JOHANNESBURG – On Digital Media (ODM) which runs TopTV has launched a second attempt to introduce pornographic TV channels in South Africa exactly a year after the country’s broadcasting regulator denied TopTV’s first application. TopTV is currently under business rescue according to the Companies Act and seems to now believe that porn will save it….
HARARE – A Deloitte & Touche study on the National Social Security Authority (Nssa)’s banks merger plan is expected next Tuesday, officials have said. While the pensions fund’s acting general manager Tendai Mafunda has confirmed the development, Nssa commissioned the study to explore the feasibility of consolidating its banking assets, which include stakes in Capital…
HARARE – Soldiers deployed at Mataga Growth Point in Mberengwa are harassing villagers in the area for failing to produce identification documents (ID) and allegedly backing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC. The soldiers were deployed at a small army camp at Mataga under the so- called “Operation Maguta”. They have been on a rampage since…
JOHANNESBURG – The 2013 African Nations Cup finals gets under way next Saturday when Bafana Bafana take on first time participants Cape Verde at Soccer City. Close to 100 000 spectators will witness the opening ceremony and the eventual double-header which also features Morocco against Angola. The tournament promises thrills galore and organisers have assured…
HARARE – Environment and Natural Resources minister Francis Nhema is now officially divorced from his wife Louise after High Court Judge Hlekani Mwayera granted an order authorising the break-up. Nhema’s wife, Louise Sehlule Nhema, daughter of the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo, instituted the divorce proceedings, which were not opposed. Louise is the second daughter…
HARARE – A councillor who was sacked after blowing the whistle on $1,6 million corruption in the Umguza rural district in Matabeleland North has dragged Local Government, Rural and Urban Development minister Ignatius Chombo to court for unlawful termination. Councillor Mxolisi Ndlovu of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC was dismissed by Chombo in October over…
MASVINGO – Police in Chiredzi yesterday retrieved the bodies of a Chilonga man and his son who drowned in Runde River on Sunday after a minibus they were travelling in was washed away by a flooded river. Masvingo police spokesperson, Peter Zhanero, told reporters that the sub aqua unit managed to retrieve the dismembered bodies…
HARARE – A man who was sentenced to death has approached the High Court appealing against the court’s ruling. Bvumai Machena on Wednesday appeared before High Court Judge Alphias Chitakunye, following a Bulawayo court ruling ordering that he should be put to death for murder. He claims the appeal has taken too long to be…
HARARE – Harare City Council yesterday received borehole water purification gadgets valued at $150 000 from mining giant Mbada Diamonds. The donation of 235 inline chlorinators follows council’s appeal for corporates to assist in purifying polluted boreholes scattered around Harare’s suburbs. Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda told delegates during the handover ceremony at Town House that…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s electoral body has defended its contact with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai saying allegations that he is meddling with the electoral process are dishonest. Joyce Kazembe, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) deputy commission chairperson, said this after meeting Tsvangirai to discuss modalities for this year’s referendum and general election. Zec is a constitutional…
