Ashley Moyo amoyo@dailynews.co.zw AWARD-WINNING stand-up comedian Doc Vikela has challenged fellow jesters to be more creative so that they can live off their craft. Doc Vikela, who won the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) Outstanding Comedian award in 2016, said a comedian in Zimbabwe can only be “commercially viable” if he or she masters various…
IN our publication yesterday, we ran an article on plans by the Education ministry to clamp down on illegal private schools. The ministry accused the schools of employing unqualified teachers and charging exorbitant fees. The country has in recent years seen a massive mushrooming of illegal private schools and colleges, most of which are out…
ZIMBABWE’S Total Consumption Poverty Line (TCPL) rose by 41,9 percent this month from $140 252 to $198 981 per person as a result of basic goods price increases, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has said. Individuals living on less than this amount are deemed “extremely poor”. The increases come with falling confidence in the…
PROSECUTOR General (PG) Loice Matanda-Moyo has announced some new senior appointments at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The new appointments, according to a statement released by the NPA, are consistent with MatandaMoyo’s emphasis on professionalism and excellence. She was appointed PG last October by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The first appointment announced by the NPA is…
Blessings Mashaya and Emmanuel Marambe STAFF WRITERS THE country’s oldest club Highlanders cannot continue to play second fiddle to the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League’s ambitious upstarts, the Bulawayo giants’ longtime benefactor and life member Tshinga Dube has said. Dube said Bosso, who are set to elect a new leadership to steer the team into…
By Cloud Fusire SPORTS WRITER CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe believes he has the right mix of the experienced and young players that can lead the team all the way to the league title this upcoming season. The Green Machine, who finished eighth on the log table last season with 46 points, 20 behind champions…
EFFORTS by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to find closure to the emotive Gukurahundi issue must be applauded and speeded up. Mnangagwa has, since taking over power in November 2017, exhibited willingness to deal with the ruthless massacre of an estimated 20 000 people in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in the 1980s by security forces. He has…
By Ashley MoyoSENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zw GOSPEL music group, All for Christ did a live recording of The Revival Season 2: The Grand Return at 7 Arts Theatre in Harare at the weekend. The event was graced by gospel music outfits who included Boys of Thunder, Boundless harmony and Psalms of Praise just to mention but…
“No sweat,” Johnathan Campbell may have thought as he hit Alex Russell for three successive fours to clinch a rare Logan Cup victory for Southern Rocks over Eagles by seven wickets at Old Hararians Sports Club on Saturday. Rocks in fact scored at exactly six runs an over in getting the 140 runs they needed…
WARRIORS captain Marvelous Nakamba is a massive loss for Luton Town according to the English Premier League outfit’s manager Rob Edwards, who revealed there remains no timeline on the midfielder’s return after he underwent surgery on a knee injury in December. Nakamba, who was ever present for Luton on their return to the English top…
