HARARE – Civil society groups have said it was an “outrage” for government to arrest 10 Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) youths who exercised their right to demonstrate in Bulawayo last weekend against President Emmerson Mnangagwa for his alleged involvement in the 1980s Gukurahundi genocide. About 10 youths were allegedly beaten to pulp by members of…
HARARE – The National Education Union of Zimbabwe (NEUZ) has blasted the government after declaring that Early Childhood Development (ECD) teachers that were on government’s payroll will no longer be funded by Treasury. While government said it recognised the complementary role that parents play in the ECD Programmes, the takeover of management and financing of…
HARARE – Gospel music star Blessing Shumba and Zimdancehall icon Winky D pocketed $4 500 apiece on New Year’s Eve after claiming first and second position on the 2017 Coca-Cola Radio Zimbabwe Top 50 and Coca-Cola 2017 ZTV Top 50 Videos respectively. Shumba’s hit Changa Chajaira earned $2 500 after coming first with his other…
HARARE – Jah Prayzah, clearly Zimbabwe’s hottest musician at the moment, surprisingly got lowly positions 45 and 50 on the 2017 Coca-Cola Radio Zimbabwe Top 50. Kutonga Kwaro, the title track of Jah Prayzah’s latest album which has dominated the airwaves and dance floors since veteran nationalist Robert Mugabe resigned late last November, earned position…
HARARE – Zimbabweans will be going to the polls in the next six months to elect their National Assembly and council representatives, including their president. To all intents and purposes, Zanu PF looks better prepared for the polls. Last November, the party dethroned its former leader, Robert Mugabe, who had become its biggest liability going…
HARARE – Exiled Chimurenga music star Thomas Mapfumo has once again hit out at corruption which he believes is undermining development in Zimbabwe. In 1989, Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited released the album Corruption in which he attacked then President Robert Mugabe and his government for running a very corrupt administration. Almost three decades on,…
HARARE – After a relatively modest 2017, local sport is going to be on the world map in 2018 as various Zimbabwean teams will be in action. While most of the attention will be centred on football since it is the sport with the largest following, there is, however, no denying that 2018 is going…
HARARE – FC Platinum’s African Champions League opponents, Desportivo de Agosto’s new Serbian coach Zoran Manoljovic Maki has started work with the Angolan side. The Zimbabwean champions were drawn to play against the Angolan side in the preliminary round of Africa’s premier inter-club competition with the first leg set for the weekend of February 9-11….
HARARE – Falcon College is celebrating two of its students who managed to get to the peak of the Andes mountain range, at 6962 metres above sea level, The Andes in Argentina is the highest mountain range outside Asia where the Himalaya is located, with a 0,4 percent chance of getting to the peak. The…
HARARE – Political careers of a number of bigwigs in Zanu PF are hanging by the thread as more and more cadres in the lower ranks of the party are itching to take them head on during primary polls set for the first quarter of this year, the Daily News can report. In previous party…
