HARARE – A Harare lawyer yesterday appeared before two different magistrates facing three separate charges of stealing from his clients. Simbarashe Tsaurai, 30, is being accused of stealing trust property worth $25 000 from Josiah Ncube and $10 000 from David Matanda. It is the state case that Tsaurai was in both cases given cash…
HARARE – Failure by the Chitungwiza Municipality to pay its employees forced them to dabble in illicit land deals with land barons, a probe report has concluded. A report by a team appointed by Ignatius Chombo, the Local Government minister, to investigate illegal land sales, allocations, development and usage; reveals that council employees who have…
HARARE – The patriarchal nature of traditional courts is providing prime ground for the abuse of women by their male counterparts, a continental network has said. Women Empowerment Scribes Africa (Wefsa) claims the courts have fuelled Gender Based Violence (GBV) against women. “Traditional kangaroo courts are the most oppressive for women in Zimbabwe. Women in…
EDITOR — The move by Ambassadors, Hebson Makuvise and Jacqueline Zwambila, who for the past four years represented Zimbabwe in Germany and Australia respectively, to seek asylum status in the respective countries in which they represented Zimbabwe, should be condemned in the strongest of terms by their party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led…
HARARE – Mobile telecommunications group Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (Econet) and beverages maker Delta Corporation (Delta) capped 2013 with a fine performance buoyed by innovations at a time most companies in the country are struggling to stay afloat. Econet — the country’s largest mobile network operator by subscriber base ? said traditional voice revenues were maturing…
HARARE – Building materials maker, PG Industries Zimbabwe (PG), is set to meet its creditors to craft a scheme of arrangement as part of efforts to relieve its debt burden. The meeting — scheduled for January 24 — will among other things, allow creditors to either take ordinary shares in the group or accept a…
HARARE – Over the years I have respected the Daily News as an alternative news source in a country whose public media is abused by Zanu (PF), which has used both The Herald and the ZBC as propaganda mouthpieces of the party. It was therefore bewildering to read the paper’s 31 December 2013 issue, which…
HARARE – Chimurenga musician Raymond Majongwe is set to unveil his 32nd album titled Nikuv. The album is due for release early this year. The burly Dhiziri paChinhoyi singer told the Daily News that the upcoming project was inspired by the “shocking outcome” of last year’s watershed elections. “I am not going to pre-empt the…
HARARE – Sungura outfit Extra Kwazvose says all is set for the launch of their second album titled Sando Dzenyu. The album is due for release in March. John Murira, the group manager, told the Daily News that the album was going to prove the outfit was not some one-hit wonder. “The album is ready…
HARARE – Nigerian gospel star Ikiri “ Mr Sweet Song” Lawrence is willing to do a duet with Zimbabwe’s Blessing “Flem B” Manyangadze, an artiste he describes as “a great, gifted upcoming singer.” The South Africa-based Ikiri, who recently scooped two gongs at the recent Nigeria Gospel Music Awards, has been impressed by Flem B’s…
