Entertainment » Vasco Shaya, Entertainment Writer
5/14/2013 4:46:00 PM
HARARE - Sungura music godfather Nicholas “Madzibaba” Zacharia has quit Mugodhi apostolic sect to join a Pentecostal church Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries led by Walter Magaya. The popular artiste who had been a member of Mugodhi since 2007 told...
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News » Maxwell Sibanda, Assistant Editor
5/14/2013 4:36:00 PM
HARARE - Media, Information and Publicity minister Webster Shamu, who is also the Zanu PF political commissar, has been roundly condemned for his recent utterances in which he allegedly said the country would “not be taken through a pen.” Addressing hundreds...
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Business »
5/14/2013 4:31:00 PM
HARARE - Listed diversified resources group RioZim says it carrying out a due diligence exercise to produce an initial 150 megawatts (MW) at its Sengwa thermal power station project. Ashton Ndlovu, RioZim’s chief executive, said the group was considering various options...
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Business »
5/14/2013 4:26:00 PM
HARARE - Blue chip and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) stocks’ demand is likely to remain high as investors hedge against election impact, analysts say. Zimbabwe is expected to hold watershed polls this year with President Robert Mugabe squaring off long-time rival...
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Opinion & Analysis »
5/14/2013 4:15:00 PM
HARARE - Sanctions, as penalties aimed at a State, entity or individuals to change their behaviour, have been central to Zanu PF’s political campaign for a long time. Yet the party’s claims on effects of sanctions have barely been cogently challenged....
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Africa »
5/14/2013 4:07:00 PM
Robert Mugabe has been threatening to unilaterally call for fresh polls without fundamental reforms. And attempts to resolve the dispute, largely led by South Africa, have foundered on the personal animosity between the two leaders Mugabe and Prime Minister...
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World »
5/14/2013 3:41:00 PM
LOS ANGELES - Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement...
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Sport »
5/14/2013 12:09:00 PM
HARARE - With the epic Harare derby countdown on, CAPS United assistant coach Brenna Msiska has warned his players not to preoccupy themselves with their former teammate Washington Pakamisa, who is now a hit at rivals Dynamos. The two Harare giants...
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Sport »
5/14/2013 12:07:00 PM
HARARE - Premier Soccer League (PSL) chief executive Kenny Ndebele has warned all top-flight clubs against violence following the crowd trouble that marred Sunday’s match between Shabanie Mine and Harare City. Shabanie Mine fans were not amused by referee Sambulo Dube’s...
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Sport »
5/14/2013 12:02:00 PM
HARARE - Crowd trouble marred the Midlands derby between Zvishavane Bulls and Gweru Sports in a Lion Larger National Rugby League match at Gweru on Saturday leading to the abandonment of the match five minutes from time. The match was called...
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Sport » Austin Karonga, Sports Writer
5/14/2013 11:57:00 AM
HARARE - Kutting Edge Sport Consultancy, organisers of Celebrate The Children Sports and Arts Festival, have been invited for the inaugural World Cup for Children from Care Homes to be hosted by Poland next month. The sport consultancy successfully hosted the...
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News »
5/14/2013 11:51:00 AM
HARARE - Flamboyant rhumba and sungura musician Energy Mutodi has claimed he is being intimidated and threatened for bidding to stand on a Zanu PF ticket in Goromonzi constituency. On Saturday, the Chigorodanda hit-maker claimed two men threatened to force their...
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
5/14/2013 11:51:00 AM
HARARE - A group of Southern African leaders on Friday called on Zimbabwean leaders to fully implement the power-sharing Global Political Agreement (GPA) before the country goes to a watershed election that is threatened by a chaotic mobile voter registration exercise....
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
5/14/2013 11:37:00 AM
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday came face-to-face with the hassles Zimbabweans are facing in the ongoing chaotic voter registration exercise as he took his 18-year-old twins to register as first time voters. It took about 30 minutes for the...
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News »
5/14/2013 11:07:00 AM
HARARE - Police have continued their onslaught on civil society members, following the arrest of Tawanda Chimhini, director for Election Resource Centre yesterday. Chimhini was summoned and detained at Harare Central Police Station on allegations of running an illegal voter education...
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News »
5/14/2013 11:05:00 AM
HARARE - A High Court judge has granted bail to 19 MDC activists arrested for allegedly impersonating government officials after they moved door to door in Harare in a voter registration campaign. Judge Felistas Chatukuta yesterday ordered each of the 19...
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News »
5/14/2013 11:02:00 AM
HARARE - Police have launched a manhunt for a gang of armed robbers who pounced on foreigners in Harare’s Avondale suburb over the weekend, getting away with over $44 000. Police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, warned people operating businesses in Zimbabwe to...
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News »
5/14/2013 10:59:00 AM
HARARE - A High Court judge has dismissed an application to quash charges against a British-registered company, African Consolidated Resources Private Limited (ACR), accused of illegally mining diamonds in Marange. ACR is accused of fraud or alternatively contravening the Precious Stones...
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News » Jeffrey Muvundusi, Own Correspondent
5/14/2013 10:56:00 AM
BULAWAYO - Two Bulawayo men who allegedly connived to dupe an unsuspecting motorist by manufacturing and supplying a fake vehicle registration document for a client’s car for R7 500 have been freed on $200 bail each. Leopold Kudakwashe Mhike, 29, and...
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News »
5/14/2013 10:50:00 AM
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s conservation and tourism sector has entered a “New Dark Age,” and its crown jewel, the Save Valley Conservancy (SVC), could shut down any moment from now, a leading conservationist and investor has said. Fingers are pointing at Deputy...
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Entertainment » Maxwell Sibanda, Assistant Editor
5/14/2013 10:42:00 AM
HARARE - For four years now, gospel musician Pastor Charles Charamba has been attending music school at the Zimbabwe College of Music, a tall order indeed for the singer who has had to balance this with his music career and family....
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Opinion & Analysis »
5/14/2013 10:42:00 AM
HARARE - “Our majority rule could easily turn into inhuman rule if we oppressed, persecuted or harassed those who do not think like the rest of us,” once said President Robert Mugabe on his inaugural independence address in 1980. True to...
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Opinion & Analysis »
5/14/2013 10:19:00 AM
HARARE - Zimbabwe's new constitution which allocates 60 “affirmative action” seats to women for the first two terms is a systematic opportunity of preparing women for leadership. The 60 female MPs would add to the 210 parliamentary seats and the 88...
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Business »
5/13/2013 12:14:00 PM
HARARE - A Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) announcement that it will “approve and facilitate” shareholding changes in AfrAsia Kingdom Zimbabwe Limited (AKZL) has raised speculation that Mauritius-based AfrAsia Bank Limited (ABL) could be planning to increase its stake in the...
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Business »
5/13/2013 12:10:00 PM
HARARE - Financial services group Tetrad Holdings Limited (THL) says it is focusing on raising $500 million capital by 2015 and has no immediate plans to list on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). Eugene Mlambo, THL’s chief executive, told businessdaily that...
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