AFRO-fusion musician Ashton “Mbeu” Nyahora says the Covid-19 pandemic-induced national lockdown has unlocked new opportunities in his career amid an enhanced online presence and growing fan base. Mbeu, who fronts the Mhodzi Tribe Band did not take a sabbatical during the lockdown but rather used the opportunity to explore other avenues to widen the reach…
THERE is a debilitating mixture of chaos, confusion and panic among both consumers and businesses across the country, after the government made a surprise announcement late on Friday evening that it would suspend mobile money. This comes as concerned economic experts warned in interviews with the Daily News On Sunday yesterday that the government’s move…
WITH the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) dithering on their promise to bail out local teams during this coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, their counterparts in the region are leading by example in this crisis. Despite receiving a substantial stimulus package worth around US$700 000 from Fifa and the Confederation of African Football(Caf) to cope with the financial…
RENOWNED music star Jah Prayzah says in as much as he tries by all means to shun away from “sexy footage’’ in his music videos, he is always tempted to include them as they light up productions. Two songs; “Mukwasha” and “Donhodzo” off his latest album “Hokoyo” contain elements of mischief and indecency. Although it…
THE government has gazetted a Statutory Instrument (SI) to regulate mobile banking and money transmission in the country, apparently to back up the controversial decision to suspend all monetary transactions on phone-based platforms and the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). This comes as authorities have accused mobile platforms and the ZSE of fuelling the rampaging foreign…
BATTERED and bruised MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, should go back to the drawing board and come up with new strategies to fight for his political life in the wake of the political and legal losses he has suffered at the hands of his rivals so far, analysts have said. This comes as woes continue to…
AN AUDIT into Harare City Council (HCC)’s accounts has revealed that some of the council’s bank signatories have since left municipal employment. The audit was meant to validate the signatories of bank accounts, establish operational bank accounts and create a permanent audit file for accounts signatories. HCC has 62 active bank accounts and an additional…
PARLIAMENT has recommended a raft of changes to the Constitutional Court Bill which will govern the operations of the Constitutional Court (Con-Court). The Bill seeks to regulate the jurisdiction, powers, practice and procedure of the court as well as providing for the composition, regulation and appeals from decisions of lower courts and other matters connected…
INTERIM MDC president Thokozani Khupe has made a dramatic extra-ordinary congress U-turn after she rolled back the new dates she had set for the Indaba to the original July 31 date, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes as MDC-T deputy spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni announced last week that the party’s court-directed extra-ordinary congress which…
Lazarus Chakwera has been sworn in as president of Malawi after winning an election rerun. He defeated incumbent Peter Mutharika with 58.57% of the vote in Tuesday’s poll, the electoral commission announced late on Saturday. In February, Malawi’s constitutional court annulled Mr Mutharika’s victory in the May 2019 election, citing vote tampering. The country was…
