Entertainment Daily (2024)

27/05/2024

Two people were seriously injured when two rival machete-wielding tout gangs clashed at Sakubva Bus Terminus in Mutare on Thursday last week. According to The Manica Post, armed police officers descended on the rank and fired warning shots in the air to quell the violence. A witness who requested anonymity told the publication that the clashes escalated to the Harare Old Rank in the CBD where police gunshots and dogs were needed to restore order....

Two people were seriously injured when two rival machete-wielding tout gangs clashed at Sakubva Bus Terminus in Mutare on Thursday last week. According to The Manica Post, armed police officers descended on the rank and fired warning shots in the air to quell the violence. A witness who requested an...

27/05/2024

ZANU PF central committee member and prominent transport operator, Isau Mupfumi, was arrested over the weekend in connection with violent clashes involving rank marshals that rocked Mutare on Thursday last week. On Sunday, Police confirmed they had arrested bus operators, touts, criminals, and rank marshals in connection with the violence. The rank marshals and touts were reportedly fighting for passengers, leaving at least two people seriously injured....

ZANU PF central committee member and prominent transport operator, Isau Mupfumi, was arrested over the weekend in connection with violent clashes involving rank marshals that rocked Mutare on Thursday last week. On Sunday, Police confirmed they had arrested bus operators, touts, criminals, and rank....

27/05/2024

Former Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has expressed his commitment to seeking peaceful solutions to address the political differences arising from the contested August 2023 general elections. Chamisa has refused to accept the outcome of the 2023 presidential race, saying the election was rigged in favour of the incumbent, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Since he resigned from CCC in January this year, Chamisa has kept a low profile, leaving his supporters guessing about his next political move....

Former Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has expressed his commitment to seeking peaceful solutions to address the political differences arising from the contested August 2023 general elections. Chamisa has refused to accept the outcome of the 2023 presidential race, sayin...

27/05/2024

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s decision to approve the licensing of SpaceX to provide internet services in Zimbabwe in partnership with controversial dealer and ex-convict Wicknell Chivayo has come under scrutiny. On Saturday, Mnangagwa said he had approved Elon Musk’s SpaceX to introduce its Starlink internet services in Zimbabwe in partnership with Chivayo’s IMC Communications. In a statement, Mnangagwa said that Starlink will provide the service in the country “through its sole and exclusive local partner IMC Communications.”...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s decision to approve the licensing of SpaceX to provide internet services in Zimbabwe in partnership with controversial dealer and ex-convict Wicknell Chivayo has come under scrutiny. On Saturday, Mnangagwa said he had approved Elon Musk’s SpaceX to introduce its St...

27/05/2024

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched a manhunt for Leonard Mukumba, the owner of Inter-Africa Bus Services, in connection with the violence that rocked Mutare central business district on Thursday last week. Police have since arrested Isau Mupfumi (62), another prominent bus operator and a member of the ZANU PF central committee, as well as 16 other people in connection with the violence....

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched a manhunt for Leonard Mukumba, the owner of Inter-Africa Bus Services, in connection with the violence that rocked Mutare central business district on Thursday last week. Police have since arrested Isau Mupfumi (62), another prominent bus operator and....

27/05/2024

Capacity utilisation in Zimbabwe’s manufacturing sector fell by 2.9%, to 53.2% in 2023 from 56.1% in 2022. According to a report by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), this development is attributable to forex shortages, crippling power crisis, exchange rate volatility and currency crisis, among other factors. Presenting the 2023 CZI Manufacturing Sector Survey on Friday in the capital Harare, CZI chief economist, Cornelius Dube, said (via Business Times):...

Capacity utilisation in Zimbabwe’s manufacturing sector fell by 2.9%, to 53.2% in 2023 from 56.1% in 2022. According to a report by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), this development is attributable to forex shortages, crippling power crisis, exchange rate volatility and currency cri...

