HARARE – Major Premiership sponsors are contemplating pulling out of football following the latest stand-off between Zifa and the Premier Soccer League (PSL) over the ouster of the latter’s chairman Twine Phiri over the weekend. The Zifa board led by newly-elected president Philip Chiyangwa ordered the PSL to hold elections during its executive council meeting…
HARARE – Internationally-acclaimed South African comedian Barry Hilton’s show to be held at Reps Theatre in Harare next month is part of efforts to boost the local comedy industry, organisers have said. The Harare-born Hilton, 59, who is currently touring Australia, will perform in Harare on February 27 in a show that has been put…
BULAWAYO – Veteran drummer-cum-playwright Lewis Ndlovu has lined up a one-woman play that brings the spotlight on issues of women and child abuse. The play titled Nyembezi, to be directed by Ndlovu, will feature celebrated actress and director Sarah Mpofu. According to the Makokoba-based Ndlovu, the play is scheduled to premiere on March 24 —…
HARARE – Zimbabwe risks plunging into a fiscal crisis this year due to governance failure, The World Economic Forum (Wef) has warned. “Given the public service situation that the country is faced with and its failure to meet the International Monetary Fund (IMF) prescription to drastically cut its wage bill, a fiscal crisis is looming…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s low-cost airline, Fastjet, has been granted permission to operate new flights on Harare-Victoria Falls and Harare-Johannesburg routes. Industry experts say the launch of these popular and currently underserved routes is a significant step forward for the budget airline. Flights between Harare and Johannesburg will operate daily and flights on the Victoria Falls…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest beverages maker, Delta Corporation (Delta), says it recorded subdued volume and revenue performance for the quarter to December 31, 2015, on the back of depressed aggregate demand. Delta — 38 percent-owned by global brewer SABMiller and with over $1 billion market capitalisation on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) — said during…
HARARE – The titanic succession war raging in Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Midlands heartland, which has seen some of his most vocal supporters being hauled before a provincial disciplinary hearing for allegedly harassing three ministers and fanning Zanu PF’s rampant factionalism, is getting hotter. Well-placed sources told the Daily News yesterday that the latest point…
HARARE – A number of war veterans have dumped Zanu PF for People First (PF) as the yet-to-be-launched Joice Mujuru political formation gains more ground. This came out during a PF meeting held in Masvingo on Saturday. Attended by former Zanu PF senior officials Dzikamai Mavhaire, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti and Retired Colonel Claudious Makova, the meeting…
HARARE – Zanu PF legislator for Bikita West, Munyaradzi Kereke’s rape trial will resume in an open court on February 3 after the minor rape victims finished testifying in camera yesterday. Kereke is appearing before Harare regional magistrate Noel Mupeiwa. He denies charges of raping his wife’s two nieces and a further charge of indecent…
BEIJING – China’s economy grew by 6.9% in 2015, compared with 7.3% a year earlier, marking its slowest growth in a quarter of a century. China’s growth, seen as a driver of the global economy, is a major concern for investors around the world. Beijing had set an official growth target of “about 7%” for…
