THIS beautiful city, with its gorgeous and serene environment, a rich culture, coupled with conventional tree-lined streets, is facing a worsening water crisis. Once a pristine Ndebele King Lobengula’s capital before the colonialists turned it into the country’s industrial hub, Bulawayo is deep in the throes of not just pesky, perennial water woes. In the…
THE Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government is grappling with growing demands for compensation by victims of oppression and torture under his predecessor Robert Mugabe’s regime. The Mnangagwa government, which toppled the Mugabe regime through a soft coup in November 2017, has agreed to shell out thousands of dollars in taxpayer’s money as compensation settlement for Zimbabweans, mainly…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to stoke heated debate over his excessive foreign trips, with analysts saying his advisors must counsel him to cut down on his costs of travel. In his 18 months of rule, Mnangagwa has made at least 30 foreign trips to March 31, 2019, some a day long and to neighbouring countries,…
AS I walked past the infamous Matapi Police Station in the capital city’s oldest suburb of Mbare, thoughts raced through my mind as I remembered the famed former High Court judge Justice Fergus Blackie who spent a night at the station’s smelly cells as a guest of the State way back in 2002. Only in…
WHEN the 2013 Constitution came into force, it provided for devolution of power through the creation of provincial and metropolitan councils. Chapter 14 of the new supreme law of the land states that the objective of devolution is to give powers of local governance to the people and enhance their participation in making decisions on…
A HARARE man who claimed he was sexually abused by a Jesuit priest and contracted HIV is demanding compensation from the country’s Roman Catholic Church — the first such civil case in the country. The man — a 32-year-old — is demanding US$13 000 in damages for the sexual abuse he claims he suffered for…
CELEBRATED writer Virginia Phiri has released her fourth fiction novel titled Grey Angels which follows on the success of other novels like Highway Queen (2010), Destiny (2006) and Desperate (2002). The Daily News on Sunday’s Assistant Editor Maxwell Sibanda caught up with Phiri whose works have also been published in numerous short story (fiction), poetry…
Chairman of Fools, By Shimmer Chinodya, Harare, Weaver Press, 2005, (2006 edition) 182 Pages. ISBN: 1-77922-041-3 (Paperback) THERE are some books one would not tire re-reading for the simple reason that they are excellent narratives. [GoogleAd] Shimmer Chinodya’s Chairman of Fools is one such book whose plot reflects on real-life happenings in Zimbabwean families. The…
Every first Friday of the month is now a national clean-up day as part of government’s efforts to entrench sustainable environment management and waste disposal systems. [GoogleAd] In line with the national clean-up campaign, officially launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa late last year, clean-ups should take place at every home, workplace, public and private institution…
WHEN some of us were growing up, it was possible to walk into a bookstore perhaps once a month scouting for any new books on the market. My major interest was on creative works — fiction to be particular. Probably I should also mention that the bulk of the books on my shelf today were…
