Zim wants to mend rift with Britain
HARARE - Zimbabwe has asked France to help the troubled southern African nation mend relations with former colonial ruler Britain. Christopher Mutsvangwa, Zimbabwe’s deputy Foreign Affairs minister,...
View ArticleMade is lying: Mliswa
HARARE - Temba Mliswa, Zanu PF legislator for Hurungwe West, has accused Agriculture minister Joseph Made of lying that Zimbabwe will havea bumper harvest this year. Mliswa believes Made’s predictions...
View ArticleBank sued over $500k deposit
HARARE - Tetrad Investment Bank (Tetrad) has been taken to court by the Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) over a $560 000 deposit, which it has failed to pay on maturity. This comes as...
View ArticleMugabe aide in messy row
HARARE - Zimbabwe's deputy chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Justin Mupamhanga is embroiled in a serious farm wrangle with at least three neighbours — and ex-State functionaries — that he...
View ArticleBodybuilding body releases calendar
HARARE - The National Federation of Zimbabwe Bodybuilding and Fitness (NFZBBF) has made public its 2014 calendar, which will see the first competition of the year take place next month. Mr and Ms...
View ArticleMangongo calls for return to basics
HARARE - Cricket development stalwart Stephen Mangongo says Zimbabwe must return to the old way of doing things following the national side’s disappointing exit from the ICC World Twenty20 at the...
View ArticleZifa election ruling today
HARARE - The High Court will today deliver judgment on the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) election challenge launched by board aspirant Saidi Sangula. Sangula, chairman of newly-promoted Premier...
View ArticleFlight MH370 'crashed in south Indian Ocean' - Malaysia PM
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's prime minister has announced that missing flight MH370 crashed in the southern Indian Ocean. Najib Razak said this was the conclusion of fresh analysis of satellite data...
View ArticleMutirikwi dam level rises to 38pc
MASVINGO - The recent heavy rains received in Masvingo Province have raised water levels in Lake Mutirikwi to only 38 percent. While most of the dams around the province have recorded over 100...
View ArticleMutare Mayor's expulsion appeal still pending
MUTARE - The appeal against the expulsion of Mutare mayor, Tatenda Nhamarare and three MDC councillors over allegations of forging a voting pact with Zanu PF in council chambers is still pending, a...
View ArticleSoutherton cop faces bribery rap
HARARE - A Southerton traffic police officer has been hauled before the courts for extorting money from commuter omnibuses. Trymore Hofisi, 36, reportedly collected money from commuter omnibus drivers...
View ArticleBogus cop in $900 extortion scam
HARARE - A Waterfalls man masqueraded as a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer and defrauded a motorist of $900 saying he could help him recover an impounded vehicle. Brighton Magoto, 40, appeared...
View ArticleJilted lover frames rape charges
HARARE - An ex-convict yesterday told a Harare Civil Court that his girlfriend falsely got him arrested for rape. Simbarashe Mudhuru told magistrate Gamuchirai Siwardi that his girlfriend Privilege...
View ArticleCouple steals food to save starving children
MASVINGO - A rural couple, stalked by hunger, was recently forced to break into their neighbour’s granary to steal maize to feed their starving children. They also made away with a goat, a Masvingo...
View Article'Fire Joseph Made'
HARARE - Samuel Sipepa-Nkomo, the MDC shadow minister for Agriculture, has called for the dismissal of Joseph Made from his position as minister of Agriculture. In an interview with the Daily News,...
View ArticleZinasu welcomes suspension of Mugabe scholarship
HARARE - Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has welcomed the suspension of the Presidential Scholarship Programme, saying the bursary should be used to support students in local universities....
View ArticleBimha has failed
HARARE - Industry and Commerce minister Mike Bimha knew exactly what he was getting himself into when he was appointed to the portfolio last year. Bimha had his job cut out for him, well before he...
View ArticleConfusion in MDC Mat North
BULAWAYO - The MDC Matabeleland North provincial executive led by Sengezo Tshabangu, which was disbanded two weeks ago over alleged links to the rival camp calling for party leader Morgan Tsvangirai...
View ArticleMDC demands $3m from govt
HARARE - Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) says government is deliberately withholding $3 million it should get under the Zimbabwe Political Parties Finance Act in an operation...
View ArticleGovt fails to pay workers
HARARE - Government has failed to pay its workers on time, postponing the pay date by three days — a sign of a tightening financial crisis. Angry civil servants have railed against the government for...
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