HARARE – News that 45 people perished when a Zambia-bound bus — carrying mostly cross-border traders — crashed in Nyamakate near Makuti made very sad reading. Only last month, over 30 passengers were burnt beyond recognition in a bus accident at Nyamatikiti near Chaka in Chirumanzu. These accidents must jolt authorities to act on this…
HARARE – Sungura ace Alick Macheso says his success is down to hard work and not juju as some of his rivals have often alleged. Macheso, who turned 49 yesterday, told the Daily News on Sunday recently that his music brand has resulted from decades of hard work and determination. “I owe my success in…
HARARE – Actor Martin Rinoona and model Marvin Mukuyu, who both have hearing impairments, are on course to become the first ever deaf artistes in Zimbabwe to produce a music album. The two artistes are determined to demonstrate that music is much more than the fusion of words and sound. [GoogleAd] “We are hoping that…
HARARE – After the debacle in Gabon earlier this year, the Warriors today begin another tough qualification campaign for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) with a clash against Liberia. Zimbabwe had one of the most porous defences during the last Afcon tournament at the start of this year with Kalisto Pasuwa’s side’s shipping…
HARARE – Mark Duvillard is still to come to terms with how Lincoln Zvasiya’s career took a sudden turn for the worst despite being one of the finest defenders to emerge from the famed Aces Youth Soccer Academy (AYSA). Since arriving at AYSA 15 years ago, the hugely-talented Zvasiya quickly established himself as a ball-playing…
HARARE – Bulawayo bikini fitness bodybuilder Shantel Greenland is on cloud nine having managed to add another national title under her wings after winning the 2017 Mr and Ms Ironman title for her category. With the contest being held in her hometown at the Bulawayo Theatre early this month Greenland formerly Batch and now married…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has fired Prosecutor-General (PG) Johannes Tomana, after he was found guilty of both misconduct and incompetence by a tribunal that was set up by the nonagenarian to determine if he was still fit to continue holding office. Tomana was appointed PG in November 2013, after the functions of the Attorney-General…
HARARE – Disgruntled former freedom fighters yesterday warned President Robert Mugabe and his warring ruling Zanu PF “not to commit political suicide” by sidelining the country’s liberation stalwarts as the eagerly-anticipated 2018 national elections beckon. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the spokesperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), Douglas Mahiya, also…
HARARE – The government has stepped up its campaign to stop the irregular sale of sex pills and unregistered bedroom performance concoctions in the country. The spokesperson of the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ), Shingai Gwatidzo, told the Daily News yesterday that the government was worried by the flooding of the black market with…
HARARE – Government has stopped hiring new State workers after struggling to pay its soldiers and teachers on time, with State sector wages gobbling up over 90 percent of revenues collected, a situation that has destabilised the economy, Public Service minister Prisca Mupfumira has said. According to the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency 2016 statistics, government…
