'Seven years of hell'
HARARE - Choking was the final straw which broke a woman who had been tortured and tormented by her husband for more than seven years. As the Harare woman (name withheld) took the stand in the Harare...
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We did not violate tender laws: Kuwaza
HARARE - State Procurement Board (SPB) executive chairman Charles Kuwaza says there was no violation of laws and procedure in advising the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) to engage two extra bidders for...
View ArticleBottler sugar duty suspended
HARARE - Government has suspended duty on bottler grade sugar for six months, according to the latest Government Gazette. Statutory instrument 65 of 2014 states that Patrick Chinamasa, the Finance...
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Mugabe assents to budget bills
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has assented to two budget bills that will operationalise the 2014 spending plan and new taxes announced by Finance and Economic Development minister Patrick Chinamasa...
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Govt not keen on urban community radios
BULAWAYO - Stakeholders pushing for the licensing of community radio stations have rejected a definition by government that a community is an enclave headed by a chief, a move they see as an attempt...
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Nikuv mum on Zim-bound cargo
HARARE - Israeli firm Nikuv Projects International has declined to shed light on the contents and the client associated with the seven large containers that the controversial company is shipping to...
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'Mugabe, Zanu PF clueless on economy'
HARARE - Former Finance minister Tendai Biti says President Robert Mugabe needs to consult outside his government and implement economic reforms to avoid a total collapse of the country’s economy. He...
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Tsvangirai plot: Western donors fingered in conspiracy
HARARE - A damning MDC dossier claims that Zanu PF is working with suspended MDC deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma, as well as secretary-general Tendai Biti and treasurer-general Roy Bennett to...
View ArticleMaid beds father, son
GWERU - A Gweru woman has landed in hot soup after assaulting her maid who was doubling as her husband and son’s lover. Kerina Moyo, 43, told magistrate Taruvinga that her former maid, Mody Togarepi...
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Zim may face rebellion: Biti
HARARE - Zimbabwe may face a rebellion because of lack of vision and leadership, an opposition leader has warned. MDC secretary-general Tendai Biti warned in a wide-ranging interview with the Daily...
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Journalists' arrest cause for concern: Jonathan Moyo
HARARE - Information, Media and Broadcasting Services minister, Jonathan Moyo yesterday lambasted powerful and well connected individuals who use the police to arrest journalists in cases which he...
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Daily News editor, reporter arrested
HARARE - Police yesterday arrested the Group Editor of Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), the publishers of the Daily News, Stanley Gama, and senior writer Fungi Kwaramba, at the instigation of...
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Magaya bringing TB Joshua to Zim
HARARE - Renowned Nigerian preacher Termitope Balogun Joshua (TB Joshua) is heading to Zimbabwe for the first time, at least if he accepts an invitation from leader of the Prophetic Healing...
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Russia warns Ukraine of civil war
KIEV - Russia's Foreign Ministry warned Kiev on Tuesday that any use of force in Ukraine's eastern region could lead to civil war, as Ukraine's government seeks to regain control after pro-Moscow...
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Oscar: I was more into Reeva Steenkamp than she was me
PRETORIA - Oscar Pistorius told the court at his trial Tuesday that he was "more into" the girlfriend he's accused of murdering, Reeva Steenkamp, than she was into him. In his second day of testimony...
View ArticleTop writers to mentor school children
HARARE - National Institute of Allied Arts (NIAA) director Beverly Abrahams says her organisation plans to organise a writing workshop for teachers and schoolchildren that will be facilitated by five...
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I went to school for wrong reasons — Tuku
HARARE - Music superstar Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi bemoans the time he wasted pursuing academic studies that he had no passion for. The 62 year old internationally recognised music icon who has just...
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End nigh for MDC rebels
HARARE - The events of the past few weeks indicate very strongly that the so-called MDC renewal team is fast running out of steam. With party leader Morgan Tsvangirai ratcheting up the pressure on the...
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Corruption thrives in poverty
LONDON - It has been long established that a correlation exists between poverty and corruption. Zimbabwe falls in the category of poor countries, with little hope of economic improvement. While the...
View ArticleMen have lost direction
EDITOR — I am writing this letter to express my view about men in our society. I am not too antagonistic towards them but this is what I have observed. From time immemorial, men have been respected as...
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