TWO Zimbabwean films — Scars and Isolation — are among 23 from 11 African countries that have been selected for the inaugural edition of the Piton International Film Festival (PIFF) – Africa 2021 which will run virtually next month from the 13th to the 23rd. Scars,written by John Mabuyane and directed by Bulawayo-based Percy Soko, won the outstanding Roil…
ABOUT 60 theatre practitioners are set to clean-up Harare tomorrow as part of an exercise being spearheaded by the Zimbabwe Theatre Academy in partnership with organisations such as Dairibord and the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC). Zimbabwe Theatre Academy director Lloyd Nyikadzino said the clean-up, which has the blessing of the Youth, Sport, Arts and…
THIS year’s Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), scheduled for July, should play a pivotal role in engaging and forging innovative and sustainable trade models with potential to create new opportunities, the organising firm’s chairperson, Busisa Moyo, has said. This comes as the government recently announced that the annual event, which is traditionally held in April,…
CORRUPTION-accused Harare City Council officials Hosiah Chisango, Addmore Nhekairo and Samuel Nyabezi’s trial has been set for May 26. Chisango is the suspended town clerk, while Nhekairo is suspended director of Housing and Community Services and Nyabezi is the acting town planner. The three — currently out of custody on $50 000 bail each —…
BATA Shoe Company (Bata) has been dragged to the High Court for failing to pay over US$200 000 owed to an electrical engineering firm. In the application, Big Wave Automation Systems (BWAS) said the debt emanates from an agreement it entered with Bata for the supply, installation and commissioning of a system that would modernise…
THE political silly season is upon us ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections. The country’s main political players, the ruling Zanu PF, the MDC and the MDC Alliance, have begun forays into the rural areas either to recruit new members, set up structures or canvass for votes ahead of the polls. Zimbabwe has had a…
ZIMBABWE has received US$75 million from the Global Fund to complement government efforts in the fight against the lethal Covid-19 pandemic. This comes as the government has already committed $11 billion from its coffers since coronavirus hit the country’s shores in March last year. Speaking at a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare last night, Information…
ZANU PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu, pictured, says Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2 is not about President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s succession or sidelining his party and government lieutenants. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mpofu said the Bill — which seeks to introduce at least 27 amendments to the country’s Constitution, including dropping the presidential election running…
MDC senators have blasted Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2, saying it is a step backwards for Zimbabwe, as it takes away power from the people and gives it all to the president. Debating the Bill yesterday, which among other things scraps the running mate clause, opposition senators said the move was against the spirit of…
THE president of the Theological College of Zimbabwe, Ray Motsi, says churches in Zimbabwe have a role to play in advocating for increased uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine after the government recently expressed worry over the low turnout of people being inoculated in some provinces. Speaking during a Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (ZCA)-organised virtual conference yesterday,…
