HARARE – British deputy prime minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, hit the music charts recently. Not that Clegg is a singer of any note. Some clever music producer, using auto-tunes, manipulated his recent speech into a song. In that speech, Clegg uttered a word that has become so uncommon in politics:…
HARARE – Four men who allegedly robbed, raped and assaulted an Epworth woman have appeared before the courts. Dennis Jimson Mugabe, 38, Denzel Chiwara, 21, Tinashe Takudzwa Chitando, 23, and Last Zava, 28, appeared before regional magistrate Simon Rogers Kachambwa facing robbery, rape and indecent assault charges. The court heard during the night of September…
HARARE – With 14 percent of Zimbabwe’s population living with HIV/Aids and tuberculosis as a co-infection, the need for new drugs and new formulations of available treatments is crucial. To address these issues, University at Buffalo’s leading research centres, the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics (ILPB), and the New York State Centre of Excellence…
HARARE – The International Monetary Fund has expressed reservations over Zimbabwe’s political situation, warning a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the country was undermining economic recovery following a decade of cumulative decline. In its staff report for the 2012 article IV consultation released last week, the IMF said the country’s four straight years of strong…
HARARE – Mobile operator, Econet Wireless (Econet) says its mobile money platform, Ecocash now boasts of 1,7 million registered users. According to the company, EcoCash is now the second fastest growing mobile money transfer service in the region after M-Pesa launched in Kenya by Safaricom. In celebrating the first anniversary of the service, Econet has…
HARARE – With six games left in the race for the Castle Premiership title, it has become increasingly more likely that the better-equipped coach between Dynamos’ Calisto Pasuwa and Highlanders mentor Kelvin Kaindu will see his team to the finish line come season-end. As things stand, Pasuwa holds a slight edge in the battle of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s mining sector is expected to grow on the back of a stable macro-economic environment despite liquidity challenges, electricity shortages and controversial government policies, mining experts say. The situation which has persisted since 2009 as a result of the signing of the GPA and the adoption of the use of multiple currencies has…
HARARE – The trial of 29 MDC activists accused of killing police inspector Petros Mutedza last year has been postponed by a week to October 8 pending bail considerations by High Court judge Justice Chinembiri Bhunu. Lead defence lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa consented to a request for a postponement of the trial to give Bhunu time…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s weekend triumph in Morocco in the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) qualification tournament for the 2013 IRB Sevens Rugby Cup means the resurgent giant of African rugby is now the continental title-holders at both fifteens and sevens. Never mind that the Springboks do not play in continental rugby competitions at fifteens level…
HARARE – State oil importer, National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (Noczim)’s headquarters in Harare will in just over two weeks go under the hammer over a $1 million debt owed to sacked managers, the Daily News can reveal. Four former Noczim managers Netsai Masiyanise, Isaac Mhaka, Clever Maodzwa, Tendai Mangezi and Krispen Mashange successfully sued…
