BULAWAYO – Magistrate Gladmore Mushowe yesterday dismissed an application for discharge by CID Fraud squad boss, George Machinga. Machinga, 44, the officer-in-charge at CID Fraud Section at Cabs Building is facing charges of criminal abuse of office following allegations that he solicited a $300 bribe from a fraud suspect. His defence counsel Mlamuli Ncube of…
GWERU – President Robert Mugabe has given in to traditional chiefs’ demands, promising them an increase in allowances at the annual chief’s conference in Gweru. The chiefs had since Monday demanded an increase in monthly allowances, new cars, medical aid schemes and funeral policies. Mugabe has over his 34-year rule received enormous support from the…
HARARE – Jostling for positions has intensified in the MDC ahead of its elective congress in October with revelations that party bigwigs’ positions including that of vice president Thokozani Khupe are under threat. A senior party official told the Daily News yesterday on condition of anonymity that those aspiring to contest for positions were now…
HARARE – Dancehall artiste Winky D says sharing the stage with Jamaican star Kalado at Belgravia Sports Club on Saturday will provide another opportunity for him to prove his class. Jonathan Banda, the artiste’s manager, told the Daily News yesterday that Winky D’s international class is the main reason why he is usually the most…
GWERU – Popular stand-up comedian Carl Joshua Ncube is delighted with the way his Feel Good national tour is attracting fairly big numbers in various cities. The National Arts Merit Award (Nama)-winner made the remarks at the Midlands State University (MSU) on Tuesday night where he shared the stage with Q The Boss and several…
HARARE – Dancer Beverly Sibanda and her Sexy Angels will entertain revellers at Lion King tonight at Juru Growth Point. Tomorrow, she will return to the capital city for a show at Joy Centre in Glen Norah before winding up her weekend programme at Manuch Night club at Malvern Shops popularly known as paZindonga in…
HARARE – Musician-cum-dub poet Albert Nyathi and his Imbongi crew will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the hit song Senzeni Na at the Book Café tonight. Nyathi will be supported by a number of guest artistes from different cultures, languages and dialects spoken in the country including Kalanga, Tonga, Venda, Xhosa, Shona, Sotho, Nambia, Ndebele…
HARARE – The accusation is fairly justified that the European colonisers of Africa were not inspired by altruism or Christian zeal in this adventure of mass looting of the continent’s riches. When, at last, they realised the jig was up — the Africans wanted them out like yesterday — they would do so with little…
HARARE – Former Big Brother Africa (BBA) housemate, Maneta Mazanhi’s new role on the popular South African soapie Isidingo has predictably generated a lot of excitement in Zimbabwe. While Zimbabweans have every right to celebrate the success of one of their own, we should also, rather ironically, view this as an indictment of Zimbabwe’s retrogressing…
HARARE – State-owned wireless network operator NetOne has secured a $290 million loan from China. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said the funds would be invested in expanding the telecoms company’s network coverage. NetOne is the smallest of Zimbabwe’s three mobile network operators. Chinamasa said the Asian economic giant also advanced Zimbabwe’s sole fixed line operator…
