By Godknows Matarutse and Mugove Tafirenyika AUTHORITIES have warned that they will take tough measures, including conducting door-to-door raids, if people continue to disregard coronavirus regulations meant to curb the spread of the killer virus in the country. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe also warned that the government…
POLICE have launched a manhunt for six armed robbers who pounced on a cashin-transit vehicle and got away with US$2,5 million in cash in yet another chilling robbery in the country. National police spokesperson assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday said three security guards were robbed along the Harare-Chinhoyi road on Wednesday afternoon near Gwebi Bridge…
SUSPENDED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume says he suspects he has contracted the deadly coronavirus due to poor health conditions at Harare Remand Prison. Mafume, who is in custody after allegedly violating his bail conditions in a matter he is accused of abusing his office to award residential stands to his sister and a colleague, now…
ON WEDNESDAY, the Harare Magistrates’ Courts sentenced to jail popular Zimdancehall producers — DJs Fantan and Levels, alongside promoter Boss Dammer, for staging a New Year’s eve gig in Mbare attended by thousands of revellers against Covid-19 lockdown measures. The gig was deemed a potential super spreader and in flagrant violation of lockdown guidelines,…
TWO people arrested for allegedly forging Covid-19 certificates and selling them to people intending to travel outside the country, have been denied bail. Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko yesterday ruled that Takesure Kanyani and Tariro Chimhavi must remain behind bars as they are accused of committing a serious offence. The two allegedly forged PCR certificates…
SUNGURA musician Peter “Young Igwe” Moyo is taking advantage of the lockdown period to perfect his fifth album, set for release in the first half of this year. Last Saturday Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the country’s Health minister, announced a 30-day lockdown in which only people and sectors providing essential services…
By Aaron Nhawu nhawua@dailynews.co.zw ZIFA’S prayers have been answered after the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) granted the Warriors permission to resume training and take part in the Chan finals in Cameroon this month. This comes as the government imposed another hard lockdown on Tuesday for 30 days in light of a Covid-19 second…
AFRICA’S football governing body, CAF, has announced that the 2022 edition of its premier women’s tournament will be hosted in Morocco. The tournament which has been held consistently every year since 1998, was cancelled last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Six nations have hosted the event since it switched to a…
THE local football family was plunged into mourning again following the untimely death of former CAPS United star player and coach Anthony Kambani yesterday. Kambani, 57, passed away at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital following complications with diabetes in the early hours of yesterday morning. The family was still finalising burial arrangements by last night…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AS COVID-19 cases continue to spiral out of control in the country amid soaring deaths, health experts have called on authorities to further tighten the national lockdown and also decree that all inter-city travellers possess valid certificates showing that they don’t have the lethal disease. In addition, the experts told…
