HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s daughter Bona and her husband Simba Chikore, who tied the knot at the First Family’s plush and expensively-built Borrowdale Brook home on Saturday, received a fortune that could run into millions from an A list of guests who attended their 18-hour long nuptials. The Daily News was barred from covering…
LONDON – It’s not as if the International Rugby Board has missed many opportunities to promote Rugby in the African continent but one of its key aims for 2014 is to make its development initiatives even more efficient. The IRB introduced four new posts in Africa in 2013 with one Confederation of African Rugby (CAR)…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he is here to stay and is ready for an early congress in order to put an end to calls for leadership renewal. Shrugging off calls by some rebels within his MDC party for leadership renewal, Tsvangirai said only the people will remove him at a congress which…
HARARE – President Jacob Zuma is too busy to attend a memorial service for Nelson Mandela at Westminster Abbey in London tomorrow — but he has found time to be at a Mugabe family wedding and visit a Free State chicken farm. Ironically, the date of the memorial had been changed specifically so that Zuma…
HARARE – Local government minister, Ignatius Chombo faces a contempt of Parliament charge, following his failure to appear before a parliamentary thematic committee on peace and security to give evidence to legislators. Committee chairperson, Damian Mumvuri, asked the directors of the Civil Protection Unit, Madzudzo Pawadyira to return to his office since he had no…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) is leading all other authorities as the country’s most incompetent municipal on waste management — despite its gruelling past experience with cholera and typhoid. Environment Management Agency (Ema) education and publicity manager Steady Kangata revealed that the local authority claimed 43 of the 57 orders issued to local authorities…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has launched a Human-Wildlife Conflict Management Centre (HWCMC) in a bid to guarantee a balance between benefits and preservation of endangered species in the country. Food and Agriculture Organisation (Fao) funded construction of the Mukuvisi Woodlands-based centre, which will provide experts and the public with information on preservation of such species. Environment,…
HARARE – An emotionally charged man has accused his wife of witchcraft, narrating how her snakes chase him around their bedroom. Denford Mabvirakare on Friday told Harare Civil Court magistrate, Tafadzwa Muvhami that his wife, Prisca Chimwanza is possessed with ‘‘evil spirits’’ which makes her act weird at night. Mabvirakare said he has been chased by…
PRETORIA – With his past triumphs now tarnished because he shot to death his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius will today enter court to be confronted with the jarring possibility that he will be sent to prison for at least 25 years. For the champion runner without legs, who trained himself to overcome all obstacles, nothing else…
HARARE – Physically-challenged teachers have called on government to review the manner in which deserving employees are promoted which they say marginalises them as it does not ensure equity and inclusivity. Education stakeholders protested during a workshop organised by the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) to discuss the challenges faced by teachers with disabilities…
