HARARE – Afro-fusion artiste Alexio Kawara, who was involved in an accident that left him with a broken leg in December last year, will return to the stage on Thursday at the Zimbabwe German Society (ZGS). The Shaina hit-maker, whose last concert was the launch of his latest single Zvazvinhu on Christmas Eve, is confident…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)’s benchmark industrial index shed 0,14 percent yesterday to close at the week at 190,71 points. While the mining index remained unchanged at 33, 61 points, among the gainers were agriculture concern Ariston advancing 7,69 percent to 0,7 cents and clothes retailer Edgars which went up 2,08 percent to…
HARARE – The welfare of former footballers is something that deserves immediate attention. This is an issue that only gets debated when a former player passes away and details of their hardships emerge, but this should not be the case. Details of how former Warriors captain Nqobizitha Maenzanise was at the time of his death…
HARARE – Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) deputy governor, Richard Wilde, has been appointed new chairperson of CBZ Holdings Limited (CBZ). He takes over from businessman Luxon Zembe who resigned this month after a five-year tenure. Wilde — who served the central bank for 10 years until 1996 — has been the chairperson of…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has come under blistering attack from anti-graft campaigners and analysts for failing to do his homework after publicly lynching former Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) chairperson Godwills Masimirembwa when he was innocent. This comes in the wake of the veteran leader’s major and embarrassing U-turn, exonerating Masimirembwa for allegedly soliciting…
HARARE – Ex-United States of America congressman Mel Jay Reynolds is set to be deported after a Harare magistrate ordered his release to Immigration officials after paying a $100 fine. The ruling was delivered by Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe. In mitigation, his lawyer Arthur Gurira had said Reynolds, 62, had failed to renew his permit…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate has denied bail to three Navistar Insurance Brokers (Private) Limited (Navistar) bosses, linked to the Air Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (Air Zimbabwe) fraud case. Givemore Nderere, 45, Vukile Hlupo, 45 and Orten Mawire, 60, were remanded in custody to March 4 by Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe. They are facing four counts…
HARARE – Rising reggae icon MicInity, real name Mike Madamombe, was arrested yesterday on assault charges. Efforts to get a comment from his manager Robert Zhuwao were fruitless by the time of going to print. But close sources privy to the incident told the Daily News that the Red Radicals front-man handed himself to the…
HARARE – A storm of controversy is brewing about the professional conduct of Tazzen Mandizvidza, the ZBC general manager of news, in his annual birthday interview with President Robert Mugabe. The interview was touted as a “no-holds barred interview” by Mandizvidza, but what emerged was a tepid and timid interview that was non-confrontational. Critics say…
HARARE – Former Buhera South MDC legislator, Tangwara Matimba, has been jailed for an effective two years after he was found guilty of $95 000 fraud. Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya sentenced Matimba to seven years imprisonment before suspending two years on condition of good behaviour. Another three years were suspended on condition Matimba restitutes…
