HARARE – A dispute over land, in Harare’s high density suburb of Budiriro 4, has degenerated into a nasty battle between apostolic sect members, leading to one being dragged to court over rape. Herbert Senda, 34, was involved in a land dispute with Clifford Chimusoro, Muchineripi Utete, Blesssing Chimbadzo, Wellington Kadzutu and Taurai Munyika all…
HARARE – Police have nabbed another suspected robber who teamed up with his gang and robbed a Harare businessman of $91 000, after storming his premises. Onismo Matuke’s arrest comes a month after his accomplices were apprehended and brought to court in December last year. He reportedly led detectives to the recovery of a Toyota…
HARARE – Struggling national flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) is locked in a bitter wrangle with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAAZ) over a three-year arrangement involving air ticket charges and passenger service fees, it has emerged. The two parastatals had buried the hatchet when CAAZ climbed down from the forced arrangement whereby AirZim passengers were…
HARARE – Parliament has summoned the directors of Sakunda Holdings to appear before the Mines and Energy portfolio committee and give oral evidence on the stalled Dema Emergency Diesel Peaking Power Plant project. The $250 million Dema Power Plant — set up in 2016 to provide emergency power in the wake of electricity shortages caused…
MUTARE – The mountainous city of Mutare is abuzz with the story of a 57-year-old shebeen queen who is cohabiting with her former tenant — 28 years younger. Popularly known as Mbuya Sauti, Sophie Masikuka of Chineta in Sakubva is madly in love with her live-in boyfriend, Wellington Mabhiza, aged 29. The lovebirds have become…
HARARE – Retired police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri along with his wife, Isabel, face arrest over theft claims that have been made to the police by a local businessman. Bigboy Pachirera who alleges that Chihuri impounded five of his motor vehicles and fraudulently changed ownership into his name, reported the allegations at Marlborough Police Station on…
HARARE – The move by toppled despot Robert Mugabe to join hands with his former deputy Joice Mujuru to mount a presidential electoral challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF has stirred strong emotions and widened fissures along regional lines, the Daily News can report. Mugabe’s electoral alliance with Mujuru, consummated last Tuesday,…
HARARE – The move by toppled despot Robert Mugabe to join hands with his former deputy Joice Mujuru to mount a presidential electoral challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF has stirred strong emotions and widened fissures along regional lines, the Daily News can report. See today’s Daily News for more. [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Former State Security minister Didymus Mutasa is ready to rejoin the ruling Zanu PF party, which sacked him in 2014 for hobnobbing with former vice president Joice Mujuru. The Daily News on Sunday can, however, report that Mutasa has put one condition for his return to a party he formed along with other…
HARARE – In the ongoing series of interviews with 2018 general elections presidential candidates, the Daily News on Sunday’s Senior Staff Writer Andrew Kunambura sat down with Build Zimbabwe Alliance (BZA) president Noah Manyika. Below are the excerpts from the interview. Q: What will you do differently if you are elected? A: I will aggressively…
