BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it will expand its road network as the current system has been overwhelmed by the increase in both vehicular and human population. The city’s master plan consultant, Tiisetso Dube of Job Jika and Associates, this week outlined that the local authority needed to make a provision for an efficient transportation…
THE recent meet-and-greet-the-media press conference organised by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) was quite commendable as it provided a platform for the two entities to understand each other’s operations. It was indeed a no-holds barred platform which tackled, among other things, the strained Zifa/SRC relations threatening to bring the game of football to its…
By Aaron Nhawu ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe is set to host the Vic Falls Marathon tomorrow which will be held virtually due to the Covid-19 restrictions. At least 5 000 local and international athletes are expected to take part in this year’s historic event, now easily one of Africa’s largest marathons. The event attracted more…
MATHIAS Mhere will unveil his latest studio album Talita Kumi tomorrow at the Harare Gardens. The album is his ninth studio project and it is made up of nine tracks. “The album was inspired by a Biblical verse, Mark 5:41 that encourages one in times of doubt, loss, financial crisis or hopelessness to always uplift…
GOSPEL diva Bethen Pasinawako-Ngolomi, launched her sixth studio album titled Eke yesterday. The seven-track album was unveiled in Avondale at Utano Restaurant in the capital at an event graced by Mechanic Manyeruke, Prophet Tapiwa Freddy, Trymore Bande, Tocky Vibes, Portia, Pastor Matende and Lasper. Songs making the album Eke (This Is God’s Time) include Ndiwe…
By Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya ZANU PF’s vanquished Generation 40 (G40) and Gamatox factions have joined forces in a bid to destabilise President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the party ahead of the 2023 polls, a senior official of the former liberation movement has claimed. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF secretary for…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry, is battling to retrieve her passport to enable her to seek urgent medical treatment in South Africa — with the State saying yesterday that she was a flight risk, the Daily News reports. Marry is facing multiple charges, including claims that she wanted to kill her powerful…
JAILED former Zanu PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke has lost his bid for his appeal against a rape conviction and a 10-year sentence heard by the Supreme Court. Kereke was convicted of raping his wife’s 11-year-old niece in 2016. His last attempt to have the rape sentence and conviction quashed was in May last year and…
HARARE City Council finance director Tendai Kwenda has been arraigned before the court on allegations of siphoning US$75 000 from council coffers and purchasing a top of the range SUV. Kwenda is being charged with criminal abuse of duty or alternatively theft of trust property. Last week, he appeared in court on similar allegations together…
By Kudzai Chikiwa in Bulawayo have arrested three armed robbers who terrorised residents by breaking into homes and attacking occupants, getting away with US$70 000, $386 000 and an assortment of valuables. Police provincial spokesperson Abedneco Ncube told the Daily News yesterday that Sonto Sibanda, 34, from Nkulumane, Thubelihle Ncube, 25, who lives in Magwegwe…
