BULAWAYO – The age-old tradition when Christmas brought palpable excitement among Zimbabweans is gradually losing its twinkle. Tradition had it that this time of the year the second largest city of Bulawayo would go abuzz with the blue and white South African vehicle number plates. Not anymore. Even for the returning Zimbabwean working in South…
HARARE – Charles William Dambudzo Marechera was a Zimbabwean novelist and poet. He was born in Vhengere Township, Rusape, to Isaac Marechera, a mortuary attendant, and Masvotwa Venenzia Marechera, a maid. Dambudzo died at the age of 35, and left behind a large number of unpublished literary works. Turning his back to the traditions of…
HARARE – Praise Emily, daughter of former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono and Hellen, was married to Joseph Tshalahika Malaba on Saturday in Christ Church Borrowdale Church in Harare in one of the priciest wedding Zimbabwe has ever seen. The wedding was a classy affair, with glamour and excitement punctuating the show stopping…
HARARE – In golf, rub of the green means if the ball hits or accidentally deflects on an outside agent, you don’t get punished; you hit the ball from where it lies. But the rub of the green has had a different meaning particularly in football where commentators refer to either an unlucky team or…
HARARE – Italian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Stefano Moscatelli’s (SM) four-year term in the country ends this month. His service has been characterised by the active promotion of cooperation and understanding between Zimbabwe and Italy through initiatives in the business, cultural and health sectors. The Daily News (DN) met the outgoing ambassador for a wide ranging…
HARARE – That Zimbabwe no longer has the luxury to pay lip service to deforestation is now a reality. The indiscriminate destruction of trees, combined with other environmental tragedies, is now hitting where it most hurts — the stomach. While the farming season used to start around October, this is no longer the case. The…
HARARE – “Politics is addictive,” says 58-year-old Joice Mujuru, and laughs loudly. She would know, as she has been on the frontline of Zimbabwe’s rough politics since she was a teenager when she ran away from home to fight minority white rule. “I never dreamed of being where I am now, today, not for one…
HARARE – Tapera, 26, has no job and already feels like a huge disappointment to his mother and siblings. The thought of them finding out about his drug use clearly causes him even more anguish. He has just finished playing snooker at a nearby bar after taking his daily fix and looks at his friends…
EDITOR — I was shocked to read that teachers who marked Grade 7 examinations were paid a paltry $2 for 11 days’ work. If I was in their shoes, I would have reacted the same way they did. Honestly guys, we might have problems politically, economically or otherwise but we cannot stoop so low as…
HARARE – There was much trepidation among Zimbabwean journalists and publishers when Jonathan Moyo was recently appointed Media, Information and Broadcasting Services minister. This understandable fear stemmed from Moyo’s legacy in this ministry a decade ago, a dark period in the country’s post-independent history that witnessed the forced closure of four newspapers by the government…
