HARARE – An HIV positive Highfield woman who was paid by two teenage boys to have sex with them has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. Regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya handed Faith Gona, 38, a mandatory 10-year sentence for having sexual intercourse with a minor. According to evidence tendered in court, Gona had a…
HARARE – Medicins Sans Frontières (MSF) has introduced a “night clinic” to provide HIV testing. “In order to beat HIV, it is necessary to put more people on treatment, and that has to start with detecting those who do not know they are HIV positive,” Kim Stambuli, MSF in Zimbabwe inter-sectional communications officer said. “But…
MASVINGO – Nelson Chamisa, the MDC organising secretary, has said Zanu PF officials were pestering opposition officials in the corridors of Parliament, seeking advice on how to revive Zimbabwe’s collapsing economy. The former ICT minister told his party’s 15th anniversary at Mucheke Stadium on Saturday that Zanu PF officials have admitted that they have no…
HARARE – The High Court has quashed the conviction of MDC chairman for Kuwadzana 4 Kuyeli Muchaiyana, who was accused of aiding MDC supporters with utility bills to register as voters. Judges Felistas Chatukuta and Owen Tagu yesterday dropped the conviction, claiming that the trial magistrate erred in finding him guilty. Muchaiyana was jailed for…
HARARE – Mobile telecommunications firm NetOne Cellular Limited (NetOne) has applied for a datacasting licence. This comes as the State-owned mobile telecommunications service provider recently secured a $290 million loan from China to be invested in expanding the mobile company’s network coverage. According to the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (Baz), NetOne has applied for one…
HARARE – In yesterday’s edition, we reported on how $50 million worth of diamond cash — belonging to a consortium of Chiadzwa miners — was at risk of seizure after Amari Platinum Holdings Limited (Amari) had won a temporary order against President Robert Mugabe’s government. At issue is how the Harare administration unilaterally chose to…
HARARE – Revellers will be in for a treat next month with two beer festivals on the offing as showbiz promoters cash in on the warm weather. With the traditional Lion Lager Summer Beer Festival set for October 11 at the Glamis Arena in Harare, yet another beer festival has been planned for Harare’s new…
HARARE – Ex-BancABC managing director Hashmon Matemera has been linked with a move to AfrAsia Bank Limited (ABL), a move probably sparked by the troubled bank’s half year-search for a substantive head. As well as firm indications that executives at the troubled bank had “tapped” him for the job left by Tineyi Mawocha earlier this…
HARARE – Food processor, Colcom Foods Holdings (Colcom) has denied plans to venture into Angola in the near future. Colcom chief executive, Theo Kumalo, said the Innscor Africa’s unit was always open to new business prospects but was not setting up shop in the oil-rich southern African country any time soon. “We hear all kinds…
HARARE – Funeral assurance firm Sunset recorded a 23 percent decline in written premiums to $47 000 in the six months to June 2014 compared to $67 000 in the prior period, while Moonlight, Doves and First Funeral snapped up 80 percent of the $19 million written in the sector. A recent report by the…
