LONDON – Ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson and its former royal editor Clive Goodman are to face a retrial on a charge of buying royal telephone directories from police officers. An Old Bailey jury failed to reach a verdict on the charges last week. Coulson, 46, was found guilty last week of conspiracy…
PRETORIA – Oscar Pistorius did not have a mental disorder when he killed his girlfriend, a psychological report said as his murder trial resumed. This means the Olympic athlete was criminally responsible for his actions when he shot her, the prosecution said. The defence team argued Mr Pistorius was suffering from an anxiety disorder. The…
HARARE – The group of MDC rebels took their game to Harare Showgrounds on Saturday, were the attendance clearly underlined the failure of their rebellion. Here is how and why. Less than 300 people attended the meeting, which the Tendai Biti group had hoped to make a massive statement and impact in terms of their…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown does not require a scattergun approach to the myriad of problems being currently experienced. Sadly there appears no one, among the ruling elite, with a clue as to the serious ramifications of such an approach. This view is strongly backed by the approach taken by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)…
HARARE – Listed agro-concern SeedCo Limited (SeedCo) says government is no longer their priority customer, with the group now focusing on East and West African markets. The group’s chief executive Morgan Nzwere said government was their “biggest customer, but now there is no need to look to government since our market is stronger”. “In the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe and Kenya are set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at promoting tourism between the two countries. Walter Mzembi, Zimbabwe’s Tourism minister, said the main objective of the MoU is to set out a general framework within which the two nations will strengthen relations and collaborate in the development of…
HARARE – Popular Botswana musical group, Culture Spears, has invited Jah Prayzah to perform in their country at the launch of their new album, Kulanche, on August 1. The multiple National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) winner’s forthcoming tour of Botswana follows the featuring of Culture Spears’s Charma Gal on Jah Prayzah’s latest album Kumbumura Mhute….
MAURITIUS – DStv, the main digital satellite television provider in sub-Saharan Africa, says it will not introduce pay per view television any time soon despite persistent calls for the service in Zimbabwe and elsewhere on the continent. Due to constant electricity power cuts, many DStv customers have been pushing for the continental satellite television service…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has waded into Zanu PF factional wars, urging 90-year-old President Robert Mugabe to pass on the baton to either Vice President Joice Mujuru or Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa to save the economy from further collapse. Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe for 34 years now, has refused to appoint a…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has defended the menial rations being fed to inmates in the country’s 46 prisons, saying the service was also reeling from economic difficulties. This comes after the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs secretary Virginia Mabhiza recently told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Justice and Legal Affairs,…
