HARARE – Driving school owners in Harare have complained about the poor state of roads in which they train drivers, starting right from the Vehicle Inspection Department in Eastlea. Over 100 driving schools who conduct their lessons at the Eastlea depot are concerned that the potholed roads and dilapidated pavements inside the depot impact on…
MUTARE – Former Mutare mayor Brian Leslie James has threatened to drag the Mutare town clerk Obert Muzawazi to the courts if he introduces new tariffs without following proper procedures. James has engaged prominent Mutare law firm Henning Lock to represent him and other concerned city residents to challenge the city fathers on the 2014…
HARARE – The United Kingdom (UK) government has committed $650 million to ensure the poorest people in Zimbabwe have access to basic services such as education, health, water and sanitation. Out of the total amount that is spread between 2011 and 2015, around $100 million will be channelled towards the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam)…
HARARE – Star FM disc jockey (DJ) and producer, Ndumiso Dube, yesterday failed to produce enough evidence to support his claim of having five other children, after being dragged to court over maintenance. Dube, popularly known as “Skywalker”, only produced two birth certificates. When he first appeared in court on Tuesday, he argued that he…
BULAWAYO – A 28-year-old man has been spared jail for ill-treating his five-month-old son. Jacob Moyo appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Takunda Mtetwa facing charges of maltreating a child and had the three-month sentence wholly suspended for five years on condition that he does not at that time commit a similar offence. It is the State’s…
CAIRO – An Egyptian court has sentenced 26 people to death for founding a “terror group” with the aim of attacking ships using the Suez Canal. Judges said the men were also accused of manufacturing missiles and explosives, local media report. The defendants were tried in absentia, Reuters news agency says. The sentencing comes a…
HARARE – CBZ Holdings Limited (CBZ) has recorded a profit after tax of $36, 7 million for the year to December 31, 2013 despite the economic challenges facing the country. Due to the group’s prudence in providing $19,4 million for bad debts or non performing loans, the profit went down from $45 million recorded in…
HARARE – Zimbabwean music legend Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi will hold a Greatest Hits Concert in Harare on Independence Day Eve soon after returning from a three-month tour of United States, the Caribbean Islands and the United Kingdom. The April 17 concert, being put together by Tuku Music in partnership with ZiFM Stereo, Impala Car Rental…
HARARE – Bulawayo house group Djembe Monks and 263 Chat creator Nigel Mugamu, DJ Ray Dizz and ZiFM Stereo DJ Jason Le Roux have been appointed Shoko Festival ambassadors The four personalities join dancehall star Darlington ‘Dadza D’ Zhanje, dynamic songstress Ammara Brown, Afro-fusion artiste BaShupi, mbira queen Hope Masike, hip hopper Tehn Diamond and…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has blocked African Sun Limited (ASL)’s proposed transaction to dispose its 16,54 percent stake in listed property firm, Dawn, over breach of listing rules. Shingi Munyeza’s ASL intends to offload its 406,466,976 Dawn shares to Lengrah Investments Private Limited, a subsidiary of private equity group Brainworks Capital (Brainworks),…
