HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is set to vacate his Charter House office at the end of this month. Tsvangirai’s spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka confirmed the development saying the PM’s office — situated along Samora Machel Avenue in Harare — was winding down its operations following the inauguration of President Robert Mugabe for a seventh…
HARARE – A hunting company director who allegedly used fake court orders to cling on to a safari he had been evicted from has been issued with an arrest warrant after failing to appear in court yesterday. Leon Edward Andrew, who is the director of Gariya Safaris (Pvt) Ltd, is facing fraud charges, after he…
HARARE – MDC Chitungwiza deputy spokesperson, Isaac Manyemba, has been named Chitungwiza mayor, the Daily News can reveal. Alexio Musundire, MDC provincial chairperson, told the Daily News yesterday that Manyemba has been seconded to be the town’s mayor, taking over from Philemon Chipiyo. He will be deputised by ward (2) councillor, Phillip Mutoti. Manyemba holds…
HARARE – Diamond miner Mbada Diamonds has contributed over $2,5 million towards the successful hosting of the ongoing United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly in Victoria Falls. The mining giant — which sponsored the live broadcast of the official opening of the tourism event on Sunday — is a diamond sponsor at the…
HARARE – A Chitungwiza man who allegedly connived with a University of Zimbabwe accounts clerk to defraud the tertiary institution of more than $60 000 has been arraigned before the courts. Lovemore Munhenga, 38, allegedly defrauded UZ by depositing undue salaries into his CBZ and CABS bank accounts respectively and then shared the spoils with…
BULAWAYO – A 57-year-old grandfather who sexually abused his eight-year-old granddaughter will spend more than a decade in prison after he was convicted by a Hwange magistrate’s court. Sebastian Nyoni of Chief Nekatambe in Hwange pleaded not guilty to rape charges but was convicted and sentenced to an effective 12-year jail term when he appeared…
JOHANNESBURG – A nasty spat has arisen between the Mail & Guardian (M&G) and Iqbal Survé, the chairperson of Sekunjalo Independent Media Consortium, which recently bought Independent News & Media South Africa for R2 billion. The Mail & Guardian was apparently incensed after Survé refused to sell to its chairperson, Trevor Ncube, and his funders,…
HARARE – Angela Chimbetu, the widow of the late Dendera musician Simon, received an emotional send-off yesterday afternoon at Warren Hills cemetery in the capital, Harare. The burial was attended by music promoters, her Zaoga Church members and several musicians including Charles Charamba, Mathias Mhere, Trymore Bande, Alick Macheso, First Farai, Somandla Ndebele, Chimbetu family…
VICTORIA FALLS – The United Nations world tourism body said on Sunday it has chosen Zimbabwe to lead its Commission for Africa, the continent-wide group for tourism development for the next two years. The UN World Tourism Organisation said that conflict-troubled Mali also joins the African tourism commission. Zimbabwe and Zambia are co-hosting the 155-nation…
HARARE – Chitungwiza residents have appealed to government to quickly intervene to ease water woes that have worsened after the scrapping of bills early this month. Before a government directive to all local authorities to write-off water bills in July, Chitungwiza residents used to have running water in their taps twice a week, but now…
