©️ ALTHOUGH the deadly coronavirus has cast a shadow on Zimbabwe — a country with a rickety healthcare system — the fight could be hard and gruelling considering that a large number of Zimbabweans live from hand to mouth, making a living in the informal sector. On Monday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced stringent measures to…
WHILE the football world has been male dominated for many decades, over the years the wind of change in sports continue to blow in favour of female athletes and women who are gradually picking up nerve-wrecking roles. The progress is certainly something to celebrate, even though the industry remains highly dominated by men, where even…
FOLLOWING an outcry by civil society, political parties and the general populace over the government’s proposal to amend 27 clauses of the Constitution, Daily News on Sunday reporter Blessings Mashaya sat down separately with the minister of Justice Ziyambi Ziyambi (Zanu PF) and the MDC deputy secretary for legal affairs, Brian Dube, to get the…
JENNIFER Lizzie Ngulube’s life story began in a war-torn small village of Matabeleland South Province where she was born during the beginning of the country’s liberation struggle. Being born as the third daughter from a family of eight in a small village formerly known as Essexvale, now known as Esigodini, Jennifer spent her formative years…
ON FRIDAY March 6, 2020, the Binga community under Chief Simagonde was left shell-shocked after the axing to death of five people and two cows in one night. It was “a night of the long knives” in the literal sense, as the suspect, a 20-year-old man ravaged through Marangana Village and left “blood on the…
This aptly sums up what characterises most sessions of the National Assembly. Usually, on Wednesdays the National Assembly will be packed to the rafters as MPs get a chance to raise questions with Cabinet ministers affecting the nation during live television coverage. Because of the love of cameras, most legislators are active on this day,…
DURING the countdown to the 2018 harmonised elections, most parliamentary aspirants articulated their manifestos with aplomb in front of thousands of supporters at rallies, but the dexterity and linguistic acrobatics they displayed at the time has somehow vanished after they were sworn in as legislators. One is left wondering if it is down to difficulties…
IN ZIMBABWE’S capital Harare, recurring outbreaks of cholera and typhoid fever are a pressing health concern. In many of the city’s suburbs, public water supply is unreliable, and blocked sewage pipes, pit latrines, and poor waste management contaminate the groundwater. Using innovative borehole technology and empowering communities to manage their own water points, Doctors Without…
AFTER months of efforts to keep coronavirus out of Zimbabwe, the government is still struggling to gain public confidence on its ability to fight the deadly epidemic. That the coronavirus (Covid-19) is on the country’s doorstep in South Africa, Zimbabweans feel it is now a matter of time before the scourge spreads into the country…
THERE is an old African saying that “when elephants fight it is the grass that suffers” and it rings true for penury-weary Zimbabweans who have been counting on talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to break the political and economic logjam. Although both Mnangagwa and Chamisa have expressed willingness to talk…
