LONDON – Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died following a stroke, a spokesman for the family said. “It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother, Baroness Thatcher, died peacefully following a stroke this morning,” Lord Tim Bell said. Britain’s only woman prime minister, the tough, outspoken Thatcher,…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC says it wants upcoming watershed general election results announced in 12 hours, saying this will kill off any attempts of rigging the final result. This follows the embarrassing debacle in 2008 when election results were announced after five weeks amid accusations of manipulation. Five years after President Robert…
JOHANNESBURG – The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is preparing to send more than 1,000 soldiers to the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of a bid to stop the M23 rebel group from gaining more power there, it was reported at the weekend. Coming after the deaths of 13 soldiers in the Central…
HARARE – Matters of the heart could turn out to be the Achilles’ heel of Zimbabwe hunk Hakeem Mandaza in the Big Brother house. Hakeem is up for eviction following his nomination by four female housemates with speculation rife that his growing attachment to Zambian Ruby housemate Cleo is the cause of his troubles. The…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has said soldiers that killed thousands of people to crush the late Joshua Nkomo’s opposition Zapu party during Gukurahundi did not follow instructions and did so unilaterally. Mugabe told Dali Tambo in an exclusive interview on his People of the South TV programme beamed on SABC 3 on Sunday night,…
MASVINGO – Scores of villagers in Masvingo West walked away while the president of the Chiefs Council, Fortune Charumbira was spewing Zanu PF platitudes on Sunday. Villagers told the Daily News that they had attended Chief Charumbira’s meetings after they were instructed by village heads that the meeting will announce a new food distribution programme….
BULAWAYO – More than 300 families under the Umguza District Council’s Reigate Compound face destitution if council proceeds with plans to demolish their homes to make way for commercial ventures. Umguza council served residents with notices for them to vacate the houses by end of last month or face being booted out. “This letter serves…
HARARE – Phew!! President Robert Mugabe has now backed down from his mischievous intention to make the court grant him an interim order that would have put the harmonised election dates at any time before June 29, 2013. Judge President Justice George Chiweshe made it clear in court on Wednesday that the issue before him…
HARARE – Zimbabwe stands to benefit economically if she properly exploits the immense opportunities that could come with the forthcoming Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa) and the inaugural Zimbabwe International Carnival. Hifa has proved its worth over the years as some oasis of hope and positivity even during the not-so-distant period of economic and…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed health care products manufacturer Medtech Holdings Limited (Medtech) is disposing its subsidiary Zimbabwe Pharmaceuticals (Zimpharm) for $1 coupled with guarantees to settle the embattled unit’s debts. Last month Medtech announced that it had accepted a firm offer from an unnamed local firm for its stake in the loss-making Zimpharm. Zimpharm’s…
