TWO principal economists at Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) who allegedly leaked documents pre-empting the country’s de-dollarisation strategy appeared in court yesterday. Smart Manda, 44, and Philton Makena,40, appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti charged with communicating official documents to unauthorised persons and alternatively contravening section 60 (1) of the RBZ Act chapter 22:15…
NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisations Unicef and Goal Zimbabwe have launched an awareness campaign to educate the most vulnerable population across the country on Covid-19 using specialised mobile trucks. This comes as the Zimbabwe Republic Police and other civil society organisations have expressed concern over the lack of knowledge on Covid-19 expressed by people in high density suburbs…
Out of nowhere comes a deathly shadow. Coming out of the day and night air. Prowling and destroying without a bellow. Covid-19 you bring about nothing but despair. Oh virulent virus, oh virulent virus, oh virulent virus. You are a deleterious disease. Covid-19 you destroy without bias. Your greed will not cease. Covid-19 you insidious…
A SHORTAGE of subsidised maize-meal is looming after millers withheld supplies following reports that the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has doubled the producer price of maize per tonne, the Daily News can report. This comes as the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) yesterday only delivered a mere 10 tonnes of subsidised maize-meal in Ushewokunze…
GOSPEL musician Mathias Mhere will tomorrow combine forces with dancehall music star Seh Calaz for the “Lockdown Live Series” which is screening the third episode. Mhere becomes the first gospel musician to be on the platform which has seen the organisers trying to be all-encompassing as they broadcast on Facebook through Nash TV. Last week…
CHIVI South Member of Parliament Killer Zivhu yesterday reached out to popular musician Greatman and pledged continuous financial support throughout the lockdown period after the singer had taken to vending for the upkeep of his family. This comes as most musicians in Zimbabwe are finding it hard to generate income after the ban on entertainment…
ROOFTOP Promotions and Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association (ZWLA) have produced a 13-part television series on real life experiences by way of legal cases from situations encountered by women all over the country. The television series titled Chipo the Gift continues to screen on national television ZBCTV every Wednesday night. The series producer Daves Guzha said…
POPULAR Mbare DJ Fantan of Chillspot Records says circumstances in the ghetto that include families sharing a single room have made it difficult for youths to observe social distancing. There have been reports of people failing to observe lockdown rules in the ghettos which are believed to be a ticking time bomb for spreading the…
AS digital platforms take centre stage amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the National Arts Gallery in Bulawayo is calling on Zimbabwean artists to apply for an online exhibition titled “Art Inescapable” that will be showcased in June. Gallery curator Clifford Zulu said “Art Inescapable” is a curated online exhibition by local artists so they develop…
©️ THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) and the Premier Soccer League (PSL) are now in a fix after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) requested all of their members to provide roadmaps on how they intend to resume their leagues. This comes in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic which virtually brought all…
