BORN in 1944, Naison Dhakwa Muganyi still looks fit and his memory is as sharp, telling jokes captured mainly from his early days as a youth working at BATA Shoe Company in Gweru, then Gwelo. He latter spent most of his working life at Zimbabwe Iron & Steel Company as an electrician. [GoogleAd] As a…
Chairman of Fools, By Shimmer Chinodya, Harare, Weaver Press, 2005, (2006 edition) 182 Pages. ISBN: 1-77922-041-3 (Paperback) THERE are some books one would not tire re-reading for the simple reason that they are excellent narratives. [GoogleAd] Shimmer Chinodya’s Chairman of Fools is one such book whose plot reflects on real-life happenings in Zimbabwean families. The…
CELEBRATED writer Virginia Phiri has released her fourth fiction novel titled Grey Angels which follows on the success of other novels like Highway Queen (2010), Destiny (2006) and Desperate (2002). The Daily News on Sunday’s Assistant Editor Maxwell Sibanda caught up with Phiri whose works have also been published in numerous short story (fiction), poetry…
A HARARE man who claimed he was sexually abused by a Jesuit priest and contracted HIV is demanding compensation from the country’s Roman Catholic Church — the first such civil case in the country. The man — a 32-year-old — is demanding US$13 000 in damages for the sexual abuse he claims he suffered for…
DOMESTIC cricket find of the season Daniel Jackiel is a man driven by passion and the determination to succeed as he hates losing a game at all costs. Dubbed Zimbabwe’s own version of Sri Lanka’s sling bowler Lasith Malinga, the 28-year-old quick from Mabvuku has taken the local game by storm harvesting wickets like a…
NGANDU Mangala pitched up for this interview exactly one-and-a-half hours late.Generally, footballers are not the best of timekeepers but he, however, had a valid explanation for the long delay. On his way to the Daily News on Sunday’s offices, the red hot Dynamos striker had to navigate his way through the busy Harare CBD from…
MANY people raised their eyebrows when it was revealed that Valentine Ndaba had resurfaced at CAPS United and was trying his luck at the Green Machine during the pre-season. Discarded by Dynamos after a poor 2018 Castle Lager Premiership season, not many people expected the left-footed player to be even afforded a chance to showcase…
Ngezi Platinum Stars ………. (0) 2 Mushowani Stars…………….. (1) 1 NGEZI Platinum Stars turned on the style in the second half as they rallied from behind to put their campaign up and running with their first victory of the 2019 Castle Lager Premiership season against a determined Mushowani Stars here yesterday. [GoogleAd] It appeared like…
SOME superb bowling at the death saw the Zimbabwe women’s cricket team successfully defend a total of 102 against Kenya to win their first match of the Victoria Twenty20 Tri Series at the Lugogo Oval yesterday. Lady Chevrons captain Mary-Anne Musonda lost the toss and Zimbabwe was asked to bat first before reaching a total…
CHICKEN Inn turned on the style in the second half as they eventually eased past a plucky Yadah FC to go top of the Castle Lager Premiership log at Rufaro Stadium yesterday. The Bulawayo side are now on six points from two matches following their opening 3-1 win over ZPC Kariba last weekend. After a…
