HARARE – Internationally acclaimed Mokoomba will share the stage with Jah Prayzah in the 500-seater Theatre in the Park tomorrow night. Rooftop Promotions, who are organising the gig, told the Daily News that the show was another proof that Theatre in the Park was increasingly becoming a hub of diverse entertainment. “The musical show will…
EDITOR — Every time I read news on our prisons, it is sad that the media always report on the congestion in detention centres, with prisons filled beyond capacity. This situation over-stretches our prison facilities. It also draws attention to the various reforms that have been made in the criminal justice system, which include, among…
HARARE – Zimbabweans have gone through a lot recently — cash crisis at banks, a flopped State-organised May Day rally at Rufaro Stadium, the Environment minister’s ban on quail bird-rearing and, of course, the mandatory national pledge in schools despite resistance from different quarters — among other distressing developments. In addition to this, the citizenry…
HARARE – In yet another unprecedented attack on President Robert Mugabe’s warring Zanu PF, disgruntled war veterans linked to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa say the former liberation movement has been an unmitigated disaster since it came to power in April 1980. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday — as Zimbabwe continues on its precipitous economic…
HARARE – United nations (UN) secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has urged Zimbabwean authorities to put politics aside amid a worsening food crisis, saying the smattering of aid which has reached the impoverished country was making a difference. This comes after opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai wrote to Ban on February 17, highlighting that Zimbabwe’s chronic food shortages…
HARARE – The High Court yesterday acquitted Core Mining and Minerals (Private) Limited director Lovemore Kurotwi, who was accused of prejudicing government of $2 billion, following a five-year trial. Kurotwi, through his lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, had applied for discharge at the close of the State’s case. Supreme Court judge Chinembiri Bhunu, who handled the trial…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate and lawyers failed yesterday to set a trial date for CAPS United skipper Method Mwanjali, facing charges of allegedly stabbing an individual during a brawl. Mwanjali was with teammate Archieford Gutu when he allegedly stabbed the man twice in the stomach after a disagreement at the Long Cheng Plaza Shopping…
BULAWAYO – MDC president Welshman Ncube has said the Distressed and Marginalised Areas Fund (DiMAF) still remains the only viable solution to revive Zimbabwe’s industrial hub, Bulawayo. The highly publicised DiMAF, which was launched under the unity government as a catalyst for the revival of collapsed industry in the second largest city, flopped after government…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF Hurungwe West MP Temba Mliswa, has said he will turn his Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy (Yard) pressure group into a fully-fledged opposition political party, if the existing parties fail to accommodate youths. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Mliswa lamented the failure by political parties to embrace…
HARARE – Reigning champions Chicken Inn have been dealt a huge blow after their title-winning coach Joey Antipas signed a two-year deal with South African National First Division (NFD) side Amazulu. Sources in South Africa revealed to the Daily News yesterday that Antipas, who led the Gamecocks to their maiden Castle Lager Premiership title last…
