Emmanuel Marambe SEVEN athletes will represent Team Zimbabwe at the world’s biggest multi-sports showcase, the Olympic Games which will kick off in Paris, France later this month. The Games are scheduled to run from July 26 to August 11, with more than 10 thousand athletes from at least 206 countries set to take part in…
By Cloud FusireSPORTS WRITER SPORTS and Recreation Commission (SRC) director general Elta Nengomasha says they are expecting to start installing bucket seats at the National Sports Stadium in either September or October. This comes as the SRC, who are the custodians of the giant National Sports Stadium, are under increasing pressure from football stakeholders to…
By Ashley Moyo amoyo@dailynews.co.zw SEASONED actress and musician Susan Chenjerai, who made her name in the popular television drama Mukadota Family as Mai Rwizi, is set to be buried this afternoon at Glen Forest cemetery near Harare. Chenjerai, who was also a woman of cloth, died on Saturday at the age of 83. “If all…
ORCHESTRA Dendera Kings frontman Suluman “Sulu” Chimbetu will perform at his home groundSherwood Golf Club – in Harare tonight. Tomorrow, the Sean Timba hitmaker will take his famous band to Goromonzi where they will rock Brace VIP Night Club. On Sunday the dendera music star will return to Zimbabwe’s capital city for a concert to…
THE problem of drug abuse among school-going children has become a big challenge that demands urgent attention from responsible authorities. Last year, research conducted by the United Nations Children’s Fund, in collaboration with the government, Muthengo Development Studies (MDS), Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network (ZCLDN) and Youth Advocates Zimbabwe (YAZ) revealed that about 60…
THE government is putting in place measures to make it mandatory for all teachers to undergo information communication technology (ICT) training through the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) courses. The plan follows the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the ICT ministry and the Computer Society of Zimbabwe (CSZ). Speaking to the…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A WOMAN, 40, from a Matobo village in Matabeleland South Province is demanding a cow as compensation after she was allegedly gang raped by four men during a drinking spree. This came to light yesterday when Lucky Ncube, 21 and David Ndlovu, 28, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga facing…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are closely monitoring pilgrims who recently returned to Zimbabwe from Saudi Arabia, after the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued an alert of a Covid-19 outbreak during the just-ended Hajj in Mecca. The Hajj is a massive annual pilgrimage by Muslims to the Holy City of Mecca that is attended by…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has advised local financial institutions to carry out due diligence when conducting transactions with businesses in countries that have been red-flagged as high-risk to counter money laundering and terrorist financing. The FIU is an arm of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). It said some of the…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw INCARCERATED businessman Moses Mpofu’s company, Juluka Ennd Joint Venture, has been drawn into a US$9 million botched City of Harare streetlights tender after it allegedly connived with four council officials to approve the deal without following proper procedures. The company allegedly won a tender to rehabilitate Harare’s streetlights ahead of next month’s…
