HARARE – The late Daily News entertainment writer Sharon Muguwu, who succumbed to cancer in June last year, has been posthumously honoured by the Zimbabwe Models Awards. Muguwu, who passed away aged just 28, was awarded a special award in recognition of her excellent coverage of issues pertinent to the modelling industry. [GoogleAd] She was…
HARARE – Mathew Vengesai ,28, a Harare-based medical doctor, has collaborated with Tocky Vibes on a song titled Ndaona Mwari which was produced by McDonald ‘‘Mcdee’’ Chidavaenzi. The rising gospel artiste believes the Mhai hit-maker has added a new dimension to his music. [Adz] “I thought Tocky Vibes’ famous ah ah hihihi would be a…
HARARE – Highlanders fans have not taken lightly the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) directive barring their club from conducting elections early next month. The Bulawayo giants are scheduled to elect new office bearers at the start of February following the expiry of the term of office for the current executive. [Adz] Zifa insists that Bosso…
HARARE – The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has said that Zifa and Highlanders should be guided by their respective constitutions in the current impasse regarding the Bulawayo giants’ impending elections. Bosso are scheduled to hold their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the last Sunday of this month while the elections were set to be…
HARARE – National Vendors’ Union of Zimbabwe (Navuz) chairperson Sten Zvorwadza was yesterday freed in a case in which he was accused of undermining the authority of former president Robert Mugabe. Zvorwadza, who was represented by Jeremiah Bamu of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, was accused of undermined the authority of or insulting Mugabe in…
HARARE – Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou has implored government to create content and material that is in all the 16 official languages recognised under the new Constitution. Speaking at a PTUZ curriculum symposium, Zhou said government made the wrong assumption that English, Shona and Ndebele were the only languages of…
HARARE – A man accused of undermining the authority of President Emmerson Mnangagwa was yesterday released on $100 bail by magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa. Gastaff Kativhu, 46, allegedly entered the venue of the Zanu PF extraordinary congress in Harare and headed to the VIP tent while waving placards accusing Mnangagwa of killing his friend and calling…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai will keep his mansion in the leafy suburb of Highlands even under the current new dispensation, putting paid to manoeuvres by extremists in the ruling Zanu PF who were agitating for the eviction of the former prime minister, the Daily News can exclusively report. There has been controversy regarding…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is in a fix over who to choose as the new Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson following Rita Makarau’s surprise resignation with seven legal minds being tipped for the high-pressure job, the Daily News can report. In terms of the Constitution, Zec should be chaired by a senior lawyer who…
HARARE – Government has begun taking steps to curb wanton price increases by retailers to avoid plunging the country’s fragile economy into bouts of instability. The Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) threatened to come down hard on businesses engaged in excessive pricing of goods in a statement released yesterday. [Adz] This is meant to protect…
