Anjin guards foil soldiers diamond heist
MUTARE - A Mutare magistrate on Monday denied bail to two members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) accused of stealing 10kgs of diamond ore at Anjin Diamond Mine in Chiadzwa last week. Magistrate...
View ArticleI am my own man: Mangoma
HARARE - Our Political Editor Thelma Chikwanha (TC) talks to Elton Mangoma (EM), the MDC deputy treasurer. Find below excerpts from the interview. TC: Do you want to become the next president of the...
View ArticleMPs want Cuthbert Dube indicted
HARARE - Lawmakers yesterday demanded that former Premier Services Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) chief executive officer Cuthbert Dube be prosecuted for misappropriation of clients’ funds. Dube and his...
View ArticleProsecute Mutasa, Supreme Court says
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has ordered the Attorney General (AG) to allow Telecel Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (Telecel) to prosecute ex-company chairperson Jane Mutasa through private...
View ArticleChihuri bans cops from owning kombis
HARARE - A board of inquiry commissioned by police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri has found that eight percent of commuter omnibuses are operated by police officers, and the police boss has...
View ArticleUK to take in 'hundreds' of Syrians
LONDON - Some of the "most vulnerable" Syrian refugees will be temporarily resettled in the UK, Deputy PM Nick Clegg says. He said girls and women who had been victims of or were at risk of sexual...
View ArticleMuchinguri denies ever dating Chimbetu
HARARE - Oppah Muchinguri, Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development minister, has denied ever dating the late music icon Simon ‘Chopper’ Chimbetu. She also refuted rumours that she was once...
View ArticleRBZ moves to benchmark interest rates
HARARE - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has moved to benchmark the country’s interest rates, which it said were distorted and hindering deposits and economic growth. Acting governor Charity...
View ArticlePlatinum refinery: Miners seek private investors
HARARE - Zimbabwe's platinum miners are seeking private investors’ partnership in building a refinery in the country. This comes as the platinum group metals (PGM) producers submitted proposals and...
View ArticleStriptease competition on cards
HARARE - Local strippers will square off against their counterparts based in South Africa in a striptease competition set for the Private Lounge in Harare on Friday. DJ Nash, a resident DJ at the...
View ArticleMacheso to open KwaZorai Butter Studios
HARARE - Sungura ace Alick Macheso, who will be presented with $1 200 prize-money on Friday for topping the 2013 Radio Zimbabwe Coca Cola Top 50, will celebrate the achievement by launching an album...
View ArticleDube could pocket $20m
HARARE - Retired Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas) chief executive Cuthbert Dube could walk away with nearly $20 million following his forced exit from the cash-strapped organisation. Normal...
View ArticleWarriors booted out
CAPE TOWN - Zimbabwe crashed out of the 2014 African Nations Championship at the semi-final stage after losing 5-4 to Libya on penalties at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa on...
View ArticleMan steals $200 000 copper cables
HARARE - A man allegedly stole copper cables worth over $200 000, before attempting to smuggle them to South Africa, a court has heard. Tawanda Mapfumo, from Harare is accused of contravening Section...
View ArticleZiscosteel workers go for 3 years without pay
HARARE - Ziscosteel workers have appealed to Nicholas Goche, minister of Labour and Social Welfare, to intervene and expedite payment of their outstanding salaries. The workers, through their lawyers...
View ArticleGlen View murder suspects granted bail
HARARE - High Court judge Chinembiri Bhunu yesterday granted bail to three MDC activists, who spent nearly two years in custody, on allegations of murdering police inspector Petros Mutedza in Harare’s...
View ArticleGovt to vaccinate girls against cervical cancer
HARARE - Government will this year roll out a cancer vaccination pilot project for girls over nine years of age. Benard Madzima, director of reproductive and family health in the ministry of Health...
View ArticleTaxi drivers protest killing
HARARE - Taxi drivers took matters into their own hands yesterday, bringing traffic to a standstill in Harare, as they protested the killing of a fellow cabman, allegedly by municipal police officers....
View Article'God told me to take Bev off stripping'
HARARE - Our reporter Vasco Chaya (VC) talks to Prophet Walter Magaya of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries. Find below excerpts of the interview. VC: Prophet you have taken a number of...
View ArticleGumbura's secretary explains porn material
HARARE - Independent End Time Message Founder Robert Martin Gumbura’s secretary Tendai Ganyani kept pornographic material for fun and future use, a magistrate has heard. Ganyani is facing charges of...
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