CAR interim President Michel Djotodia resigns
BANGUI - Central Africa Republic's interim President Michel Djotodia has resigned at a regional summit aimed at ending violence that has engulfed the country. CAR's entire transitional assembly is...
View ArticleByo council reduces water rationing
BULAWAYO - Bulawayo City Council will from this week further reduce its current water rationing period from two days to a day relieving residents of a pesky water cut regime introduced in July last...
View ArticleJohanne Marange sect's bizarre rituals
MUTARE - Dogs, chickens, goats and cattle have better chances of survival than humans, a hard-pressed Johanne Marange Apostolic Church member vending locksets and glue at Sakubva Bus Terminus...
View ArticleMissing hiker's family appeals for help
HARARE - The family of Zayd Dada, who went missing in the Inyangani Mountains exactly one week ago have appealed to the local and international community for help. Rayaaz Dada, his elder brother, has...
View ArticleCyanide poaching: Pair acquitted
BULAWAYO - Two suspected elephant poachers in the on-going cyanide saga that saw more than 100 elephants at the Hwange National Park being killed last year have been acquitted. Clever Khumalo, 44 and...
View ArticleChurches face ban
HARARE - Hundreds of churches worshiping in the open without sanitary facilities and bank accounts face being banned, as government moves in to bring sanity to the religious sector. On Thursday,...
View ArticleFormer MPs still to be paid
HARARE - Former legislators are yet to receive their pensions and outstanding allowances benefits after serving five years. The 7th Parliament had 300 members and with each being owed about $20 000...
View ArticleKereke drags in ministers, police
HARARE - Bikita West Member of Parliament, Munyaradzi Kereke’s fight with his former boss and ex-Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono, is sucking in all security structures of the government,...
View ArticleIsraelis pay respects to Sharon
JERUSALEM - Israelis are filing past the body of ex-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon who has died aged 85 of heart failure after eight years in a coma. Draped in the national flag, the body is lying in...
View ArticleLibyan cabinet minister shot dead
SIRTE - Libya's deputy industry minister has been shot dead during a visit to his hometown of Sirte, east of the capital Tripoli. Local media quoted officials as saying unknown gunmen "sprayed...
View ArticleZanu PF's same old tricks
EDITOR — Being an avid Daily News reader, I was awestruck by the Late Joshua Nkomo’s letters to the-then prime minister Robert Mugabe, which your paper ran late last year. Many aspects of that letter,...
View ArticleWomen consent to HIV screening
EDITOR — In response to an article published in your newspaper: “Pregnant women resists HIV screening”, on Tuesday January 7, 2014, we would like to express our appreciation for raising awareness of...
View ArticleZimbabweans among Africa's poorest
HARARE - The average wealth of individual Zimbabweans declined to $570 in 2013 from $630 in 2000 due to lack of ownership rights and constricted foreign direct investment, a New World Wealth (NWW)...
View ArticleZim seek Chan redemption
HARARE - Following a chaotic 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign and a fourth straight failure to qualify for the African Cup of Nations, Zimbabwe are seeking some measure of redemption when they start...
View ArticleSelector goes down memory lane
HARARE - Stereo One sound system founder member Farai ‘Selector’ Shambare’s close relationship with Jamaican reggae superstar Buju Banton bears testimony to the Zimbabwean disc...
View ArticleTime for Warriors to stake a claim in Africa
JOHANNESBURG - The Chan tournament which kicked off on Saturday, provides a great opportunity for Zimbabwe to stake a claim as Africa’s powerhouse. The three-week competition kicks off this afternoon...
View ArticleMutyakureva living his dream through coaching
HARARE - He made his Premiership debut with Dynamos at 18 and was forced to retire due to a recurrent muscle injury 10 years later at a ripe age of 28 when most players are at their peak. But for the...
View ArticleBuffaloes signs Bushiri
MUTARE - BUFFALOES have made their first signing ahead of the 2014 season by luring Warriors fringe player Frank Bushiri from Shabanie Mine in addition to setting sights on Dynamos rejects Farai...
View ArticleGary Brent shelves resignation plans
HARARE - Manicaland Mountaineers and national Academy coach Gary Brent, who resigned in December, will now stay on until the end of the current domestic franchise season. Former Zimbabwe seamer Brent...
View ArticleCharlie Jones targets Zifa presidency
HARARE - Charlie Jones, the former Zimbabwe international, has confirmed his candidacy for the Zifa presidency election for the second time running. With just under two months to go before the...
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