27/05/2024

The City of Harare has announced that it will commence the closure of dilapidated public buildings within the city this week. These structures have been deemed unfit for occupation. According to The Sunday Mail, in April 2024, more than 200 buildings, including about 14 tall ones in and around Harare’s central business district, were considered unsafe for occupation. This followed an inspection by council officials who identified properties with poor ventilation, a lack of emergency exits, and signs of general decay....

The City of Harare has announced that it will commence the closure of dilapidated public buildings within the city this week. These structures have been deemed unfit for occupation. According to The Sunday Mail, in April 2024, more than 200 buildings, including about 14 tall ones in and around Harar...

27/05/2024

UK-based Zimbabwean lawyer and author, Petina Gappah has apologised to former CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere over the several allegations she made against her in 2018. In a statement this Monday, 27 May, Gappah “unequivocally” retracted all the statements she made against Mahere, and publicly and “unreservedly” apologised. The allegations prompted Mahere to file a US$1 million defamation lawsuit against Gappah, and in March this year, the High Court suggested that the latter required psychological intervention....

UK-based Zimbabwean lawyer and author, Petina Gappah has apologised to former CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere over the several allegations she made against her in 2018. In a statement this Monday, 27 May, Gappah “unequivocally” retracted all the statements she made against Mahere, and publicly a...

25/05/2024

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) disputed interim secretary-general, Sengezo Tshabangu, has recalled three councillors from Matabeleland North Province. According to Southern Eye, the councillors are Noliya Dube and Julia Mumpande from Binga Rural District Council, and Maria Phiri from Victoria Falls Municipality. In a notice, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chief elections officer, Utloile Silaigwana, confirmed the recalls. It reads in part:...

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) disputed interim secretary-general, Sengezo Tshabangu, has recalled three councillors from Matabeleland North Province. According to Southern Eye, the councillors are Noliya Dube and Julia Mumpande from Binga Rural District Council, and Maria Phiri from Victoria F...

25/05/2024

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has subtly hinted that he will not seek another presidential term when his current and second term ends in 2028, reported NewZimbabwe.com. This comes as some of Mnangagwa supporters in ZANU PF have reportedly been pushing for an amendment of the Constitution to remove the two-term limit for him to run for a third term. Speaking in vernacular Shona at the groundbreaking ceremony of a new cricket stadium in Victoria Falls this week, Mnangagwa said:...

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President Emmerson Mnangagwa has subtly hinted that he will not seek another presidential term when his current and second term ends in 2028, reported NewZimbabwe.com. This comes as some of Mnangagwa supporters in ZANU PF have reportedly been pushing for an amendment of the Constitution to remove th...

25/05/2024

Yadah Stars forward Khama Billiat is reportedly at risk of losing his house in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa to creditors. City Press, a South African publication, reported that Billiat is being dragged to court by a creditor who claims the former Ajax, Mamelodi Sundowns, and Kaizer Chiefs winger has allegedly “failed to keep up with the payment of the bond agreement”....

Yadah Stars forward Khama Billiat is reportedly at risk of losing his house in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa to creditors. City Press, a South African publication, reported that Billiat is being dragged to court by a creditor who claims the former Ajax, Mamelodi Sundowns, and Kaizer Chiefs win...

25/05/2024

President Mnangagwa approves the licensing of Starlink by POTRAZ and this will be a turning point in the Zimbabwean Internet Market. With players like Econet, Netone and Liquid among internet providers approving StarLink will be a huge positive for the people of Zimbabwe. The president of Zimbabwe shared a statement on social media informing the public that StarLink will not be available in Zimbabwe but is exclusive to IMC Communications....

