JOHANNESBURG – Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille announced that she would be stepping down from the position at the party’s upcoming conference. “I won’t be available for re-election,” Zille told reporters. The DA is due to hold its elective federal conference in May. Zille became party leader in May 2007 and has in recent years…
HARARE – It is hard to believe that it’s already four years since the Daily News returned to the streets after nearly eight years of forced closure by President Robert Mugabe’s government — which just serves to confirm that time does fly when one is having a good time. I remember very vividly the snide…
HARARE – From time to time, I get asked by curious outsiders how the Daily News has beaten the odds so spectacularly, and continues to thrive, seemingly against insurmountable challenges that have tripped many in similar situations. There is no simple answer to this question, and frankly, in addition to working extremely hard and doing…
DURBAN – South African police have arrested 17 people and opened murder cases after attacks on foreign nationals in Durban. The violence comes in the wake of alleged comments by the Zulu king telling migrants to go home – although the he says he was mistranslated. But Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has called on…
PANAMA – US President Barack Obama has told Latin American leaders that the days when his country could freely interfere in regional affairs are past. He was speaking just before the seventh Summit of the Americas in Panama City. Mr Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro shook hands as the opening ceremony began, their first…
HARARE – UNDER-fire Castle Lager Premiership side CAPS United have lost the labour dispute involving seven of their players. Labour Court Independent Arbitrator Kenneth Nhongo presided over the case involving the Green Machine against Kenneth Bulaji, Dominic Chungwa, Dominic Mukandi, Stephen Makatuka, Tafadzwa Dube, Tendai Samanja and Ronald Pfumbidzayi. Nhongo ruled in favour of the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe-born South African golfer Dean Burmester moved within one shot off leader Jbe’ Kruger during the second round of the Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open yesterday. Playing with the Zimbabwean flag on his bag, Burmester, who says he was “basically thrown out” of the country in 2003 at the height of the land re-distribution…
JOHANNESBURG – I was in Cairo this week to witness the draw of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) 2017 qualifiers of which the finals will take place in Gabon. My interest specifically was on Zimbabwe, Mzansi of course as my adopted country and Zambia as one of the powerhouses of Cosafa. As we all…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket all-rounder Sean Williams is set to tie the knot with his fiancée Chantelle Dexter in Bulawayo this afternoon. The wedding is scheduled to start in the afternoon and will finish later in the night at Southern Comfort Lodge in the City of Kings and Queens. The wedding is set to feature…
HARARE – Award-winning ZimPraise has lined up a DVD of old Shona and Ndebele hymns in a bid to re-awaken interest in these ancient church songs. ZimPraise chief executive officer Joseph Madziyire told the Daily News that the project, to be undertaken early next month, has been necessitated by the decreased singing of old hymns…
