HARARE – The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) has threatened to strike if Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo effects the proposed rental increase on government accommodation. According to a circular released this April, Chombo said civil servants staying in government houses will have to pay more than double the current rates. Chombo also ordered the…
HARARE – Miss Zimbabwe Trust, holders of the Miss Zimbabwe should be professional enough in handling affairs of the national beauty pageant. The Trust recently held a “press conference” at which they exclusively invited one journalist from the state media to cover their announcement to expel reigning Miss Zimbabwe, Emily Kachote. Marry Chiwenga, the Miss…
HARARE – Finally, Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jonathan Mashingaidze has met his match after he was dressed down by Walter Magaya, founder and leader of the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries. For many years, Mashingaidze and Zifa president Cuthbert Dube have run the local game unchallenged while making some ludicrous decisions….
HARARE – Zimbabwe tobacco farmers have so far auctioned 164 million kg of the crop worth $484 million since the opening of the 2015 selling season in March. Statistics released by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (Timb) yesterday revealed that the golden leaf sales were down by 19 percent for day 72, compared to…
VICTORIA FALLS – Zimbabwe is considering scrapping travellers’ rebates on basic commodities to boost local industry, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said on Thursday. Chinamasa told delegates attending the Buy Zimbabwe Summit that government “had the good mind of making local goods appealing through stiffening the terrain for all locally available imports”. “We are seriously moving…
HARARE – After shunning Zimbabwe during its years of hyper-inflation and political strife, foreign investors are finding the country increasingly attractive following the lifting of European Union (EU) economic sanctions last year. Simon Khaya Moyo, the Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister this week revealed that over the past six months the investment starved country…
HARARE – Zimbabweans based in Canada are currently raising funds to repatriate to Zimbabwe the body of Thomson Kachingwe, a former manager of chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo who passed away in Toronto on May 31. The body of the veteran 61-year-old music personality is expected to be flown to Zimbabwe next week. Kachingwe, who…
HARARE – Nyasha Chingono, a Daily News reporter based in Gweru, has released a single titled Musadzokere Kumashure that features renowned gospel music star Takesure Zamar Ncube. The 25-year-old upcoming gospel musician launched the single during a Worship Addicts Concert held in Gweru last week. Chingono, who is better known as Wenyasha, is confident that…
HARARE – As Part of my fashion design journey, I travelled to the Comesa Market in Lusaka a couple of years ago in search of African print fabric. I made the journey because I had heard that the Comesa market was the best place to shop in Zambia as it stocked the trendiest prints from…
HARARE – Award-winning gospel hip-hop rapper Zvikomborero Nyamandi, affectionately known in the music circles as Lil Megaz, is currently working on a new video featuring H2O. The much-anticipated video titled Falling Down is slated to hit the market next week. This video comes on the back his productions that include Zodzo, Chakachaya and NaJesu Tineyese….
