Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw IN A major breakthrough, police busted one of the country’s most wanted armed robbery gangs during a shoot-out in Beitbridge yesterday, the Daily News reports. The terror gang included Musa Taj Abdul, 46, — who police alleged was a notorious criminal who had been on the run for 20 years….
HIGHLY-RATED volleyball coach Munyaradzi Mavhima has joined his old club Non Academic Bachelors Association (Naba) after leaving his post with the University of Zimbabwe Wolves men’s team. “I have always been part of Naba as I am one of the founder members. Naba and UZ have always been brothers and at some point I was…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT has received 2 899 applications from artists for the coronavirus (Covid-19) Artists Relief Fund with Matabeleland North topping the list on 681 followed by Harare and Midlands with 486 and 469 respectively. While the list has raised eyebrows in some sections within the arts sector on how Matabeleland North…
THE Beitbridge Municipality has raised concern over the slow commercial development in the border town, warning investors whose stands have remained undeveloped for the past seven years that they risk having them repossessed. In a public notice dated August 20, Beitbridge town clerk Loud Ramakgapola said: “We have noted with concern that there has been…
BUSINESSMAN and football administrator Farai Jere will have to wait a little longer for his freedom as the court will rule on his bail application tomorrow. Jere is jointly charged with Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) employees Leonard Chisina and Freeman Chikonzo on allegations of defrauding the power supplier of over $US3,5 million…
ZIMBABWEAN crooner Garry Mapanzure who is riding high off the success of his recently released Sushi Season EP and Wapunza has linked up with Soko Matemai on the song We Party All Night. This is the sixth single release from the Pungwe Sessions Vol. II. The bouncy Afro-Caribbean-styled song sees Mapanzure doing what is now…
Austin Karonga SPORTS WRITER karongaa@dailynews.co.zw TRIATHLON Zimbabwe (TZ) are on schedule to commence their 2020-2021 season despite the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic after staging an incident-free duathlon event at Donnybrooke Course at the weekend. Since March all sporting events have been banned by the government as a measure of trying to curb the spread of the…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlopes@dailynews.co.zw THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has distributed 21 000 mosquito nets in Binga District in a bid to fight Malaria, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe witnessed a surge in malaria cases this year, which has seen at least 364 people succumbing to the…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw ZVISHAVANE-based entrepreneur and author Banabas Marambire has released his debut inspirational book meant to inspire people to work hard in life despite socio-economic and political challenges they experience in life. The book titled Herdboy, which is on Amazon, is grounded on a true story of an orphan who ascended…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw HIS wish was to probably play another season and give a fitting goodbye to his beloved club CAPS United and their multitudes of fans at the end of the campaign. However, because of the coronavirus (Covid-19) that has affected the sporting world, veteran CAPS United defender and captain Method Mwanjale…
