IT APPEARS a seemingly constitutional crisis has been averted after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission took into consideration concerns raised by Parliament, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other stakeholders on the preliminary delimitation report. Serious concerns were raised by stakeholders that Zec had not followed the Constitution to the letter in configuring parliamentary constituencies and local government…
Emmanuel Marambe marambee@dailynews.co.zw HERBERT “Jompano” Maruwa is not fazed by the pressure-cooker situation of leading a Dynamos side that has recruited extensively over the off-season in the hope of closing the gap on four-time league winners FC Platinum. Maruwa’s predecessor Tonderayi “Stanza” Ndiraya was shown the exit door at the Glamour Boys after only managing…
Onward Gangata in Gweru FORMER Dynamos midfielder Tanaka Chidhobha has found a new home at premiership new boys, Sheasham FC, where he hopes he will get a platform to re-launch his career. Once touted as the next big thing in local football, Chidhobha failed to live up to the huge promise his career seemed to…
…Windies centurions Braithwaite, Chanderpaul dominate Zim bowlers THE visiting West Indies openers Kraigg Braithwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul showed their class against Zimbabwe’s bowling attack yesterday, taking the Windies from their overnight score of 112/0 to 221/0 after only 38 overs were possible yesterday due to rain and a wet outfield. With the Windies’ opening duo…
…Zim’s hopes very much alive as Davis Cup tie spills into fourth day ZIMBABWE roared back into the reckoning in the ongoing Davis Cup World Group II playoff tie against Uruguay yesterday as Courtney Lock grabbed the initiative with a 6-3 second set win in the decisive reverse singles rubber against Ignacio Carou at Harare…
Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw MUSIC star Freeman has landed nine Zimdancehall Awards nominations in a fitting endorsement of his red-hot latest album David and Goliath on which he featured celebrated Jamaican hit-maker Chris Martin. David and Goliath, which includes the monster hit Zimbabwean Queen, powered Freeman to nine nominations, eclipsing other trending stars such as Winky D who got four…
THIS year started with lots of promises from authorities that the country’s rolling power cuts will be dealt with via a combination of measures. Among the interventions, the citizens were told, would be increased importation of power from our neighbours, the coming into stream of Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7 and 8, giving the…
A SOUTH Africa multidisciplinary team led by the National Anti-Kidnapping Task Team recently arrested five people, including a Zimbabwean man, his wife…
ELEVEN families in Budiriro, Harare, were evacuated by the government last Friday from their homes constructed on wetlands before they were provided with temporary shelter at the Budiriro Vocational Training Centre. However, 32 other families declined to be evacuated from their homes. According to a government official, the 11 evacuated families would be relocated to…
THOUSANDS of apostolic church members at the weekend gathered in Hopley, Harare, where their church leaders urged them to observe peace in their communities as the country gears for the 2023 general elections. Hopley, a sprawling informal settlement south of Harare, is a hotbed for political skirmishes during election campaigns. Addressing the apostolic members in…
