HARARE – A local diamond processing player, Lovemore Kurotwi, has lashed out at government’s decision to engage foreign firms ahead of local companies in setting up a joint cutting and polishing plant. Kurotwi, who runs a diamond cutting and polishing training centre, said the decision by government to court Chinese firms to set up the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will offer free visas for delegates attending the forthcoming six-day United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly in Victoria Falls. The country is co-hosting the event from August 24 to 29 with neighbour Zambia, which has also suspended the visa requirement. “We will be granting free visas to anybody who is…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is in a race against time as it battles to beat the July 31 deadline imposed by the Constitutional Court last week, Zec admitted yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News after a consultative meeting with the media, Zec chairperson Justice Rita Makarau said although the body that is…
HARARE – An MDC supporter is languishing in prison after a Harare magistrate denied him bail on allegations of throwing a stone and smashing a suspected Zanu PF follower’s vehicle windscreen. Muzondiwa Chiwaura is now facing malicious damage to property charges. He is accused of destroying Tsaurai Mutandwa’s vehicle screen. He remained in custody after…
HARARE – Star FM DJ Munyaradzi Milimo and two other men who have been implicated in the alleged murder of Ortneal Tinashe Magorimbo, 26 have been further remanded in custody to June 19. A pale-faced Milimo, 32 and his two alleged accomplices Taurai Janhi, 34 and Mohammed Matare, 31 appeared in court, clad in khakhi…
HARARE – The late Zimbabwe bodybuilding legend, George Takundwa, was remembered during the Mr and Ms Iron Man contest held in Kadoma last Saturday. The auditorium at the Odyssey Centre rose to their feet to observe a minute of silence just before the contest in honour of a man who dedicated his entire life towards…
HARARE – Yet another political party has been formed in Zimbabwe ahead of forthcoming elections. Progressive and Innovative Movement of Zimbabwe (PIMZ), launched by a former Zesa employee, became the 29th party to enter the presidential race. Tendai Munyanduri, the PIMZ president, said the party intended to contest the 2013 elections and was registered with…
HARARE – Zimbabwe star midfielder Ovidy Karuru has described Zimbabwe’s dead-rubber World Cup qualifier against Egypt on Sunday as a battle the Warriors need to conquer as a way of appeasing their long-suffering fans. Karuru has clawed his way back into the Warriors fold under hard-to-please Warriors coach Klaus-Dieter Pagels after falling out of favour…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) boss Justice Rita Makarau will next week appear before a joint Parliamentary committees on peace and security, defence and home affairs to give an update on the body’s readiness to conduct impending polls. Zec is the body charged with conducting electoral processes in the country, but was exposed during…
HARARE – City of Harare is owed a total of $400 million by government, other local authorities, residents and industry. The local authority’s town clerk Tendai Mahachi told a council meeting on Tuesday that maintaining and replacing obsolete water and sewer infrastructure is now difficult as ratepayers continue to default. “City of Harare is owed…
