Vasco Chaya THE National Gallery of Zimbabwe (NGZ) plans to construct a Cyclone Idai Museum in Chimanimani after the coronavirus national lockdown, the Daily News reports. The facility will collect, preserve, interpret, and display objects of artistic, cultural and scientific significance for the education of the public. “After we are done with the exhibition…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has been forced to temporarily shut down Princess Margaret Rose Clinic after one of the nurses at the institution tested positive for Covid-19. Princess Margaret Ross Clinic is located in the Central Business District. This comes after Phelandaba Clinic, also owned by the local authority, was closed…
A SHORT film production titled Notepad will be released next month courtesy of Sunset Web Series (SWS) film production company. Shot and produced in Warren Park D in Harare, Notepad aims to inspire all age groups. It is about the virtues of patience, trust, love, friendship and hard work among other social qualities. It is…
The Namibian government has approached the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a 4.5 billion Namibian dollars ($274 million) emergency loan to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, a Ministry of Finance spokesman said on Wednesday. “We submitted an application to IMF last week. We will assess the terms and conditions to see if they are…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw THE football fraternity has described the untimely death of former Premier Soccer League (PSL) chief executive officer Chris Sambo, pictured, as a huge loss to the game that will be difficult to replace. Sambo, a veteran football administrator, died on Wednesday evening in Harare according to his family. The former…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE Zanu PF youth league has abandoned its plans to celebrate the second anniversary of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in the 2018 elections amid fears the event will be hijacked by protesters today, the Daily News reports. This comes as the ruling party youths had planned to celebrate the…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba was yesterday barred by the High Court from visiting his offices at Town House as part of conditions for his release on $10 000 bail. Gomba is facing allegations of converting State land into council land and parcelling it out to a housing cooperative in Mufakose at…
Former US President Barack Obama has sharply criticised what he described as Republican attempts at voter suppression in a speech at civil rights leader John Lewis’s funeral. He said people in power were “attacking our voting rights with surgical precision” and called for wide reform. He also decried the police killing of George Floyd and…
South Africa’s economy could contract 8.2% this year and grow just 0.6% in 2021, if it is hit by a second wave of coronavirus infections that also affects major trading partners, the OECD said on Friday. If a second wave of infections is avoided, the economy will probably contract 7.5% in 2020 before rebounding…
THERE is absolutely no doubt that the obtaining coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has impacted society negatively the world over. Over and above the deaths and illness stretching nations’ capacity to cope, countries’ economies have been pushed to the brink while companies folded, leading to massive job losses that could go on record as the worst in…
