HARARE – Charles Warara, the lawyer representing a minor who claims she was raped at gunpoint by Munyaradzi Kereke a former advisor to Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono, was yesterday briefly arrested. Warara told the Daily News in an interview that he had been called to Harare Central Police Station’s Homicide section where a statement…
HARARE – We greatly welcome the news that law enforcement agents have moved a step closer to laying criminal charges against football players and officials found guilty last week of match-fixing. Last week, we remarked that the conclusion of the Asiagate match-fixing investigation by Justice Ebrahim’s Independent Ethics Committee was the first major step in…
HARARE – United Nations Zimbabwe has revealed its intention to avail a food assistance package that will cushion more than 1,5 million families from starvation following a failed farming season. UN resident and humanitarian coordinator Alain Noudehou said the organisation was in the process of organising assistance for close to two million Zimbabweans in need…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s wife Elizabeth has told suffering families of 30 jailed activists that they should not despair because God is aware of their predicament. In a moving speech that left some of the family members in tears, Elizabeth urged women whose spouses are in jail to soldier on. She was handing…
HARARE – A local musical group has hit out at local music promoters of creating fake hype for “sons and daughters of legends” — turning them into success stories albeit them riding on their parents popular songs. RBG Top Sungura said while they have been working hard and releasing their own albums, the music promoters…
DAMASCUS – The UN’s envoy to Syria says President Bashar al-Assad’s government has agreed to abide by a ceasefire during the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha. Lakhdar Brahimi told reporters in Cairo that most opposition factions had also said they would observe any ceasefire. The government said it would make its final decision on Thursday….
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s property market continues to perform relatively better than other investment options such as stocks and to a certain extent money markets despite various economic challenges, says Bard Real Estate (Bre). “Property’s ability to generate income even in difficult operating environments has proven to be its main attraction, unlike most listed companies on…
HARARE – Zimbabwe and Kaizer Chiefs fullback Jimmy Jambo will undergo surgery next week after suffering a horror tackle at the hands of compatriot Tinashe Nengomasha of Bidvest Wits last week. Nengomasha was shown a straight red card for the tackle while Jambo had to be taken to hospital straight away, during last Friday’s Telkom…
HARARE – National Foods Holdings Limited (NFHL) is seeking authority to have a share buy-back at a price that will not exceed 10 percent of the firm’s issued ordinary share capital on its Annual General Meeting set for early next month. “A press announcement will be published as soon as the company has acquired ordinary…
HARARE – HARARE PROVINCE Borrowdale Brooke Golf Club – Wednesday Club. Individual medal stableford sponsored by the club winners were: 1. B. Dale – 46 c/o 2. C. Coetzee – 46; 3. M. Mahachi – 45; 4. c/o D. Osman – 42; 5. P. Denton – 42; 6. H. Kaseke – 39; 7. J. Shumbanhete…
