HARARE – Protest chimurenga artiste Raymond Majongwe has released a controversial nine track album called Zimbabwe “Ndeyedu Tese.” Majongwe, who will share the stage with chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo and solo guitarist Steve ‘Dhongi’ Makoni on April 16 in Leicester, United Kingdom, said his latest album emphasises the fact that Zimbabwe should never be…
HARARE – The organisation that produced Democrats-an award-winning documentary that captured proceedings of Zimbabwe’s constitution-making process from 2010 to 2013-has appealed against the decision by the Board of Censors to ban the film from being shown publicly in the country. The Board of Censors banned the documentary by Upfront Films three weeks ago on the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwean Championships of Performing Arts (ZICOPA), which will identify young local artists to represent the country at the upcoming World Championships of Performing of Art (WCOPA) to be held in Hollywood in July, was launched in Harare yesterday. WCOPA, which will take place in Long Beach California in the United States of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s trigger-happy Board of Censors insists that the 2004 ban imposed on the political satire “Super Patriots and Morons” is still in force. The play, which revolves around an ageing African dictator who does not want to give up power, was shown for two days last week to mark the re-launch of Theatre…
HARARE – The City of Harare is the dirtiest capital city in southern Africa and the city fathers are anti-tourism, Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive officer Karikoga Kaseke told the Daily News this week. Kaseke said coupled with the dirt, most roads leading to high density areas from the city centre are potholed to…
HARARE – Playwright and award-winning actor Sylvanos Mudzvova was yesterday arrested by police while staging a one-man theatre production Bring Back the $15 billion at Parliament. Mudzvova was arrested together with journalists who were covering the event. [GoogleAd] The journalists who included a Daily News reporter, were detained for close to an hour after being…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC says President Robert Mugabe should do the right thing and overhaul the controversial indigenisation laws so as to attract the much needed foreign direct investment and not offer piecemeal but desperate concessions. In a statement yesterday, MDC spokesperson Obert Gutu said the indigenisation policy needs a thorough and complete overhaul…
HARARE – The 28th edition of OK Grand Challenge promotion gets underway in Zimbabwe today with this year’s event aiming to reward thousands of the country’s biggest retailing giant customers. This year’s promotion runs from today until June 4, when the promotion culminates in the Ok Grand Challenge Horse racing at the Borrowdale Race Course…
HARARE – The MDC led by Welshman Ncube has described as ridiculous Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere pledge to dish out 20 000 stands to youths in Bulawayo saying this is yet another political gimmick by the governing party to dupe youths ahead of the crunch 2018 elections. [GoogleAd] Recently, Kasukuwere announced that his ministry…
MUTARE – Zimbabwe’s crunch cash crisis is threatening the viability of the few struggling local industries which are now failing to pay their international suppliers even though they have money in their accounts. Quest Motors chairman Gulam Adams revealed this to vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa during his recent tour of industries here. [GoogleAd] Adams told…
