HARARE – The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has called on government to reduce the cost of local vehicle number plates, pointing out that it is too high compared to regional countries. In the body’s recommendations and expectations for the upcoming 2017 National Budget, CZI pointed out that the present pricing structure on vehicle plates…
HARARE – Jah Prayzah failed to make the highly-anticipated appearance at his dancer-cum-backing vocalist Pamela “Gonyeti” Zulu’s album launch hosted by Dandaro Inn on Thursday night. In the run-up to the launch of the album titled One Day, Gonyeti’s camp had claimed that Jah Prayzah would grace the event despite the fact his former backing…
HARARE – Zambezi News, Zimbabwe’s leading satirical comedy show, which features comical news presenters who delve into everyday issues ranging from politics to sport, landed the Best Comedian Award at the African Entertainment Awards (AEA) held in New Jersey, USA last week. The award-winning comedy group, made up of Comrade Fatso, Outspoken and Michael Kudakwashe,…
BULAWAYO – Theatre stable, Naughty By Nature, has lined up a one-man play titled ‘The Diary of Madness’. The play, written by poet-cum-author Philani Amadeus Nyoni, will premiere at Bulawayo Theatre on November 5 — a date which coincides with the play’s director by Thabani Moyo’s birthday. Interestingly, Nyoni, who has been likened to the…
LAGOS – Nigeria will invest $10bn (£8bn) in its oil-rich south to end an insurgency by militants, the oil minister has said. The money would be used to build infrastructure, including roads and railways, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said. Militant attacks have severely disrupted oil production, fuelling a recession in the West African state. The militants…
ALEPPO – Rebels in Syria have announced a big offensive aimed at breaking the government siege of east Aleppo. A UK-based monitoring group said the rebels had fired “hundreds” of missiles into western Aleppo, killing at least 15 civilians. They are also reported to have targeted al-Nayrab military airport to the east. About 275,000 people…
HARARE – Mystery surrounds stunning claims emanating from South Africa that six Zimbabweans suspected of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF government are being held by that country’s authorities following their arrest two weeks ago. Determined efforts by the Daily News yesterday to get more information on the claims from both…
HARARE – Zimbabweans, and women in particular, have united to roundly condemn Wednesday’s chaotic scenes in Parliament in which police roughed up opposition legislators after authorities bizarrely moved to eject an MDC MP who was wearing a jacket decorated in the colours of the national flag. Female MPs have also told a stunned nation how…
HARARE – Parliament’s Youth and Indigenisation portfolio committee has summoned Zimbabwe Youth Council (ZYC) executive director, Livingstone Dzikira, to respond to allegations of abusing Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) resources, after he failed to turn up for a hearing yesterday. The Justice Mayor Wadyajena-chaired committee said Dzikira had been evading invites to appear before it,…
HARARE – The disposal of the late national hero Josiah Tungamirai’s estate has spilled into the High Court after it emerged that some of his property was bonded by CBZ Bank over a $67 000 debt, reportedly owed by his late wife’s company. The High Court has since ruled in favour of the cancellation of…
