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Zambia politician charged for defaming president
LUSAKA - An opposition politician in Zambia has been arrested and charged with defamation after he compared the president to a potato. Frank Bwalya allegedly described President Michael Sata as...
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Perumal memoirs to go public
HARARE - Wilson Raj Perumal, the self-confessed serial match-fixer behind the Asiagate scandal involving the Zimbabwe national football team, is back in the news again. Perumal, currently under house...
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Mambare sparks debate
HARARE - The shock transfer of star midfielder Masimba Mambare from bitter rivals Highlanders to Dynamos has sparked passionate debate in the Zimbabwean football fraternity, with a leading...
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Efficient power use to save Zim $115m
HARARE - Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) — a subsidiary of power utility Zesa Holdings — says the country could save up to $115 million annually through efficient...
View ArticleCaledonia declares first quarter dividend
HARARE - Toronto Stock Exchange-listed Caledonia Mining Corporation (Caledonia) has declared a $0,015 dividend per share for its first quarter to December 2013. This comes as the southern...
View ArticleIndigenisation fears linger
HARARE - Foreign investors’ fears and discomforts will not subside despite government’s move to clarify its indigenisation policy, listed ZB Financial Holdings Limited ZBFH) says. While presenting the...
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Aussie miner in Zim chrome deal
HARARE - Australia-based miner TPL Corporation (TPL) has been granted approval by the Zimbabwe Investment Authority (Zia) to acquire a 70 percent stake in African Chrome Fields Limited (ACFL). ACFL...
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Govt to announce solar tender winners
HARARE - Government is soon expected to announce two winning bids of the 100 megawatts (MW) solar projects tender aimed at improving power supply in the country, businessdaily has established. The...
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Egypt unrest: Morsi trial resumes
CAIRO - Egypt's deposed President Mohammed Morsi has arrived at a court compound in Cairo amid tight security for the resumption of his trial, reports say. Mr Morsi and 14 other Muslim Brotherhood...
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Gumbura sentence today
HARARE - Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya will today deliver judgment in Independent End Times Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura’s case in which he is facing multiple rape charges....
View ArticleTeacher gives Form 3 rape victim $20
HARARE - A Northcort Training Institute teacher allegedly raped a Form 3 student before offering $20 to silence her. Trustmore Machona, 29, appeared before Harare magistrate Hosea Mujaya, facing rape...
View ArticleBrothers up for stoning police officers
BULAWAYO - Two brothers from Makokoba suburb who teamed up to stone police officers have appeared in court facing charges of assaulting or resisting a peace officer. Nqobizitha Siziba, 31 and Reason...
View ArticleTrio freed in envoy's house firebombing
HARARE - Three men accused of petrol bombing Zimbabwe envoy to Botswana Thomas Mandigora’s Highfield house have been freed. Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei released Boroma Kwedyo, 57, Marlon Tunga...
View ArticleDube named new VMCZ executive director
HARARE - Loughty Dube has been appointed executive director of the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ). VMCZ is a professional media self-regulatory body set up in 2007 by Zimbabwean...
View ArticleMinister's wife wants Supreme Court to stop sheriff
HARARE - Millicent Mombeshora, wife to Lands and Rural Resettlement minister Douglas Mombeshora, has approached the Supreme Court seeking to stop attachment of her household property over a $30 000...
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Govt to aid Bulawayo Industries: Bimha
BULAWAYO - Government has pledged support for the ailing Bulawayo industries reeling from massive de-industrialisation for the past decade. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Industry and Commerce...
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Kereke seeks Con-Court relief
HARARE - Munyaradzi Kereke, the Member of Parliament for Bikita West, has asked the Constitutional Court to stop the High Court from insisting that he be cited as a respondent in a rape case involving...
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Bribes stall $1bn project
HARARE - An international consortium of investors nearly suspended a $750 million investment at New Zimbabwe Steel, formerly Ziscosteel, apparently because of pervasive corruption and demands for...
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Budget allocation contradicts Zim Asset
HARARE - Budget allocations to some ministries plainlycontradict projections contained in the post-election Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim Asset) blueprint which...
View ArticleBuffalo Souljah to unleash sixth album
HARARE - South Africa-based Zimbabwean dancehall star Thabani “Buffalo Souljah” Ndlovu has lined up an 18-track album that features ex-Brick and Lace star Nailah “Nyla” Thornbourne. Nyla, who until...
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