HARARE – High Court judge Owen Tagu has ordered the government to open Internet access to millions of Zimbabweans who were cut off last week during a three-day stay-away. In his ruling, Tagu ruled that the State Security minister had no authority to order mobile operators to shut down Internet access to customers. The ruling…
MUTARE – A 26-year-old epileptic man drowned in a shallow pool as he took a bath in Nyanyadzi River last Friday. Manicaland provincial police spokesperson inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa said Samuel Gwata of Zimunda Village under Chief Muusha was found floating in the pool face down. He was pronounced death on arrival at Shinja clinic. “Chipinge…
HARARE – As one of the most sought-after free agents during this current transfer window, Gabriel Nyoni has now set his sights on helping CAPS United return to their glory days. Nyoni signed for Makepekepe towards the end of last month after prolonged negotiations with various clubs which all played out in the public sphere….
HARARE – The Confederation of African Volleyball (CAVB) Zone VI president Frederick Ndlovu has revealed plans to take off the burden from beach volleyball athletes by ensuring that they pay all their expenses for this year’s zonal games. The former Zimbabwe Volleyball Association (ZVA) president made known of their ambitions during a recent beach volleyball…
HARARE – Zimbabwe should dump its discredited bond notes and real time gross settlement (RTGS) system and re-introduce the United States dollar as a way of solving the country’s fragile currency situation and reduce inflation, economist Steve Hanke has said. The southern African country introduced the surrogate currency, which government pegged at 1:1 with the…
HARARE – The Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) says implementing recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry on the conversion of insurance and pension values from the now-defunct Zimbabwean dollar to United States dollars without reforms would be catastrophic to the local industry. Ipec’s acting commissioner Blessmore Kazengura said while many insurance and pension stakeholders —…
HARARE – Youthful musician Tocky Vibes has released a song in which he voices concern over the conduct of soldiers who beat up his pregnant wife and manager during the recent disturbances. Tocky condemns the indiscriminate bashing of the public in a song titled Zviri Nani which he said is unjustified. He said the soldiers…
HARARE – Fans in the United Kingdom have been reportedly pushing to block Jah Prayzah from performing in the European country in April owing to his close links with the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) which stands accused of shooting civilians. Jah Prayzah, the ZDF ambassador, is billed to share the stage with Winky D, Jah…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo’s Nhimbe Trust in partnership with Harare-based arts development organisation Savanna Trust will this year embark on a unique project for intercultural dialogue, aptly titled “Relinking Communities Through Culture”. The project is supported by Culture at Work Africa (Cawa), a consortium of eight African, European and international partners whose mission is to promote…
HARARE – South Africa-based raunchy dancer Beverly “Bev” Sibanda on Sunday stormed the stage during Enzo Ishall’s performance in the neighbouring country and performed the controversial Magate song much to the delight of many. Ever since the release of the song, several women have gone into a frenzy trying to outsmart each other in a…
