OPINION JOB SIKHALA ON behalf of the people of Zimbabwe who have expressed themselves loudly on social media, and have expressed themselves on issues they want addressed legally, we are grateful that you have found it necessary to appoint envoys to the Zimbabwe crisis. We hope they will do a thorough and genuine deliberative engagement with…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO ORGANISERS of the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards (RBAA) yesterday postponed the event to November as the effects of Covid-19 continue to be felt in the arts sector. The awards, which had initially been pencilled for August 19 have been moved to November 28 this year. The postponement of the ceremony also…
YESTERDAY, Zimbabwe held a subdued 40th commemoration of its National Heroes Day – to salute and celebrate the heroes and heroines who took up arms to emancipate the country from colonial rule. The country attained independence after a bloody war and when the Union Jack was brought down on April 18, 1980 at Rufaro Stadium…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw A JUNIOR police officer has applied for the civil imprisonment of Commissioner General Godwin Matanga for allegedly failing to abide by a High Court order that suspended his transfer to Chimanimani. Constable Chomumwe Tapiwa cited Matanga and the Police Service Commission (PSC) as respondents in the application for contempt of…
By Dylan Mahomed RABAT – Many people around the world would not expect football to be popular among women in conservative Morocco, but it is, in fact, a fast-growing phenomenon. So serious is the North African country about the ladies that they have hired the services of former United States of America defender Kelly Lindsey…
RABAT – Many people around the world would not expect football to be popular among women in conservative Morocco, but it is, in fact, a fast-growing phenomenon. So serious is the North African country about the ladies that they have hired the services of former United States of America defender Kelly Lindsey as head of…
South African academic Nicole Beardsworth has pointed out that we misquoted her in our story in the Daily News On Sunday of July 26, which reported on a virtual meeting that was organised by SAPES Trust last month, and discussed Pretoria’s role in Zimbabwe’s ongoing political crisis. We accept her contention that our report did not accurately…
At the turn of the millennium as the economic situation in Zimbabwe took an ugly turn, most Zimbabweans moved abroad to seek greener pastures. One of those people who left the country is Bhekinkosi Sibanda, pictured, a young talented broadcaster who is now making waves in Ireland Dublin. Daily News on Sunday Lifestyle Writer Jeffrey…
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai became the highest-profile arrest under a new national security law on Monday, detained over suspected collusion with foreign forces as around 200 police searched the offices of his Apple Daily newspaper. Lai, 71, has been one of the most prominent democracy activists in the Chinese-ruled city and an ardent…
Africa’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 have surpassed 1 million, a Reuters tally showed on Thursday, as the disease began to spread rapidly through a continent whose relative isolation has so far spared it the worst of the pandemic. The continent recorded 1,003,056 cases, of which 21,983 have died and 676,395 recovered. South Africa –…
