HARARE – The trial of Windmill chief executive officer George Rundongo, accused of raping and impregnating his niece, failed to kick off yesterday after he demanded a DNA sample of the foetus that was disposed when the victim went through a legal abortion. Rundongo, 50, appeared before Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya to answer to…
HARARE – Ex-Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings chief executive Happison Muchechetere will now stand trial on charges of contravening the Procurement Act over the irregular purchase of an outside broadcasting (OB) van after the Constitutional Court(Con-Court) threw out his attempt to stop his prosecution. Muchechetere’s docket is back at the magistrates’ court pending setting of a date…
HARARE – Presidential hopeful Noah Manyika, who leads Build Zimbabwe Alliance, has propped up his election campaign, using his connection with music star Will.i.am, frontman for pop group, The Black Eyed Peas. Build Zimbabwe posted a video where Manyika was having a chat with Will.i.am end of March, although the talk might have happened much…
HARARE – South Africa-based Zimbabwean artiste Don Dada’s song Viva Mandela has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry of South Africa (Risa). The song, which is the official 2017 Nelson Mandela Day song, has been certified platinum barely a fortnight after turning gold. Risa certifies an album gold after 20 000 copies have been…
HARARE – Despite feigning bravado in public, companies fingered in the externalisation of foreign currency and other assets are making a beeline for the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to negotiate relaxed deadlines within which they can rectify their positions. The Daily News can reveal that nearly two-thirds of the companies on the list have…
HARARE – Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya has escaped a bid by Prosecutor-General Ray Goba to have him incarcerated after pleading not guilty to rape, unlawful termination of pregnancy and defeating course of justice charges. Goba had told High Court judge Emy Tsanga that by operation of Section 169 of the…
HARARE – Government will meet leaders of the Apex Council this week to consider civil servants’ demands for improved working conditions in a bid to avert a looming industrial action. Teachers have threatened to stage a nationwide strike, starting next term, if government fails to meet their demands for a pay hike and a review…
HARARE – The Easter road death toll has been described by traffic safety pressure groups as “heartbreaking” after a horror weekend that claimed at least 42 lives. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said 42 fatalities were recorded from 338 accidents. This was a sharp spike from 22 people who lost their lives from 217 accidents last…
BULAWAYO – Figtree farmer, David Connolly who lost his farm to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s top aide Ray Ndhlukula, has made an amazing rant against the Zanu PF strongman by accusing him of not being sincere in his re-engagement drive. Connolly did not hide his bitterness against Mnangagwa, whom he felt should have saved his farm…
HARARE – Former first lady Grace Mugabe may have made millions of dollars through gold mining at 16 gold claims she seized at Smithfield Farm in Mazowe, it has been alleged. The claim was made at a news conference yesterday by the artisanal miners who vowed to defy attempts by Grace to evict them from…
