HARARE – Three Zvishavane men were jailed for 10 years each last week after being convicted of stealing State-owned telephone firm TelOne’s copper cables. Musavengana Nkululeko, Sifelani Ndiweni and Munyaradzi Gava were found in possession of 122kg of burnt copper at a roadblock in Gweru aboard an InterAfrica bus and were immediately arrested. They were…
HARARE – Gospel singer Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave has become the latest victim of negligent driving after she allegedly caused an accident in the capital which saw three cars damaged and her case is still pending at the Harare Magistrate Courts. This comes after urban grooves musician Tererai Mugwadi, rapper Desmond “Stunner” Chideme and jazz artiste Dudu…
HARARE – The High Court’s decision to grant Kwese TV satellite television services rights in Zimbabwe has been hailed by media practitioners, lawyers, artistes as a victory as it paves way for full liberalisation of the broadcasting sector which has over the years been dominated by State-run ZBC. Last month, Kwese TV announced that it…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s former Finance minister Tendai Biti will today speak at the launch of a book titled ‘Making Africa Work’. The book was co-authored by former Nigerian president chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Greg Mills who heads the Brenthurst Foundation in Johannesburg, Jeffrey Herbst an American political scientist and current president of the Newseum in Washington,…
HARARE – As we have noted before, and as American Senator Hiram Warren Johnson so correctly observed a 100 years ago, the first casualty of war is truth. This wise saying is sadly being proven to be true in perennially crisis-ridden Zimbabwe, where well-known vendors of disgusting falsehoods in Zanu PF and their hired assassins…
HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Rugare Gumbo made a surprise appearance at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday, amid accusations that he swindled an agricultural equipment dealer $27 000 through a botched sale of a combined harvester. The frail looking veteran nationalist, aged 76, arrived at the magistrates courts early yesterday morning in the company of…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Election Commissions (Zec) is on a collision course with President Robert Mugabe after he unilaterally proclaimed voter registration dates at a time the electoral body is apparently ill-prepared for such a mammoth exercise, the Daily News can report. Giving notice in the Government Gazette published on Friday, Mugabe said voter registration…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe received a rare round of applause from all legislators during the State Opening of Parliament yesterday after he sharply rebuked ministers for their frequent absence from Parliament sessions. This comes as it has become a trait of the Fourth Parliament that rogue ministers dodge accountability by absenting themselves when they…
HARARE – War veterans leader Chris Mutsvangwa has accused of Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi of masquerading as a medical doctor. This comes after first lady Grace Mugabe claimed at a Bindura rally last weekend that President Robert Mugabe summoned the Swedish-trained medical doctor because he felt he was on his deathbed after falling sick from…
HARARE – A fire has gutted a Bata shop at Govans Cornmarket at Bepswa Arcade in Norton. Fire services were called to the fire on Sunday to find the building well ablaze. Fire trucks battled to put the fire out. Officials were yet to establish what caused the inferno. Property owner Doctor Bepswa declined to…
