HARARE – Rising gospel musician Tatenda Mahachi is happy with the way his latest video Usacheme has made inroads in the region. The video of the song, which seeks to offer comfort to Zimbabweans being weighed down by the tough prevailing economic conditions, has been played on the DStv channels Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) and…
BULAWAYO – State of the Nation, a satire that portrays the infighting rocking Zanu PF over President Robert Mugabe’s succession, will be showcased as a Bluez Café pop up event at the Royal Hotel in the City of Kings tomorrow. The play by Rooftop Promotions, which was first performed at Theatre in The Park in Harare…
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania’s president has sacked two senior officials for opening a fake account to siphon money from an earthquake fund, his office has said. An accountant had been suspended for being part of the plan to take money collected for earthquake victims, John Magufuli’s office added in a statement. At least 16…
HARARE – “Part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich,” Donald Trump once said, but according to Forbes magazine he’s much less rich than a year ago. The business magazine has reappraised the Republican White House hopeful’s personal wealth and found it has haemorrhaged $800m since 2015. Forbes now estimates the real…
HARARE – Music superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, who has often been accused of being aloof and distant to those not in his inner circle, used the launch of his 65th album on Thursday to debunk the perception. Tuku was the picture of humility and charm at the invitation-only launch of “Eheka! Nhai Yahwe” that also…
HARARE – Deadly violence rocked Harare once again yesterday, as police fought running battles with supposed rioting vendors in the capital city’s central business district — amid stunning claims that the troublemakers in fact belonged to a faction of President Robert Mugabe’s warring Zanu PF party. To add to the drama and intrigue, fearless National…
HARARE – The Constitutional Court will today hear an application by former Vice President Joice Mujuru (pictured)in which she is seeking to have government barred from introducing bond notes which are due to start circulating at the end of next month. Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku granted Mujuru’s request for an urgent hearing of the application…
HARARE – It was war in court yesterday as lawyers locked horns over the police ban on protests in Harare’s central business district, with the case spilling to today. Tendai Biti, who is representing 18 opposition political parties, told the Daily News that it was war in yesterday’s case in which the organisations are challenging…
HARARE – Jailed former Zanu PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke, currently serving 10 years for raping his 11-year-old niece at gunpoint, remained behind bars yesterday after High Court judge Happious Zhou reserved ruling in his application for bail pending appeal. Kereke, who is challenging both his conviction and sentence, approached the High Court demanding to be…
HARARE – Zanu PF supporters in Masvingo on Monday staged protests against provincial heavyweights Shuvai Mahofa and Josiah Hungwe, who they accuse of leading invasions of land belonging to sugar producing company Tongaat Hullet. Despite the fact that President Robert Mugabe in June this year ordered Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora, his Psychomotor counterpart Hungwe and…
