AS ZIMBABWE begins to ease its coronavirus mitigation measures, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that it is dangerous for countries to open their economies without enough safeguards, the Daily News reports. The warning comes as the government is at odds with teachers who argue that the plans by authorities to re-launch class learning…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government has set schools reopening dates for Cambridge and Zimsec examination classes at September 14 and 28 respectively, the Daily News reports. Schools were closed in March, shortly before President Emmerson Mnangagwa imposed a national coronavirus lockdown. Cases of the deadly disease have since surpassed 5 000 although…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, pictured, has filed for divorce from his wife Florence who is also former deputy prosecutor-general, after allegedly spending six years living separately and not enjoying conjugal rights. Ziyambi married Florence under the Marriages Act at Harare on December 26, 1993 and the marriage still subsists. In…
RABAT – Morocco has been ranked at the top of the Confederation of African Football’s recently submitted new ranking of member associations, with 180 points. The ranking is based on the performance of member association’s representatives in the Total CAF Champions League and Total CAF Confederation Cup over the last five year period. This…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw IT IS critical that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF urgently lead efforts to address the country’s decades-long political crisis if the government is to have any chance of mitigating the economic pain of long-suffering Zimbabweans, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, they said without national…
COMEDIENNE and socialite Felistas Edwards aka Mai Titi has penetrated Nigeria’s Nollywood after featuring in a new Sirbalo Comedy skit titled Sugar Mommy. The skit was released on August 29 and is showing on both Mai Titi and Sirbalo Comedy social media pages. “I am happy to have penetrated the Nigerian market which is one…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw MDC-ALLIANCE vice chairperson Job Sikhala yesterday claimed he was arrested on speculation that he was among a group of people plotting a coup in the country. Through his lawyer Jeremiah Bamu, Sikhala said he even confronted Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi in Parliament for allegedly spreading the coup rumours. Sikhala is…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Warriors and Dynamos forward Edward “Duduza” Sadomba has teamed-up with local football agent George Deda in an initiative to help the current generation of footballers prepare for life after the game. Since time immemorial, local football is laden with numerous rags-to-riches and back-to-rags tales as ex-footballers fail to cope…
VETERAN educationist, poet, actor and writer David Mungoshi, pictured, succumbed to pulmonary embolism, a post-mortem has revealed. Mungoshi died on Saturday at the age of 71. “He was suffering from multiple conditions including severe gout and arthritis, among others. He went into the hospital to be treated for gout and the doctors had assured us…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO PRESSURE groups in Matabeleland have dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Matabeleland Collective leader Jenni Williams to court over the emotive Gukurahundi killings of the 1980s. Pressure group Ibetshu Likazulu, Zapu and activist Charles Thomas filed an urgent application at the Bulawayo High Court seeking an interdict to stop Mnangagwa, Matabeleland Collective…
