HARARE – A fugitive from American justice, who entered Zimbabwe in 2009 before allegedly committing a series of offences, appeared in court yesterday. Carlton Sloan Bridges alias Brandon Lee Jones, 47, appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande charged with four counts of contravening the National Registration Act by forging an identity document. He was represented…
HARARE – Econet Connected Car scooped the ‘‘Most Innovative Vehicle Tracking and Monitoring Company of the Year Award” at the Zimbabwe Private Security Awards dinner held at the Rainbow Towers hotel in Harare on Friday night. Econet Connected Car is a business unit of the Econet Connected Lifestyle property and vehicle security services division, a…
HARARE – Apostolic churches have vowed to resist a mooted by-law by the Chitungwiza Town Council to ban open-air worship. The proposed by-law is meant to curb health concerns associated with open-air worshipping such as the absence of ablution facilities, noise pollution, imprudent cutting down of trees and lack of time regulation. Apostolic Christian Council…
HARARE – Last week, the Daily News published a comment urging President Robert Mugabe’s administration to urgently act decisively and sincerely on the worsening cash shortages and the deepening economic crisis. The message was one of countless ones relayed by the newspaper in the interest of the long-suffering masses. Crucially, it sternly warned the authorities…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government is so predictable: when it is exposed for its gross failings, it responds by using either knee-jerk reaction or threats against purveyors of truth — usually the country’s independent media. Part of the reason why our government behaves in such a manner is it has, over the years, built…
HARARE – Right about now, Eddie Musonza, a 30-year-old streetwise Harare hustler would normally be oblivious to the politics and would be busy concentrating on how to make his next dollar. Not this year. “My brother, for the first time in my life, I am registering to vote. Kuchema kwedu kwanyanya, toda zvichinje (We have…
HARARE – Zimre Holdings Limited’s profit for the six months to June 30, 2017 soared 1 137 percent to $2,7 million from $220 649 recorded in corresponding period the previous year, largely due to restructuring initiatives and refocusing anchored on the new strategic focus adopted in last year. The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed insurance company’s profitability…
EDITOR — Reports that surveying had started on the Harare-Beitbridge highway is a move in the right direction. Even though surveying has only started from Skyline to Beatrice under an agreement with the Austrian contractor Geiger International, this is a positive development. The Harare- Beitbridge highway is Zimbabwe’s busiest and most economically significant, and is…
HARARE – Hundreds of people thronged superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi’s impressive Pakare Paye Arts Centre in Norton to celebrate the musician’s 65th birthday on Saturday night. The majority of people came from Harare, about 40km away, demonstrating the crowd-pulling power of the Katekwe musician. Musicians such as Jah Prayzah and Tuku himself gave memorable acts…
HARARE – After starring in Tia, real name Portia Njazi’s video Boy You Got to Know back in the day, Hollywood actor Arnold Tongayi Chirisa has decided to pursue music as a solo artiste. In June this year, Chirisa collaborated with teen songstress Thamsanqa “Tamy” Moyo on his debut single Usacheme which was followed by…
