HARARE – A controversial pastor is attracting thousands of followers in Harare’s working class suburb Glen View every week, with his critics accusing him of building a cult. Self declared “Prophet T. Freddy”, though, disputes claims by his critics saying God is at work. His miracle services are drawing unprecedented crowds. Every Wednesday between 5…
HARARE – Zanu PF cancelled a fund-raising musical gala for President Robert Mugabe’s 92nd birthday celebrations due to poor planning by the organisers. The gala, that was scheduled to take place at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on February 12, was being organised by the Zanu PF youth league. Zanu PF secretary for youth…
HARARE – Controversial dancer Beverly “Bev” Sibanda will embark on a three-week tour of South Africa next week. Bev’s manager Hapaguti “Harpers” Mapimhidze told the Daily News that the tour was being facilitated by Cape Town-based Jimalo Entertainment. “We have found a new lucrative market in South Africa. We are holding our farewell gig on…
HARARE – Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira has been mired in NetOne’s boardroom squabbles amid revelations that he had “irregularly hired” a South African consultancy Megawatt Energy (Private) Limited (Megawatt) to audit the mobile company’s procurement systems. The development also comes as the Nyanga North legislator has been caught up in other controversies…
HARARE – United Kingdom-based GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK), a leading global research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare company, has stopped operations in Zimbabwe due to the country’s high political risk profile. Zimbabwe is regarded by foreign investors as a high political and credit risk country due to the fragile political environment and the country’s failure to service its…
HARARE – Fears of bloody conflict within President Robert Mugabe’s warring Zanu PF heightened yesterday after it emerged that the party faction linked to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is serious about demonstrating at the former liberation movement’s headquarters in Harare today. At the same time, well-placed sources told the Daily News that party youths…
HARARE – Attempts to restrict media coverage of prosecutor-general Johannes Tomana’s trial, over charges of abuse of office and obstructing justice after he dropped a case against two men accused of plotting to bomb President Robert Mugabe’s dairy farm, has come to nought. The trial continued in an open court yesterday after provincial magistrate Vakayi…
HARARE – Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Tendai Biti has ruled out the possibility of reuniting with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai. This followed recent reports that Tsvangirai had sent emissaries to the former MDC secretary-general to initiate talks that could lead to the formation of a grand coalition of opposition parties ahead of the…
HARARE – New Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) leader Mandi Chimene is claiming to have received death threats. Chimene, who took over the reins from deposed Christopher Mutsvangwa, was seemingly upset by the reported development, and told a news conference on Tuesday that she had formally reported the matter to the police. “We…
PARIS – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been put under investigation over alleged irregularities in his 2012 re-election campaign finances, a statement by the Paris prosecutor’s office said. The decision, which was announced on Tuesday, is seen as a blow to the 61-year-old politician’s hopes of running for president again in 2017. He was…
