AWARD-WINNING Gemma Griffiths will be the only female artist at this year’s edition of Kadoma Music Festival to be held in the first week of October. Gemma, who is currently trending thanks to her duet with South African star Prince Kaybee titled Sorry Not Sorry, will share the stage with an all-male cast. The annual…
Brighton Muronzereyi and Blessings Mashaya AUTHORITIES are mulling the introduction of a slew of tough new measures to protect the ZiG, including jailing all those convicted of sabotaging the country’s new currency. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube confirmed the plans to the Daily News yesterday, noting that the measures that were currently in place — including…
BUSINESSMAN Justice Mayor Wadyajena yesterday took back his fleet of vehicles from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) after the courts ordered their release. The vehicles, a Lamborghini, BMW X6 and 23 trucks, were seized by Zacc two years ago when the flamboyant businessman had been arrested together with Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) executives in…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday underscored the importance of investing in research agriculture, highlighting that this would enhance farm production. In a speech read on his behalf by Agriculture deputy minister Davis Marapira at the 12th annual agribusiness conference at the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show in Harare, Chiwenga said research played a pivotal role in coming…
Masimba Makwembere makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw PROPERTY mogul Phillip Chiyangwa yesterday told a commission probing irregularities into the operations of the Harare City Council that the local authority illegally allocated his upmarket Helensvale stand to another company. Appearing before the five-member commission chaired by retired High Court judge, Justice Maphios Cheda, Chiyangwa said he legally acquired the…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO TWO Bulawayo men have appeared in court facing allegations of seizing a mine and digging gold ore worth over US$4 000 on three consecutive days. Irvine Bhekinkosi Msimanga and Brighton Nyoni yesterday appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing a charge of contravening the Mines Act and another of robbery. …
Emmanuel Marambe 34-YEAR old forward Khama Billiat has come out of international retirement and has been added to coach Michael Nees’ Warriors squad for the upcoming Afcon 2025 qualifiers against Kenya and Cameroon next month. Billiat, who has been on song for Yadah, yesterday made public his decision to return to the Warriors fold, soon…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have issued a stern warning to cattle rustling syndicates and business entities which are benefitting from such criminal activities saying their days are numbered. This comes as there is a scourge of stock theft across the country with the latest case being of 21 stolen cattle out of which nine skinned carcasses…
THE revelations that Harare City Council (HCC) spent US$11 million on workshops and conferences for councillors in just seven months are shocking and unacceptable. Appearing before Justice Maphios Cheda-chaired commission of inquiry into the affairs of HCC on Tuesday, the city’s town clerk, Hosiah Chisango, said councillors were in the habit of arm-twisting authorities to…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO man has appeared in court after he allegedly stabbed his two friends for declining to settle an outstanding bill for their drinks and meal. Calvin Shumba, 22, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing two counts of attempted murder. He pleaded not guilty to both counts, but was…
