AWARD-winning rhumba musician Madlela Sikhobokhobo has released a single targeted at Zimbabweans based in the Diaspora. The single released over the weekend is part of Madlela’s upcoming album is titled Khumbule ‘khaya. According to Madlela who features Bajila in the song, he was forced to release the single due to its relevance to the current…
LOCAL artistes need to be creative during this lockdown period or risk losing relevance, music promoters have said. With the country currently on extended lockdown as a measure to contain coronavirus, entertainment gatherings remain banned. This means live interaction with their followers is on a halt and promoters have urged entertainers to embrace the digital…
LONDONERS Dance Fund (LDF), the brainchild of Deborah Joyce and Zandi Mubi has come to the rescue of local dancers after mobilising resources for their upkeep during this coronavirus (Covid-19) national lockdown. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Deborah said while there are many marginalised persons who have little or no source of income at…
©️ THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) is in no hurry to start talking about the start of 2020 season until it is safe to do so as coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has an unprecedented impact on the sporting world. This comes amid growing calls for the local league to adopt the August to May calendar. The…
©️ THE government is dispatching monitors across the country this week, to clamp down on retailers resisting its recent order to reduce their prices to March 25 levels. Economic experts who spoke to the Daily News last night immediately warned anew that the move to re-introduce price controls, and to employ monitors, would lead to…
©️ HEALTH Services Board (HSB) bigwigs have controversially awarded themselves hefty additional allowances, at a time that frontline health workers are getting measly salaries and incentives despite the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic. An HSB payment schedule that is in the possession of the Daily News shows that its top office bearers recently got…
©️ FIREBRAND independent legislator for Norton Temba Mliswa was arrested yesterday for undermining the authority of the police, the Daily News can report. Mliswa was captured on video, which went viral on social media, allegedly shouting at the police in Norton, accusing them of failing to enforce social distancing at a supermarket as a measure…
THE Health and Childcare ministry has raised concerns over private clinics claiming to be Covid-19 health facilities without getting approval from the government, saying they are a danger to society. Health and Childcare permanent secretary Agnes Mahomva told a press conference in Harare yesterday that private practitioners were welcome to support the management of Covid-19…
BARELY six days before the current lockdown comes to an end, the country is still very far from meeting its own coronavirus test target of 40 000 people by end of this month. So far the country has tested nearly 7 000 people for the lethal pandemic — a measly figure given what the nation…
THE number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country has gone up to 31 after three new cases were recorded on Saturday. The Health and Child Care ministry’s permanent secretary Agnes Mahomva yesterday said two of the new cases were due to local transmission and were from Mashonaland West, while the other one was recorded…
