By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE government yesterday called upon citizens to get vaccinated after it was revealed that Covid-19 vaccines currently in stock are set to start expiring from the middle of next year. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the national Covid-19 response chief coordinator in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office, Agnes Mahomva, said the government…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO regional court has withdrawn rape charges against the father of a nine-yearold Tsholotsho girl in Matabeleland North Province who became pregnant early this year and later gave birth. The 27-year-old father, whose name is withheld to protect the juvenile, appeared before regional magistrate Mark Dzira yesterday. He was facing rape…
Lionel Messi strode alone into a single spotlight amid the darkness at Lusail Stadium to finally take possession of the one prize…
THE country’s supreme law dictates that every five years Zimbabwe goes to the polls to elect councillors, members of Parliament and the president and the nation has over decades religiously stuck to that. But since independence in 1980, the election results have been disputed amid allegations of rigging, violence and other electoral shenanigans with the…
By Brendon Josphat THE MDC’s congress in Harare yesterday descended into a complete farce, amid ugly commotion and boycotts of the get-together by some party notables. In the process, the gathering mirrored the party’s equally chaotic December 2020 extra-ordinary congress — which was marred by violence and allegations of rigging Among those who boycotted yesterday’s…
Emmanuel Marambe marambee@dailynews.co.zw THE timing could not be any better for leading junior golfer Michael Wallace. As he prepares for his second appearance at the Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship next month, Wallace has hit top form after dominating the Zimbabwe Junior Golf Association (ZJGA) major tournaments recently. Wallace first won the 36-hole Ray…
Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw SUNGURA musician Peter ‘Young Igwe’ Moyo has lined-up an album featuring eight top female artistes as part of his to promote the visibility of the fairer sex in the local music industry. The eight-track album, set to be released next year, features Diana “Mangwenya” Samkange, Natasha Muz, Wanai, Sasha Madhuve, Soulful Leah, Lindsay…
HARARE mayor, Jacob Mafume, has warned that the council will intensify a clampdown on illegal settlers and on those who are constructing homes or industrial stands on wetlands starting next year. Mafume warned home buyers yesterday in an interview with the Daily News not to rush into purchasing residential properties without first verifying their authenticity with the…
Regis Chingawo chingawor@dailynews.co.zw THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has called for the sacking of staff at the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) over incessant examination leakages that have put the credibility of the institution into question. This comes as Zimsec has told Parliament that 588 candidates were caught cheating in this year’s examinations…
A FORMER Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) ordinance director, Colonel Shakeman Terrence Chizengwe, has had his application seeking his retirement benefits dismissed at the High Court. Chizengwe retired from the army early this year but left empty-handed as punishment for declining to go through a disciplinary hearing. Allegations raised against the former senior soldier were highly…
