HARARE – Africa Albida Tourism Group operations and finance director, Nigel Frost, has been named Tourism Personality of the Year by the Zimbabwe Council for Tourism (ZCT). Frost took home the premier trophy at the annual Tourism Achievers’ Awards ceremony held at Cresta Lodge in Harare on Thursday night. The Albida Tourism Group operations and…
HARARE – College hip-hop artistes are using music as an educational tool to inspire and motivate youths on life issues. Nyasha Kawuta, 23 also known as lil CZA and his manager Theophilus Nyanganza said their vision was to change the perception of hip-hop culture in Zimbabwe and infuse it with education. “Our vision is to…
HARARE – A Lebanese businessman who is locked in a $1,3 million diamond ring wrangle with former first lady Grace Mugabe has filed opposing papers in the High Court, claiming the ex-Zanu PF women’s league secretary was approaching the courts with dirty hands. The Daily News can report that the tycoon, Jamal Joseph Hamed, wants…
HARARE – Civic society groups reacted angrily yesterday to the killing of two civilians by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) following a heated scuffle in Harare’s Central Business District (CBD) on Thursday. The Zimbabwe Divine Destiny (ZDD) — a Christian advocacy organisation — told the Daily News yesterday that the incident which left…
HARARE – Lawyers and pro-democracy groups yesterday called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fire his Home Affairs minister — Obert Mpofu for his unprecedented attack on Parliament — which they said was despicable and bordered on gross misconduct. Mpofu — who is a former Mines minister — blew his fuse in Parliament on Thursday after…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to formally approve legislation giving the Zimbabwe Land Commission (ZLC) power to be responsible for the allocation of rights in State land for agricultural purposes and the registration of such rights. In October last year, Danisile Sibanda Hikwa was appointed as the secretary for the ZLC. Hikwa’s appointment…
HARARE – A bogus State security agent Guthry Chirodzero, aka Madzibaba Guthry, who allegedly breached President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s close security in December last year, will remain behind bars after the High Court dismissed his bail appeal yesterday. The 40-year-old was arrested in December last year after military police discovered that he had positioned himself close…
HARARE – A Harare man appeared in court yesterday for allegedly murdering his wife in a “terrible and brutal” hammer attack after she asked him for a divorce. The husband, Prosper Mbingo, 34, immediately ingested rat poison after hammering his wife but was rescued by members of the public who rushed to the same…
HARARE – A robber has been handed a six year prison sentence for robbing and assaulting a taxi driver before fleeing with his vehicle. Stanely Stamba, 23, pleaded guilty to the offence. The victim, Learnmore Nyagwindi, 27, employed as a taxi driver, suffered serious injuries after he was assaulted by the convict just after entering…
HARARE – Harare City Council is set to looking to buy a new asphalt plant at an estimated cost of $250 000. The revelations were made in an Emergency Road Rehabilitation Program meeting held this week between council and the Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara). Harare has been repairing roads across the city following a…
