BRANDON JOSPHAT THE minister of Youth, Tino Machakaire, has urged global leaders to equip young people with ethical digital skills for peacebuilding. Speaking during the Opening Session of the Panel Discussion on Press Freedom and Independent Journalism as a Cross-Cutting Enabler of Peace on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York…
Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’s fractured opposition faces its deepest crisis since independence in 1980, undermined by internal disunity, incoherent policies and personality-driven politics. This fresh sobering assessment has once again come from Bulawayo mayor David Coltart, a prominent opposition stalwart, who warns that these self-inflicted vulnerabilities are severely damaging any realistic prospects of…
Anesu Mirisawu SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITER COMIC dancer and choreographer David Machowa, popularly known as Apama Styles, is billed to showcase his unique dance skills at Malawi’s Blantyre Dance Festival, set for October 3 at the Museum of Malawi. Apama Styles, who is also the founder of the Mr Ugly Zimbabwe pageant, will share the stage…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERPROPERTY owners in Ruwa face severe legal penalties, including up to six months in prison, if they fail to maintain their premises under a newly intensified local authority crackdown.Ruwa Local Board said yesterday it was intensifying inspections of properties considered unsafe, unsanitary, dilapidated or poorly maintained as it moves to enforce housing standards…
STAFF WRITER CASSAVA Technologies joined a powerful international coalition to make artificial intelligence accessible in underrepresented African languages.Cassava is among signatories spanning an initial 60 technology companies, AI laboratories, researchers, governments, philanthropies and civil society organisations backing a five-year goal to enable an estimated 3.4 billion people who speak languages underrepresented in current AI models…
ENTHUSIASTIC crowds started to gather in France’s capital yesterday to see Pope Leo XIV, after he warned against losing humanity in a “paradise of machines” as concern grows about artificial intelligence. Hundreds of thousands are expected to line the streets of Paris as the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics makes the first official…
FOLLOWING a spate of disputes and misunderstandings at the country’s oldest Collective Management Organisation, the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) — including allegations of low payouts and a lack of transparency in financial management — our Senior Entertainment Writer, Ashley Moyo, sat down with the organisation’s Board chairperson, Alexio Gwenzi, to clarify these issues. Below…
Yvonne Ncubein Bulawayo THREE men from Silobela have each been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of a 40-year-old man following a confrontation at a local drinking spot.Bornwell Matonhodze, 20, Artwell Sibanda, 18, and Donald Ndlovu, 18, were convicted of murdering Josphart Ncube of Vukani Village under Chief Malisa in Zhombe.The three…
Shamaine ChirimujiriSTAFF WRITERA PRIVATE security guard and a car sale co-owner were arrested after four aggressive dogs mauled a man to death in Harare.Harare police spokesperson Luckmore Chakanza confirmed yesterday that Paul Malcom Takudzwa Muzavazi was attacked by the dogs on Wednesday around 6pm while walking along a footpath near the accused’s car sale.“On September…
Yvonne Ncubein Bulawayo A 43-YEAR-OLD Turk Mine man has been fined US$300 for assaulting his wife during a dispute over money meant for their children’s school fees.Nkosilathi Sibanda of Inyathi appeared before Inyathi magistrate Challenge Mahembe facing a charge of physical abuse.He was fined US$300 or six months in prison if he fails to pay.The…
