HARARE – Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed hotel group, African Sun Limited (ASL), says it has closed its loss-making Beitbridge Express Hotel to focus on other profitable ventures. “Over the last three years the board and management have implemented broad strategies and initiatives in pursuit of mitigating the hotel’s financial losses,” ASL company secretary Venon Musimbe said…
HARARE – There are growing fears within Zanu PF that the ruling party’s escalating factional and succession wars could soon witness body bags, with the tone of the infighting getting nastier and uglier by the day. Party insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said they were “very worried” about the extent to which…
HARARE – In a far-reaching ruling, the Constitutional Court yesterday quashed once and for all the country’s notorious criminal defamation law, saying the statute was invalid even under Zimbabwe’s new Constitution. This followed an application by the Zimbabwe chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa), which highlighted the harmful consequences of criminal defamation…
HARARE – An aunt to two minors allegedly raped by Zanu PF Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke yesterday claimed that the maverick businessman and politician threatened to shoot one of the juvenile and her family if they went public with the charge. Ndanatsei Maramwidze was testifying during Kereke’s trial continuation before Harare regional magistrate Noel…
BULAWAYO – The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has okayed a special request by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) to extract raw water from Khami Dam to the Bulawayo Power Station to boost electricity generation by 60 megawatts (MW). This followed an application to the local authority by the ZPC managing director Noah Gwariro. BCC acting…
BULAWAYO – The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has okayed a special request by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) to extract raw water from Khami Dam to the Bulawayo Power Station to boost electricity generation by 60 megawatts (MW). This followed an application to the local authority by the ZPC managing director Noah Gwariro. BCC acting…
HARARE – Harare City Council has resolved to shut Warren Hills cemetery to public burials. The famous cemetery, where hundreds of fighters who died in key battles during the 70s liberation struggle are buried, will be used only for provincial and liberation war heroes. From now onwards, it will serve as the final resting place…
LUANDA – The family of late Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi are suing the makers of Call of Duty over his depiction in the best-selling video game. Three of Savimbi’s children accuse Activision Blizzard of defamation by representing him as a “barbarian”. They are seeking €1m ($1.1m; £0.75m) in damages. Activision said the depiction was…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) chief executive Jonathan Mashingaidze yesterday said the local FA will carry out a forensic audit of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) in the post-Twine Phiri era. The Zifa board, led by newly-elected president Philip Chiyangwa, ordered the PSL to hold fresh elections, arguing that Phiri was part of the…
HARARE – After causing waves in local showbiz, two leading musicians Jah Prayzah and Winky D are set to headline the annual Southern African Music and Arts (Sama) Festival next month in the United Kingdom. The two National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) 2016 nominees will be sharing the stage with other local musicians such as…
