By Ashley Moyo VETERAN music producer Clive “Mono” Mukundu is representing Zimbabwe at the internationally-acclaimed Island Music Conference, which kicked off yesterday in Kingston, Jamaica and will end on Sunday. Mono, who is one the finest guitarists in the country, was selected by the Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture ministry to represent the country at…
ALMASI Collaborative Arts is set to kick-start its dramatic voyage for this year with an exhilarating staged reading experience of the play Tape at Reps Theatre in the capital this Saturday. Written by an American playwright, Stephen Belber, the story of Tape follows through the unpredictable love-hate chemistry that endures between friends.Jon, an aspiring filmmaker…
ENGLISH county cricket side Durham is back in the country for the third time in four years for a pre-season tour that will see them facing Zimbabwe A in two three-day matches in Harare before taking part in the Domestic T20 competition. The first three-dayer is scheduled for February 22-24 at Harare Sports Club, while…
SIMBISA Brands have clinched the promotion ticket to this year’s Northern Region Soccer League (NRSL) after winning the Zifa Harare Province Division 2 promotional play-offs. Having narrowly missed out on promotion to Division One last time out, Simbisa Brands made sure this time round, defeating Royal Stars two-nil in the play-off final with Chrispen Muranganwa…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw MANY Zanu PF bigwigs and structures are continuing to encourage President Emmerson Mnangagwa to go for a third term in office. Addressing a National Youth Day gathering in Masvingo yesterday, Mnangagwa himself quipped that only God knew how long he would stay in power. This comes amid growing tittle-tattle in…
A CHIPINGE man, 78, who was arrested for raping his 14-year-old daughter in December last year, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The man, from Jekacheka Village, was brought before the Chipinge Magistrate’s Court where he was found guilty of rape.According to a statement by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the man raped…
THE Supreme Court has granted an appeal filed by a Mazowe farmer challenging Lands Minister Anxious Masuka’s decision to revoke his offer letter for a farm in the area before it was handed over to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF). After the ministry rescinded the offer letter in 2016, Wonder Mukwaira — who was granted…
Cloud FusireSPORTS WRITERfusirec@dailynews.co.zw IN an unexpected turn of events, former Warriors forward Khama Billiat has snubbed Harare giants Dynamos for a fellow premiership side Yadah Stars, who are understood to have dangled a US$5 000 monthly salary as part of a one-year deal. The former Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs player has been without a…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) remains committed to working with authorities over the compensation of the majority of white former commercial farmers who lost their land during the government’s fast-track agrarian reforms of the 2000s. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, CFU president Liam Philp confirmed that many affected farmers were…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is faced with a shortage of food amid revelations by the government that they had missed the set target of planting two million hectares of maize this season at a time the country is experiencing an El Nino-induced drought. This comes as millers have set themselves a target to…
