Mugove Tafirenyika IN A dramatic turn of events, frustrated youths from the country’s biggest opposition party, the MDC, last week seized the iconic national headquarters, the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House, demanding dialogue between interim president Thokozani Khupe and bitter rival Nelson Chamisa. Khupe and Chamisa have been at each’s throats since the…
Maxwell Sibanda THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has officially handed over a Draft Comprehensive Electoral Amendment Bill to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. Zesn chairperson Andrew Makoni handed the comprehensive draft to Acting Chairperson of Portfolio Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Joshua Murire in a virtual event. Last year…
ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) says it is more than ready to receive tourists after government recently gave the tourism sector the green light to reopen since the imposition of coronavirus (Covid-19) national lockdown in March. The Daily News on Sunday Senior Staff Writer Sindiso Mhlophe last week sat down with ZimParks director general…
WITH Zimbabwe’s political crisis deepening amid growing calls for an inclusive dialogue, senior consultant with the International Crisis Group Piers Pigou, told the Daily News on Sunday last week that South Africa must work with the country’s all-weather friends, China and Russia, to find solutions. Below are the excerpts. Q: What is your assessment of…
WHEN the Covid-19 pandemic hit the globe in December 2019, many projected that like many outbreaks before, countries would contain it before devastating economies. But eight months later, the world is battling to contain the epidemic. Lockdowns have affected food production and grounded economies. Three weeks ago, Zimbabwe responded by unveiling the National Tourism Recovery…
Itai Dzamara was a Zimbabwean journalist who left the pen for activism. In October 2014, Dzamara hand-delivered a petition to the late former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe at his Munhumutapa Offices asking him to step down immediately for failing to govern the country. Dzamara then said, in his petition he had asked the now…
ZIMBABWE has once again come under the spotlight over an alleged human rights crisis. Civil society groups, churches, political organisations in and outside the country have slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government over the alleged human rights violations following the crackdown on opposition political leaders, activists and government critics in support of the foiled…
AS pressure mounts for the regional grouping Sadc to end Zimbabwe’s long running crises, University of Zimbabwe’s politics expert, Eldred Masunungure, says South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa and his envoys are likely to come out stuck unless they involve other liberation movements. He speaks to Daily News on Sunday’s Consulting Editor, Constantine Chimakure, on this…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, August 15, 2020, addressed the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of 74th Indian Independence Day. After paying tribute to people who laid down their lives during the freedom struggle, PM Modi began with praising corona warriors and the challenges posed by Covid-19 pandemic….
NOBUKHOSI Ndlovu’s mother Nomaqhawe, 47, had always struggled with acute asthma, characterised by shortness of breath, chest tightness, coughing and in most serious cases, wheezing. Last week on Monday she suffered a sudden asthmatic attack while watching television with her eldest daughter and three other children — Nomazulu, 21, Nomathemba, 16, and Nomusa, 4. “We…
