JOHANNESBURG – Five unique Zimbabwe-related cases have found their way into South Africa’s courts. And though judicial intervention into terrain that impacts SA’s foreign policy and relations places judges in a precarious position, it is a constitutional imperative informed by SA’s commitment to being a nation conscious of human rights, and by international law. On…
HARARE – Afrasia Kingdom Zimbabwe Limited (AfrAsia) registered a $3,3 million profit after tax in the full year to December 31, 2012, compared to $0,8 million recorded in prior comparable period. The diversified financial services group’s performance come on the back of an illiquid market as Zimbabwe is struggling to unlock lines of credit from…
HARARE – Half a million school pupils will benefit from the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) after government and its partners committed resources to ensure sustenance of the programme. Beam is a school fees assistance programme targeted at vulnerable children of school-going age nationwide and aims at reducing the number of children dropping out, and…
HARARE – The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has engaged government in a bid to raise funds to ensure a hassle-free election that guarantees business certainty and a conducive operating environment. Traditionally, Zimbabwe’s polls have been marred by violence which in turn scares away investors and destabilises business. The country is expected to hold watershed…
HARARE – If there is anything African politicians and policy-makers stand accused of — nothing ranks high as chanting empty slogans and deceptive proclamations. Most governments claim to derive their power from people and are ready to serve the people who have entrusted them with the exercise of power. Governments have an obligation to ensure…
HARARE – The country’s premier bodybuilding contest, the Mr Zimbabwe, is set to return this year after a five-year of absence, the Daily News has learnt. Mr Zimbabwe was last held in 2008 at the Harare International Conference Centre and won by muscleman Tarirai Chirume. Mr Iron Man, the second largest contest after Mr Zimbabwe,…
HARARE – State-owned rail firm National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) remains paralysed as workers continue with a strike which entered its fourth day yesterday. The strike has sucked in workers from Harare, Gweru, Mutare, Hwange and Bulawayo. Hundreds who rely on the train service for travel or cargo transportation have been stranded as the industrial…
LONDON – On a drizzly morning on February 26 last month, a Zimbabwean family gathered at a cemetery in Welling, about 16 km from London, to bury 31-year-old Thungamele Nxumalo, whose death 19 days earlier followed an all-too-familiar pattern. Nxumalo went to bed on February 6, entered his bedroom and shut the door to life….
HARARE – An aspiring Manicaland councillor in President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF is battling for life at Rusape Hospital after surviving a petrol bomb attack in a suspected politically-motivated case, police have confirmed. National police spokesperson Charity Charamba said police are investigating a case in which William Chapepa is alleged to have been petrol-bombed by…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa has expressed his concern over CA Bizertin’s threat at set pieces during Sunday’s African Champions League clash in Tunisia. DeMbare leave for Tunisia late this afternoon and will have at least two days to acclimatise to local conditions in the town of Bizerte before the first leg at the…
