BY RUTENDO NGARA MUNYARADZI Makore felt relieved when he heard the judge announce that his brother, Tapiwa Snr, and neighbour Tafadzwa Shamba, who brutally murdered his nine year-old son, Tapiwa Jr, and dismembered his body, would be sentenced to death. On July 12 last year, Shamba and Tapiwa Snr were sentenced to death following a…
By Munyaradzi Mapfumo POLITICS by its very nature does not follow morally acceptable ways of taking power. Every political player is plotting, planning, and seeking ways to amass the most power possible. The very set up of politics is, therefore, to realise that it is a negotiated space and at every moment one should be…
IN December 2021, Setfree Mafukidze, his wife and four children moved to Somerset in the United Kingdom, joining a long list of…
THE government has set new minimum guidelines for the licensing of nightclubs which include that buildings should be fully soundproofed so that operations do not affect residential homes. This comes amid an increase in the number of liquor outlets in Central Business Districts and suburbs as well as rampant drug and substance abuse countrywide. In…
A PROPHET is not without honour except in his own country, says the Bible. In most cases the African community tends to undermine the role of a preacher. A visit by the Daily News on Sunday to Chitungwiza Unit L Community Hall in Seke where the charismatic preacher Miracle Paul holds his Sunday services had…
WHEN Delight Ziwacha was 16, she didn’t know one could get pregnant after having unprotected sex only once. A friend told her…
POLISH artist and spiritualist, Klara Ana Rosa Wojtkowska has set tongues wagging after claiming she is a spirit medium (svikiro) of a Zimbabwean ancestor. Despite the general view in Shona religion that spirits of dead people possess individuals within their ancestral line, Wojtkowska insisted during a recent discussion at the University of Zimbabwe Department of…
AS the country celebrated World Wetlands Day on Friday, it is crucial to recognise the immense importance of preserving wetlands, which provide a wide array of beneficial services for people and wildlife. This comes as Harare’s population is always increasing, with most wetlands having been drained to pave way for development and a lot of…
SOUTH Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also known as the Hawks, has launched an extensive manhunt for Zimbabwean man, Amos Tineyi…
ONE evening in late July 2023, Belinda Mashavire received devastating news: her husband of five months, Joseph Foya, had been killed in…
