Significance of editorial cartoons

Knowledge Mushohwe
Editorial cartooning is not a recent phenomenon. There is evidence that the cartoon has been part of the human experience for centuries. What is believed to be the oldest existing caricature was

A mother of the struggle

Tichaona Zindoga
The widow of Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo, Johanna — who died on June 3, 2003 — could best be described as the mother of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle. This is not only because of the fact that

Editorial Comment: Grants best way to ensure no one starves

All countries and all societies have to face the fact that some people, some families, simply cannot support themselves and need help, even to buy food. How this is done has always been the difficult question. Zimbabwe, since independence, has tried a variety of schemes: subsidies on basic foods

Separating love from materialism

Sekai Nzenza
“I love you so much that I am going to make you my third and last wife!” declared the hero in the Nigerian movie on Africa Magic. And the beautiful young woman looked at the hero’s glittering black

Xinhua visits Zimpapers

Herald Reporter
Visiting Xinhua News Agency editor-in-chief He Ping has urged local media institutions to stay abreast with technological developments

Makandiwa will not register

Peter Matambanadzo Senior Reporter
United Family International Church leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has said he will not register with the

D-Day for Copac draft

Takunda Maodza Herald Reporter
ZANU-PF’S Politburo meets today to finalise its audit of the draft Constitution that will determine whether the party endorses or rejects the document.
At its last meeting, the Politburo raised questions on why people’s views were not properly captured in the draft.

It also noted that the document deviated from what was captured during the outreach programme.
Zanu-PF spokesperson Cde Rugare Gumbo yesterday said his party will come up with a final position at today’s meeting.

“We look forward to finalising on the document. There is no reason why we will not finalise it today,” he said.

Cde Gumbo said Zanu-PF members who were part of the Constitution-making process at Copac level had overlooked some of the critical issues, hence the need for the Politburo to digest these and see how they maybe incorporated in the final document.

“They overlooked some of the critical issues, which Politburo felt needed to be re-emphasised to reflect the views of the people,” he said.

Zanu-PF is revisiting the document chapter-by-chapter and sentence-by-sentence to ensure that what was captured during the outreach exercise is included in the final document.
The party has dismissed reports in some sections of the media that it is divided over the draft Constitution.

Kombi driver gets US$50 bail

Court Reporter
A commuter omnibus driver who allegedly ran over a female police officer who stopped him in the city centre has appeared in court charged with attempted murder. Gerald Mhlanga (27) appeared before

Masvingo Youths threaten to beat up referee

From Godknows Matarutse in Bindura

A referee had to be escorted off the pitch by the police as Masvingo players threatened to beat him up after he awarded Bulawayo Province a dubious penalty and made a number of questionable decisions on the opening day of the National Youth Games.

48pc of TelOne’s equipment still running on analogue

At least 48 percent of TelOne’s  network equipment is running on the analogue system due to lack of funds needed to digitalise operations, the fixed telephone services provider has said.

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