Our Kadoma bureau had quite a sad story today about how Kadoma City Council has been battling Covid-19 since last year – roughly just before the year ended.They had plans to reopen their offices by January 4 but have had to shelve those plans due to an increase in cases …

Music venues across England have remained largely silent for the past nine months after the coronavirus pandemic forced them to close their doors. As the unwanted anniversary of a year without live music approaches for some, musician Frank Turner is once again picking up his guitar to help.“If you had …

Nhau Correspondent Rising US-based Zimbabwean musician, JØY, has dropped a hot new collaboration with South African rapper KidX.The audio and visual effort garnered over 12 000 YouTube views in just two days.The single entitled New Day, comes off Joy’s forthcoming album Matter-More-For-Sis. The hip-hop love song, was written from the …

Harare regional magistrate Lazini Ncube has denied journalist Hopewell Chin’ono bail. In his ruling, Ncube stated that there was overwhelming evidence against Chin’ono as the child he alleged to have died from a police baton stick attack is still alive. Ncube also stated that Chin’ono committed the current offence while …

Covid-19 forces desperate Zimbos to turn to unusual remediesAuthorities urged to raise awareness, protect publicZINATHA warns of ‘toxic’ mixtures By Kundai Marunya Spiking numbers of coronavirus infections, an unreliable public health system and expensive prescription medication are forcing a large number of Zimbabweans to use unproven veterinary drugs, herbal medicine …

By Tawanda Matanhire Amid challenges faced by musicians as a result of Covid-19 – Baba Harare, real name Braveman Chizvino, has urged artists to take online platforms seriously as it is the only way to get their content to the people.Artists across the country have been adversely affected by the …

By Tawanda Matanhire The Teen Rescue Mission (TRM) yesterday donated cash to Godfrey Munhungaupi (13), a boy whose face was deformed in a firecracker accident.The cash is to pay for his medical expenses.TRM is the brainchild of gospel music artist Abraham Matuka and takes care of vulnerable teenagers across the …

By Kundai Marunya The United Kingdom government has pledged £4 million (US$5.4 million) to feed 110 000 poor people living in eight urban areas across Zimbabwe.The pledge is part of a global package worth £47 million to provide food, nutrition, water and shelter to help over 1.3 million vulnerable people …

Allegations of torture and gross human rights abuses aside – the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) appears to have done a sterling job in apprehending a gang that allegedly robbed a cash-in-transit vehicle of over US$2.5 million and Z$43 090 in cash along Harare-Chinhoyi highway.This was the first high-profile heist in …

Detectives from CID Homicide have made a breakthrough, recovering a substantial amount of cash stolen in the Gwebi bridge US$2.5 million heist last week. They also recovered vehicles believed to be proceeds of the same alleged crime. So far police have arrested 11 suspects, three of whom were the guards …