HARARE – Several musicians and journalists are expected to attend a Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) stakeholder consultative workshop at the Zimbabwe College of Music tomorrow morning. Zima marketing and communications executive Farai Chapoterera told the Daily News yesterday the workshop would explore adjudication and categorisation aspects of the revived gongs that were last held seven…
HARARE – Media reports that Mary Chiwenga, the new Miss Zimbabwe Trust chairperson did not invite Bongani Dhlakama the Miss Zimbabwe 2012 who by default was still the reigning Miss Zimbabwe to the recent Miss Zimbabwe finals made some sad reading. Bongani was the 2012-2013 queen, but there was no queen for 2013-2014 as Chiwenga…
HARARE – Controversial dancers Beverly “Bev” Sibanda and Zoey Sifelani have lined up “mutually beneficial” joint concerts with upcoming dancehall artistes. The partnership was confirmed by Dancers Association of Zimbabwe (Daz) official Hapaguti “Harpers” Mapimhidze who is convinced the two parties stand to benefit from working together. The first joint concert is set for Super…
HARARE – A 25-page dossier penned by the “Renewal Team” details a plan to overthrow MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai by destroying his “brand strength” and financial “resource base.” Power point slides obtained by the Daily News yesterday, show that a group of rebels held a strategic meeting early this year where they came up with plans…
HARARE – An ex-manager in Energy Mutodi’s property development firm has said the businessman used home seekers’ money to cover up an accident that killed four people from the same family in Gutu. Mutodi is answering charges of swindling home-seekers of $588 787 in failed housing development schemes. He is jointly charged with Boniface Chikono,…
HARARE – Police, in the company of the CID Officer-in-Charge, soldiers, and Law and Order officers, yesterday raided Radio Kwelaz offices on allegations of broadcasting without a licence. An alert issued by Nyasha Nyakunu, Misa- Zimbabwe senior programmes officer, said the police arrived with a search warrant at 10am and started dismantling all the studio…
HARARE – Trial dates for Air Zimbabwe and Navistar Insurance Brokers (Private) Limited (Navistar) bosses, facing fraud and theft of trust property charges, have been set. Air Zimbabwe’s company secretary Grace Nyaradzai Pfumbidzayi; ex-chief executive Peter Chikumba; ex-acting chief executive officer Innocent Mavhunga, and Navistar bosses Givemore Nderere, Vukile Hlupo and Orten Mawire, appeared before…
HARARE – Cash-strapped Chitungwiza Municipality is writing off five percent of the over $50 million owed by residents as an incentive for them to pay up their bills. The resolution was passed in Kadoma during a capacity building workshop amid a deepening crisis that has seen the local authority failing to pay salaries. The local…
RIO DE JANEIRO – Spain midfielder Andres Iniesta says that the defending champions must ready themselves for a fight when they tackle Chile in Wednesday’s make-or-break World Cup encounter in Rio de Janeiro. Spain’s 5-1 drubbing by the Netherlands has left them in a vulnerable position in Group B and they will be eliminated if…
HARARE – The advent of the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil has brought with it many things for different people but one constant that is gaining momentum across the world is betting. Since the World Cup opener between Brazil and Croatia on Thursday night, Zimbabwe has not been left out of the haste with…
