Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw TRADITIONAL dance enthusiasts in Bulawayo province will be in for a treat at Manor Hotel where 10 groups are set to clash in the Chibuku Neshamwari Traditional Dance contest today. The top three groups in the country’s premier traditional dance festival will walk away with prize money of US$2 500, US$1 500…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A LITTLE-KNOWN political outfit, the Zimbabwe Republicans Front (ZRF), has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s candidature in the forthcoming August 23 harmonised elections. This comes as the party’s leader, Fanuel Lisenga, on Wednesday, failed to raise the US$20 000 nomination fee required by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for him to join the…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Tobacco Research Board (TRB) says it is targeting to export two tonnes of the gold leaf seed to regional markets and boost the country’s foreign currency. The board is mandated to research, recommend and breed plant varieties that suit shifting agricultural patterns due to climate change. Speaking to the Daily News…
Anesu Mirisawu and Ashley Moyo ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS DENDERA music crooner Sulumani Chimbetu, simply known as Sulu in the entertainment circles, is set to light up Bar Rouge, located at Longcheng Plaza in Belvedere in Harare, tonight. As usual, he will be backed by his Orchestra Dendera Kings. Nyasha David headlines Dzivaresekwa Invasion gig. R ‘n’B singer Nyasha…
Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw A MOVEMENT of female artistes dubbed ‘Divas in Action (DIA) Zimbabwe’ will hold an all-female artistes gala at the late music legend Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi’s Pakare Paye Arts Centre in Norton on July 15. Apart from DIA founder Sarah Dee, the line-up will also include rising songstress Chipo Muchegwa whose duet with…
IN YET another indication that Zimbabweans no longer value the sanctity of life, we carried a story about ongoing police investigations into five murder cases that occurred between June 18 and 20 across the country. The murder cases, which according to national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi occurred within a space of three days, should prod…
MINISTER of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, has downplayed the recent attack on him by Bulawayo councillors over developmental projects he is carrying out in Cowdray Park, saying he enjoyed good relations with council management. Bulawayo councillors last month took a dig at Ncube, who is an aspiring parliamentary candidate for Cowdray Park constituency, for fixing roads…
THE United Kingdom has appointed Peter Vowles as its ambassador to Zimbabwe and he will succeed Melanie Robinson from September. The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office confirmed the appointment yesterday. Vowles has previously worked in Zimbabwe between 1992 and 1993 as a school teacher employed by the ministry of Education and between 1996 and…
TWO Harare men have been remanded in custody after they allegedly hacked into a local bank’s system, plotting to steal cash from the financial institution, but were arrested before carrying out the heist. Tizirai Blessing Mudarikwa, 38, who is unemployed, and Leeroy Rueben Murera, 27, who was employed as a bank teller, are facing a…
By Blessings Mashaya and Jeffrey Muvundusi IN A development that doesn’t portray the country’s opposition in good light, Zanu PF had already won at least 53 local government seats countrywide by yesterday, after the ruling party’s rivals failed to field candidates in those wards. At the same time, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is…
