past few weeks, retailers have been hiking basic food prices to…
HARARE – It certainly does not need a rocket scientist to appreciate that our economy is bleeding and thus it is somewhat shocking that at such a time we have our esteemed parliamentarians demanding, rather bizarrely, that they want more vehicles. The reasons given by Zanu PF legislators for demanding more vehicles is that the…
EDITOR – Last week, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri was quoted saying corruption within the police force was to do with how us parents bring up children and not necessarily a police force origination since they only have six months to mould a police officer. This was during the tour of police projects by…
HARARE – The denying of bail to Evan Mawarire — founder and campaign leader of the #ThisFlag movement — following his arrest last Wednesday at the Harare International Airport after making a surprise return to Zimbabwe from the United States shows just how determined President Robert Mugabe’s government is in crushing dissent. Mawarire’s incarceration comes…
HARARE – Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko embarrassed himself on national television on Saturday evening when he alleged, with a straight face, that popular political leader Morgan Tsvangirai was once involved in an assassination attempt on the late national icon Joshua Nkomo and was also behind the Gukurahundi atrocities committed in the Tsholotsho area in Matabeleland…
