DStv to reward paid-up subscribers
DSTV viewers in Zimbabwe can win cash prizes of US$7 000 a week over the next 11 weeks, in a new subscriber competition called DStv Rewards. All paid-up DStv subscribers - regardless of which bouquet ...
View ArticleZimrights official denied bail
Zimrights officials charged with publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to the State had their latest bid for bail thrown out yesterday. This is the third time Dorcas Shereni (42), T...
View ArticleZimbabwe caught in CIA web
As many as 54 countries, including Zimbabwe, participated in the overseas detention and rendition programmes overseen by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the years following the ...
View ArticleMDC-T senators want death penalty scrapped
MDC-T senators on Tuesday proposed that convicted murderers be quarantined instead of being sent to the gallows, arguing that human life is sacrosanct.The proposal was made in the Upper House as senat...
View ArticleEconet board approves a 10 for 1 split in the Econet shares
ECONET WIRELSS yesterday announced that its board of directors had approved a 10 for one split of the company's shares to make the stock affordable to small investors.At yesterday's closing price of U...
View ArticleDraft constitution curbs President's powers
The draft constitution sailed through Parliament yesterday with MDC-T Copac co-chairperson Douglas Mwonzora saying if passed into law, legislators would be empowered to stop the President from unilate...
View ArticleTsvangirai lobbying bears fruit
Australia yesterday signalled its intentions to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe after PM Morgan Tsvangirai's plea last year for the embargo to be suspended. Tsvangirai last year met his Australian cou...
View ArticleProphet Angel confirms he owns a $1 million Lamborgini
Charismatic preacher Uebert Angel Mudzanire has confirmed that he owns a Lamborghini - a supercar, which costs nearly $1 million to import into the country.With a 2012 version of the Lamborghini Ave...
View ArticleTeacher arrested for stocktheft
A TEACHER at Nesigwe Secondary School in Nkayi on Tuesday appeared in court accused of stealing seven beasts worth $2 800 from a Gokwe farmer.Obed Ncube (41) of Menda village, who teaches English and ...
View ArticleLate John Nkomo could be off EU sanctions list
THE restrictive measures slapped on the elite in Zanu-PF come under review in a fortnight with the name of the late vice president John Nkomo likely to be struck-off the blacklist.A number of black-li...
View ArticleRetired soldiers stampede to represent Zanu-PF in elections
A STAMPEDE by mostly retired military personnel to represent Zanu-PF in primary polls ahead of make-or-break elections later this year has caused ructions in the party after stepping on the toes of lo...
View ArticleMPs intensify fight to stay in parliament
Parliamentarians from all the three political formations in the inclusive government have intensified their efforts to re-claim seats in the House of Assembly.The MDC-T, which has come under fire for ...
View ArticleMakoni get top UK government expert job
Zimbabwe Girl Child Founder Betty Makoni has been assigned a top expert job with the British government's Foreign Office. She will be part of a team that will oversee a special international initiativ...
View ArticleZAPU yet to elect presidential candidate
ZAPU president Dumiso Dabengwa says his party is still to elect a presidential candidate for this year's watershed elections, arguing the party leader is not automatically the candidate."ZAPU has not...
View ArticleKingdom voluntarily surrenders stockbroking licence
KINGDOM Stockbrokers is said to have voluntarily surrendered its licence citing viability concerns emanating from low volumes of business.Kingdom Stockbrokers did not attend ZSE trading today and on M...
View ArticleMarange diamonds critic gets top US award
HUMAN RIGHTS defender Farai Maguwu is one of the recipients of this year's Giraffe Heroes award for "outstanding citizens" worldwide.The awards are organised by a United States non-profit making orga...
View ArticleZim - Canadian, community leaders ramping up outreach program
As speculation continues to grow over the details of the Mkurazhizha murder within the Zimbabwean-Canadian community, local leaders within the community who, have been long grappling with the issue o...
View ArticleMan charged with sodomising friend
A KWEKWE man yesterday appeared in court accused of sodomising a friend he had offered accommodation on the pretext that he was too drunk.Benjamin Hove of Redcliff, employed by Chaka Plant Mine in Kw...
View ArticleChina, one-child policy row - baby (1) crushed by govt vehicle
A one-year-old boy has died after being crushed by a Chinese government vehicle during a row over the country's one-child policy.Two government workers have been arrested following the incident near t...
View ArticleFrail boy found handcuffed in parents' basement
A frail 17-year-old boy has been found handcuffed to a pole in the basement of his parents' home in Missouri, USA, the SkyNews reported.According to a police report, an officer and social worker foun...
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