Columnist / Gift phiri
Zimbabwe legalised the growing of marijuana for medical purposes
THE daily use of cannabis is associated with an increased risk of psychosis or serious mental illness, with more potent forms of the drug such as "skunk" heightening the risk, a study by leading scien...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 11:40hrs | 14 | by Gift Phiri
Chamisa's wife followed in high-speed vehicle chase?
Daily News editor Gift Phiri chats to MDC leader Nelson Chamisa. Find below excerpts of the interview.Q: It seems you remain trapped in election mode almost four months after the election. Wha...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 13:30hrs | 1 | by Gift Phiri
Opposition must boycott Zimbabwe elections
All the 22 opposition candidates contesting this presidential election must, for once, agree on one thing, that is to boycott the elections and create a legitimacy crisis for this competitive authorit...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 14:19hrs | 1 | by Gift Phiri
Open letter to Mrs Mnangagwa
Dear first lady,It is with tremendous obligation that I have been moved to publish this open letter to you since your husband duly assumed office when he took the oath of office as President a...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 11:09hrs | 1 | by Gift Phiri
Nothing amiss about MDC-T lawyers representing Zanu-PF clients
In the expanding anti-corruption crackdown on the country's political elite, several erstwhile senior ruling party members have been arraigned in the purge being pursued by new President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 09:59hrs | 1 | by Gift Phiri
Chinamasa's propaganda can't resuscitate the Zimbabwean economy
Back in the days when the Soviet Union was still a communist empire, its flagship broadsheet newspaper was called Pravda, or "Truth".But all and sundry knew it was a supplier of lies....Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 12:35hrs | | by Gift Phiri
Anger against Mugabe grows
Abducted journalist-turned-human rights activist Itai Dzamara's continued disappearance is acting as a catalyst for unity among President Robert Mugabe's political opponents, as they say his governmen...Published: 14 Jul 2015 at 16:15hrs | | by Gift Phiri
Mugabe manhandling of Moyo alarms ministers
There were strong suggestions yesterday that Tuesday's surprising freezing of voluble Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo from Cabinet could be a precursor to the long-mooted major executive reshuf...Published: 26 Jun 2015 at 14:25hrs | | by Gift Phiri
Mystery surrounding Dzamara's 'abduction'
Activist Itai Dzamara was getting his haircut at the local barbershop when five armed men seized him, shoved him into an unmarked truck and sped off. He hasn't been seen since. Dzamara, 35, i...Published: 18 Mar 2015 at 20:27hrs | | by Gift Phiri
Bribe-seeking police checkpoints hinder travellers in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe - Known for its poverty and authoritarian leadership, Zimbabwe is also home to some of the world's most stunning natural wonders.But the African nation's alluring holiday destination...Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 13:42hrs | | by Gift Phiri I Al Jazeera
Mugabe dumps liberation values
President Robert Mugabe is constructing a reconfigured personalised rule, or a regime unbounded by rules - one that operates at total variance with the ruling party's 1980 manifesto.The rulin...Published: 26 Nov 2014 at 11:49hrs | | by Gift Phiri
'Mugabe looking beyond Mujuru, Mnangagwa for a successor'
President Robert Mugabe's brutal pruning of Vice President Joice Mujuru's allies has fuelled speculation that the nonagenarian is looking beyond his embattled deputy - and possibly Justice minister Em...Published: 16 Nov 2014 at 14:04hrs | | by Chris Goko and Gift Phiri
Robert Mugabe's successor
She began her career young as a guerrilla, and then rose through the ranks to become a member of President Robert Mugabe's inner circle and now Zimbabwe's new Constitution has come as a blessing to he...Published: 15 Jun 2014 at 17:25hrs | | by Gift Phiri
'Tendai Biti is out of order,' - Tsvangirai interview
Daily News' news editor Gift Phiri (GP) chatted with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai (MT) at his Highlands mansion for this exclusive and wide-ranging interview. Find below excerpts of the interv...Published: 19 Mar 2014 at 13:09hrs | 2 | by Gift Phiri
MKD not a Zanu-PF project - Simba Makoni
Daily News' political editor Gift Phiri (GP) talks to opposition Mavambo Kusile Dawn leader Simba Makoni (SM) about the forthcoming election.GP: How do you define yourself as a leader, and why...Published: 06 Jun 2013 at 11:20hrs | | by Gift Phiri
Zimbabwe cracks down on prostitution
Harare, Zimbabwe - A woman dressed in a fake Burberry trench-coat struts along a pitch-dark stretch of this southern African city's red-light district.Sporting knee-high boots and red lipstic...Published: 20 May 2013 at 11:44hrs | | by Gift Phiri | aljazeera.com
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