HARARE – A South African woman who was nabbed at the Harare International Airport trying to smuggle more than 2kg of cocaine will spend the next 15 years in a Zimbabwean prison. Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei yesterday sentenced Ncombo Theodorah Tobeka, 48, of Qweqwe location in Umtata, Eastern Cape in South Africa to an effective…
BULAWAYO – A Mpilo Hospital nurse who allegedly suffocated her own baby soon after giving birth has again been hauled before the courts and remanded out of custody for the third time. Latifa Ndlovu, 33 who resides in Magwegwe West and works in the maternity department at Mpilo Hospital pleaded not guilty to a charge…
HARARE – An Epworth man reportedly woke up to find his neighbour sucking his privates. The two had earlier been on a beer binge. Nathan Nyikadzino, 38, was facing indecent assault charges when he appeared before Harare magistrate Aidonia Masawi yesterday. He was granted $50 bail and ordered to reside at the given address, not…
HARARE – Government says it has no intention of re-engaging with the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), an independent membership-driven organisation which advances the interests of white farmers in Zimbabwe. Agriculture minister Joseph Made told the Daily News in an interview recently that overtures by the CFU to work with government to establish a Land Commission…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS), has begun distributing food aid to drought ravaged Gwanda, according to the aid group’s spokesperson, a sign the economic crisis in Zimbabwe is having an alarming effect on poverty. Zecheaus Nemadire, ZRCS’s assistant marketing and public relations officer, said: “ZRCS is targeting four wards in Gwanda North district…
HARARE – Telecel Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (Telecel) insists that it has paid its licence renewal fees to the government, but was “let down” by one of its bankers in the remittance of the funds. This comes amid reports that Zimbabwe’s second largest mobile operator – by subscriber base – had failed to honour its dues…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Investment Authority (ZIA) approved foreign investment projects worth nearly $700 million last year, down from close to $1 billion recorded in 2012. Statistics from the authority revealed that $685 893 756,58 worth of projects went through between January and December 2013 with China contributing the bulk of the figure at $389…
HARARE – Toronto Stock Exchange-listed Caledonia Mining Corporation (Caledonia) says it surpassed its gold production target of 44 000 ounces for 2013 by 3, 4 percent spurred by investments in its exploration and development projects. This comes as the southern Africa-focused miner’s total gold production for 2013 at its subsidiary Blanket Mine was 45,517 ounces,…
HARARE – Diversified group TSL Limited (TSL) says it plans to acquire a transport and logistics business through a share swap deal within the next two months. This comes as the group last year revealed that foreign investors had expressed interest in its transport and freight subsidiary Bak Logistics Limited (Bak). It will convene an…
HARARE – Zimbabwe coach Ian Gorowa will steer the Warriors to the later stages of the Chan finals, former coach Sunday Chidzambwa believes, sentiments echoed by other local football coaches. Chidzambwa, who guided Zimbabwe to their first ever African Nations Cup finals in 2004, says the current crop of home-based Warriors is well-coached and ably…
