© THE Daily News on Sunday senior writer Mugove Tafirenyika speaks to Obey Sithole, the newly-elected MDC Youth Assembly president on his new role and the way forward for the country’s biggest opposition. [GoogleAd] Q: You lead the youth in the country’s biggest opposition. What is your vision for the party and country and how…
© WELL-KNOWN for her controversial stunts in parliamentary sessions, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga is likely to be remembered for her robust advocacy for menstrual hygiene and as a radical feminist loved and vilified in equal measure. [GoogleAd] Surviving major political reshuffles, shake-ups and always finding her way into Parliament, the mother of one son has led a…
© BELGIUM-BASED Zimbabwean visual artist and art gallery owner, Molly Phiri Winckelmans, is reaping rewards of a bold decision she made decades ago to defy her mother. [GoogleAd] Winckelmans’ love and talent for art, which emerged at a very tender age, saw her spending most of her childhood years drawing and crafting designs from anything…
© CHIEF Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has set tongues wagging. An eloquent speaker, the Chief of Ntabazinduna has emerged to be one of the fiercest critics of Zanu PF. [GoogleAd] And for that reason, he is not really welcome within the corridors of power where chiefs are generally accepted as “paragons of virtue”. Chief Ndiweni stands accused…
© CONTROVERSIAL Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna believes that while former president Robert Mugabe had serious imperfections in terms of his rule, the Second Republic is even worse. [GoogleAd] In this Question and Answer with the Daily News on Sunday’s Jeffrey Muvundusi, the traditional leader candidly talks about his relationship with the ruling Zanu PF…
© AS I snaked up the dusty dirt road that links Waterfalls and Highfield in Harare, I reached a rocky outcrop where the road seemed to reach a dead end. [GoogleAd] Commuter omnibuses on the City-Glen Norah and even Chitungwiza-Machipisa route use this winding dirt road to evade the police roadblock often mounted on High…
© IMMEDIATELY after being charged with subversion, George Makoni, Gamuchirai Mukura and Sithabile Dewa were among the seven activists that were whisked to Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison where they would endure a two-week stay as rights lawyers battled to have them freed. [GoogleAd] The group also included Rita Nyamupinga, Tatenda Mombeyarara, Nyasha Mpahlo and Farirayi…
© WHEN retrenchment knocked on Roselyn Musarurwa Charehwa’s door more than a decade ago while she was comfortably working for the Southern African Development Community (Sadc), she was devastated. [GoogleAd] Jobless and with no soul to turn to for help, Charehwa an independent woman at heart, began to think of her retrenchment as a blessing…
© IN the absence of a national safety net coupled with the current prohibitive cost of healthcare services, it is imperative that Zimbabwe sets up a national health insurance scheme that caters comprehensively for every citizen to ensure the attainment of universal health coverage (UHC). [GoogleAd] UHC refers to a situation where all people receive…
© AS THE economic situation in the country continues to deteriorate, opposition legislators are now putting more pressure on government to deal with the issue of partisan food distribution. [GoogleAd] MDC legislators who have persistently accused Zanu PF of using food aid as a political tool are upping the ante in the current ninth Parliament….
