HARARE – The year 2013 promises to be one in which the banking sector must brace for tough reforms that will leave its members with no choice but adopt measures that ensure both them and depositors are protected. When the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, Gideon Gono announced the new phased capital requirements to $100…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) this week reportedly quizzed a top official from Industry and Commerce minister Welshman Ncube’s MDC party on allegations of recruiting army personnel into his party. Goodrich Chimbaira, Ncube’s national chairperson told the Daily News on Sunday, yesterday he met with three army personnel from the military police at…
HARARE – Doreen Sibanda, executive director of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe said applications are now welcome for the gallery’s school of visual arts and design for 2013. Submission entries closes on November 30. Sibanda said the school previously called BAT workshop situated in Mbare, was this year formally registered with the ministry of Higher…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo-bred author Bryony Rheam’s debut novel This September Sun is among United Kingdom-based Amazon Kindle Store’s bestsellers. The winner of the Best First Book Award at the 2010 Zimbabwe International Book Fair is currently number six in the women’s popular fiction category and position eight in both the literary fiction and historical fiction…
HARARE – They are the proverbial prophets who are not honoured in their homeland but treated as kings in foreign lands. Mookomba is a virtually unknown music group from the resort town of Victoria Falls. They are rarely featured on national radio stations, but they have achieved more in their short music career than many…
HARARE – Finance minister Tendai Biti’s state of the economy address on Monday has revealed the desperate situation Zimbabwe finds herself in. Two recent events clearly support this picture of a country limping heavily with no permanent fix in sight to end the problems created by a hurried constitutional referendum. First, Biti announced they had…
HARARE – High Court Judge November Muchiya has slammed the State team for lacking autonomy in the ongoing bail hearing of an ex-Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative accused of leaking government secrets. Justice Muchiya said this yesterday during the bail hearing of ex-CIO operative Obediah Dodo who is jointly charged with a police officer Collen…
HARARE – Ever heard of the words sex orgy, for many Zimbabweans these are foreign words, even for party animals. A little bit of schooling, sex orgies are in a sense the same as sex parties, where people have intercourse freely and wildly with anyone at the party, whether they know the person or not….
HARARE – A magistrate was left in shock after a Harare woman, in a fit of rage, threw her toddler on the floor before asking for poison to kill herself after the court rejected her maintenance bid. Priscilla Toga had approached the civil court seeking an increase in the maintenance fee paid by the father…
HARARE – Harare Sports Club shot to the top of the Vigne Cup Cricket League table with a five-wicket win over Alexandra Sports Club on Sunday. The Harare Metropolitan League returnees have lost only once in five matches to top the table with 18 points. Fellow newcomers Country Club and Rainbow sit on second and…
