OLEKSANDR USYK wants to be a film star after casting Derek Chisora, in a Halloween horror. Ukraine’s 2012 Olympic champ and former undisputed cruiserweight king continues his assault on the heavyweight division on Saturday. A win will tee the WBO’s mandatory challenger up for a shot at WBA, IBF and WBO champion Anthony Joshua in…
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) is racing against time as there is now a huge prospect of no football taking place due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Although the government has granted the top-flight league and Women’s Soccer the greenlight to resume after close to eight months of inactivity, events on the ground point to…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) has demanded that the government builds more prison facilities to ease congestion and curb the spread of communicable diseases. In a High Court application, the Forum and Taurai Mbewe cited Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Moses Chihobvu, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi,…
STAFF WRITER THE mining industry is expected to ramp up production and increase output in 2021 amid renewed confidence and optimism in the sector, a survey by the Chamber of Mines has revealed. The latest State of Mining Industry report commissioned by the Chamber of Mines (CoM), in partnership with The Financial Gazette, yesterday said…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw DIVISIONS have rocked teachers’ unions, with some accusing the Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (Zimta) leadership of having a “secret” meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday. This comes after all teachers’ unions made a joint petition last week requesting to meet Mnangagwa. However, Zimta on Monday went on to meet…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi is seeking leave to serve divorce summons on his estranged wife, Florence, through the media, saying he cannot locate her at her Marlborough home or at work in Harare since August. Ziyambi said he wanted to move on with his life after the relationship ended six…
Tarisai Machakaire A MUZARABANI man who axed his wife and then drank poison before surrendering himself to the police hoping to die after making a confession, has been jailed 20 years. Moses Busenti pleaded guilty to murder when he appeared before High Court judge, Justice Joseph Musakwa, but a plea of “not guilty” had to…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored business to capitalise on the country’s stabilising economy and produce more goods at affordable prices for ordinary Zimbabweans, the Daily News reports. Speaking at the unveiling of the Consumer Protection Act in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said the government could not improve the quality of life…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THE court yesterday heard that the controversial president of the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF), Henrietta Rushwaya, was part of a wider smuggling syndicate that allegedly involved intelligence operatives, the Daily News reports. Giving reasons for the withdrawal of its consent to grant Rushwaya bail, the State also revealed how closed…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa yesterday again savaged United States (US) ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols, saying he is pushing a regime change agenda. This comes after the US embassy in Harare maintained that corruption, a dearth of the rule of law and other transgressions were affecting the…
