HARARE – Toronto-listed Caledonia Mining Company (Caledonia) says its Zimbabwe-based Blanket Mine (Blanket) produced 12 042 ounces of gold in the quarter to September 2013, surpassing a target of 11 000 ounces. The group said the local unit produced 34 102 ounces in the nine months to September, up from 33 642 ounces recorded in…
HARARE – Gospel star Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave has released her ninth album fittingly titled Social Facts. The six-track album, which has been released just before Zvakavapano-Mashavave completes a bachelor’s degree in sociology, featured several top artistes including Albert Nyathi, Jah Prayzah, Buhle Mahlangulela and Mudiwa Hood. The gospel star told the Daily News on Tuesday that…
HARARE – Trailblazing gospel group ZimPraise, currently on a debut international tour that has already taken them to the United Kingdom (UK), are scheduled to perform in Dubai today. The Dubai concert follows the colourful interdenominational group’s scintillating performance at Luton Dunstable Conference Centre on November 9, where they shared the stage with Pastor G…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo-based afro-jazz musician Jeys Marabini will return to Austria later this month to participate in the Roots Music from Southern Africa Festival. Marabini’s two-week tour schedule will take him to a number of Austrian cities including Kermes on his return to the European country where he recorded his seventh and latest album Silo….
HARARE – Prominent gospel acapella groups Shower Power and Heralds of the Morning will headline an all-male gospel concert at the Harare International Conference Centre that will feature Seventh Day Adventist musical groups from South Africa. The December 14 concert dubbed “Home At Last” is being touted as a reunion of renowned Adventist groups and…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped government, which has failed to come up with a budget has now become desperate and is moving in to tax churches and non-governmental organisations, the Daily News has been told. With millions of people turning to Christianity in the last few years, government is said to be looking at ways to…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday swore-in Johannes Tomana as the new Prosecutor General (PG) at State House , with the hunt for a new Attorney General (AG) underway. Section 19 (2) Sixth Schedule of the new Constitution, separates the office of the AG from the PG. Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Justice minister, said he was…
HARARE – Government is adamant with plans to introduce urban tollgates despite fierce resistance from motorists. Obert Mpofu, the Transport minister, reiterated his desire for urban tolls yesterday when the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) handed over 40 graders to rural district councils. “Encouraged by the growing interest from urban councils and towns on the…
HARARE – Former Big Brother Africa reality TV show winner Wendall Parsons has filed a $500 000 defamation suit against an insurance company that pressed criminal charges against him over an alleged $20 000 car insurance fraud. According to papers filed with the court, Wendall cited Siphathisiwe Sibanda and Alliance Insurance Company (Private) Limited as…
HARARE – A 30-year-old Bloomingdale housemaid dumped her newborn baby in the nearby forest for fear of losing her job. Ruth Moyo will perform 315 hours community service at Mabelreign Dog Section after the courts found her guilty of exposing an infant. Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe sentenced Moyo to 18 months imprisonment before suspending nine…
