By Ashley Moyo THE ZIMBABWE Theatre Academy (ZTA), which has been widely regarded as the best launch pad for emerging theatre and film makers in the country since its formation in 2017, will perform its award-winning play titled Zandezi at the at the 36th International Theatre Institute Congress which will run in United Arab Emirates…
AN ATTEMPT by former Chitungwiza Chamber Secretary Priscilla Vengesai to be released on bail pending the determination of an appeal against her sentence hit a snag after the High Court threw out her application last week. Vengesai, who was arrested in 2014 after attempting to bribe a High Court judge, was sentenced to two years…
MINISTER of Primary and Secondary Education Evelyn Ndlovu says she wants to limit the number of subjects learners can register for Advanced Level saying there is no need to have them writing 10 subjects for example. This sounds funny if one considers the amount of challenges that the education sector is grappling with.There are not…
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says President Emmerson Mnangagwa will gazette the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec) delimitation report when he receives the final document from the polls body. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, amid raging debates over whether Mnangagwa had missed the deadline to gazette the delimitation report, Ziyambi also said there was…
A HARARE businessman and director of a motor spares dealership, MA Auto Spares, who is being charged with fraud involving US$11 000 and over R124 000 was back in court at the weekend for a routine remand. Michael Smith is accused of concealing transactions from his principal and co-director Michael Asher. He is out on…
NINE former commissioners of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) are set to receive houses in the leafy suburbs of Harare as an appreciation of their work. Zacc chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo confirmed the development to the Daily News yesterday, saying the commission was already transferring the properties to the seven of the commissioners, among them former…
TWO men have appeared before a Harare magistrate’s court after they allegedly ran a fake school in Dzivarasekwa, Harare. The two, Thomas Mutsvene, 38, and Tariro Patsikadova, 45, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday facing charges of fraud. Alternatively, they are being charged with operating an unregistered school as defined in section 15(1)…
By Brandon Josphat PARLIAMENT has called on the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate some local authorities that are failing to submit their financial statements to the Auditor General. A report presented by the Public Accounts Committee (Pac) on Thursday in the National Assembly noted that the failure by local authorities to submit their financial…
A HECTIC week of cricket action begins today when the country’s five franchise teams compete for silverware in the 2022/23 Domestic Twenty20 competition in matches that will be spread across two venues in the capital. It will be a shift in game format for both national team players and those who have been plying their…
A NETONE employee has been arraigned before the magistrates court after he allegedly defrauded the company out of US$24 000. Wiseman Bote, 39, who is employed at the telecommunications company as a customer care representative, is facing charges of fraud and money laundering. He appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Friday for initial remand….
