HARARE – Eight miners were confirmed dead yesterday after being trapped in a shaft while panning for gold at Big Mine in Mazowe on Monday. The likely cause of the collapse was not revealed, but rescue efforts seemed to have been held up by lack of excavators over the past five days. Police yesterday confirmed…
HARARE – An alarming picture has emerged of an escalating cocaine problem in Zimbabwe and the government’s inadequate response to the situation. There is a distinct lack of treatment services available across the board and there are not enough specialists specifically assigned to battle the emerging crisis. Police have busted at least two cocaine smugglers…
HARARE – Lloyd Mutasa is eager for Dynamos’ win over struggling Harare City to act as a catalyst to turn around their indifferent start to the 2017 Castle Lager Premiership campaign. A solitary strike by Christian Ntouba in the first half was all the Glamour Boys needed to pick up their third win of the…
HARARE – Black Rhinos coach Stanford “Stix” Mutizwa has praised the Warriors call-up of his two players for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Liberia next month. Zimbabwe hosts Liberia on June 11 at the National Sports Stadium hoping to kick-start their Group G campaign on a positive note. The other teams…
HARARE – Newly-appointed Harare City coach Philani “Beefy” Ncube says his side can take a lot of positives from their 0-1 defeat to Dynamos in his first game in charge. The Sunshine Boys went down in Thursday night’s match after Dynamos Cameroonian forward Christian Ntouba scored a scorcher in the first half to hand Ncube’s…
HARARE – There will be only three matches today in the Intercity Rugby League (IRL) due to the Sables’ friendly international away to Botswana. Old Johannians (OJs), who are still searching for their first win in 2017, were scheduled to host Old Miltonians (OMs) at Old Hararians this afternoon. OJs narrowly lost out to Mutare…
HARARE – Grammy-nominated American gospel musician, William McDowell, will grace the Stadium Worship Zimbabwe event which will roar to life today at the Glamis Arena, Harare Showgrounds. McDowell, a pastor with Deeper Fellowship Church in Orlando, Florida in the United States of America, will join more than 500 musicians and choirs from different churches across…
HARARE – Information Communication Technology Supa Mandiwanzira bought a copy of Zimdancehall star Seh Calaz’s DVD for $2 500 on Wednesday night at The Volt. Mandiwanzira, who was the guest of honour at the launch of a compilation of 15 videos by the Mumota Murikubvira hit-maker, said the whopping amount he paid for the DVD…
HARARE – Gospel musician Munyaradzi Munodawafa will launch his latest studio album titled Mwari Vachitiitira Zvakanaka at Theatre in the Park in Harare tonight. Munodawafa’s manager Farai Mhlanga told the Daily News yesterday that all was now in place for the launch of the album that features Zora star Leonard Zhakata. “We are ready for…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s mobile and Internet transactions breached the $1 billion in March, as locals migrate to cash-lite payments on the back of acute cash shortages. Data from the central bank indicates that mobile and Internet transactions in Zimbabwe — which has been battling a cash crisis for over a year — closed the month…
