Man, 22, fatally burns ex-wife
HARARE - A Murewa man has appeared before the High Court for allegedly fatally burning his ex-wife and child by locking them inside a hut and setting the house on fire in a suspected crime of...
View ArticleClerics moot anti-sexual abuse commission
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference has called for more deterrent penalties for clergymen who engage in criminal activities such as rape. Appearing before a Senate thematic committee on...
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Chiyangwa swindled?
HARARE - A Waterfalls man has been hauled before the courts for attempting to defraud businessman Philip Chiyangwa of $48 million through housing stand deals. Onius Muhoma, 47, of 11025 Stoneridge,...
View Article56 Zim prostitutes arrested in Lusaka
LUSAKA - Fifty-six Zimbabwean women suspected to be engaged in commercial sex work have been arrested by the Zambian Department of Immigration. The women were arrested in Lusaka in an operation...
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Tsholotsho victims must appeal to MP: Jonathan Moyo
BULAWAYO - Jonathan Moyo, the Media, Information and Broadcasting Services minister, says it was not his prerogative to immediately respond to the floods that hit his former constituency Tsholotsho...
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Tsvangirai rings 62 with low-key event
HARARE - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai celebrated his 62nd birthday at his Highlands home yesterday, surrounded by family and close friends, momentarily forgetting the raging factional wars in...
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Ukraine crisis: Kerry rejects Putin meeting
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State John Kerry has rejected an offer of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin until Moscow engages with US proposals to tackle the crisis in Ukraine. Mr Kerry told...
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Biti scored own goal: Tamborinyoka
HARARE - Morgan Tsvangirai’s spin-doctor, Luke Tamborinyoka, yesterday poured scorn at the MDC secretary-general Tendai Biti’s assertion that Zanu PF had a sexy electoral message that helped it win...
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Mudede confirms what Zimbabweans have always known
HARARE - Since independence, registrar-general (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede has confirmed what the public has always known —that there is a lot of corruption at his offices. But this government old horse and...
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MDC needs to restore identity
HARARE - The MDC was born out of the repression and economic mismanagement by Zanu PF. At its launch in 1999, the opposition party grouped interests of students, labour and civil society, among...
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Biti praises Zanu PF?
EDITOR — Your story ‘Biti praises Zanu PF’ did not measure up to the ‘objectivity and accuracy test’. It had an unwarranted huge headline. Readers were like, Wow, what earth-shattering news! After...
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Mauritius deal to bolster ops: Allied
HARARE - Allied Financial Holdings (AFH) says Terence Mukupe’s appointment as the group’s chief executive — under a deal with a Mauritius-based consortium — is expected to bolster the institution’s...
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Invest mining revenue: World Bank
HARARE - Zimbabwe must invest its mining revenue into other sectors to curb over-reliance on mineral exports-driven economic growth, according to World Bank (WB). The global financier said while...
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Govt closes CBZ account
HARARE - Government has closed its CBZ Bank (CBZ) account, a move the financial institution said will not affect its business. CBZ has since 2009 been acting as the State’s bankers following the...
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Carnivals: A time to get crazy
HARARE - AMBA nights are everyone’s dream and I cannot wait for the Harare International Carnival which will bring the dance extravaganza to the capital city in May. For most Zimbabweans, the samba...
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EU invests millions in local artsEU
HARARE - The European Union, EU has invested $1,8 million in Zimbabwe’s arts industry between 2013 and 2014, the EU Ambassador Aldo Dell’Ariccia has revealed. Dell’Ariccia told the Daily News that the...
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Jailed Gumbura inspires Mutani album
HARARE - Upcoming sungura musician Obvious Mutani is set to release an album based on the incarceration of RGM Independent End Time Message church founder Robert Martin Gumbura. The youthful Sungano...
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Biti rules out joining Zanu PF
HARARE - Tendai Biti, the MDC secretary-general, yesterday said he would rather die than join President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF and reiterated that the 2013 elections were rigged. The feisty lawyer...
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Oscar Pistorius had 'big love for guns'
PRETORIA - A friend of Oscar Pistorius has told his murder trial that the athlete "had a big love" for guns. Darren Fresco said that he had been with him on two occasions when a gun had been fired in...
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Gumbo, Sibanda square off
HARARE - Mavis Gumbo and Miriam Sibanda have emerged as the only two candidates for the Zimbabwe National Women’s Soccer League chairperson post ahead of elections set for this weekend. Sibanda is the...
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