By Brandon Josphat FORMER Rwandan spy Israel Shimimana is seeking the intervention of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to be granted Zimbabwean citizenship after numerous failed attempts. This comes after the ministry of Home Affairs denied him citizenship despite being married to a Zimbabwean woman for more than a decade. Shimimana, who came to Zimbabwe in 2013,…
THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), country’s annual multi-sectorial expo, kicked off yesterday amid high hopes from both local and international exhibitors for strengthened partnerships, which they say will speed up innovation and economic development in the nation and beyond. While the first day had little activity, with most exhibitors still busy setting up their…
By Ashley Moyo FILMMAKER Tsangudzai Mateta is set to unveil a new film titled Munhope (Reflections) tomorrow which retraces the Covid-19 era challenges. In the film, there are a lot of scandals which took place in families during the course of the global pandemic-induced lockdowns where families were forced to stay indoors for nearly a…
WOMEN and youth have lauded the high-level masterclass on Investment and Export Readiness Under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as…
By Ashley Moyo JAH Prayzah’s collaboration with internationally-acclaimed reggae musical group Morgan Heritage, Maria, off the Jamaican group’s recently unveiled studio album. The Homeland, is making waves on social media. The original song Maria, off the project Ngwarira Kuparara, was released 11 years ago. It boasts over a million views on Youtube. “We are happy…
MARTINI Meredith in his book The State of Africa: A History of the Continent since Independence, gives some heart rendering insights into some of the problems bedevilling state enterprises across the African continent. Meredith argues that state-owned companies are at the centre of a web of corruption with senior government officials preying on parastatal corporations…
MASHONALAND Holdings Limited is now a subsidiary of the ZB Financial Holdings effective December 2022 after the group acquired additional equity interest in the listed property firm to achieve a shareholding of 50.58 percent. Last year, ZBFH acquired 40.59 percent shareholding in Mash Holding, obligating the financial services group to make a mandatory offer to…
THE trial of opposition legislator Job Sikhala, in which he stands accused of inciting violence, failed to proceed yesterday after the opposition legislator’s lawyers filed a new application before the court. Sikhala, together with Chitungwiza North MP Godfrey Sithole, is being charged with inciting the violence that broke out in Nyatsime last year following the…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will now move to choose some of its candidates for this year’s parliamentary and local government elections by acclamation, after communities in affected areas failed to reach consensus on this. At the same time, party insiders reiterated to the Daily News yesterday that a number of notable party members…
A HARARE man who allegedly went around with a chainsaw and tried to cut down his sister-in-law has been arraigned before a Harare magistrate. Patrick Nyachowe, 45, appeared before magistrate Letwin Rwodzi facing a charge of attempted murder. He was released on $100 000 bail and remanded to May 29. It is the State’s case…
