HARARE – Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) has given victims of the Masvingo hailstorm disaster blankets and tents for shelter. The aid, which comes at a time the winter season is setting in, is expected to warm over 1 861 victims who were left exposed to harsh weather conditions when their homes were destroyed by…
HARARE – Rights lawyers have accused Registrar-General of Voters Tobaiwa Mudede of usurping the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s powers in the handling of the voters’ roll. In a letter to Zec chairperson Rita Makarau dated May 29 seen by the Daily News, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human rights (ZLHR) lawyer Bryant Elliot complained about the RG…
BULAWAYO – Police outfit Black Boots kept the pressure on Southern Region division one log leaders Bulawayo Chiefs after their impressive 3-0 drubbing of newcomers Ajax Hotspurs at the weekend. Black Boots, who are now on 21 points from 10 games, scored through Tinashe “T-Boy” Dube, Tashinga Mungadze and Leeroy Ndlovu. Pacesetters Chiefs beat basement…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Warriors will get their preparations off the ground this morning for the 2014 World Cup qualifier against Egypt at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday. The 25-man squad which was released last week was expected in camp last night. They will hold their first training session this morning at the National Sports…
HARARE – The Electoral Amendment Bill will be introduced in Parliament this week, setting the stage for the holding of watershed harmonised elections. Obert Gutu, deputy minister of Justice and Legal Affairs deputy minister of told the Daily News that a Cabinet committee on legislation had met last week on Friday to discuss the Bill…
HARARE – A local church has been dragged to the High Court on allegations of cajoling a company into renting their property after misrepresenting that the place offered profitable business. The firm, Value Chain Trading (Private) Limited (Value Chain) is now demanding $37 500 from Pentecostal Assemblies of Zimbabwe (Paz). According to court papers, the…
HARARE – Peter “Young Igwe” Moyo says he is not in a hurry to release his first album despite mounting pressure from certain quarters. Moyo, the son of sungura legend Tongai Moyo, who passed on in 2011 after battling with non-Hodgkin cancer, told the Daily News that pressure for him to drop his debut album…
HARARE – Tension in the unity government yesterday reached new levels with police in riot gear blocking Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai from carrying out a “yes vote” campaign in Highfield. More than 40 police officers armed to the teeth said Tsvangirai could not carry out the draft constitution publicity campaign since he had not obtained…
LONDON – A Zimbabwean woman in love with two men came up with an unusual solution… she got both to move in with her. Maria Vogel, 33, originally from Bulawayo, now shares the family home in Barking, London, with her children Laura, 16, and Amy, 12 and the two men in her life Paul Butzki…
HARARE – Chinhoyi magistrate Felix Mawadze yesterday dismissed businessman-cum-politician Temba Mliswa’s bid to have his political violence case moved to Harare. Mliswa’s defence team led by Ray Chakwi of Kadzere, Hungwe and Mandevere law firm had argued their client would not get a fair trial in Chinhoyi citing political interference. However, Mliswa’s application suffered a…