StarLink has been approved in Zimbabwe and IMC Communications will be the authorized dealer. President Mnangagwa said:

25/05/2024

A recent visit by the Energy Parliamentary Portfolio Committee to the site of the proposed US$172.8 million solar plant in Gwanda revealed that little progress has been made towards the construction of the 100-megawatt plant. According to CITE, the site is currently overgrown with bushes and shrubs and lacks signage and proper facilities. The wooden buildings are infested by termites, the roof titles are missing, and there is a single solar panel for security lighting....

A recent visit by the Energy Parliamentary Portfolio Committee to the site of the proposed US$172.8 million solar plant in Gwanda revealed that little progress has been made towards the construction of the 100-megawatt plant. According to CITE, the site is currently overgrown with bushes and shrubs....

25/05/2024

President Emmerson Mnangagwa relaunched the controversial National Youth Service (NYS) programme at Nhakiwa Vocational Training Centre in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe, Mashonaland East Province on Friday, 24 May. The programme, which has been renamed Youth Service in Zimbabwe (YSZ), had been suspended for many years due to funding challenges. Before its suspension years ago, the programme was criticised for churning out the infamous ZANU PF youth brigades that became known as “Green Bombers” because of the colour of their uniforms....

President Emmerson Mnangagwa relaunched the controversial National Youth Service (NYS) programme at Nhakiwa Vocational Training Centre in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe, Mashonaland East Province on Friday, 24 May. The programme, which has been renamed Youth Service in Zimbabwe (YSZ), had been suspended for...

25/05/2024

The trial of Ishmael Chokurongerwa (54), the controversial leader of an end-time faction of the Johanne Masowe Yechishanu apostolic sect, and his co-accused was on Thursday postponed to June 2024 because their lawyer, Purity Chikangaise of Maphosa and Ndomene Legal Practitioners, was not feeling well. Chokurongerwa, Takavengwa Gwenzi (55), Siribiniyo Chikunhire (56), Wonder Kabaya(47), and Shingirayi Ngavafume (42), who are leaders of the Johane Masowe eChishanu Yekutanga Apostolic church appeared before the Norton Magistrates’ court on Thursday, 23 May facing several charges....

The trial of Ishmael Chokurongerwa (54), the controversial leader of an end-time faction of the Johanne Masowe Yechishanu apostolic sect, and his co-accused was on Thursday postponed to June 2024 because their lawyer, Purity Chikangaise of Maphosa and Ndomene Legal Practitioners, was not feeling wel...

25/05/2024

A faction of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) linked to the party’s former leader Nelson Chamisa on Friday, 24 May, announced a 16-member shadow Cabinet. The announcement was made by the party’s chief administrator Jameson Timba who assumed the leadership role of the CCC after Chamisa abruptly quit the party in late January this year claiming the opposition outfit had been hijacked by ZANU PF....

A faction of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) linked to the party’s former leader Nelson Chamisa on Friday, 24 May, announced a 16-member shadow Cabinet. The announcement was made by the party’s chief administrator Jameson Timba who assumed the leadership role of the CCC after ...

25/05/2024

Police have confirmed the arrest of Eleph Khumbula Gula-Ndebele and five others for unlawful possession of Co***ne. In a statement seen by the publication, The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said Gula-Ndebele was implicated by a victim of drug abuse, one Tsitsi Vundla, who was arrested in March this year. Reads the statement: The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms the arrest of Eleph Khumbula Gula-Ndebele (39) for unlawful possession of Co***ne....

Police have confirmed the arrest of Eleph Khumbula Gula-Ndebele and five others for unlawful possession of Co***ne. In a statement seen by the publication, The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said Gula-Ndebele was implicated by a victim of drug abuse, o...

25/05/2024

A 6-year-old Early Childhood Development (ECD) B learner at Baring Primary School died on Tuesday morning after he was accidentally hit by a steel handball pole on the head. The incident has been blamed on negligence as the handball pole that hit the now-deceased Anesu Jacob Chikodzore was supposed to have been removed and placed in a safe place immediately after use....

