HARARE – Caesar Zvayi, editor of The Herald newspaper, has been sent on forced leave amid stunning accusations by Information, Media and Broadcasting Services minister, Jonathan Moyo that the paper had published a story based on “emotive and false assertions that smack of a hidden political agenda.” A top government official yesterday said Zvayi had…
HARARE – Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, Gideon Gono, yesterday came out guns blazing, lashing fiercely at his one-time aide Munyaradzi Kereke and the State media. The Harare businessman, who has been taken to court by Kereke on allegations of gross corruption and abuse of office when he was at the helm of the…
HARARE – Patrick Chinamasa, Zimbabwe’s Finance minister, will today present the national budget for 2014, with analysts predicting another year of depression. Parliament is expected to approve a budget plan expected to be filled with austerity cuts that will see the debt-laden country struggling to emerge from a 10-year recession. President Robert Mugabe has recalled…
BULAWAYO – Stakeholders tasked with ensuring the accomplishment of three major projects in honour of the late veteran nationalist and former vice president Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo have expressed gratification at the work. President Robert Mugabe will officially commission the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport; unveil the statue and the official renaming of the street…
BULAWAYO – A 22-year-old Nkayi man stunned a Bulawayo court when he claimed that a six-year-old niece he raped consented to engaging in sexual intercourse with him but began to resist when they were about to finish. Kelvin Ncube of Mandindi village was denied bail and remanded in custody by Bulawayo Magistrate Ndumo Masuku to…
ODZI – A Johanne Marange Apostolic Church member and his 14 wives who had invaded 15 houses belonging to a Chinese firm in Arda Transau in protest at an unresolved three-year housing dispute with diamond miner Anjin were this weekend evicted and arrested for unlawful entry. Blessing Nyamaropa, a Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)…
HARARE – Chitungwiza magistrate Lazarus Murendo yesterday rapped the police when he released the town’s mayor Phillip Mutoti and councillor Darlington Musonza, who are jointly accused of criminal abuse of office. The accused faced charges of illegally issuing a stand in Zengeza. “Having considered the submissions of the State and those of the lawyers, police…
HARARE – Chief Jonathan Mangwende, the former president of the Chiefs Council, died in South Africa on Monday where he was receiving specialist medical attention. He was 77. Simbaneuta Mudarikwa, minister of State for Mashonaland East Province, confirmed the death to the Daily News. Mudarikwa said Mangwende had been unwell for some time. “Chief Mangwende…
HARARE – The last festive season was by no doubt one of the bloodiest over the years as several lives were lost mainly due to human error in our blood thirsty roads. Musicians composed songs and awareness campaigns were the order of the day but all this failed to turn things for the better. Police…
HARARE – Reports that 664 National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) entry forms have been submitted for the 13th edition of Zimbabwe’s premier arts awards set for Bulawayo in February next year, is proof that the gongs are now getting wider acceptance. It is encouraging to note that, though music still accounts for the bulk of…
