FORMER Zanu PF youth leader Jim Kunaka, pictured, has had to endure a painful week-long mourning for his late son as health authorities are demanding his coronavirus Covid-19 test result before they can bury him. Kunaka blamed health authorities at Wilkins and Parirenyatwa hospitals for taking too long to give him the results of Covid-19…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube will tomorrow morning headline the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) webinar on the 2020 Mid-Term Budget Review. ANZ are the publishers of the inimitable Daily News and the Daily News On Sunday. The discussion, to be live streamed on the Daily News Facebook page at 8.30am, will also feature Reserve Bank…
Masiyiwa sources drugs for 1 million Africans Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarise@dailynews.co.zw AFRICAN Union special envoy Strive Masiyiwa has – through the Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP) – sourced drugs to treat one million African’s affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The AMSP was launched in June by African Union chairperson and South Africa’s president…
ETHICAL Leaf Tobacco, (ETL) one of the Zimbabwe’s major tobacco contract companies, has unveiled a $660 million input facility called the Gold Class Scheme for smallholders farmers in the country. The company says it hopes the scheme, which is entering its fourth running year and is said to be the largest indigenous input program,…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government stands accused of escalating its clampdown on critics ahead of the planned July 31 mass demonstrations, which have raised fears of potentially bloody clashes between protesters and security forces, the Daily News reports. This comes as suspected State security agents have been raiding the homes of…
Emerge; By Simbarashe Nyamadzawo, Harare, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-77906-927-6 (Paperback) 105 pages Reviewed by Eddie Zvinonzwa FOR most writers, personal experiences have always been a source of material for their books, be they fictional or otherwise. Simbarashe Nyamadzawo, pictured, does exactly that with his motivational piece Emerge. However, he does this with refreshing honesty, a feat…
This July another exciting collaboration between artists from South Africa and Zimbabwe took off on the Facebook page The Amavuso Project which is a multimedia performance initiative that aims to portray authentic and diverse perspectives on what’s widely known as the ‘‘blesser’’ phenomenon, as an increasingly accepted popular culture. The performance aims to give audiences…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw SOCIALITE and singer Felistas “Mai Titi” Edwards has collaborated with Obey “Tocky Vibes” Makamure on a new inspirational single titled Hush set to be launched next week. “Hush means be quiet or stop talking. The song was inspired by what is currently happening in society due to the effects of…
PRESSURE is mounting on Peter Moyo to juxtapose comedy and music full time as his legion of followers demand more of both genres from him, the Daily News reports. This comes as the Utakataka Express frontman told this publication yesterday that he turned down offers from companies that wanted him to do skits. “I am…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw ALTHOUGH the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) received funds meant to cushion women’s football from effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19), the intended recipients are yet to receive the amounts. Zifa was granted a Covid-19 relief aid package worth US$2,5 million by both Fifa and the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to…
