HARARE – Raunchy dancer Berverly ‘Bev’ Sibanda has been fined $100 for contravening sections of the Censorship and Entertainement Act. Bev, 23, pleaded guilty to two counts of violating provisions of the Act which prohibit “public entertainment not approved by the censorship board”. Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei sentenced Bev to five months imprisonment of which…
HARARE – Dancehall star Soul Jah Love’s former manager, Courage Zikhali, has dismissed the controversial artiste’s latest track titled Handimbomira as “sour grapes.” Zikhali, who recently parted ways with the Simudza Musoro singer under acrimonious circumstances, told the Daily News yesterday that Soul Jah Love’s attack in the new song was motivated by sheer bitterness….
BULAWAYO – Upcoming Bulawayo author Njabulo Moyo has been appointed the African Young Writers Association (Aywa) director for Zimbabwe. Aywa is a youth organisation based in the Ghanaian capital, Accra and seeks to create a platform for young African writers to share stories about the writing craft. Part of the organisation’s activities include participation in…
HARARE – Sungura artiste Peter “Young Igwe” Moyo and the Utakataka Express will begin shooting videos of songs off his maiden album Mushonga Mukuru this month. The Utakataka Express manager Sukol Dube, confirmed the development in an interview with the Daily News yesterday. “We have been working on our choreography since January this year and…
EDITOR — Fortunes to go for two consecutive years to play on the international stage were bluntly blown away by the so-called Warriors. I watched the match with lots of confidence believing our boys would sail through, but I was wrong. Yes, as Zimbabweans we have every reason to be angry over their pathetic performance….
HARARE – A regular soldier in the army before and after Independence, followed by 25 years of working in a Zimbabwe government department — a man in his 60s is now living in a shack on an acquired farm. Pensioned off because of his age but unable to survive on this pension, this professional and…
HARARE – Early this year, Zimbabweans were jolted through media reports how predatory local elites were enriching themselves through drawing scandalous salaries and other perks by covert means which created the impression that government would swiftly nip the rot in the bud. Ordinary people thought President Robert Mugabe would walk his talk as part of…
HARARE – Members of the of the Madzibaba Ishamea Mufani’s Johanne Masowe Church, who thumped police officers and journalists last week, have made sensational claims that they were tortured while in custody by vengeful law enforcement agents. As 24 of them yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Vakayi Chikwekwe, who quashed the State’s request for the…
HARARE – War veteran Margret Dongo, has blasted Zanu PF for its failure to honour genuine war heroes like the late Wilfred Mhanda, whose burial passed unnoticed by the ruling elite. Mhanda, an indisputable national hero who fought tenaciously to free this country, died of colon cancer last week on Wednesday at the State-run Parirenyatwa…
HARARE – Psychology Maziwisa, Zanu PF deputy director for information has showered praises on charismatic preacher Emmanuel Makandiwa, saying he is an extraordinary man of God. “There are very few men of God who can be spoken of highly in terms of their contribution to society. There are even fewer who are able to make…
