CONTEMPORARY Jiti musician Baba Harare, seems to have succumbed to pressure to cut on sexually suggestive images on his videos and lyrics if his latest releases are anything to go by. While his Jiti videos which are usually dominated by waist wriggling women have usually left tongues wagging, his latest productions, Ndipe Kaviri and…
THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is feeling the heat as more affiliates are demanding the disbursements of the coronavirus (Covid-19) relief aid to be made in foreign currency. This comes as the association is entitled to receive US$2,5 million from Fifa and Caf as a stimulus package to help the game stay afloat during the…
THE old saying that ‘‘necessity is the mother of invention’’ comes to mind when I think about the resilience and ingenuity shown by South Africans during the past three months. This ingenuity is being demonstrated by young entrepreneurs as our country is battling the spread of the coronavirus that has brought about fundamental changes to…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw CHITUNGWIZA Municipality has launched a blitz against illegal land occupants and developers in efforts to curtail illegal land allocations and land barons, the Daily News reports. This comes as the municipality recently issued an eviction order to illegal vendors and space barons operating at Zengeza 2 and Jambanja markets….
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw CULTURE Fund of Zimbabwe Trust (Culture Fund) in partnership with the European Union Zimbabwe have issued a US$118 000 grant to support the country’s creative sector during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The grant is meant to promote new and innovative projects from artists, cultural practitioners, institutions and private operators involved…
WE live in a surreal world, a realm where the greedy devise ways to suppress and milk the downtrodden. On Monday, during the Daily News-sponsored virtual conference on the Mid-Term Fiscal Policy tabled in Parliament last week by Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube, permanent secretary George Guvamatanga bemoaned the ever increasing prices of…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw NURSES have accused the government of committing genocide in hospitals as people are dying without anyone treating them, the Daily News reports. This comes as nurses have been on strike for a month, demanding that their salaries be paid in United States (US) dollars in full, while the government…
FORMER Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa, who served from 1995 to 2005, has died. He died on Thursday at a hospital in the country’s commercial hub, Dar es Salaam, while receiving treatment. He was 81 years old. It is not clear what the former president died from. The announcement was made by President John Pombe Magufuli…
MORE than a thousand Twitter employees and contractors as of earlier this year had access to internal tools that could change user account settings and hand control to others, two former employees said, making it hard to defend against the hacking that occurred last week. Twitter Inc and the FBI are investigating the breach that…
A showdown between the US government and the four big tech giants – Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google – is set to be postponed. The hearing was due to question the companies’ dominance in their fields of e-retail, smartphone software, social media and search. It is expected to be delayed to allow the politicians to…
