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Polish diamonds before export
EDITOR — Zimbabwe is losing out through lack of value addition to her mineral resources before export. In 1963, emeralds were discovered at Sandawana Mine in Mberengwa. The mine owned by Rio Tinto...
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Blanket's gold output down 7pc
HARARE - London-listed Caledonia Mining Corporation (Caledonia) says gold production at its Zimbabwe-based Blanket Mine (Blanket) declined by 7,2 percent to 10 607 ounces in the quarter ended March...
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Zim mineral output slumps
HARARE - Zimbabwe's mineral output remained depressed in February 2014 with gold and nickel registering significant declines, a Finance ministry state of the economy report indicates. The country...
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Flush out 'rogue' bankers, new RBZ chief urged
HARARE - Former Finance minister Tendai Biti has urged new Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya to wield the axe on ‘rogue’ bankers whom he accuses of pervading the financial sector....
View ArticleArtistes must be time-conscious
HARARE - Two Harare Gardens concerts advertised under the banner of family shows started well into the night. Family shows are meant to give women and children a rare opportunity to see their...
View ArticleMusicians need synergies
HARARE - Zimbabwean musicians have over the years forged ties with each other, creating exciting partnerships that have gone beyond marketing their brands. One of the most effective options which...
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Six Harare reps for Miss Carnival
HARARE - The Harare casting for Miss Carnival took place on Saturday with six ladies being elected to participate in the pageant that will take place on May 16. There was stiff competition as over 30...
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Madziyire takes over ZimPraise
HARARE - The ZimPraise Choir is no longer in the hands of a trust following the exit of producer Macdonald ‘MacDee’ Chidavaenzi and Garikai Ndanga, leaving Joseph Madziyire as the chief executive...
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Umguza stands fraudster nabbed
BULAWAYO - An Umguza man who duped desperate home-seekers by offering them land at Springs Farm for a fee has landed in court. Nhlanhla Siwela, 45, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Sibongile Msipa...
View ArticleThree die of typhoid
HARARE - At least 18 typhoid cases have been recorded since the beginning of the year, with three deaths, according to the ministry of Health and Child Care. Similarly, cases of diarrhoea have...
View ArticleGovt receives HPV, rotavirus vaccines
HARARE - The much-awaited rotavirus and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are finally in the country, a cabinet minister has revealed. The drug consignment was delayed because storage facilities in...
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Three Immigration officers in the dock
HARARE - Three Immigration officials and a security officer have been charged with facilitating the illegal entry of three Pakistan nationals into Zimbabwe. The quartet, Mary Mutizwa, 35, Brian...
View ArticleGay teacher seduces teenage ex-student
BULAWAYO - A teacher here has been convicted for sending sexual messages to his 15-year-old ex-student, luring the teenager to be intimate with him. Nkosilathi Gadhlula, a tutor at St Columbus High...
View ArticleCriminal defamation laws rapped
HARARE - Press freedom groups have roundly condemned people abusing criminal defamation laws to suppress media freedom in Zimbabwe. This follows the arrest of Stanley Gama, the Group Editor of...
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Felix Mafa returns home
BULAWAYO - Former Magwegwe legislator Felix Magalela Mafa has come back into the fold, as MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai continues to beef up his arsenal amid an internal revolt that has characterised...
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Kurotwi's SA inspection in-loco date set
HARARE - The State has made an undertaking to avail funds by end of this month for court officials to travel to South Africa for an inspection-in-loco in a fraud case involving Core Mining director,...
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Footballer offers $200 maintenance
HARARE - Ali Sadiki, the FC Platinum and Warriors midfielder, has offered $200 for his girlfriend’s maintenance, after arguing that he could not pay child support for a baby currently residing with...
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Ncube's MDC wakes up from slumber
HARARE - Welshman Ncube’s MDC is waking up from its deep slumber after the devastating July 31 poll defeat, and promises to soldier on with the political struggle for democratic change. Nhlanhla Dube,...
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Let farming be for farmers
MARONDERA - Can recent media reports on the brainwave from the new head of Zifa really be true? Apparently newly re-elected Zifa president Cuthbert Dube is going to embark on farming projects in order...
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Moyo walking the talk
HARARE - It is a historical fact that the Daily News had a frosty relationship with Information, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Jonathan Moyo, prior to our forced and unjust shutting down in...
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