BARELY a week after staging a spectacular performance on Friday at City Sports Bar, Beverley Sibanda will return to the same venue tonight where she is billed to headline the annual Winter Dance Off edition. Bev, as she is fondly known, is expected to share the stage with Zoey and the Red Angels.City Sports Bar…
A TRAP of Trade — a powerful and thought-provoking movie which sheds light on the harsh realities of unprotected sex, abortion, teenage pregnancy, child marriages, and gender-based violence, will premiere at Ster Kinekor Bulawayo on Saturday. Movie director Praise Nkala told the Daily News yesterday that preparations for the film premiere were on course.“Preparations for…
Ashley MoyoSENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zwCHIMURENGA music legend Thomas ‘‘Mukanya’’ Mapfumo says local artistes who sing authentic Zimbabwean music stand a better chance of making it on the international stage. Mapfumo, who is based in the United States of America, made the remarks ahead of African Vibration Music Festival to be held in Texas, USA on Saturday…
POLICE have confirmed the arrest of three men at the Beitbridge Border Post on Sunday while they were allegedly attempting to smuggle 10 firearms concealed in a coffin with a dead man into Zimbabwe from South Africa. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the suspects were travelling in a vehicle carrying the body of a…
ZANU PF will hold three crucial meetings this week, amid rising tension within its war veterans’ ranks and concerns over its latest restructuring exercise. The crunch meetings will start with today’s politburo gathering in Harare, which will be followed by a caucus of the party’s central committee and its national consultative assembly (NCA). This will…
A COMPANY that won a tender to supply goats under a presidential scheme, Blackdeck, has profusely denied duping the government, adding the contract was not worth US$40 million as alleged on social media platforms. In a statement yesterday, Blackdeck said the tender was cancelled by the ministry of Agriculture despite that it had the capacity…
By Cloud Fusire fusiref@dailynews.co.zw THE rot in local football under the Zifa normalisation commitee (NC) chaired by Lincolin Mutasa is worsening. This follows the latest shambolic preparations for the forthcoming matches for the senior men’s soccer team, the Warriors — who revolted against Zifa on Monday after they were made to camp at the association’s…
THE government has taken over the collection of solid waste in the capital following a formal request from the city authorities. This was confirmed by Information minister Jenfan Muswere last night while addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare. “Cabinet highlights that in terms of Urban Councils Act, Harare City Council is obliged to remove…
Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES yesterday signed a US$1 million agreement that will see the regularisation of informal settlements under the Kwangu\Ngakwami presidential title deeds programme. The programme was launched in Epworth by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last year. Speaking to the media in Harare yesterday after the signing ceremony by several ministries, including National Housing, Local…
A CYCLIST and two passengers on board died on the spot after their bike was hit by a Stallion Cruise bus in Binga, Matabeleland North Province, last Friday. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Matabeleland North police spokesperson Glory Banda said the bus driver fatally hit the three men after he failed to negotiate a…