A 6-year-old Early Childhood Development (ECD) B learner at Baring Primary School died on Tuesday morning after he was accidentally hit by a steel handball pole on the head. The incident has been blamed on negligence as the handball pole that hit the now-deceased Anesu Jacob Chikodzore was supposed....

24/05/2024

The South African Police Services (SAPS) has denied making any arrests in connection with the murder of two bread truck delivery men in Delft, Cape Town last week. This follows social media claims that the murderer, alleged to be a Zimbabwean national, had been arrested. As reported by IOL, the shooting was captured by the truck’s dashboard camera. It showed three men coming under attack last Thursday while they were sitting inside a Sasko bread truck on the corner of Symphony Way and Temprol Street....

The South African Police Services (SAPS) has denied making any arrests in connection with the murder of two bread truck delivery men in Delft, Cape Town last week. This follows social media claims that the murderer, alleged to be a Zimbabwean national, had been arrested. As reported by IOL, the shoo...

24/05/2024

Prominent trade union leader, Obert Masaraure was on Friday, 24 May, fined US$200 by the Harare Magistrates Court for posting a message on X (formerly Twitter) demanding the release of a trade union colleague. Masaraure, who is the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union (ARTUZ) president was on Wednesday found guilty of defeating or obstructing the course of justice or alternatively inciting public violence by Magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka....

Prominent trade union leader, Obert Masaraure was on Friday, 24 May, fined US$200 by the Harare Magistrates Court for posting a message on X (formerly Twitter) demanding the release of a trade union colleague. Masaraure, who is the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union (ARTUZ) president was on Wednesday....

24/05/2024

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it released enough ZiG cash for use by the public in conducting low-value transactions and for change. In a statement released on Thursday, 23 May, RBZ Governor John Mushayavanhu said the central bank issued enough ZiG1, ZiG2, and ZiG5 and ZiG10 and ZiG20 notes to meet demand. This follows an outcry by members of the public about the acute shortage of ZiG notes and coins in circulation which is inconveniencing traders and transport operators, among others....

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it released enough ZiG cash for use by the public in conducting low-value transactions and for change. In a statement released on Thursday, 23 May, RBZ Governor John Mushayavanhu said the central bank issued enough ZiG1, ZiG2, and ZiG5 and ZiG10 and ZiG20 note...

24/05/2024

The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has no tattoo policy, a senior official in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), has said. The Chief Director of Strategic Communications, Presidential Communications (OPC), Anyway Mutambudzi, was responding to an X user, Chofamba, who had asked about the ZNA’s policy on tattoos. Chofamba asked the Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana and the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, to clarify the issue of tattoos, claiming that a young man had his recruitment rescinded by the ZNA because he had a tattoo on his arm....

The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has no tattoo policy, a senior official in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), has said. The Chief Director of Strategic Communications, Presidential Communications (OPC), Anyway Mutambudzi, was responding to an X user, Chofamba, who had asked about the ZN...

24/05/2024

Bishop Rocky Moyo, the president of the Council of Churches in Africa, has urged the church, particularly traditional churches, to discuss s.e.x issues, rather than leave the youth and teenagers at the mercy of misleading information from the internet. Moyo said newspapers are full of reports about teenage pregnancies and teenagers who have joined the s.e.x work industry, and this is partly attributable to the church’s failure to discuss s.e.x issues....

Bishop Rocky Moyo, the president of the Council of Churches in Africa, has urged the church, particularly traditional churches, to discuss s.e.x issues, rather than leave the youth and teenagers at the mercy of misleading information from the internet. Moyo said newspapers are full of reports about....

24/05/2024

A church leader in Mbare, Harare, was arrested after he allegedly impersonated a Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) official to acquire land that his church wanted to use as an extension to its allocated space. The cleric, Kudzai Ngoni Nyamasoka (29), is also accused of associating himself with the Office of the President and Cabinet and claiming to be a ZANU PF member to intimidate congregants from another church....

