HARARE – Former Zanu PF provincial spokesperson (Masvingo) and Zimbabwe National Liberation Army (Zanla) political commissar — Retired Lt. Colonel Kudzai Sevias Mbudzi believes his former party is headed for defeat in the 2018 elections in which a grand coalition of opposition political parties, led by Joice Mujuru, will spell the end of President Robert…
HARARE – The past few months have been very traumatic for local cricket followers due to the inconsistency shown by the Zimbabwe national team. After a disappointing Cricket World Cup in Australasia at the start of the year, Zimbabwe began the 2015-16 season with a good showing against India in July. Although India won the…
HARARE – Media self-regulation is a valuable model in pursuit of press freedom, professionalism and healthy interaction between journalists and consumers of news and information. The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) is a vital vehicle for the promotion of this much-cherished self-control of the media that places the public at the centre. In this…
HARARE – Zimbabwe, this coming farming season is expected to experience another drought due to the raging El Nino wave that is forecast to hit most countries in Africa. While other regional countries have also been experiencing recurring droughts since the turn of the millennium due to changing climatic conditions, Zimbabwe has been the hardest…
BULAWAYO – The history of the typical political party is shrouded in mystique — or just plain rough stuff. In the very early days, the party which triumphed often used gangster methods. It hardly matched the Cosa Nostra. But its opponents knew that should always be ready for a hell. For me, the first political…
HARARE – The adoption of the multiple currency system in 2009 — dominated by the United States dollar — brought relief and stability to the crisis-weary Zimbabweans, but the strengthening of the greenback against regional currencies is now haunting the economy. Over the past six years, the dollar’s appreciation has made imports cheaper, exports more…
EDITOR — I would like to appeal to the City of Harare to reduce the amount that they charge for clamped vehicles. The amount that is being charged is just too much in this harsh economic environment. The council should revise the figure of $57 because that is just too much as many people cannot…
HARARE – The resurgence of political violence, especially in Harare, is very worrying. Only on Sunday, Harare South was turned into a battle zone as members of rival political parties — notably the MDC and Zanu PF — fought running battles, resulting in the arrest of twenty opposition party supporters. This marks the re-opening of…
HARARE – State media correspondent and failed politician Geoff Nyarota, has been very busy over the past few weeks launching wave after wave of unprovoked attacks on the country’s private media in general, and on the Daily News in particular. Readers who may be familiar with the fact that Nyarota was the founding editor of…
HARARE – It has been another hectic few weeks of frenetic spinning and lying by authorities and lickspittle State media, amid the country’s dying economy and the seemingly unstoppable factional and succession wars devouring President Robert Mugabe’s post-congress Zanu PF. The main target of these lies and gratuitous attacks by the State, the ruling party…
