WHEN rising Hollywood actor Tafara Nyatsanza received the Outstanding Artiste in the Diaspora Award at the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) ceremony held in Harare last February, he made part of his acceptance speech in Ndau. The way Tafara humbly identified with his mother tongue on the Nama podium triggered celebrations in Ndau-speaking Chipinge and…
THE government has taken a lot of flak over delays in appointing and operationalising a commission to deal with complaints against rogue members of security forces adjudged to have violated the Constitution during discharge of their duties. Zimbabwe’s history is littered with many cases involving breaches by rogue members of the security forces in the…
ZIMBABWE will on Wednesday host the inaugural Diaspora Investment Conference under the theme “Spotlight Zimbabwe” in Bulawayo as the country moves to lure more foreign investors. The investment conference would be held on the sidelines of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), which kicks off in the second capital this Tuesday and runs until next…
THE government has ended the Grain Marketing Board (GMB)’s monopoly on the purchase of grain after allowing farmers to sell their produce on the open market. This comes as maize, soya beans, wheat and barley were all on the controlled produce list, which restricted farmers to sell to the GMB or contractor who would have…
By Ketty Nyoni FORMER Zanu PF youth league big wheel, Godfrey Tsenengamu, says the opposition seemingly has no appetite to take on and beat President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling party in this year’s crunch national elections. Tsenengamu, who now leads the Front for Economic Emancipation Zimbabwe (Feez), also said his organisation would back a…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa launched a “presidential title deeds and settlement programme” yesterday and handed over 265 title deeds to residents of Epworth. He also pledged that the initiative would be beneficial to all irregular settlements around the nation. Speaking to a large crowd in Epworth, just outside Harare, Mnangagwa said the programme would help regularise…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says authorities are confident that the measures that they have introduced will stabilise the country’s economy. Speaking in London on Friday, Ncube said the country was on the right path despite its current economic challenges. “On the domestic macro-economic front, the current tight monetary and fiscal policies have allowed the government…
BY SYMPATHY SIBANDA AS we continue celebrating our own, Sympathy Sibanda spoke to the ever-smiling 3Ktv news producer Memory “Manjenjenje” Nyakarenga last week and below are the excerpts of their discussion. Read on… Q. Ever dreamt you Would be on This path that you are on? A. No. To be honest, I always wanted to…
POLICE are on the hunt for 15 men who allegedly murdered their friend at a bar in Matobo, Matabeleland South province. Provincial police spokesperson, inspector Loveness Mangena, confirmed the incident to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, saying the victim, Ngubuko Sibanda, lost his life after being severely beaten up. “Police have launched a manhunt…
HARARE City Council junior councillors have joined the nation’s ongoing effort to combat drug abuse by launching an awareness campaign with the theme “Above the influence”. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, junior council chief of committees clerk Ashley Nyovhi said the junior councillors were seeking to help learners understand the dangers of…