A church leader in Mbare, Harare, was arrested after he allegedly impersonated a Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) official to acquire land that his church wanted to use as an extension to its allocated space. The cleric, Kudzai Ngoni Nyamasoka (29), is also accused of associating himself w...

24/05/2024

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) welcomed Zimbabwe’s introduction of a new gold-backed currency, the ZiG, as an important step. In an emailed response to Bloomberg questions, a spokesperson for the IMF said: The introduction of ZiG represents an important policy action accompanied by several complementary policy changes — including monetary, exchange rate, and fiscal policy measures. The IMF spokesperson also said that the lender will send a team to Zimbabwe in late June and this “will be an opportunity to discuss and look at the performance of the new currency arrangement”....

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) welcomed Zimbabwe’s introduction of a new gold-backed currency, the ZiG, as an important step. In an emailed response to Bloomberg questions, a spokesperson for the IMF said: The introduction of ZiG represents an important policy action accompanied by several ...

24/05/2024

Harare Mayor Councillor Jacob Mafume said the capital has the potential to become the hub of cannabis production in Zimbabwe and Africa if the business community invests in the commercial crop. Speaking during the tour of the Medical Cannabis Biotech farm where he commended African Medical Cannabis Biotech for investing in the city’s cannabis industry, Mafume said (via Business Times):...

Harare Mayor Councillor Jacob Mafume said the capital has the potential to become the hub of cannabis production in Zimbabwe and Africa if the business community invests in the commercial crop. Speaking during the tour of the Medical Cannabis Biotech farm where he commended African Medical Cannabis....

24/05/2024

A 13-year-old boy from Chivi, Masvingo appeared in court recently for fatally assaulting his 4-year-old brother whom he accused of walking slowly. According to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPA), on May 5, 2024, the informant left the four-year-old boy in the care of the teenager who is his brother. Said the NPA: The accused and his 4-year-old brother went fishing in the river....

A 13-year-old boy from Chivi, Masvingo appeared in court recently for fatally assaulting his 4-year-old brother whom he accused of walking slowly. According to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPA), on May 5, 2024, the informant left the four-year-old boy in the care of the teenager w...

24/05/2024

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday pledged to enhance economic opportunities for the veterans of the country’s war of independence, while also ensuring they receive medical aid and other benefits. Speaking at the War Veterans National Assembly, which was attended by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga at the ZANU PF headquarters, Mnangagwa said the war veterans will vote at the party’s elective Congress in October....

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday pledged to enhance economic opportunities for the veterans of the country’s war of independence, while also ensuring they receive medical aid and other benefits. Speaking at the War Veterans National Assembly, which was attended by Vice President Constanti...

24/04/2024

Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) chief executive Rosemary Mpofu has challenged the Government to take the lead in accepting payment in Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) to promote market and consumer confidence in the currency. Mpofu made the call when the Joint Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Investment Promotion, and Industry and Commerce was receiving oral evidence on the 2024 Monetary Policy Statement (MPS)....

Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) chief executive Rosemary Mpofu has challenged the Government to take the lead in accepting payment in Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) to promote market and consumer confidence in the currency. Mpofu made the call when the Joint Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Invest...

24/04/2024

Headman lnzwanai Musonzwa of Mhondoro village in Mashonaland West Province has urged the government to shut down Madzibaba Ishmael Chokurongerwa’s religious sect, which is accused of rampant violation of children’s rights to education, health, and access to birth certificates. Several Johanne Masowe eChishanu Apostolic religious sect members, including Madzibaba Ishmael, were arrested recently. The charges against them stem from alleged violations of the Burial and Cremation Act and the Children’s Act....

Headman lnzwanai Musonzwa of Mhondoro village in Mashonaland West Province has urged the government to shut down Madzibaba Ishmael Chokurongerwa’s religious sect, which is accused of rampant violation of children’s rights to education, health, and access to birth certificates. Several Johanne Ma...

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