MUNICH – The gunman who killed nine people in Munich was obsessed with mass shootings and had an obvious link to Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, German police say. Police who searched the 18-year-old’s room say they found written material on attacks. The gunman, who later killed himself, had a 9mm Glock pistol and…
HARARE – This Year’s edition of the Midlands Music Awards (MMA) have pitted award-winning musician Mathias Mhere against his brother Daniel in the Best Traditional Gospel Music category. Mathias, who walked away with the Best Gospel Music Award and Best Album of the year in 2015, has been nominated for his album Double Double while…
HARARE – Reigning Miss Deaf Zimbabwe Kuda Mapeture will represent the country at the Miss Deaf Africa 2016 set for Cape Town, South Africa on July 30. The 24-year-old beauty is not a newcomer to the world of pageants. She took part in Miss Deaf 2012 before heading to Prague in the Czech Republic a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has surpassed this year’s 170 million kilogrammes tobacco production despite the crop being affected by drought, latest data show. Statistics released by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) yesterday revealed that farmers have so far produced 183 million kg of the golden leaf earning the country a total of $537 million. The…
HARARE – This week’s nasty and public fall-out between President Robert Mugabe and restless war veterans probably marks the beginning of the end for the increasingly frail nonagenarian’s long tenure in power — analysts, opposition parties and ordinary Zimbabweans say. In a stunning development on Thursday, the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) virtually…
HARARE – Local cleric and unrelenting #ThisFlag campaigner Evan Mawarire has launched an attack on President Robert Mugabe advising the long-serving leader to quit instead of wasting his energy on making scurrilous allegations against his critics. Mugabe has made public his disdain for the clergyman whom he accused of being funded by hostile governments in…
HARARE – Former military bigwig and ambassador, Brigadier Agrippah Mutambara, has become the latest erstwhile trusted aide of President Robert Mugabe to give the long-ruling Zimbabwean leader a vote of no confidence. The prominent war veteran also observed that Mugabe was running scared because of the growing public anger against him, as Zimbabwe’s economy continues…
HARARE – Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, is expected to hold a rally today in Marondera, Mashonaland East — the home province of her late husband former army general Solomon Mujuru. The party’s spokesperson, Jealous Mawarire, told the Daily News that Mujuru — President Robert Mugabe’s former vice president — will hold the…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF youth leader and Viva Zimbabwe president Acie Lumumba yesterday tore into President Robert Mugabe in court, challenging the nonagenarian leader to personally confront him over utterances that he made recently which attracted ‘‘insult’’ charges. Lumumba, whose real name is William Gerald Mutumanje, is facing charges of undermining authority of or…
HARARE – The National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe (Navuz) has vowed to escalate protests against President Robert Mugabe until he steps down. Navuz chairperson, Stern Zvorwadza, said Mugabe and his administration are “clueless” and “abused Zimbabwean citizens”. “…we are going to continue with our peaceful demonstrations and we are going to have bigger protests. As…
