HARARE – South African gospel star Lundi Tyamara, who last performed in this country three years ago, will rekindle his love with Zimbabwean fans when he performs in Harare on October 5. The South Africa Music Awards (Sama) and Kora award winner’s concert on the Harare Gardens Main Stage will also include top Zimbabwean musicians…
HARARE – The raging diamonds saga has taken a new twist with fresh reports indicating that the Ghanaian investors at the centre of the $6 million bribery scam could have used large sums of cash to illegally deal in gold in a desperate bid to raise money needed to fund the diamond project. Besides illegally…
HARARE – Information minister Jonathan Moyo, who had a turbulent tenure with journalists between 2000 and 2005 when he was at the same ministry, says it is time to mend relations. Speaking at a stakeholder’s indaba yesterday, Moyo said he could have acted heavy-handedly during his first stint at the ministry because it was a…
HARARE – Lean on me, When you are not strong, I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on, Please swallow your pride, If I have things, You need to borrow, For no one can fill those of your needs, That you won’t let show…. I am sure when Michael Bolton wrote these lyrics for…
HARARE – Thursday’s acquittal of 21 human rights and opposition activists by the High Court leaves the authorities with serious questions to answer about police misconduct in the aftermath of a police officer’s murder, Amnesty International said. “This acquittal of the 21 activists is a positive development — Amnesty International has always believed that most,…
HARARE – Morgen Komichi’s defence lawyer Alec Muchadehama yesterday told the court that the State did not have a strong case against his client to deny him bail. Muchadehama while making submissions before magistrate Tendai Mahwe said the State had not provided any evidence through its witnesses that would thwart Komichi’s release. “In my opinion…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is working on introducing mandatory blending of petrol to the levels of E20 (a mixture of 80 percent petrol and 20 percent anhydrous ethanol), President Robert Mugabe has said. Speaking at the official opening of the Eighth Parliament of Zimbabwe on Tuesday, Mugabe said plans are afoot to introduce mandatory blending of…
HARARE – A man refusing to fund his children’s education reportedly told his wife they would not die from not attending school. Misheck Matiko was brought before Harare Civil Court by his wife Catherine Mambo who sought maintenance of $400 for their five children. Mambo told the court that her husband had sent her and…
HARARE – Samuel Sipepa-Nkomo, shadow minister of Agriculture, Land and Water Development, has urged government to give priority to other potential areas of investment than continuously pumping money into the Grain Marketing Board (GMB). Nkomo said only a handful of elite farmers benefitted. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of a media briefing…
HARARE – Farmers in the Midlands province have vowed to continue with farming although most people within the surrounding communities have turned to small scale mining which is blamed for fast destroying the environment. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of a field trip dubbed “Look and Learn”, organised by the Forestry Commission…
