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Harare City finally win
HARARE - Harare City coach Bigboy Mawiwi gave an emotional post match interview, fighting back tears in front of journalists after watching his side came from behind to register their first win of the...
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Of mothers, acapella music
LONDON - Mother's Day celebrates mothers and motherhood and acknowledges the influence of women in society. It is one of the noblest annual celebrations observed in the world. The fact that Mothers’...
View ArticlePlaywright defends Nehanda play
HARARE - Blessing Hungwe, the writer and co-producer of the play Lovers in Time — a comedy that explores taboos around Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi — says it was never his intention to rewrite...
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Bev, Jah Prayzah for Sungura night
HARARE - Controversial dancer Beverly ‘Bev’ Sibanda and the high-rising Jah Prayzah have been included in the forthcoming Harare International Carnival’s Sungura Night to be held at Pamuzinda Ice and...
View ArticlePeople abusing defamation law for rich pickings
HARARE - Over the years, courts have been inundated with several civil claims, ranging into millions of dollars for defamation, an aspect that is sometimes necessitated by the need to make rich...
View ArticleAfrican leaders can do better
HARARE - The following five key events describe Nigeria in the past three weeks. About 230 girls are abducted from a school in the northern parts of the country. A few days later President Goodluck...
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Tobacco sales near $400m
HARARE - Zimbabwe has realised $398 million from 124 million kg of flue-cured tobacco sold since the opening of the 2013 selling season mid-February. This indicates an eight percent increase from last...
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Poor planning will hurt Warriors
HARARE - Poor planning by the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) will hamper the Warriors’ bid to qualify for the 2015 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Morocco. Upon re-election in March, Zifa...
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Court postpones Gumbura's trial on fresh rape charges
HARARE - The trial of jailed Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura on a fresh rape charge has been postponed to July 1 because the presiding magistrate is going on leave. Harare...
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$700 000 theft maid jailed 8 years
HARARE - Harare regional magistrate magistrate Themba Kuwanda has jailed for eight years a maid, who was convicted for stealing $700 000 from her employer. Euna Tsekwete was left in the dock, after...
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MDC activists granted bail
HARARE - Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe has granted bail to eight MDC activists who were arrested last Sunday in Epworth on public violence charges, after ruling that the State’s case was weak. Mahwe...
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Zim finalises $750m Essar deal
HARARE - Zimbabwe says it has finally concluded a $750 million takeover deal of its giant iron processor Ziscosteel — now NewZim Steel — by Indian firm Essar Africa Holdings Limited. The deal, under...
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Rebel MPs to ditch Biti
HARARE - Seven renegade MDC MPs, who initially joined the Tendai Biti renewal camp, are on their way back to the main formation led by Morgan Tsvangirai after Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda...
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Female artistes speak on trials of motherhood
HARARE - Striking a balance between motherhood and a career in music has proved a tough lifestyle for many musicians. On Mother’s Day, the Daily News on Sunday interviewed several female musicians in...
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Why shoot ourselves in the foot?
HARARE - The deportation of South African band Freshlyground last week is a poor decision that is going to trigger unwelcome bad publicity at a time Zimbabwe should be doing everything possible to...
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Who will resolve housing issues?
HARARE - The issue of housing for all continues to be a pipeline dream for Zimbabwean citizens —34 years after attaining Independence. Housing schemes across the country have been involved in various...
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Woman accused of murder freed
HARARE - A Chitungwiza woman was acquitted on culpable homicide charges, following claims that she stabbed her husband to death during a dispute over the man’s alleged extra-marital affairs. The...
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'Mugabe won't go'
HARARE - Despite his advanced age and the mounting economic woes the country is grappling with, President Robert Mugabe is not leaving office yet, with his closest ally in Zanu PF Didymus Mutasa...
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Ukraine rebels hold 'self-rule' vote
KIEV - Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's two eastern regions are holding "self-rule" referendums - a move condemned by the Ukrainian government and the West. BBC correspondents at polling stations...
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Nigeria kidnap: Cameron joins campaign
LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron has promised Britain "will do what we can" to help find more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls. He made the comments as he held a sign bearing the "#Bring...
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