MDC grievance handling costly
HARARE - The MDC circus has rolled into town once more. After the split of 2005, another group appears to have broken away again. That a party can split so many times — MDC-T, MDC-N, MDC-M, MDC 99 and...
View Article$23m unclaimed listed shares
HARARE - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SecZim) says there are unclaimed shares in listed companies worth $22,8 million. This follows a directive by the capital markets regulator...
View ArticleCambria revenue to grow 147pc
HARARE - Zimbabwe-focused investment group Cambria Africa Plc (Cambria) is tipped to grow its revenue by 147 percent from $11,64 million in 2014 to $28,78 million in 2016, analysts projected. United...
View ArticleExtra Kwazvose rock Castle Tankard show
HARARE - Music lovers in Glen Norah were in for a treat when sungura outfit Extra Kwazvose gave a polished performance during the Castle Tankard regional show on Saturday. The Gurajena singers...
View ArticleHeavy security as Iraq goes to polls
BAGHDAD - There is heavy security across Iraq as the country votes in its first parliamentary elections since US troops withdrew three years ago. Polling began at 07:00 local time (04:00 GMT) and...
View ArticleKenyatta signs Kenya polygamy law
NAIROBI - Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law a controversial marriage bill legalising polygamy. It brings civil law, where a man was only allowed one wife, into line with customary...
View ArticleTuku's Worker's Day Message 2014
HARARE - Fellow Zimbabweans, About two weeks ago our country celebrated the 34th anniversary of its hard won independence. It was indeed a time for all of us to pause and reflect on the journey we...
View ArticleDaily News staffer injured in police-minibus chase
HARARE - Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) graphic designer Lynn Mbofana was yesterday injured when she was hit by a kombi (minibus) whose driver was fleeing from baton-wielding police officers....
View ArticlePro-Tsvangirai group seizes assets
MUTARE - Opposition members sympathetic to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai forced open the MDC provincial offices here and seized a vehicle, two computers, an electric fan and party membership cards to...
View ArticleParirenyatwa ICU temporarily closed
HARARE - The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Parirenyatwa, Zimbabwe’s biggest referral hospital, has been temporarily closed for maintenance work on ventilators. Ventilators support breathing of patients...
View ArticleGumbura's fresh rape trial opens
HARARE - Jailed Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura has said the 26-year-old woman pressing fresh rape charges against him is his ex-concubine trying to settle scores with him,...
View ArticleMugabe plane forced to abort landing
HARARE - A plane carrying President Robert Mugabe was forced to abort a planned landing in Harare yesterday due to heavy fog, landing instead in Bulawayo. “His aircraft was forced to land at Joshua...
View ArticlePolice re-launch cigarette blitz
HARARE - Zimbabwean authorities are reportedly contemplating another blitz on vendors selling cigarette sticks This comes after police and municipal authorities — in consultation with the ministry of...
View ArticleWorkers rally behind Tsvangirai
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has thrown its weight behind MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, saying rebels attempting to topple the charismatic opposition leader were out of order....
View ArticleTA incurs $6m loss, suspends hotel renovation
HARARE - TA Holdings (TA) has suspended a $1,5 million refurbishment exercise for its hotel, as the group incurred a $ 5, 6 million loss in the year to December 2013. The investment group, which...
View ArticleZim mulls diamonds polishing law
HARARE - Zimbabwe plans to promulgate a law that compels diamond miners to sell 10 percent of their gems to local cutting and polishing firms. The move is part of government’s aggressive beneficiation...
View ArticleBiti booted out
HARARE - As expected, the MDC moved quickly yesterday to expel forthwith its secretary-general Tendai Biti and all the members of his faction who party leaders say had driven the 15-year-old...
View ArticleNooij begins Taifa Stars transformation
HARARE - “I think Nigeria have an obligation to go to the World Cup. They have a good squad of wonderful players. You are two points behind Tunisia right now but that is not a big deal. We can try to...
View ArticleBosso fans bank on Chiza prophecy
BULAWAYO - Judging from the team's early season performance, Bosso fans have expressed confidence in controversial Blessing Chiza's prophecy that their team will win the 2014 Castle Premiership title....
View Article'Dark horse can win Castle Tankard'
HARARE - Veteran jockey Quinton Riddle believes dark horses have surprised many in the 52 editions of the Castle Tankard and reckons this year’s race may not be an exception. Riddle will be part of...
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