BULAWAYO – Actress Charmaine Mudau, 24, has not looked back since she won plaudits for her eye-catching performance in the 2015 National Arts Merit Award-winning theatre production UMbiko kaMadlenya. In her blooming career she has also featured in productions such as The Lion and The Jewel, The Wretched Ones, The Importance of Being Earnest and…
HARARE – Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko who arrived in the country on Friday through Plumtree Border Post amid reports that he might have been detained upon his entry in the country from Botswana. Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister, Jonathan Moyo, alleged yesterday that Mphoko had been handed to…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made a sudden U-turn on some of his Cabinet appointments to avoid falling afoul of the supreme law of the land. In terms of section 104(3) of the national charter, the president can only appoint a maximum of five Cabinet ministers outside Parliament, based on their special skills. Mnangagwa…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa remains a closed book for most people. Some say he is cruel while others say he is as soft as wool. The Daily News on Sunday’s chief writer Fungi Kwaramba sat down with former Zanu PF secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa, who has known the Zanu PF leader since the…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s new Cabinet announced late on Thursday night remains a chauvinistic and ‘‘old people’s home’’ where there is no space for youth, women and progressive technocrats, social and political analysts contend. Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) said they were disappointed by the gender composition of the Cabinet and say this is…
HARARE – As external support for health programmes in Zimbabwe continues to shrink, the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has bowed out from another strategic programme which was contributing much towards maternal health. In 2014, USAid and the Health and Child Care ministry had partnered in a programme dubbed the Maternal and Child…
HARARE – Former Finance minister, Ignatius Chombo, wrote to President Emmerson Mnangagwa two days after he had been sworn into office offering to work for him in any capacity. In a passionate congratulatory message to Mnangagwa, Chombo wrote from his hospital bed pledging he would be unwaveringly loyal to Mnangagwa in the same way he…
HARARE – The ongoing trial of former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo on corruption and fraud charges is likely to open a can of worms as it continues to suck in more and more people every week. Chombo was arrested recently following the seizure of government by the army, which claimed to be targeting criminal elements…
HARARE – Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko who arrived in the country on Friday through Plumtree Border Post amid reports that he might have been detained upon his entry in the country from Botswana. Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister, Jonathan Moyo, alleged yesterday that Mphoko had been handed…
HARARE – After a rollercoaster ride, the 2017 domestic football season officially comes to an end this afternoon when FC Platinum take on Harare City in the Castle Challenge Cup at Mandava Stadium. The once-off match was introduced at the start of this year as the Premier Soccer League is celebrating its 25th anniversary this…
