JOHANNESBURG – A South African king who is a nephew of the late Nelson Mandela has begun a 12-year prison sentence for kidnapping, assault and arson. King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo reported to prison after his legal attempts to overturn his conviction failed. The case against King Dalindyebo was related to a dispute he had with some…
BRUSSELS – Security is being stepped up in major European cities ahead of New Year celebrations, with officials wary of possible terror plots. New Year fireworks and festivities have been cancelled in the Belgian capital Brussels because of an alert. Extra measures are being put in place in other cities, including Paris, London, Berlin and…
HARARE – The worst nightmares of President Robert Mugabe’s warring post-congress Zanu PF could soon be confirmed as dozens of the party’s legislators are holding meetings with former Vice President Joice Mujuru with the intention of joining her People First movement, the Daily News can reveal exclusively. Well-placed sources confirmed yesterday that many post-congress Zanu…
HARARE – Amid fears of a health catastrophe if nurses and doctors down tools, government has ordered all State-run hospitals to provide bus fare to the angry and frustrated health workers who are yet to be paid their December salaries and promised bonuses. Early this week, nurses and doctors warned government that they would down…
HARARE – Fidelity Life Assurance Limited (Fidelity) chairman Lawrence Tamayi has resigned amid serious allegations of corporate governance infractions by the listed insurer’s executive team led by chief executive Simon Chapereka. The retired banker’s abrupt departure came as another non-executive director and human capital consultant Memory Nguwi also left “on principle” — apparently unwilling to…
HARARE – Warriors captain Danny “Deco” Phiri’s participation at the 2016 African Nations Championship finals in Rwanda remains touch-and-go due to a nagging ankle injury. The midfield enforcer has not trained since the squad regrouped on Boxing Day as he is struggling with the injury he picked up while playing for his club Chicken Inn…
BANGUI – Polls have opened in the Central African Republic in delayed presidential and parliamentary elections aimed at restoring stable government after years of turmoil. Thirty candidates are vying to replace interim leader Catherine Samba-Panza. UN peacekeepers are patrolling to stop a repeat of the clashes during a recent referendum on a new constitution. CAR…
NEW YORK – The US space agency Nasa has warned that the effects of the current El Nino weather phenomenon could be as bad as those of 1998, the strongest on record. That El Nino played havoc with world weather systems and was blamed for several extreme weather events. The current El Nino has been…
HARARE – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya has declared 2016 “a transformative year” in which companies must increase production to help improve the country’s competitiveness on the international market. The central bank chief told businessdaily on Monday that the solution to halt economic decline lies in improved production from all sectors of the…
HARARE – Civil servants have already made their intentions of an industrial action early next year known after government reneged on its earlier promise to pay them their bonuses as well as December salaries on time. While we do not condone lawlessness — in any form — the country’s civil servants, who endured a bleak…
