University of Zimbabwe lecturer Memory Chirere is one Zimbabwean writer who is comfortable writing across the major languages of English and Shona. Chirere, who has published short stories in No More Plastic Balls (1999), A Roof to Repair (2000), Writing Still (2003) and Creatures Great and Small (2005) also has a number of short story…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa once said “ukabuda muZanu, unosvava seshizha rabva pana mai varo”, literally meaning life is difficult outside the ruling party. [GoogleAd] True to his statement, many bigwigs booted out of the ruling party are struggling to make ends meet outside Zanu PF, with most of them going back, cap in hand, begging…
© CHINUA Achebe ranks among the topmost writers to emerge from the African continent mainly because he happens to have been a pioneer in telling the story of the continent, especially following its contact with European imperialism. [GoogleAd] The late famous Nigerian writer’s recreation of the period just after Africa’s contact with Europe has no…
© A well regulated and effective medical aid insurance sector could lessen the cost burden on members and reduce the incidence of shortfalls. [GoogleAd] Disclosure and standardisation of the annual reports and financial statements in the sector is important. One of the leading medical aid societies has just published its annual report. The members of…
© THE pain and guilt of losing 35 chicks due to her negligence when she was a young girl decades ago spurred Evangelista Chekera to dream of coming up with innovative solutions to the problems they regularly encountered at her father’s poultry farm. [GoogleAd] Though still very young at the time, Chekera was convinced that…
© ABOUT 60 kilometres northwest of Bulawayo in the semi-arid lands of Umguza, the Mkhwananzi family earns a living from providing manual labour within their village. [GoogleAd] If they are not working on the fields, they are herding cattle as part of their pursuit for that extra dollar needed to put bread on the table….
© WHEN he came to power through a military coup in 2017, President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised Zimbabweans a clean break from the past. [GoogleAd] Nearly 18 months after sweeping to power, his anti-corruption drive is turning into hot air with many questioning some of his appointments to key institutions, including parastatals. Just last week, he…
© JACOB Ngarivhume, leader of Transform Zimbabwe (TZ), does not see any difference between the old and new dispensations. If anything, he believes President Emmerson Mnangagwa is actually worse than his predecessor. [GoogleAd] In this interview with the Daily News on Sunday’s Blessings Mashaya, Ngarivhume speaks about rebuilding TZ, the need for electoral reforms and…
© A SIGNIFICANT section of the MDC family, including the opposition political party’s leadership, is convinced that the Zanu PF government played a role in the death of the party’s founding father Morgan Tsvangirai who succumbed to cancer of the colon in February last year. [GoogleAd] This is despite the fact that prior to his…
© IT IS now over a year since the founding president of the MDC, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, passed to heavenly glory. I want to share with fellow freedom and democracy proponents my last political tête-à-tête with him in November 2017. [GoogleAd] “Save (my totem) I want to see you, please come over,” said Tsvangirai on…
