EDITOR — After the devastating effects of Covid-19 it is time for all people especially the youth to take a leading role as economic drivers. Zimbabwe is not in this economic turmoil because of Covid-19 or sanctions but government policies need to shift 180 degrees. How did Rhodesia and South Africa prosper under sanctions, with…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE confusion engulfing the weakening MDC continues to deepen, with the party’s interim leadership seizing the main opposition’s iconic national headquarters in Harare from their internal rivals on Thursday night, the Daily News reports. And as these mindless wars rumble on, police arrested MDC Alliance vice presidents Tendai…
Blessings Mashaya and Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITERS ©️ INDEPENDENT Norton legislator Temba Mliswa lost his cool in Parliament on Thursday after he was chastised by deputy National Assembly Speaker Tsitsi Gezi for disrespecting fellow MPs, the Daily News can report. Mliswa resorted to using some unprintable words towards Zanu PF MP for Seke, Munyaradzi…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ©️ MEMBERS of Parliament have suggested that the safest time to re-open schools as Covid-19 cases continue to surge in the country is in summer. This comes as government has, through Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema, announced that schools would re-open in phases, starting with final examinations…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairperson, Jim Risch, has called for strict accountability and transparency measures for the US$7 million grant extended to Zimbabwe by the World Bank (WB) to aid in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19) recently. This comes as the US recently listed Zimbabwe as…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s former top aide Douglas Tapfuma was yesterday slapped with a six-year prison term for abuse of office. Tapfuma was convicted of three counts of criminal abuse of office following a full trial before Harare regional magistrate Esthere Chivasa. Chivasa suspended two years, leaving Tapfuma with an effective…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Association for Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has expressed concern over the delayed testing of returnees in quarantine centres, saying that this could be driving the increase in the number of coronavirus (Covid-19) positive cases among them. This comes as Zimbabwe’s confirmed Covid-19 cases have shot to…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO TWENTY artists will showcase artworks that touch on a variety of issues and experiences brought about by the coronavirus pandemic at the National Art Gallery soon. The series of lockdown diaries by various artists will exhibit under the banner Umsindo. Gallery curator Clifford Zulu said while they will accept submissions based…
UNITED Kingdom-based hip-hop musician Selby Shingirai Magaraba popularly known as Km3 recently partnered with Amuse. Amuse is a digital music distribution service as well as independent record label founded in 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden by entrepreneurs Diego Farias, Andreas Ahlenius, Christian Wilsson, Guy Parry and Jimmy Brodd. In an interview with the Daily News Km3…
Tinashe Sibanda Lifestyle writer sibandat@dailynews.co.zw ZIMDANCEHALL singer Carrington Chiwadzwa popularly known as Nutty O has dropped a new track titled My Time (Not Sorry). Nutty O teamed up with Rodney “Rymez” Hwingwiri to compose the track off an upcoming project Pungwe Sessions Volume II which is set to be released in full on June 5….
