PARIS – A corruption investigation against French former President Nicolas Sarkozy has been suspended, French media say. They quote judicial sources as saying that Paris appeals court will now study a request by Mr Sarkozy for the case to be dismissed. Mr Sarkozy, 59, is still facing several other judicial investigations. Last week he said…
HARARE – Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai has sympathised with embattled Nigerian preacher Temitope Balogun Joshua following the death of 115 people after a guesthouse collapsed at his church compound. The support comes as the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) founder promised to travel to South Africa to “console family and…
BULAWAYO – Jacob Mafume, MDC renewal team spokesperson, has labelled Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa as a clueless chap who does not even know when the mid-term fiscal statement should be presented. This comes after Chinamasa has been struggling to raise enough funds for the national budget since taking over as Finance minister. “We have a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has disqualified former Reserve Bank governor, Gideon Gono, from filling a senatorial vacancy in Manicaland. This comes after Manicaland voted Gono to replace the late Kumbirai Kangai, who was declared a national hero and buried at the National Heroes Acre in August last year. The Zanu PF politburo has…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is not poor enough to deserve financial bailout under the Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) facility, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. Domenico Fanizza, the lender’s representative to Zimbabwe, said the southern African nation has “a lot of potential” and did not qualify for “destitute bailout money”. “…it is (Zimbabwe) not…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) has declared that it is adequately equipped to deal with Ebola outbreak. Prosper Chonzi, the Health Services director, said the city’s personnel was among hundreds of health professionals in the public service who had received training on how to manage the disease. “Our 16 doctors and 200 nurses and…
HARARE – Zimbabweans wishing to import cars could be forced to part with at least $200 on an import permit as the cash-strapped Zanu PF-led government desperately seeks various ways to boost its empty coffers. Information gathered by the Daily News this week reveals that the ministry of Industry and Trade is currently working on…
HARARE – Jerome “JJ” Arab, 23, who was among six fake housemates on Big Brother Africa (BBA), last year, is Zimbabwe’s second representative in this year’s edition of Africa’s most popular reality show. JJ, who will join PowerFM DJ Butterphly Phunk in the race to land the $300 000 top prize, appears to be a…
HARARE – Miss Zimbabwe 2014 Catherine Makaya says she will use the Miss World pageant set for December as a platform to showcase quality outfits made by Zimbabwean designers. The 19-year-old Makaya, who took over the Miss Zimbabwe crown from Thabiso Phiri following the leaking of her nude pictures, revealed yesterday that she would select…
HARARE – Camarada Presidente, a documentary on the late President of Mozambique Samora Machel, will be the opening film of this year’s Zimbabwe International Film Festival (ZIFF) which will run from October 4 to 11. Nigel Munyati, the executive director of the Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust — the organisers of ZIFF — said…
