WINKY D and VaChikepe The Poet were on Sunday night named among the winners of the prestigious International Reggae and World Music Awards (Irawma) scoring a first for Zimbabwe in the process. The awards were held virtually for the second-straight year due to the global Covid-19 pandemic that has greatly limited international travel. Winky…
FOR those who have been witnessing the goings-on in the fractured opposition, it is becoming increasingly clear that their differences are similar to those of the south and north poles. It is unfathomable that advocates for multi-party democracy continue to engage in mindless fighting at a time their very existence is under threat from a…
MATOBO residents are in a fresh headache following the return by a mining syndicate that was last year evicted from Domboshaba village after invading a world heritage site to prospect for gold. In September last year, the mining firm, Mazinahue Syndicate, was engaged in running battles with locals, who argued that the company could not…
THE age old adage, ‘a cat has nine lives’ is one of the most common maxims in the English language. The proverbial…
THE government is pushing for a private sector-centred economy backed by increased exports which will contribute to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Speaking during a tour of the United Refineries (Private) Limited in Bulawayo at the weekend, Mnangagwa said in order to achieve this goal, the government had put…
GLOBE Trot (Private) Limited (Globe Trot) has once again approached the High Court seeking to recover US$50 000 that was advanced to Probadek Investments as capital in a botched joint mining venture. Globe Trot initially approached the court in March with summons against Probadek and its directors Patricia Mutombgwera and Grant Chitate. In the present…
HARARE regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje has slapped a hawker based at Makombe Building with a 20-month prison term after convicting him of soliciting for bribes from desperate passport seekers. Nicholas Chogugudza pleaded guilty to bribery charges in a case in which he was jointly charged with an official from the registrar general’s office, Prisca Moyo,…
TWO Harare men have been arrested on attempted murder charges after they struck another man in the head with an iron bar following an argument over the FA Cup final between English clubs Leicester City and Chelsea. Leicester won the match 1-0 and lifted their first FA Cup trophy in the club’s history following Youri…
WITH preparations for the 2023 national elections now earnestly under way, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will soon start engaging all key stakeholders for a common roadmap for the polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zec spokesperson Qhubani Moyo said the engagements were aimed at enhancing the electoral management body’s credibility in the eyes of all…
ZANU PF has intensified its preparations for the 2023 elections and the upcoming by-elections after the ruling party deployed politburo members to various provinces to mobilise and recruit new members. Speaking during the ruling party’s policy meeting at the weekend, Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu said the party was making sure everything is…
