JOHANNESBURG – If it is privacy that you are looking for, you won’t find it in the Big Brother house. Not only do you have to deal with Biggie’s prying camera’s 24/7 but you also have to face boundary challenged housemates everyday. This evening Ruby lovebirds Elikem and Pokello got a quick reminder of this…
BULAWAYO – Pumula Constituency MDC candidate Albert Mhlanga says this year’s contestants for the Pumula Constituency are the easiest opponents he has ever had in his political career. Previously saddled with allegations of misusing the Constitutional Development Fund, CDF, Mhlanga believes the people of Pumula now know the truth and they love him. This week…
HARARE – A top South African diplomat said yesterday that preparations for an election in Zimbabwe at the end of the month were “not looking good”, unusually strong criticism of President Robert Mugabe from his powerful neighbour. Lindiwe Zulu, President Jacob Zuma’s special adviser on Zimbabwe, said Zuma had called Mugabe to tell him he…
HARARE – Finance minister Tendai Biti has rejected President Robert Mugabe’s accusations that he misused a $500 million Special Drawing Rights (SDR) fund from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Biti strenuously rejected Mugabe’s accusations that he abused the funds, accessed under a $250 billion global agreement to bolster the reserves of the IMF’s 186-member countries…
HARARE – Lunar Farm (Lunar) — a poultry project owned by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono — yesterday lost $50 000 worth of equipment after a mysterious fire. Although an internal and Harare City Council fire department team quickly put out the blaze, Velenjani Lupankwa, chief operating officer of TD Holdings Limited…
HARARE – An accountant with the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) has been hauled before the courts after he allegedly embezzled church funds amounting to some $26 000. Simbarashe Tineyi Boriwondo, 29, who is being charged with theft of trust property, was not asked to plead when he appeared before magistrate Anita Tshuma. He was remanded…
HARARE – Marketers Association of Zimbabwe (Maz) has unveiled top 200 Superbrands that have qualified for the 2013 national research, and include leading daily newspaper, Daily News. Tov Manene, Maz general manager for select research yesterday told a news conference: “The consumer research team will be ranking and rating brands premised on market dominance, longevity,…
HARARE – Daily News’ senior assistant editor Guthrie Munyuki talks to Bulawayo Agenda director Thabani Nyoni. Below are the excerpts of the interview. Q: What drives Bulawayo Agenda and what are its objectives? A: Bulawayo Agenda was formed in 2002 as an organisation that sought to expand and democratise the public in political sphere. For…
MASVINGO – Chief Fortune Charumbira, president of the Chief’s council, has instructed headmen and village heads to bar villagers from attending MDC Masvingo West candidate Takanayi Mureyi’s rallies in his constituency. Addressing thousands of party supporters at Charumbira Shopping Centre, a few kilometres from the chief’s homestead, Mureyi lambasted Charumbira for violating the new constitution…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has offered President Robert Mugabe an olive branch, telling the 89-year-old that there will be no witch hunt if he delivers a free election and leaves peacefully. Addressing thousands of supporters at Gokwe Centre in the Midlands Province yesterday, Tsvangirai said Mugabe was too old to face retribution for…
