HARARE – Comedian Doc Vikela is extending his tentacles into acting and will feature in a film called Harare Hustle being produced by top filmmaker Joe Njagu. The comedian, who grabbed Annie Kansiime’s attention at a show held in Avondale last year, said he is growing his brand. “I have a planned stand-up schedule and…
HARARE – Warriors coach Kalisto Pasuwa has included Sweden-based forward Tinotenda Kadewere in a strong 23-man squad announced yesterday to represent the country at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals in Gabon. The Djurgardens IF striker was handed his first senior national debut after coming in as a second half substitute in a…
HARARE – Fashion designer Joyce Chimanye, founder of Zuvva fashion label, will be opening a design school in the first quarter of this year. Chimanye told the Daily News that it had been long overdue. It will also be a first of its kind in the country. “This year, we will be opening the Zuvva…
HARARE – As the Zimbabwe national senior soccer team’s preparations for the Gabon Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals looked wobbly, government has chipped in with a timely boost for the team’s campaign in the west African country. This comes as the Warriors’ journey to the continental showpiece had been marked by endless tiffs and…
FORMER national team coach Dav Whatmore hinted that there could be a very real danger of the standard of cricket deteriorating to the extent of Kenya’s current situation. And given the current state of affairs, with the Logan Cup fixtures being put on hold due to players rightly refusing to play until their payment issues…
HARARE – Zanu PF’s ugly and seemingly unstoppable tribal, factional and succession wars are increasingly taking bizarre turns as well — with the latest flashpoint for the troubled former liberation movement’s two major camps being a coffee mug! So mortified was a party bigwig who spoke to the Daily News yesterday, as the coffee mug…
HARARE – As the Zimbabwean economy stubbornly continues on its free-fall, and both poverty and unemployment rates reach catastrophic levels, MDC youths say they will dethrone President Robert Mugabe this year. Youth leader for the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC, Happymore Chidziva, also told the Daily News yesterday that 2017 was “a year of civil disobedience” during…
HARARE – Militant Zanu PF women’s league finance secretary Sarah Mahoka has said she remains close to President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace, despite claims that the two no longer see eye-to-eye. There had been assertions that the First Lady — who leads the Zanu PF women’s league as its secretary in the politburo — had…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF Hurungwe West MP and staunch supporter of President Robert Mugabe, Temba Mliswa, has said the nonagenarian leader must relinquish power and pave way for new blood. Mliswa said Mugabe — turning 93-years-old next month — can no longer cope with the demands of being president and “there are people within…
HARARE – A police officer stationed in Chivhu has been dragged to court after he allegedly demanded an $80 bribe from an offender who kidnapped him at a roadblock. The cop — Austen Chakwenya — is alleged to have hatched a plan to be paid the money by the accused, Willis Mhandu, in order for…
