DAMASCUS – Tension brewed Wednesday between the United Nations and Syrian rebels after about 30 rebels detained 21 U.N. peacekeepers and refused to let them go. The U.N., in turn, is demanding they be released. The rebels contend that the peacekeepers entered a Syrian village near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, an area where peacekeepers should…
HARARE – It never rains but pours for Brainworks Capital Management Company (Brainworks) after Unki Mines Pvt Ltd (Unki) rejected dubious instructions from the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board (Nieeb) to pay $3,3 million for untendered advisory services. The Nieebgate scandal is taking twist and turns daily. Letters in possession of the Daily News…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has given in to demands by war veterans to meet him to discuss their demand for $20 000 payout each and their welfare. Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association secretary general Shadreck Makombe confirmed the development. “We now understand that our patron president Robert Mugabe is now ready to meet…
HARARE – One of urban grooves pioneers, Sanii Makhalima has gone broke. The talented Usadaro hi-maker who used to run a recording studio where he produced and recorded music for other musicians in the early 2000, can hardly afford to record his own albums now. His Umsindo Studio situated along Jason Moyo Avenue in Harare…
HARARE – There is a conspiracy of silence by parties involved in the $1 billion Zimplats indigenisation deal following the platinum miner’s refusal to foot $17 million in consultancy fees charged by Brainworks Capital (Brainworks), an advisory firm that carved the deal. Last month Zimplats rejected Brainworks’ bill arguing that the financial advisory firm was…
HARARE – Some years ago I was discussing the payment of compensation to the Jews for the suffering they endured at the hands of the Nazis during World War II with my friend Anthony Chapman. I likened that other crime against humanity, the capture and transportation of Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas…
HARARE – A that starts well ends well, but the situation is slightly different with Tenant Chilumba, the former Hwange coach who is now in charge of FC Platinum. The Zambian, who left Hwange before the end of last season, poured out her heart in an exclusive interview with the Daily News at the weekend,…
HARARE – Uprising emerged the weekend’s biggest winner in the Vigne Cup Twenty20 league after crushing Old Malvernians by 119 runs at Takashinga Cricket Club. Opening batsman Ishmael Senzere scored 69 runs from 50 balls while Tinotenda Mafusire chipped in with 58 as Uprising totalled 187 runs for the loss of six wickets after 20…
HARARE – Dynamos had the Lesotho Football Association to thank after the host federation bankrolled their Monday night accommodation in Maseru after the Zimbabweans were left stranded in the Maseru capital after missing their flight to Johannesburg. DeMbare touched down at Harare international Airport yesterday in three batches after a comical gaffe left them with…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s forthcoming national elections will require international validation if to be seen as credible, free and fair, UK envoy to Zimbabwe said yesterday. Deborah Bronnert was briefing journalists in the wake of declarations by Foreign Affairs minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi that Western observers will not be invited ostensibly because their objectivity is compromised by…
