Zanu PF MP eyes private school
HARARE - Two Zanu PF officials are embroiled in a school ownership wrangle with parents who are resisting the duo’s plans to indigenise the Eiffel Flats Primary School. The parents allege that the...
View Article4 nabbed for stealing butternut squash
BULAWAYO - Four employees at a local retail outlet landed themselves in hot soup after they were suspected to have stolen 32kg of butternut squash meant for sale. Deon John Middlemen, 41 George...
View ArticleModelling director up for using ladies toilet
BULAWAYO - An executive director for a local modelling agency has been dragged to court after he was arrested for using a ladies toilet. Ricky Nathanson, 48, of Ricochet Modelling Agency pleaded not...
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Govt, civil servants strike pay deal
HARARE - Government and civil servants have signed a pay deal that will see the least paid government worker getting a $79 salary increment. Civil servants’ negotiators who spoke to the Daily News...
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Moyo withdraws poll petition
HARARE - Lovemore Moyo, the MDC national chairperson, has withdrawn his election petition contesting the results of the July 31 elections for Matobo North constituency, fearing he will not get a fair...
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No ethanol back-up: Mavhaire
HARARE - Energy minister Dzikamai Mavhaire has admitted that government in its joint venture with Green Fuel had no backup plan in case of shortages of sugar cane for ethanol production. This comes as...
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Mugabe death rumour ends
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe appeared in public for the first time in several weeks yesterday to mourn the death of his sister, ending speculation that he may be bed-ridden, in declining health or...
View ArticleHarare City Council employee neglects child
HARARE - A Harare City Council employee has been accused of neglecting his child. Oliver Sirimawo was yesterday dragged before the Harare Civil Court by his ex-girlfriend, Precious Chandimhara,...
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Apostolic, Zion churches forge new paradigm
HARARE - Hundreds of Apostolic and Zionist church members converged at Murove Primary School in Buhera on Monday for a gender-based violence meeting organised by their umbrella body. Union for...
View ArticleMaid hires gang to assault employer's sister
HARARE - A maid reportedly hired a gang to assault her employer’s sister after a dispute. Nomatter Chatikobo works for Cecilia Chiumbwa’s sister and the court heard Chatikobo verbally abuses her....
View ArticleParties face litmus test in by-elections
HARARE - The ruling Zanu PF, opposition parties — MDC and National Constituency Assembly (NCA), square off in council by-elections on Saturday that have been dogged by allegations of vote buying and...
View Article'Gay' director flees home after receiving threats
BULAWAYO - An executive director with a local modelling agency, Ricky Nathanson who was recently arrested on accusations of being gay, has fled his home following unspecified threats. His lawyer...
View ArticleYouths promised projects after Mugabe bash
BULAWAYO - Zanu PF has promised youths more projects in line with ZimAsset to commence after President Robert Mugabe’s 90th birthday bash. Khumbulani Mpofu, the chairperson of the Zanu PF Bulawayo...
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Businessman seeks Chihuri's help
HARARE - A Harare businessman has approached police chief Augustine Chihuri to complain that officers manning minister Douglas Mombeshora’s residence acted unlawfully by preventing the sheriff from...
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Bryan Adams under fire over Zim gig
HARARE - It’s the biggest event to hit Zimbabwe in years. Within 10 hours of the announcement that Bryan Adams would be performing in Harare, every ticket was sold out — and at prices that most...
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Mugabe reveals painful history
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe yesterday revealed a painful past of abandonment and loss of his closest relatives as he told mourners that he could not even explain his long life. Speculation has...
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Biti's 'Eat what you kill' cliche vindicated
HARARE - When Tendai Biti was minister of Finance in the coalition government, he became the pantomime villain of Zanu PF, accused of withholding funds in order to sabotage the party’s programmes....
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Please give us a break ZRP
EDITOR — I write to complain over the number of road-blocks police are mounting every morning as people rush to work and school. Zimbabweans are a time-conscious people and have their day planned...
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ZBC licences should have been scrapped ages ago
EDITOR — The government should have scrapped ZBC’s television and radio licence fees way back. The government and Information ministry have finally seen the light. ZBC bosses were milking the public...
View ArticleGovt re-denominates IDBZ shares
HARARE - Government has approved the re-denomination of the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ)’s shares to United States dollars from the defunct local currency. In 2009, the country...
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