Tanyaradzwa Marabada marabadat@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE model Britney Madondo is optimistic of winning the prestigious Miss Ireland pageant set for next month. This comes after the former Avondale Primary and Arundel High School student won the Dublin West pageant on June 26 to qualify for the national show slated for August 19 and 20 in Mayo County….
As South Africa confronts the brink of doom, many have begun citing the good old days with former president Jacob Zuma, pictured, and…
TELECOMMUNICATIONS operator TelOne says it has come up with measures to curb vandalism, including deploying of security alarms systems and awareness campaigns, among others. This comes after TelOne recently said it has lost close to US$1,5 million due to network theft and infrastructure vandalism. In a statement yesterday, the company’s corporate communications head Melody Harry…
ZIMBABWE Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) acting general manager Lovemore Chinaka has been cleared of allegations of violating tender procedures in the awarding of a US$1,4 million contract for the supply of cables. He was charged with criminal abuse of office as a public officer and alternatively fraud, allegations he denied when the trial…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE son of the revered late Father Zimbabwe, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo — Sibangilizwe — is pressing on with his push to have his father’s remains exhumed from the National Heroes Acre in Harare despite fierce resistance from Zanu PF. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Sibangilizwe — who is now the leader of Zapu…
A 60-YEAR-OLD Harare man, who allegedly raped his mentally-challenged step daughter, has been denied bail by the High Court over fears he may interfere with witnesses. The man had applied for bail pending trial, but High Court judge, Justice Priscilla Munangati-Manongwa, ruled that he was not a deserving candidate taking into account what was said…
Major routes in and out of several areas in Mpumalanga, including the Mbombela (Nelspruit) CBD, have been blocked by taxi drivers protesting…
COTTON Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) bosses Pious Manamike and Maxmore Njanji, who were arrested on corruption-related charges, accused of contracting their vehicles to ferry inputs to cotton depots without disclosing it, have been freed on $100 000 bail each. The two are alleged to have supplied 40 trucks which only delivered inputs to depots along…
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga’s ex-wife, Marry will stand trial on July 29 in a matter where she is accused of trying to kill him while in hospital in South Africa. This will be her third criminal offence to proceed to trial having been convicted of one case of fraudulently trying to solemnise their marriage and…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said although the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is mandated to fight corruption, there is also a need for it to be supervised. Speaking at the Buy Zimbabwe Public Procurement Conference in the capital, Mnangagwa said corruption remained a thorn in the flesh in public procurement processes and tasked…
