By Ashley MoyoENTERTAINMENT WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zw VETERAN Afro jazz musician Bob “The Headmaster” Nyabinde had a hip replacement surgery at West End Hospital on Sunday, after sustaining a fracture from a fall he had at his home. His son, Agga told the Daily News that the veteran musician suffered the injury a week before his tribute gig…
By Cloud Fusire WITH the business end of another torrid league campaign petering out, CAPS United have set their sights on Chibuku Super Cup glory which would go some way towards restoring their status as Cup Kings. But for that to happen the embattled Green Machine first have to negotiate their way past the stumbling…
TRANSFORM Zimbabwe (TZ) president Jacob Ngarivhume, who was early this year sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of inciting violence, has approached the High Court seeking an appeal over the ruling. He was sentenced to an effective three years in prison after Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka suspended 12 months of the…
EMBATTLED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, says he will not engage his internal rivals to end the fledgling main opposition party’s deepening rifts. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Chamisa also accused Sengezo Tshabangu — who asserts that he is the CCC’s interim secretary-general, and has recalled some party MPs and councillors…
Rutendo Ngara ngara@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have hiked the cost of electricity, as under the cosh power utility Zesa fights to keep the lights on in the country. This saw the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) announcing yesterday that it had approved higher power tariffs with immediate effect. Zera board chairperson, David Madzikanda, said the price review…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have started investigating the popular drink Kambucha amid concerns it contains alcohol. This was confirmed by Information minister Jenfan Muswere yesterday at a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare. “The nation is advised that the ministry of Health, the Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Liquor Licensing Board are working together on…
BULAWAYO’s acting mayor Ntombizodwa Khumalo has called on residents to settle their bills in foreign currency to aid the local authority in improving its service delivery. The call by Khumalo comes after the city council recently started billing ratepayers in United States dollars, though the option of paying in local currency remains open.Speaking to the…
ALMOST 12 tonnes of meat was consumed at the recently-held Castle Lager Braai Day at Old Hararians Sports Club in the capital. According to figures released by the organisers — Delta Beverages through their Castle Lager brand— this year’s edition attracted 16 067 people who consumed 11 767 kilogrammes of meat, dwarfing the 9 507kg…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his government will not allow mayhem in the country amid calls from the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change for protests against recalls of its parliamentarians. Addressing the ruling Zanu PF politburo in Harare yesterday ahead of the party’s national people’s conference in Gweru this week, Mnangagwa said CCC president…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw SENIOR Health ministry officials have appealed to the Treasury for more financial resources in the 2024 National Budget, arguing that relying on foreign donor funding was risky for the country. Speaking at a pre-budget consultation meeting with the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health, the ministry’s acting finance director, Lynette Tennis, said…
