Meet Zimbabwe’s whizzkid who skips grades
At four years, most children will be struggling to spell their names properly. Some will still be failing to sing their kindergarten hymns with clarity. Epworth’s Tinotenda Manyemba is a distant exception from what his peers are. At that age, he was already topping his class in Grade One, displaying his extraordinary academic abilities. How […]
UN, SADC Urged to Avert Crisis in Zimbabwe
AS the United Nations General Assembly 2016 got underway in New York this week, opposition parties called on the global body to intervene and isolate Zimbabwe accusing President Robert Mugabe’s government of declaring war on citizens. The MDC-T led the appeal saying Mugabe was “smelling blood” and Zimbabwe was effectively under a “de-facto state of […]
Whose Victory Was It – the State or Demonstrators?
Having been out covering the demonstrations that rocked Harare for the better part of Monday, I feel as qualified as anybody to offer, at least a bit of perspective as a reporter who unexpectedly found himself in the thick of things. It was seven in the morning and I was flipping through the pages of […]
104 Epworth, Mabvuku Protesters in the Dock
One hundred and four people from Epworth and Mabvuku in Harare linked to Monday’s public violence against police roadblocks appeared in court yesterday and were remanded in custody to today for bail hearing. The court heard that among the group were four schoolchildren. The magistrate Mr Vakayi Chikwekwe ordered four of the protesters, who were […]
MDC-T in Bid to Escalate Violence
ANALYSTS yesterday rapped the MDC-T after the opposition party hastily convened a Press conference urging its members to join hooligans who were blocking roads in Epworth and Ruwa. The beleaguered main opposition party that has been plagued by splinters and defections has been advocating violent, illegal regime change but has been consistently ignored by peace […]
Zimbabwe Taxi Operators and Police Clash
Commuter omnibus operators are engaged in running battles with police in Epworth that have left scores of people seeking transport stranded. The kombi operators are protesting against heavy police presence on the road. The police are using teargas to disperse people gathered at various pick-up points in Epworth. The protesters, among them Epworth residents, are […]
