HARARE – A Harare magistrate yesterday freed Paul Gorekore, accused of assaulting MDC deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma, on $100 bail after ruling that the State’s case was weak. Magistrate Tendai Mahwe remanded the matter to March 19. Mahwe said the investigating officer Shadreck Rego failed to prove that Gorekore was of no fixed abode. “The…
HARARE – Jacob Mudenda, Speaker of the National Assembly, yesterday said he was not gagging legislators from debating high-level corruption. Speaking at an awareness seminar for Zimbabwe Agenda For Sustainable Socio- Economic Transformation (ZimAsset) in Harare yesterday, Mudenda backtracked on his earlier attempts to charge legislators with contempt of Parliament for discussing rampant corruption, saying…
HARARE – High Court Judge Charles Hungwe and murder suspect Jonathan Mutsinze have given conflicting statements on progress in Mutsinze’s murder trial, 10 years on. The Constitutional Court in January ordered Hungwe to write an affidavit within 30 days detailing reasons for his delay in concluding the murder trial. This was after Mutsinze filed a…
HARARE – A woman yesterday claimed her husband beds his girlfriends on their matrimonial bed in her presence. Gladys Goronga alleged that her husband Zvichauya Ndlela brings his “sweethearts” at their matrimonial home to prove that he no longer loves her. Goronga dragged Ndlela before the Harare Civil court seeking a protection order against him….
NEW YORK – At least six people have died and several are missing after a gas leak sparked an explosion which levelled two buildings in New York City. Scores of others were injured in the incident, which sent smoke billowing into the city sky. Rescue crews began searching the debris on Wednesday evening for victims…
HARARE – Beverly Sibanda, who recently quit pole dancing after joining Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries led by Walter Magaya, is working on a gospel album. The former leader of the Sexy Angels dancing group ventured into music last year with a secular debut album called Tapinda before joining PHD. Bev officially opening her…
BULAWAYO – Bambelela Theatre Arts Ensemble will premiere its new play The Civil Servant during the Inxusa Theatre Festival and World Theatre Day Colloquium at Amakhosi Cultural Centre. The play, written and directed by Thabani Hillary Moyo, will be one of the key features of Inxusa that will run in Bulawayo from March 25 to…
HARARE – Over 2 000 artistes will feature in the annual National Institute of Allied Arts (NIAA) music festival that will run at various Zimbabwean schools until March 29. This year’s edition of the event, which began on March 10, has experienced a 10 percent increase in the number of participants. The festival is being…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s total gold earnings slumped 20 percent to $626 million last year from $783 million realised in 2012, latest Chamber of Mines (CoM) figures reveal. This comes as escalating production costs, limited access to long-term capital and depressed global metal prices continue to threaten the mining industry’s viability, though, some major gold producers…
HARARE – Prospects of Zimbabwe’s economic revival remain gloomy with developments indicating a tough time ahead, economic analysts say. Among the challenges, the economists say the country faces a widening trade deficit, dwindling revenues, deflation, lack of aggregate demand and an acute liquidity crisis. President Robert Mugabe’s administration expects the country’s economy — still suffering a hangover…
