Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) full of spies
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) secretariat is said to be full of intelligence agents and cannot deliver free and fair elections, the Daily News reported yesterday.The Zimbabwe Democr...
View ArticleChristmas storm kills 7 people
Chicago - A massive Christmas storm that whipped up tornadoes, ice and snow from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes has killed at least seven people and grounded more than 2 000 flights.The storm s...
View ArticleFestive season death toll continues to rise
THE festive season death toll on the country's roads had by yesterday morning risen to 134 compared to 72 deaths during the same period last year. Despite the decrease in the number of road accidents ...
View ArticleBulawayo population results unclear
Bulawayo's population has fell by 20 000 over the past decade - although this is blamed on ZimStats "suppressing the city’s real population". The figure from the 2002 census is not included in th...
View ArticleCommit to education as a lifetime investment says Dr Mpofu
Umguza Member of the House of Assembly Dr Obert Mpofu has called on the public to commit themselves towards education as it is a lifetime investment which is critical for the development of the countr...
View ArticleFestive accidents death toll rises to143
A total of 143 people have been killed and 788 others injured in road accidents that occurred countrywide during this festive season. Manicaland Province has recorded the highest number of deaths with...
View ArticleMugabe off to the Far East
President Robert Mugabe has left Harare for the Far East on his traditional annual vacation.In a statement Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Media, Information and Publicity, George Charamba said...
View ArticleMan electrocuted while using a wire to get mangos
A Chitungwiza man was electrocuted while using a piece of wire to get mangos from a tree on Sunday morning.Harare provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tedious Chibanda confirmed the tragedy yeste...
View ArticleMet predicts wet spell
The Meteorological Services Department has predicted a wet spell throughout the country from this Thursday up to the 2nd of January. The department has projected a wet New Year for all the provinces t...
View ArticleRTG shareholders approve rights issue to raise $4.5 million
RTG shareholders unanimously approved the company's $4.5 million rights offer at an EGM held on 27 December 2012. The rights offer will see the company issuing 225 million shares for a subscription pr...
View ArticleTraditional year end price surge sees Delta hit all time high
Trading resumed following the extended Christmas break, with the market putting in its traditional year-end surge on the back of gains in Delta and Eoonet, which between them account for 43% of the In...
View ArticleTN Bank to delist from the Stock Exchange on spurious grounds
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe (Econet) has assumed total control of TN Bank after TN founder Tawanda Nyambirai offloaded his stake for an equivalent value of Econet shares.The development saw the new TN Ba...
View ArticleAnother Zim woman held for drug smuggling in India
NEW DELHI, India - A Zimbabwean woman was on Thursday arrested for allegedly smuggling narcotics worth Rs 1.5 crore at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport.Acting on intelligence, 40-year-old Zim...
View ArticleBanks faces huge financial losses
The Bankers Association of Zimbabwe say government's proposed fiscal reforms, which will see huge reductions in banking service charges and interest, will wear down industry profitability and compromi...
View Article'Mugabe taught us that we have trillions, zillions and quintillions,' says Biti
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) secretary-general Tendai Biti says Zimbabweans must vote for his party next year so that they can revive the economy, which he says had been destroyed by Zanu PF.T...
View ArticlePolice rescue Mozambican sex slaves
Five Mozambican girls who were taken to South Africa - supposedly to attend school - have been rescued after several years of been used as sex slaves.Mpumalanga police rescued the children, aged betwe...
View Article'People do bad things, because of their leaders' says Mpofu
Zanu-PF politburo member Obert Mpofu said people should not blame themselves if they do bad things because it wont be down to them but their leaders, who would have turned against them after being el...
View ArticleInjiva fatally 'guns down' wife and mother-in-law
Police have a arrested a 37-year-old Zimbabwean man (injiva) based in South Africa after he allegedly fatally shot his wife and mother-in-law after a domestic dispute. The man allegedly gunned down h...
View ArticleHigh profile divorces, marriage scandals hog limelight
THE 2012 legal year saw several public figures in divorce cases, marriage scandals and other legal battles at the High Court and the Supreme Court.Topping the list of newsmakers this year was that of ...
View ArticleVictoria Falls Carnival roars to life
THE Victoria Falls Carnival set to take place at the weekend, is the best opportunity to market the United Nations World Tourism Organisations (UNWTO) indaba as multitudes of tourists from across the ...
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