Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw CHITUNGWIZA dance group Extreme Dreamers were adjudicated the champions in the inaugural online Dance Off competition last week. The victory saw them walking away with US$1 000 first prize that was on offer. Sesifikile dance group from Mufakose and Mbare’s Black Excellence were voted the first and second runners-up respectively,…
FILM production organisation Slimaz Production has launched a new drama aimed at creating gender-based violence (GBV) awareness. The drama is titled Mai Boi and premiered yesterday on their Youtube channel. Mai Boi story revolves around a youthful lady who is married to an older man. The lady is gainfully employed unlike her husband. As a…
OPINION by Tapiwa Mashakada WHEN people talk about a National Transitional Authority (NTA) it sounds like a new idea altogether. Yet there is nothing new about it. In my view, it is all about nomenclature or semantics. A transitional authority is a transitional government by any other name. The only difference is that the…
The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) is implementing a programme aimed at amplifying civil society interventions towards enhancing citizens’ capacity to more effectively contribute to democratic development in Zimbabwe. The programme is premised on three strategic objectives central to the strengthening, mobilisation and coordination of civil society: (a) enhancing electoral integrity through providing support to…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw IT IS going to be difficult for the Warriors to prepare for their 2022 Afcon Group H back-to-back qualifiers against Algeria in November due to a myriad of challenges faced by the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa). The Warriors will resume their qualification campaign with two mouth-watering clashes against the reigning…
LOCALLY-PRODUCED reality TV series Battle of the Chefs will now be broadcast on Voxafrica UK. The series premiere is to launch on Voxafrica sky 193 Freeview 271 on September 14, 2020 airing Mondays at 7:30pm. Battle of the Chefs is a 45-minute, reality, cooking television series. The show is produced by a local production house,…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw OUTSPOKEN MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala says he has been critical of the government since he was 16 years old and would not flee the country despite the State’s desire to persecute critics into exile. Sikhala is fighting to be admitted to bail after he was arrested on allegations…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw HARARE top lawyer Sylvester Hashiti, who is accused of alleging that a prosecutor in the Special Anti-Corruption Unit in the office of the President, Zivanai Macharaga, had received a US$20 000 bribe from an accused person, wants the charges dropped, saying they are meant to embarrass him. Hashiti, through his…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw FRUSTRATED MDC organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has taken aim at acting party leader Thokozani Khupe for allegedly concentrating on strengthening her position by “mindlessly’’ recalling MPs and councillors at the expense of developing the party,” the Daily News reports. This comes as Khupe has, since taking over leadership of…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zwTHE government reiterated yesterday that only Zimbabweans could resolve the country’s myriad challenges, warning that it was futile for anyone to expect outsiders to lift the nation out of its current difficulties. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba said it was disconcerting to see…
