…Zim’s hopes very much alive as Davis Cup tie spills into fourth day ZIMBABWE roared back into the reckoning in the ongoing Davis Cup World Group II playoff tie against Uruguay yesterday as Courtney Lock grabbed the initiative with a 6-3 second set win in the decisive reverse singles rubber against Ignacio Carou at Harare…
Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw MUSIC star Freeman has landed nine Zimdancehall Awards nominations in a fitting endorsement of his red-hot latest album David and Goliath on which he featured celebrated Jamaican hit-maker Chris Martin. David and Goliath, which includes the monster hit Zimbabwean Queen, powered Freeman to nine nominations, eclipsing other trending stars such as Winky D who got four…
THIS year started with lots of promises from authorities that the country’s rolling power cuts will be dealt with via a combination of measures. Among the interventions, the citizens were told, would be increased importation of power from our neighbours, the coming into stream of Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7 and 8, giving the…
A SOUTH Africa multidisciplinary team led by the National Anti-Kidnapping Task Team recently arrested five people, including a Zimbabwean man, his wife…
A BATTLE for the control of a Gweru-based company, Greynut Investments, has escalated after the executor of the estate of the late owner Isaac Tichareva approached the High Court accusing the CEO, Tecklah Garira, of dissipating the company’s assets. Greynut Investments was owned by the late Isaiah Mudzengi. However, Tichareva is seeking the liquidation of…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s focus is on running the country, working to improve the lives of all Zimbabweans and preparing for this year’s crunch national elections rather than engaging Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa. So said presidential spokesperson George Charamba yesterday, after Chamisa recently wrote to Mnangagwa again seeking a face-to-face meeting between…
ELEVEN families in Budiriro, Harare, were evacuated by the government last Friday from their homes constructed on wetlands before they were provided with temporary shelter at the Budiriro Vocational Training Centre. However, 32 other families declined to be evacuated from their homes. According to a government official, the 11 evacuated families would be relocated to…
THOUSANDS of apostolic church members at the weekend gathered in Hopley, Harare, where their church leaders urged them to observe peace in their communities as the country gears for the 2023 general elections. Hopley, a sprawling informal settlement south of Harare, is a hotbed for political skirmishes during election campaigns. Addressing the apostolic members in…
HIGH Court judge, Justice Priscilla Munangati-Manongwa, has dismissed an application filed by the Harare City Council (HCC) in which it sought to retrieve a piece of land sold to a local company, Aqua-Jets, in 1992. According to court documents, HCC and Aqua-Jets entered into an agreement of sale for a piece of land measuring 14…
ENERGY minister Zhemu Soda says Zimbabwe is now importing 500 megawatts of electricity from neighbouring countries to mitigate the country’s never-ending power crisis. Speaking in the Senate last week, the minister said the government was, however, doing everything within its capacity to end the power crisis, which has resulted in industry, commerce and ordinary consumers…
