HARARE – Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe has granted bail to eight MDC activists who were arrested last Sunday in Epworth on public violence charges, after ruling that the State’s case was weak. Mahwe granted the eight activists $100 bail each, saying the State had failed to substantiate why it was denying the suspects bail. The…
HARARE – Harare regional magistrate magistrate Themba Kuwanda has jailed for eight years a maid, who was convicted for stealing $700 000 from her employer. Euna Tsekwete was left in the dock, after two of her accomplices Rebecca Kawe and Sheila Nyandoro were acquitted due to lack of incriminating evidence last week. Kuwanda initially sentenced…
HARARE – The trial of jailed Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura on a fresh rape charge has been postponed to July 1 because the presiding magistrate is going on leave. Harare magistrate Fadzai Mtombeni announced that the courts would deal with the matter from July 1 to 3 when she returns from…
HARARE – Poor planning by the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) will hamper the Warriors’ bid to qualify for the 2015 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Morocco. Upon re-election in March, Zifa president Cuthbert Dube said ensuring the Warriors are part of the 16 teams in Morocco early next year was his major goal. Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has realised $398 million from 124 million kg of flue-cured tobacco sold since the opening of the 2013 selling season mid-February. This indicates an eight percent increase from last season when a total 98 million kg worth $370 million were auctioned in the same period. This year’s tobacco prices are subdued due…
HARARE – The following five key events describe Nigeria in the past three weeks. About 230 girls are abducted from a school in the northern parts of the country. A few days later President Goodluck Jonathan is shown on television dancing at a party having a good time. This week, the world, by way of…
HARARE – Over the years, courts have been inundated with several civil claims, ranging into millions of dollars for defamation, an aspect that is sometimes necessitated by the need to make rich pickings. While, the art of defaming someone does not have any formula, it is the exorbitant claims that often draw public attention, dragging…
HARARE – Controversial dancer Beverly ‘Bev’ Sibanda and the high-rising Jah Prayzah have been included in the forthcoming Harare International Carnival’s Sungura Night to be held at Pamuzinda Ice and Fire on May 23. Chipaz Promotions — the organisers of the sungura segment of the carnival — believe the two entertainers will add more lustre…
HARARE – Blessing Hungwe, the writer and co-producer of the play Lovers in Time — a comedy that explores taboos around Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi — says it was never his intention to rewrite history. The playwright told the Daily News that he was disappointed that certain people found it fit to disrupt the…
LONDON – Mother’s Day celebrates mothers and motherhood and acknowledges the influence of women in society. It is one of the noblest annual celebrations observed in the world. The fact that Mothers’ Day is embraced by every rational human entity and celebrated in almost all parts of the world, demonstrates the incomparable pricelessness of women…
