HARARE – Zanu PF’s politburo meets today, still reeling in shock after its former leader ex-president Robert Mugabe announced that he will be backing the newly-formed New Patriotic Front. Although ruling party spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo told the Daily News yesterday that the agenda would only be announced today when the supreme decision-making body in…
HARARE – The country is badly exposed to the outbreak of the world’s worst listeria outbreak, after it emerged that there is no legal framework to enforce a government ban on the importation of cold meats from South Africa. A top officer from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), who spoke to the Daily News on…
HARARE – Former president Robert Mugabe, who allegedly seized 21 commercial farms during his reign, faces the spectre of losing 20 of those farms as the new administration moves to recover property reportedly looted by the despot. Read full story in today’s paper. [Adz]
HARARE – Former president Robert Mugabe, who allegedly seized 21 commercial farms during his reign, faces the spectre of losing 20 of those farms as the new administration moves to recover property reportedly looted by the despot. The 94-year-old ex-president and his wife, Grace, are said to own 21 farms spanning at least 16 000…
Phew!!! The above expression sums up the roller coaster of emotion that characterised the cliff-hanger ICC World Cup Qualifier encounter in which Zimbabwe edged rivals Afghanistan by two runs to go two games up at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo yesterday. All-rounder Sikandar Raza won himself a second player of the match accolade for the…
HARARE – A Mufakose man, Kundishora Gava, appeared in court yesterday for allegedly murdering his girlfriend and dumping the body at railway lines behind Bhadhela Wholesalers in Mbare, Harare. The court heard that on September 27, the now deceased was at Fly High Bar soliciting for clients for the purposes of prostitution. It was alleged…
HARARE – Senior Assistant Commissioner Stephen Mutamba has been appointed the new officer commanding Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Law and Order Section in Harare. He takes over from Senior Assistant Commissioner Godfrey Munyonga, who was relieved of his duties along with 10 other high-ranking ZRP officers. The senior police officers were sent packing…
HARARE – A Norton man yesterday confessed to murdering his wife in cold blood before burying the body in a disused toilet pit at his house. Lenon Mangwiro, 29, reportedly wrapped the woman’s body in a blanket and placed it in a toilet pit before stashing layers of maize cobs on top. The body was…
HARARE – Twenty security guards are counting their losses after their workmates swindled them of $19 094 in subscription fees for non-existent housing stands. Security guards Clever Mandaza and Gervas Zanga appeared before Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande on Thursday facing charges of fraud. They were remanded out of custody on $100 bail. Allegations are that…
HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Samuel Undenge yesterday petitioned the court to relax his bail conditions to allow him time to hunt for a job. The plea was granted by Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande, who relaxed Undenge’s reporting conditions from once a week to once a fortnight. He reports at Highlands Police Station. Undenge had…
