HARARE – Tomorrow’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group L qualifier against Swaziland presents coach Kalisto Pasuwa another chance to make right the wrongs of Good Friday’s disappointing draw. On Friday, the Warriors put up a thoroughly dispiriting show that would have surely left Pasuwa himself bereft of ideas and with a lot of thinking…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has urged fans to come in their numbers to support the Warriors in tomorrow’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Swaziland at the National Sports Stadium. Zimbabwe were below par on Good Friday as they emerged with a 1-1 draw against Sihlangu at the Somhlolo National Stadium…
HARARE – Zimdancehall sensation Dobba Don says his hit Mudendere and the Most Promising Artist gong he landed at the recent Zimdancehall Awards have catapulted him into the limelight. The 21-year-old artiste, who was born Dumalisile Mehlomakhulu, is delighted to be getting some recognition at long last. “When I was nominated for the Zimdancehall Awards,…
HARARE – For Austria-based artiste Futurelove Sibanda, art is a mere expression of oneself regardless of whatever form it takes. The former member of Inkululeko Yabatsha School of Arts (Iyasa) recently pulled a shocker when he displayed on social media a collage of his “nude” pictures captured in a bush and on a beach. Surprisingly,…
HARARE – Two-time Zimbabwe Fashion Week (ZFW) Blogger of the Year Ameera Murad Ameer says the country’s budding fashion industry is ready for a big take-off despite the challenges it faces. Ameer, whose blog, Kicking it with Mimi won two consecutive awards from 2014, attributes the renewed energy on the Zimbabwean fashion scene to a…
HARARE – It is extremely disappointing that junior doctors have gone on strike after talks broke down over new contracts. Thousands of junior doctors across Zimbabwe walked out after talks with the Health Services Board (HSB) failed to reach an agreement. This full withdrawal of labour is really sad. As reported in our sister paper,…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe continues on its precipitous economic and political decline of the past 16 years that is widely blamed on President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF’s misrule, there are renewed fears that the debilitating violence that rocked the country when the ruling party lost the 2008 elections could flare up again. At least…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s continued hounding of former Vice President Joice Mujuru, the wife of the late revered liberation struggle icon, Retired General Solomon Mujuru, has been savaged by observers as senseless. They also told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that knowing the president as well as they did, the late Rex Nhongo…
HARARE – Thousands will be jobless if government goes ahead with its Indigenisation and Empowerment Act directive, economic experts have warned. This follows Wednesday’s announcement by Indigenisation minister Patrick Zhuwao that all foreign-owned companies face closure unless they sell or give up 51 percent of their shares to black Zimbabweans by April 1. Former Finance…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is set to monitor ground water withdrawals as part of strategies to mitigate effects of a devastating drought, a senior government official has said. Water minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri said there was need to properly manage the available water sources, which face depletion if recklessly used. “The drought has also seen an increase…
