HARARE – Another Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) activist, who is also the party’s Marondera West constituency coordinator, Taungana Makirimira’s house — in Chihota, Mashonaland East — has been torched by suspected Zanu PF youths. ZPF spokesperson Jealous Mawarire said; “Makirimira, 40, had his house torched by suspected Zanu PF arsonists during the night”. “The incident…
HARARE – Warriors coach Kalisto Pasuwa yesterday claimed that former Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) board member, Edzai Kasinauyo, pressured him to disclose his line-up, as the trial on the alleged match-fixing scandal continued yesterday. Pasuwa was testifying during the trial of ex-Zifa bosses Henrietta Rushwaya, Kasinauyo and Nation Dube, who are facing bribery charges. The…
HARARE – I ended this column last week by asking the tormented question of who will protect us “from a vengeful police force so emboldened by a culture of impunity that they can break people’s skulls in broad daylight without any fear of prosecution”. The response was swift from the supreme executive authority in the…
HARARE – The recent appointment of Simba Chikore as the new chief operating officer at struggling national airline, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) — which smacks of corruption and nepotism — stinks to high heavens. Chikore, who is married to President Robert Mugabe’s only daughter, Bona, has no known management track record and his recent appointment could…
HARARE – Zimbabwean companies risk total shutdown amid indications that the majority of them are registering turnovers of less than $5 000 annually, a new study has shown. According to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat), about 30 percent of the firms operating in the country failed to break the $5 000 revenue barrier in…
HARARE – Zimdancehall star Winky D will release a 12-track new album titled Gafa Futi tomorrow. The imminent album, which was produced by Oskid, is a sequel to the highly successful Gafa Life that spawned hits such as Disappear, which topped the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Radio 1Extra Destination Africa Top 5. Winky D’s manager,…
HARARE – Struggling national airline, Air Zimbabwe (Airzim), has appointed President Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law Simba Chikore as the debt-ridden flag carrier’s chief operating officer (COO)— in a move that has reignited fresh national debate regarding the appointment of politically-connected people to powerful public sector positions. Chikore, who is said to be a qualified pilot and…
HARARE – The government’s imminent introduction of bond notes appears to be worsening the country’s cash crisis and triggering panic withdrawals from banks, with jittery Zimbabweans swamping financial institutions in their desperate bid to take out all their money ahead of the launch of the distrusted surrogate currency. The Daily News established yesterday that the…
HARARE – Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo has warned students against using politics to interfere in academic processes, cautioning that those who do it will face “costly” consequences. His warning comes after three University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students embarrassed President Robert Mugabe by openly protesting in his face at the institution’s graduation ceremony…
HARARE – The Meteorological Services Department (Met dept) has advised that the 2016-17 rainy season is not on yet and warned farmers not to rely on the early moisture. This comes after rains were received in Matabeleland North and South, Masvingo and southern districts of the Midlands and Manicaland this week. However, the Met dept’s forecaster,…
