AMERICAN fast food chain Burger King Worldwide Incorporated (Burger King) plans to open outlets in Zimbabwe as part of efforts to spread its footprint in the sub-Saharan region. Jaye Sinclair, the group’s chief executive for South Africa, said apart from Zimbabwe, they were also planning to open shop in Botswana, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia. Burger King…
LISTED miner Bindura Nickel Corporation Limited (BNC) says its plans to raise $20 million additional capital have failed. The Mwana Africa plc (Mwana) subsidiary said the funds were intended to finance the second phase of restarting operations at its mothballed Trojan Mine. “The difficulties are attributable to the negative market sentiment associated with the falling…
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday flew to Singapore for medical checkups — leaving his Zanu PF party still reeling from a shambolic and chaotic primary election. After a week of high drama characterised by demonstrations against imposition of candidates and poorly-funded internal elections — starting mid yesterday amid glaring logistical shortcomings — Mugabe, 89, reportedly briefly…
TURMOIL rocked Zanu PF’s primary elections yesterday with the former ruling party shamefully failing to conduct polls in dozens of constituencies due to the shambolic manner the exercise was planned. As reported by the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF failed to provide ballot boxes and ballot papers and reports indicated last night that President Robert…
WELSHMAN Ncube, leader of the MDC breakaway faction, says Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa’s application seeking an extension of the election date is “insufficient” and not expected from an experienced lawyer like him. In a counter application filed yesterday, Ncube, who is also Industry and Commerce minister said Chinamasa’s request was deliberately crafted in such a…
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said the deployment of African Union (AU) observers is crucial in creating an environment that guarantees credible elections. The PM, through his spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka, applauded Sadc for its resolution to deploy an observer mission ahead of a crucial general election, likely to be held in September. “The PM said…
EX-ZIMBABWE Football Association (Zifa) chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya was yesterday forced to withdraw from Zanu PF’s primary elections at the last minute at the behest of former Gutu legislator Shuvai Mahofa, the Daily News can reveal. The feisty Relm Mining owner had applied to represent the party as a Gutu senator, but withdrew following sustained…
SUNGURA musician Alick Macheso received a custom-made guitar from the Red Cross Society (RCS) yesterday. The popular musician, who is the RCS ambassador, was walking on crutches and claims to have hurt his right leg during a recent show. He was limping during the guitar handover ceremony at Red Cross House in Harare. “I hurt…
LEGISLATORS have been denied figures by the Registrar General of people who were registered in the ongoing voter registration programme. The parliamentary portfolio committee on Defence and Home Affairs chaired by Paul Madzore last week embarked on an outreach programme, to ascertain how the registration was going, but faced resistance from the provincial registrar officers…
AN ITALIAN charity could save millions of lives in Zimbabwe, where most cases of cervical cancer go undetected until they are too far advanced to treat. Lifeline Dolomites is set to screen and offer early treatment of carcinoma of the cervix and expects to reach three million women mainly in rural areas. The charity is…
