BRIBERY- ACCUSED Zimbabwe Miners Federation boss Henrietta Rushwaya has been acquitted of the allegations. She was accused of offering a US$5 000 bribe to a Civil Aviation Authority (CAAZ) official to allow her to pass through the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport with gold illegally. Rushwaya denied the allegations saying she had no reason to…
A SHOCKING number of women are shot dead by their partners in Zimbabwe every year — 11 in the first half of this year alone — prompting authorities to review the licensing of firearms to individuals in the country. The horrifying statistics emerged last night on independent national commercial television station 3Ktv’s hard-hitting and widely-followed…
SIXTEEN teams from across the country will converge at Prince Edward School in Harare starting tomorrow for a two-day Under-17 football tournament being organised by South Africa-based Universal Football Management. Talented local budding footballers are set for an opportunity to pursue their careers outside the country if they impress scouts, who are expected to attend…
SECOND Street Writes Trust will be screening Finding Temeraire film which zooms in on mining town’s lifestyle tonight at Jasen Mphepo Little Theatre (JMLT) in Harare. Second Street Writes Trust — a creative arts-oriented organisation — strives to empower young artists through arts: spoken word, theatre, and film. “We were mainly inspired by what we…
KENYANS still do not know who their next president will be more than 48 hours after polls closed. Election head Wafula Chebukati has urged people to be patient and not to panic that media houses are releasing differing tallies. Each organisation is making calculations based on its own manual entry of data from more than…
JUST maybe, there is hope after all for the Canaries and local journalism. The Video Assistant Referee got this distinct impression while…
AUTHORITIES are stepping up their efforts to stabilise the prices of basic goods in the country, with Treasury recently announcing further new measures to tame the rampant foreign currency parallel market. In this regard, Finance permanent secretary George Guvamatanga has temporarily suspended the disbursement of funds to all ministries, constitutional commissions and other government departments…
MDC leader Douglous Mwonzora says the Political Actors’ Dialogue (Polad) in its current form is not a convincing platform to bring about the much-needed national dialogue to change the country’s political and economic fortunes. Polad, which was set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa soon after winning the 2018 presidential election, is composed of leaders of…
ALL is set for the inaugural edition of Nyamatsatse festival of the Healing and the Arts which will kick off on Sunday in the capital. The Mhondoro Dreams Productions-organised festival will run from this Sunday till August 20. It will be hosted by various joints in Harare including the Jasen Mphepo Little Theatre in Eastlea….
Dionne Kanyowa STAFF WRITER kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw THE HIGH court has dismissed former health director for the City of Harare Stanley Mungofa’s application to compel his former employer to transfer property he claims was part of his retrenchment package as it is out of time. Mungofa, who was retrenched in 2015, approached the courts seeking an amendment…
