HARARE – Two white females grabbed a 17-year-old boy in Kadoma and forced him to have sexual intercourse with them, police have said. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday told the Daily News that the two white females ordered the boy who had hitched a lift with them to have sexual intercourse with both of…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC opens a crucial party conference today which will disclose how it is planning a government takeover if it wins crunch elections that could be held in the next few months. The conference is also due to set parameters for the envisaged Tsvangirai government. Running under the theme “Towards…
HARARE – High Court Judge Felistas Chatukuta has freed MDC youth leader Solomon Madzore, who is accused of calling President Robert Mugabe a “limping donkey”. Chatukuta yesterday upheld Bindura magistrate Elisha Singano’s bail ruling. Madzore remained in custody last week despite being granted $100 bail following the State’s notice that it was going to appeal…
BULAWAYO – A 23-year-old Kezi man has been dragged to court for allegations of fatally stabbing a drinking mate with a broken empty beer bottle. Chrispen Sibanda was arraigned before Bulawayo magistrate Witness Mtetwa on charges of murdering 22-year Lungani Nyathi at Venue Cocktail Bar on September 30 last year. The court heard that at…
HARARE – Kembo Mohadi, the Zimbabwean co-Home Affairs minister, was on Tuesday detained at a private Harare hospital with an unknown ailment. Although his wife Tambudzai, a Zanu PF Beitbridge senator, disputed the claims yesterday, St Anne’s Hospital chief operations officer Sehlule Nkomo could neither deny nor confirm whether the Matabeleland South supremo had been…
HARARE – Requirements demanded by the Registrar General (RG)’s office for voter registration are leading to massive disenfranchisement of potential women voters, Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development deputy minister Jessie Majome has said. She was speaking at a round table discussion hosted by the Media Centre on women participation in politics. “Proof of residence…
HARARE – The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) says the promulgation of a statutory instrument (SI) by government compelling consumers to purchase their own pre-paid meters undermines consumers’ rights. Government recently announced a new law that compels all electricity consumers to purchase and install meters with the exception of high density customers, rural customers and…
HARARE – Mbada Diamonds (Mbada) yesterday scooped the Silver Arrow accolade at the PMR Africa Awards held in Harare. The award — from South Africa-based research firm PMR Africa — was an acknowledgement of the firm’s stellar contribution to the mining sector over the past 12 months. George Manyaya, Mbada’s corporate services executive, said it…
HARARE – Coca-Cola Central Africa shot down a report yesterday that said its ‘‘Crazy for Good’’ drive was a political campaign. The statement from the world’s largest soft drink maker came in response to a story in the State-controlled media that claimed questions have been raised over Coca-Cola in Zimbabwe’s “Crazy for Good’’ campaign…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Callisto Pasuwa has warned his charges not to read too much into the history books when they face CAPS United in Sunday’s Harare derby at the National Sports Stadium. The Glamour Boys have dominated recent meetings between the two giants, and Pasuwa is keen to stretch that record. The showdown,…
