KUALA LUMPUR – New satellite images provided by a French defense firm show 122 objects floating in the southern Indian Ocean, not far from other satellite sightings that could be related to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the Malaysian transport minister said Wednesday. The objects were scattered over 154 square miles (400 square kilometers), acting…
HARARE – Former Big Brother Africa contestant Munyaradzi ‘Hakeem’ Mandaza admits that he is slightly anxious in the lead-up to his debut show at the Grain Lounge and Bar on Friday. Hakeem, who recently released a soulful single called Gimme a Minute, told the Daily News yesterday that he is determined to show he has…
HARARE – Young rapper Owen ‘Whistle ’Chikonyora, 19, has refused to be discouraged by sceptics who regard hip-hop music and Christianity as polar opposites. The Harare-based musician believes that hip-hop — which has a big following among the youths is the ideal platform to fight alcohol and drug abuse and in the process promoting Christian…
HARARE – Newly-appointed Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya must stick to central bank’s advisory role to government and regulation of the financial sector, economists say. They said apart from facing a tall order in bringing stability and restoring confidence in the banking sector amid a biting liquidity crisis, he may encounter government…
HARARE – ABC Holdings (ABCH) seeks $360 million to capacitate it to be lender-of-last-resort to its banking subsidiaries. This comes as last year the group secured $135 million in lines of credit out of which $95 million was invested directly in the parent company while the balance was invested in its Zimbabwean operations. “Going forward,…
EDITOR — As part of the team promoting the recent Bryan Adams show, I have decided to write to you in regards the outrageous article published in your newspaper early this year by Maxwell Sibanda. The article is deeply flawed with inaccuracies, demonstrates a complete lack of any form of research on the matter and…
MARONDERA – Everyone knows that once you have tasted chocolate, you will never again be satisfied with a boiled sweet. A taste of the good life among our leaders and public servants has reached epidemic proportions and it’s long past the time to stop talking and threatening but to start acting It has been nearly…
HARARE – Fourteen years after the roll-out of an oft-violent land reclamation and redistribution programme, chaos still rears its monstrous head as a hallmark of the acquired farms with no respite in sight. This is in itself either a serious summon on the part of government that blights a worthy cause or an indication of…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday buried the hatchet with his party secretary-general Tendai Biti, quashing speculation that the 15-year-old movement was headed for another split. Tsvangirai addressed a news conference at Harvest House, the party’s headquarters, for the first time this year, with Biti and Elias Mudzuri in attendance. But deputy treasurer Elton…
HARARE – The Supreme Court yesterday awarded damages for pain and suffering to a Chegutu woman who was raped during a robbery attack, but dismissed her claim for State maintenance of her minor child. The Supreme Court awarded damages for pain and suffering she incurred as a result of the unwanted pregnancy, and referred the…
