Corruption hits Psmas business badly
HARARE - Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas) is staggering under the weight of its corruption scandal, with the medical insurer beginning to lose business, Daily News has learnt. The latest...
View ArticleHarare mayor turns down $200 000 Merc
HARARE - Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni claims he turned down a $200 000 mayoral car. Manyenyeni said his priorities lay in improving service delivery before council could get him a pricey vehicle....
View Article'A' Level top 100 schools
HARARE - Marist Brothers Nyanga High School in Manicaland Province is the best Advanced Level school in Zimbabwe, having attained a 100 percent pass rate in the 2013 Zimbabwe Schools Examination...
View ArticleNigeria central bank chief ousted
LAGOS - Nigeria's central bank governor Lamido Sanusi has been suspended by the president for "financial recklessness and misconduct". Mr Sanusi caused shockwaves in Nigeria when he alleged that $20bn...
View ArticleAt least 21 protesters dead in Ukraine clashes
KIEV - At least 21 protesters have been reported killed by security forces in Kiev following the breakdown of a truce agreed on Wednesday. Witnesses have told the BBC that some died as a result of...
View Article'Rhinos preparations on course'
HARARE - Black Rhinos assistant coach Ndega Matsika says his team’s preparations are well on course for the upcoming 2014 Castle Premiership season. The soldiers, who escaped relegation on the last...
View ArticleCAPS coach Mangwiro slams PSL
HARARE - CAPS United coach Taurai Mangwiro has expressed displeasure over the manner in which the Premier Soccer League (PSL) executive handles affairs of the top-flight league. Mangwiro yesterday...
View ArticleMaenzanise's death brings spotlight on welfare
BULAWAYO - The welfare of former footballers has been thrust back into the spotlight following the death of former Zimbabwe international Nqobizitha "Jackal" Maenzanise. A brilliant footballer during...
View ArticleUS gives Zim $15m to fight martenal mortality crsis
HARARE - Zimbabwe has received $15 million from The United States (US) government to bankroll maternal health programmes. The targeted intervention is for the highly-burdened Manicaland province. This...
View ArticleMimosa sends relief supplies to flood victims
HARARE - Mimosa Mining Company has donated foodstuffs to the victims of the Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam flooding incident. The Zvishavane-based platinum miner donated maize meal, cooking oil and sugar beans and...
View ArticleWoman finds refuge at Msasa Project
HARARE - A Harare woman has sought refuge at Msasa Project after suffering repeated assaults from her husband, a court heard. Melody Garakara told magistrate Tafadzwa Muvhami that she ran away from...
View ArticleGulf widens between EFZ, ACCZ
HARARE - Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) has urged the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ) to stand up and applaud its drive to stop abuse of congregants by church leaders. This...
View ArticleWe're committed to ethical conduct: BAT
HARARE - British American Tobacco (BAT) says it is committed to “high ethical and business standards” in all its operational facets in the country. This comes as the multinational cigarette maker,...
View ArticleMixed emotions over freed prisoners
BULAWAYO - Members of the public have expressed mixed views over the release of 2 000 prisoners from the country’s jails following a presidential pardon. Most females and men with petty crimes were...
View ArticleMugabe clocks 90 with 'glamorous' party
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe’s 90th birthday celebrations will be glamorous, at least according to Zanu PF’s national secretary for Youth Affairs Absolom Sikhosana. The celebrations, due to be...
View ArticleBOStv abused licence — Baz
HARARE - The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (Baz) has said BOStv was operating illegally as a free-to-air TV channel, and must be incorporated into the MYTV bouquet on a subscription basis as...
View ArticleLucky reader wins Fiat 500
HARARE - A Goromonzi man has walked away with a brand new Fiat 500 that was up for grabs in the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ)’s Read and Win promotion. ANZ is the publisher of Daily News,...
View ArticleMutsekwa acquitted
MUTARE - Former Housing and Social Amenities minister Giles Mutsekwa has been acquitted of inciting political violence in the run-up to last year’s elections. Mutsekwa faced charges of masterminding...
View ArticleSalarygate: Parliament's failing oversight
HARARE - Security chiefs have queried why legislators were slow in detecting widespread corruption that has been exposed in State enterprises by the media. Senior officials from air force, police,...
View ArticleI don't understand charge: Reynolds
HARARE - Ex-United States of America congressman Mel Jay Reynolds, who is facing charges of contravening Immigration and Censorship Acts, told a Harare magistrate he does not understand the charge....
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