© THE ruling Zanu PF party has developed a penchant for excuses to mask its failures, political analysts have said. [GoogleAd] The party, which has been in power for the past 39 years, has been accused of running down the country’s economy, abusing human rights and using every means necessary to remain in power. After…
© WHEN the magistrate announced her ruling and sentenced him to two years in jail, the usually bold Paddington Japajapa, an MDC activist, felt tears welling in his eyes. Time stood still as he stared blankly in front of a packed courthouse. [GoogleAd] He remembers the name of the magistrate who convicted him, and even…
© MILLIONS of Zimbabweans face the spectre of a famine for the second year in a row after drought hit sub-Saharan Africa’s erstwhile breadbasket — now a basket case — the [GoogleAd] Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said as the United Nations ramped up its aid appeal to more than $331 million. The current El Niño-linked…
© GRACE Mugabe was the controversial first lady of Zimbabwe before a military coup ousted her doddering husband, an intellectual despot who died in Singapore two weeks ago aged 95. [GoogleAd] Detestably nicknamed “Gucci Grace” by the public, Grace’s lavish lifestyle symbolised the unchecked extravagance of the Zimbabwean elite and led to her husband’s ouster…
© THE worst drought in almost four decades, cyclone-induced floods and an economic collapse have left Zimbabwe on the verge of its worst-ever famine. [GoogleAd] The southern African nation will probably run out of maize — its staple food — by January and about three out of five Zimbabweans won’t have enough to eat, according…
© The Daily News on Sunday’s Tarisai Machakaire interviews Cossum Chiangwa, who has filed a Supreme Court appeal challenging a High Court ruling declaring his nemesis, Amon Madawo, the legitimate leader of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) Church. [GoogleAd] Below are excerpts of the interview. Q. Are you happy with how this matter…
© GERTRUDE Chirisa, 22, is a student at a local State university. She lives with her boyfriend Kudakwashe, who is also a student at the same institution, as husband and wife. [GoogleAd] They rent a room a few kilometres from campus which they share with their friends George and Mable, who are also boyfriend and…
© Almost as long as there has been an independent Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has presided over it. Thirty-seven years in charge. [GoogleAd] It wasn’t all bad. But it was mostly bad, and the history books that he loved to read will judge him harshly. He was, from the very beginning, an enigma: a jumble of…
© His successor must address corruption and human rights abuses and engage with the millions who feel disenfranchised [Adz] Zimbabwe’s founding leader, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, has died. The widespread reaction to his death has revealed starkly the divided legacy he leaves behind. From one viewpoint he is Zimbabwe’s founding father, the man who led his…
© WHILE teaching was the common career path of choice in the Chipfunde family, Rindai Chipfunde-Vava deviated from the family profession as she believed women had more to contribute than they were afforded. [GoogleAd] Driven by her passion for human rights and governance, Chipfunde-Vava defied the odds and chose to pursue Politics and Administration, which…
