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'Polar vortex' grips North America
TORONTO - A winter storm has already blanketed areas of Canada and the north-eastern US with up to 2ft (60 cm) of snow. It has been blamed for 16 deaths in recent days and the cancellation of some...
View ArticleSix juveniles drown in flooded rivers
MASVINGO - At least six juveniles have drowned in one week. Peter Zhanero, the Masvingo police spokesperson, said the children drowned while playing in flooded rivers in Masvingo’s rural areas. The...
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Forged document earns man jail term
BULAWAYO - A Bulawayo man landed himself in jail after forging a baby clinic card and a birth certificate for a Botswana national. Peter Dunhira, 34, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Tawanda...
View ArticleViolence flares up in Mbare
HARARE - Political violence broke out in Harare’s high-density suburb of Mbare yesterday after three opposition National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) members were beaten up for pasting campaign...
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Beitbridge man up for stealing power cables
BULAWAYO - A Beitbridge man is still in hospital recovering from serious burns he sustained while stealing copper cables from Zesa Holdings (Zesa). Simbarashe Amani, 30, has been indicted before the...
View ArticleMLF treason case opens today
BULAWAYO - The defence case against Charles Thomas, one of the members of the Matabeleland Liberation Front (MLF), is expected to kick off today at the Bulawayo High Court before Justice Nicholas...
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Pregnant women resist HIV screening
HARARE - “If only I had the courage to be tested for HIV, my child would have been born negative,” Maud Chifamba from Wedza says ruefully. Twice, Maud visited the local clinic seeking ante-natal...
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Ministers abuse Mugabe access
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has unknowingly been introduced to international fraudsters, who come as investors, by some of his top ministers and close associates, investigations by the Daily News...
View ArticleCops bar sheriff from attaching minister's property
HARARE - Police officers manning the Borrowdale residence of Douglas Mombeshora, Lands and Rural Resettlement minister, on Friday blocked the deputy sheriff from attaching household property belonging...
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Mugabe needs honest advisors
HARARE - At nearly 90, President Robert Mugabe is not getting any younger and needs honest advisors who have the interests of the country at heart especially when it comes to investment deals. In the...
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Tsvangirai's wife overstepped mark
HARARE - Morgan Tsvangirai’s life has been a roller coaster since the death of his wife Susan. He became Prime Minister, remarried after some liaisons and lost an election. The latest episode relating...
View ArticleAfDB to fund Zim transport system study
HARARE - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to commission a $1,5 million Zimbabwe national transport master plan study aimed at providing the framework for the sustainable development of the...
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Steward Bank in branch closure
HARARE - Steward Bank (Steward) is closing some of its outlets under a “branch consolidation exercise”. The financial institution — currently with 20 branches — has already shut four units and one...
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Africa: A continent in crisis
HARARE - South Sudan is Africa’s newest and youngest country but I hate what is happening there right now. Selfish politicians have allowed the country to degenerate into spates of violence bringing...
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Bev's song storms into top 50
HARARE - Dancer-cum-musician Beverly Sibanda has stamped her authority on the musical dome following her inclusion in the 2013 edition of the National FM Top 50 on New Year’s Eve. Sibanda’s manager...
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Carl Ncube 'entertains' hospital staff
HARARE - Stand-up comedian Carl Joshua Ncube shared jokes with nursing staff during his recent medical detention at Parirenyatwa hospital. “They always asked me to tell jokes then after they would...
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Zoey to release album
HARARE - Raunchy and controversial pole dancer, Zoey Sifelani will take her artistic career a notch up with the launch of a new music album. The album, which is still to be titled, features talented...
View ArticleChaminuka lays out vision
HARARE - Newly appointed ZPC Kariba coach Saul Chaminuka has revealed his plans for the Premiership newcomers. Chaminuka took over the newly promoted top flight side at the end of last year after he...
View ArticleAll set for New Winners tourney
HARARE - More than 200 junior tennis players from across the country are expected to converge at Harare Sports Cub today to take part in the New Winners Junior Tennis tournament. The event is set to...
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Sibanda, Chipeta rally Warriors
HARARE - The Zimbabwe national football team must not give much respect to Morocco in the opening match at the African Nations Championship (Chan) according to Charles Sibanda and Eric Chipeta....
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