© AS founder of the Zimbabwe Fashion Week (ZFW), businesswoman Priscilla Chigariro was associated with glitz and style. [GoogleAd] Away from the glamour, though, her marriage to Russian national Allen Aleksey Gessen was imploding. After joining her husband in Moscow, where Gessen had moved to from Zimbabwe in 2015, her marriage degenerated into an alleged…
© AFTER 30 years of intense commercial sex work, entertaining close to 20 men per night, Juliet Mada’s back is now sore as age is catching up with her at 46. [GoogleAd] Mada used to charge between $5 and $20 per session and the money was enough to buy her furniture, take care of herself and…
© COTTON production in Zimbabwe was an agricultural success story which spearheaded rural economic transformation in the arid and semi-arid regions of the country, while also generating foreign currency of up to US$150 million per year. [GoogleAd] Approximately 357 000 farmers grow cotton mostly in natural regions 4 and 5 in the country. The crop became…
© PURSUING a career in human rights activism in Zimbabwe has always been a challenging path, as rights defenders often face intimidation, arbitrary arrests, abductions and torture. [GoogleAd] However, a few individuals like Okay Machisa, the current Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) director, have braved the storm. After 10 years of working as a rights…
© THEY often say politics is a dirty game, a dog-eat-dog world where brutality and violence reign, and in Africa, it is the survival of the fittest. [GoogleAd] In Zimbabwe, the political environment in early 2000s was very unfriendly to dissenting voices in political spheres. The political space was highly-populated by men while for females…
© WHILE the Church has been leading the way in calling for political dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, whose haggling is blamed for the lack of economic progress in the country, analysts say the clergy cannot be independent arbiters as they are political. [GoogleAd] Political analyst Admire Mare said…
© ALMOST four decades after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the state of schools in Kariba and Binga remains a cause for concern as most of them are running without proper learning structures and teaching accessories. [GoogleAd] Teachers are still living in squalid conditions, where they have to make do with single thatched rooms. As…
© THE City of Harare recently announced a $4,5 billion budget for the year 2020. Our Deputy Chief Writer Tendai Kamhungira took time to speak to Harare mayor Herbert Gomba to discuss the feasibility of this budget and other issues affecting the council. Below are the excerpts of the interview. [GoogleAd] Q: Do you think…
© SENIOR doctors who declared incapacitation last month have petitioned Parliament to intervene in their situation after government fired over 400 of their juniors. [GoogleAd] They have complained that due to their incapacitation and lack of medical equipment, hospitals are no longer a safe environment for patients. Daily News on Sunday reporter Nokuthaba Nkomo sat…
© AN EXTENSIVE slump in disposable incomes for Zimbabwe’s hard-pressed working class could inflict significant damage to the coun- try’s tourism destinations this festive season. It has been a difficult year for the southern African country, which has placed its world class holiday destinations at the heart of a long expected economic recovery, with domestic…
