HARARE – Celebrated music icon Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi is expected to grace upcoming female musician Jane Marimo’s album launch on tonight at Jazz 24/7 in Harare. In addition to Tuku, who will be the guest of honour, the event will also be braced by female artistes Edith WeUtonga and Tendai Chimombe, who are expected to…
HARARE – Dynamos’ fine run in the Castle Premiership thus far is under threat as the club battles to avert imminent player mutiny over the nonpayment of salaries, allowances and bonuses. The situation was further compounded yesterday following the resignation of club vice president Solomon Sanyamandwe amid the financial crisis although the team’s hierarchy was…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is engaged in tricky discussions with People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Tendai Biti as they seek to find common ground and lay the foundation for the formation of a coalition to confront Zanu PF at the forthcoming polls, the Daily News can report. Tsvangirai, who suffered a humiliating loss…
HARARE – Harare was turned into a war zone yesterday as police fought running battles with angry MDC youths who had gathered in the capital to demonstrate against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s alleged failure to implement electoral reforms. Yesterday’s trouble started after MDC youths marched to Zec offices, prompting police to try and stop…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai flew to South Africa on Sunday for medical checkup, and is expected to return home tomorrow. He is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with cancer of the colon. While Tsvangirai’s spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka was not immediately available for comment yesterday, a senior MDC official said he was undergoing “a…
HARARE – War Veterans leader Christopher Mutsvangwa has warned Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo that the country’s army will soon descend on him if he does not shut up. This comes after Moyo has cast aspersions on the defence chief Constantino Chiwenga’s PhD from University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, challenging the Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Manicaland provincial Affairs minister Mandiitawepi Chimene has flew into a rage over plans to close war veterans’ offices in Mutare in a bid to stop her masquerading as a leader of ex-liberation war fighters. This comes after the High Court barred Chimene from pretending to be the interim or substantive leader of the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s tobacco export earnings tumbled two percent to $266 million by July 7 on lower prices and demand, an industry official said. Tobacco is Zimbabwe’s single largest export commodity, ahead of platinum and gold. Andrew Matibiri, general manager at Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board said Zimbabwe — which exports 90 percent of its…
HARARE – Twelve members of the 14-member gang of armed robbers that reigned terror at mines and business premises before they were busted in August 2015, leading to the recovery of an assortment of artillery, were convicted yesterday. Simbarashe Tavengwa, 37, Ngonidzashe Mutiba, 36, Tinashe Chikara, 49, Titus Chatukuta, 35, Ray Shangari, 35, Tinashe Matinyenya,…
HARARE – The Constitutional Court (Con-Court) has struck off Mutare businessman Tendai Blessing Mangwiro’s application for the repeal of the State Liabilities Act, after ruling that High Court judge Edith Mushore erred in referring the case to the highest court in the land. Chief Justice Luke Malaba yesterday said that Mushore had no legal basis…
