HARARE – Each week, Shingirirai Kativhu sends about $35 to his wife, who is raising their four children in a far-flung village in eastern Zimbabwe. But Kativhu cannot afford a bank account and has lost some money sending it through bus services, so he sends the cash using his mobile phone. Kativhu, who sells various…
HARARE – The recent police ban on portable shortwave radios has exposed government’s penchant for assaulting citizens’ freedoms at a time when the country is preparing to hold a constitutional referendum, analysts have said. Police, on February 13 announced the ban on the radios claiming that possession and distribution of the devices was illegal as…
HARARE – Approximately 50 men are dragged to the Harare Civil Court for maintenance on a daily basis, a 2012 record has shown. This suggest that an estimated 14 000 maintenance files were opened last year, up from 3 040 in 2011, 2 174 in 2010 and just 427 in 2008. As a result of…
NAIROBI – Kenyans are voting in an election that observers describe as the most important in the country’s history. It is the first time a vote has taken place under a new constitution, designed to prevent a repeat of violence that followed the 2007 polls. More than 1,000 people died in ethnic and political violence…
HARARE – Gospel star Sebastian Magacha wants to use his tour of the United States next month to create a foothold in that huge market. Magacha will leave for the US on March 10 where he will stage three shows. The gospel star’s US tour will start at Celebration International DPW in Texas. The Ridza…
ALEPPO – Rebels have captured large parts of a Syrian police academy near Aleppo, after a fierce battle resulting in heavy loss of life, activists say. Video emerged on Saturday apparently showing rebels breaking into the sprawling Khan al-Assal compound. Almost 200 fighters had been killed on both sides over eight days, UK-based activist group…
HARARE – A Chinhoyi man suspected of killing a woman for ritual purposes before attempting to sell her private parts is set to stand trial at the High Court today. Lazarus Kurapxi is accused of brutally killing Mable Marufu and his trial is expected to open before Justice Felistas Chatukuta. Prosecutors told the court how…
HARARE – Soldiers manning the main entrance at Rufaro Stadium yesterday denied a Daily News journalist entry to cover Black Rhinos’ charity match against CAPS United. Sports reporter Blessings Mashaya was told by the overzealous soldiers that since it was only a charity match, the army side did not require media coverage, especially from this…
HARARE – A Bulawayo High Court judge has ordered two Zanu PF activists to stop illegal invasion and selling of land belonging to a war veterans’ housing group, Magamba Echimurenga Trust. Justice Andrew Mutema last week interdicted Clifford Hokonya and Charles Mpofu from invading Amsterdam Park, near Boka Tobacco Sales Floors, on the outskirts of…
HARARE – The British government through its Department for International Development (DFID) has announced $40 million of new funding to enable 89 000 vulnerable girls in Zimbabwe to receive education over the next three years. The funding will also help around 350 000 other young people to improve their life chances. The projects will be…
