HARARE – Government says students who fail to attain at least five Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) credits at Ordinary Level must be given another chance by enrolling again through a parallel evening programme. Out of the 173 856 candidates who sat for the Zimsec examinations last year, only 36 031 managed to pass the…
MASVINGO – A Mushagashe man has won a protection order from the Civil Court against his brother’s son who conducted day-long prayers with his wife in a locked room. Masvingo magistrate Sibonginkosi Mkandla last week granted Vitalis Makomeke a protection order against his brother’s son, Peter Makomeke, whom he suspected of having an affair with…
HARARE – Another National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) ceremony has just gone by and, as has become the norm, it has left the Zimbabwean arts community deeply divided. Predictably, the winners of Zimbabwe’s premier arts awards are in celebratory mood while those who did not make it are crying foul. We could easily dismiss the…
HARARE – When Welshman Ncube broke ranks with the MDC and vowed never to reunite with Morgan Tsvangirai many of the self-proclaimed democratic forces and civil society accused him of betraying the democratic dream. In fact, Tsvangirai fanatics were quick to label Welshman a CIO operative with the conspiracies escalating to opaque levels of claiming…
HARARE – Zimbabwe expects to rake in nearly $35 million from the second auction of its diamonds in Antwerp, Belgium this week. The country — planning to resume local auctions this year — put over 923 000 diamond carats under the hammer. Last year, it sold more than 279 000 carats in Antwerp and realised…
HARARE – Listed Chemco Holdings Limited (Chemco) plans to convert a debt owed to TSL Limited (TSL) into equity. Consequently, TSL — owed around $2 million — will increase its shareholding to 81, 64 percent in the agro-focused group. Chemco will also delist from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. The transaction awaits shareholder approval at an…
GWERU – Gweru-based sculptor Forbes Mushipe says the third consecutive National Arts Merit Award (Nama) in the mixed media category he has just received is special to him because it is about the girl child. The artiste’s Nhapwasikana shrugged off the challenge of Johnson Zuze’s Barking Dog and Anthony Ngandu’s School Children at last weekend’s…
HARARE – Ndongosimudza Musoro hit-maker Soul Jah Love has composed a song in honour of President Robert Mugabe to be released tomorrow at Gwanzura Stadium during a celebratory for concert for the Zanu PF leader. Simba Marachera, who produced the Mugabe praise song titled Zimbabwe, told the Daily News that the controversial dancehall star was…
HARARE – Prophet Uebert Angel, the popular Spirit Embassy founder and leader jetted into the country yesterday after more than a month in the United Kingdom. Angel’s arrival put paid to widespread speculation that he had relocated to London. Zimbabwe’s social media had been awash with the reports that Angel had fled the country but…
HARARE – Former United States of America (USA) congressman Mel Jay Reynolds has been remanded in custody after being arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Court on charges of contravening Immigration and Censorship Acts. Reynolds, 62, was not asked to plead to the charges yesterday, after appearing on two separate records. His lawyer Arthur Gurira applied…
