THE local football community has once again been plunged into mourning following the passing away of former Mighty Warriors team manager and Harare City FC chief executive officer Tafadzwa Bhasera. In a statement yesterday, Zifa described Bhasera as a stalwart of local football. “It is with profound sadness that the Zimbabwe Football Association joins Zimbabwe’s…
Emmanuel Marambe marambee@dailynews.co.zw MERCY Musekiwa and Godknows ‘Sir Gode’ Masona, were the toast of the 2024 Carling Black Label National Pool Championship Finals staged at Zimbali Events and Leisure in the capital on Saturday. The Carling Black Label National Pool finals attracted 128 players drawn from the country’s 10 provinces, with 64 players apiece in…
Cloud Fusire SPORTS WRITER SCOTTLAND coach William Nyasulu feels the one-all draw against fellow promotion chasers Black Rhinos on Saturday was a fair result at the start of the second half of the campaign and has set them up nicely for the rest of the campaign. Ambitious Scottland, who are in their maiden season in…
THE country’s deeply fractured opposition is making a fresh bid to end its longstanding divisions, amid plans to form a new coalition ahead of the 2028 national elections. In this regard, opposition leaders are looking for a neutral convener to oversee the mooted unity talks — as they also simultaneously seek to engage with the…
TREASURY has revised upwards growth of the manufacturing sector to 2,5 percent this year, from an initially projected 1,6 percent, to reflect the expected positive impact of the substantial investments underway in both existing and new plant and machinery. According to the latest economic review, the projection also takes into account the commencement of steel…
ZANU PF secretary for youth, Tino Machakaire, says it is crucial that party members show unflinching loyalty to their leadership. Addressing an inter-district meeting of the youth league in Rusape at the weekend, Machakaire also reminded his colleagues that such loyalty could never be seasonal. The Youth minister said this as he talked about his…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE man was on Friday remanded in custody at the Harare Magistrates Court facing charges of raping and impregnating his 13-year-old co-tenant. Special Bell, 30, appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing rape charges and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court. He was remanded to August…
SOUTH Africa’s leading party in the government of national unity, the African National Congress (ANC), has thrown its weight behind Zimbabwe, arguing there is no need to shift the Sadc Summit from Harare amid allegations of increased human rights violations. The summit, slated for mid this month, would see 16 Sadc heads of government and…
THE government has implored tertiary institutions to fully utilise its innovation hubs and develop technologies that propel industrialisation. Speaking at a stakeholders’ event in Bulawayo at the weekend, the director of tertiary education programmes in the Higher Education ministry, Douglas Damba, said the government had established innovation hubs at various universities across the country to…
POLICE in Beitbridge have launched a manhunt on a suspect who allegedly murdered his neighbour after suspecting the victim had influenced his wife to dump him. Speaking to the Daily News over the weekend, Matabeleland South police spokesperson Loveness Mangena confirmed the incident ,saying it occurred in the Tshotshi area, Beitbridge. “Circumstances are that on July 31…
