HARARE – A Kwekwe-based terror group going by the sick moniker “Al-Shabaab” and said to be aligned to one of the factions contesting for power in the warring post-congress Zanu PF has gone berserk, tormenting a number of Cabinet ministers from the Midlands. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday in the wake of the ominous…
HARARE – Government yesterday denied rumours that President Robert Mugabe is seriously ill in Dubai, plagued by a heart ailment. Mugabe’s spokesperson George Charamba denied that Mugabe was unwell. “It is just a rumour, enjoy it. I don’t even want to talk about it, bye-bye,” Charamba told the Daily News by phone yesterday. Social media…
HARARE – Bikita West Zanu PF MP Munyaradzi Kereke, yesterday attempted to withdraw hospital evidence confirming his wife’s niece had been raped. Magistrate Noel Mupeiwa dismissed his application to have the first complainant’s medical card discarded from the court record. The medical record was obtained from Harare Central Hospital. “Whether this document implicates the accused…
FREETOWN – Sierra Leone’s leader Ernest Bai Koroma is not seeking to stay in office after 2018 despite calls for him to do so, the government spokesman says. However, he hinted that the constitution could allow it if that is what “the people” wanted. Supporters argue that the 18-month emergency caused by the Ebola outbreak…
MONROVIA – Liberia has been declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization (WHO), effectively putting an end to the world’s worst outbreak of the disease. The “end of active transmission” was declared, after 42 days without a new case in Liberia. It joins Guinea and Sierra Leone, which earned the status last year. However, the…
HARARE – It is one thing for discredited lickspittle State media such as the Herald and the Chronicle to persistently attack the Daily News, as they crassly do on a daily basis. After all, what else can these willing propaganda mouthpieces write about in a failing state that won’t offend their masters at Shake-Shake House…
HARARE – The local bodybuilding association has scrapped ladies bodybuilding from its calendar year, replacing it with more feminine activities in order to attract more competitors. Mainstream ladies bodybuilding has long suffered apathy with many opting for bikini model, bikini fitness and fitness figure among other categories. In 2014, 48-year-old Wendy Hanssen was the only…
HARARE – Harare City coach Taurai Mangwiro has hailed the Zimbabwe Warriors’ level of preparedness and believes they can spring a surprise at the 2016 African Nations Championships (Chan) set for Rwanda. The fourth edition of the Chan tournament roars to life in Kigali this Saturday with the hosts taking on Cote d’Ivoire at Amahoro…
LOS ANGELES – Danai Gurira has been cast as Tupac Shakur’s mother in the upcoming biopic about the rapper, according to Deadline. The 37-year-old will play Afeni Shakur, who had a major influence on her son and his path to superstardom before his tragic death at just 25. The 69-year-old, who is a political activist…
HARARE – Afro-fusion artiste Tariro neGitare is among several local artistes who have done their own covers of Zimdancehall icon Winky D’s hit Disappear. The track, off the Ninja President’s 10-track latest album Gafa Life, was arguably the most played song during the just-ended festive season and it is not surprising that artistes are trooping…
