LAGOS – Nigeria’s central bank governor Lamido Sanusi has been suspended by the president for “financial recklessness and misconduct”. Mr Sanusi caused shockwaves in Nigeria when he alleged that $20bn (£12bn) in oil revenue had gone missing. Nigeria’s state oil firm has denied failing to account for the money, saying the claim was “unsubstantiated”. Mr…
HARARE – Marist Brothers Nyanga High School in Manicaland Province is the best Advanced Level school in Zimbabwe, having attained a 100 percent pass rate in the 2013 Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council Zimsec November 2013 examinations. With an enrolment of about 550, the Roman Catholic school, situated some 36 km outside Nyanga in the Eastern…
HARARE – Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni claims he turned down a $200 000 mayoral car. Manyenyeni said his priorities lay in improving service delivery before council could get him a pricey vehicle. “I refused a $200 000 car a Mercedes Benz S350 and told them I can do with a car that costs for less…
HARARE – Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas) is staggering under the weight of its corruption scandal, with the medical insurer beginning to lose business, Daily News has learnt. The latest crisis tests not so much Psmas — whose vainglory appears impervious to events — but the strength of Zimbabwe’s anti-corruption efforts, which in the…
HARARE – Leo Kurauzvione, the former Dynamos Football Club captain, was yesterday dragged to court by his estranged wife Primrose Muchiriri for defaulting on child support. Kurauzvione pleaded guilty to the charges when he appeared before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei and was ordered to pay arrears amounting to $200 by March 10, or face four…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate has placed on remand 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, yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Vakayi Douglas Chikwekwe facing four counts of fraud and theft of trust…
HARARE – Hospital performance is being jeopardised because of widespread nurse shortages after government froze vacant posts, a Cabinet minister has said. During a tour of Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (PGH) on Tuesday, David Parirenyatwa, Health and Child Care minister, said state-of-the-art equipment installed at the government hospital should be complimented by adequate medical staff….
HARARE – United States envoy to Zimbabwe, Bruce Wharton, has said “philosophically”, his government is not opposed to the indigenisation policy. He, however, said there seemed to be inconsistencies in the way the policy was being implemented. “If the concept is to protect property rights of citizens, then it’s good. What matters to investors is…
HARARE – Tangwara Matimba, former Buhera South MDC legislator, has been convicted of fraud after swindling a US-based couple of $95 000 in a housing deal. Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya found Matimba guilty as charged. “I am inclined to release you pending sentence but on $10 000 bail,” he said. Prosecutor Michael Reza said…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s tobacco selling season began yesterday amid hopes that sales would exceed the projected output of 170 million kilogrammes. Prices at the three auction floors yesterday opened ranging from $0,60 to $4,85 per kg, depending on the quality of the product. Andrew Matibiri, the chief executive of the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board…
