HARARE – It is almost unbelievable to think that it is now five years since the Daily News was relaunched, after the government of President Robert Mugabe unjustly and violently shut down the country’s leading newspaper in September 2003, for the crime of telling the Zimbabwean story like it is, without fear or favour. As…
EDITOR — The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson, Justice Rita Makarau remains a compromised person as she remains holding another critical position as the secretary of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) putting doubt on her impartiality in ensuring that the next elections in Zimbabwe are credible. As Zimbabweans push for new electoral reforms ahead of…
HARARE – Last week, Auditor-General, Mildred Chiri, once again exposed the sickening rot and malpractices in most public institutions and authorities. She presented shocking reports that divulged corruption and gross misgovernance in State-run institutions and local authorities. In her reports, Chiri exposed flagrant anomalies within local authorities — Harare, Gweru and Mutare councils among others….
HARARE – Several people fought running battles with the police as they demonstrated at a local hotel yesterday, demanding that Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko vacates the plushy lodging. Mphoko, who was appointed Zanu PF and State co-second in command to President Robert Mugabe in 2014, has been staying at the luxurious hotel since then. Several…
HARARE – Opposition political parties should unite and form a grand coalition so as to dislodge Zanu PF, failure of which new leadership will automatically emerge, social and political commentators contend. While former Vice President Joice Mujuru and MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai have recently called for a united front, commentators say there is little movement…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa’s appeal to Zimbabweans to set aside their differences as part of efforts to attract investors from across the world is commendable and encouraging. It is unusual to get such a pragmatic approach from the inner circle of President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF. In his remarks, in which he said…
HARARE – On Monday, Mines ministry permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga saw red as the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines, chaired by Masvingo urban Member of Parliament Daniel Shumba, hauled him over the coals. The committee told Gudyanga that the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) — a State-owned diamond firm formed after government kicked out private…
HARARE – The stand-off between medical doctors and medical aid societies has caught the attention of President Robert Mugabe and that is good. But there is no need to pop the champagne bottles yet, if anything we need to cringe at the way Mugabe reacted to the impasse. Instead of tackling the mess, itself a…
HARARE – The stance taken by government to accept State-backed traditional complementary cancer medicine — after investigating its efficacy — makes a lot of sense, especially when viewed in the context of the proliferation of different forms of the fatal ailments in recent years. We are all aware of the value that traditional knowledge systems…
HARARE – In recent weeks, Zimbabweans have witnessed a sad and grim experience of human trafficking. Dozens of Zimbabwean girls and women — weary of the country’s endless woes — returned home in tears after promises of a better life in Kuwait turned out to be a painful and miserable ordeal. These women and girls…
