AWARD-WINNING songbird Selmor Mtukudzi will unveil her latest studio album at Sherwood Golf Club in Harare on August 12 as part of her 40th birthday celebrations. Selmor, the daughter of the late national hero and music legend Oliver Mtukudzi, who was born on August 22 in 1983, said she has decided to launch her upcoming…
THE Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (Wild), a local non-profit making organisation, has called upon the government to craft legal reforms which ensure accessible gender-sensitive birth registration and documentation procedures for stateless girls and women. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Wild executive director Samukeliso Khumalo said the government should uplift the voices of women…
FORMER Zanu PF bigwig and aspirant State leader, Saviour Kasukuwere, has his back to the wall after the High Court nullified his nomination yesterday as a presidential candidate in next month’s national elections. In addition to voiding Kasukuwere’s bid to be a contestant in the crunch August 23 polls — on account of his absence…
By Ketty Nyoni FUNDING constraints by government are stalling the compensation of property owners whose houses or business premises were destroyed last year to pave way for the construction of the multimillion dollar Mbudzi Interchange along Simon Mazorodze Road in Waterfalls, Harare. This was confirmed by the permanent secretary in the Transport ministry, Theodius Chinyanga,…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court yesterday sentenced to death Tapiwa Makore (senior) and Tafadzwa Shamba for the gruesome murder and dismemberment of the former’s seven-year-old nephew and namesake in 2020 in Murehwa, Mashonaland East Province. Tapiwa Makore (junior) was killed in a ritual murder by Shamba and Makore (snr) who mutilated the boy’s body…
Nyasha Kunyiswakunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s three major political parties — Zanu PF, MDC and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) — have called for tolerance and narrowing of differences to curb political violence ahead of next month’s general elections. Speaking during an inter-party workshop organised by 4H Zimbabwe in Harare yesterday, Zanu PF media officer Farai Mharapira…
A LARGE number of elderly men in prison during the first quarter of the year had committed rape crimes, among other sexual…
By Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw THE government has called on the private sector to go into partnerships with public entities to inject US$200 million required to promote value addition in the country’s tobacco industry. This comes as 98 percent of Zimbabwean tobacco is being exported unprocessed with US$800 million having been realised so far this marketing seasonSpeaking…
Progress Chayachayap@dailynews.co.zw IT’S all systems go for the inaugural Which drum? Which Rhythm? show scheduled for Reps Theatre in Harare on Saturday to celebrate the diversity of African culture. Organised by the Drum Circus, also known as Tamba Africa Social Circus, the event will feature three drummers. “The event is remembrance of sounds and rhythms…
Nyasha KunyiswaSTAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw SEVEN MDC Alliance MPs defected to Zanu PF on Tuesday saying the opposition is just there to oppose for the sake of it without proffering alternative solutions to the country’s challenges. Some of the MDC Alliance legislators who joined the ruling party include Lindiwe Maphosa, Nyaradzai Mago, Catherine Gozho, Lindani Moyo, Base…
