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Sunday, 30 December 2012 13:51
HARARE - Road accident deaths continue to rise, with police saying 150 people have so far died since the beginning of the festive season. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said Manicaland Province tops the list with 33 deaths while Mashonaland East...Read More
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Friday, 28 December 2012 14:58
HARARE - Nine more people have died in road accidents from December 26 to yesterday morning, raising the death toll for the festive season from 134 to 143, police have said. Paul Nyathi, national police spokesperson said the figure recorded so...Read More
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:33
MARLBOROUGH - A Zimbabwean surgeon is under investigation in New Zealand after being linked to two suspicious deaths and two separate botched operations. The 59-year-old Mike Parry — who says treating victims of the 1970s bush war for independence in Rusape,...Read More
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Entertainment » Sharon Muguwu, Entertainment Writer
Thursday, 06 December 2012 11:21
HARARE - Former Star Kidz presenter Makanaka Wakatama was attacked on Facebook on Tuesday after she posted on her wall a false report claiming that music legend Oliver Tuku Mtukudzi had died. Makanaka had apparently been hoodwinked by the rumour mill...Read More
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Wednesday, 21 November 2012 13:31
HARARE - It remains one of State power utility Zesa Holdings’ (Zesa) darkest sins. A 10-year-old boy lost his life on March 29 this year because of negligence by Zesa workers who left naked power cables in the open. Eight months...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Wednesday, 17 October 2012 10:19
HARARE - While the onset of the rains this week brought relief to farmers across the country, three Hatcliffe families will forever remember this Monday evening as black day after three men were struck to death by lightning. Although details of...Read More
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Tuesday, 16 October 2012 14:51
BENGHAZI - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she takes responsibility for the security failure at the Benghazi consulate that led to the killing of four Americans in Libya last month. Mrs Clinton said ensuring the safety of US diplomatic...Read More
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Sport » Farai Machamire, Sports Writer
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 11:43
HARARE - The late Zimbabwe cricket player and coach Kevin Curran was obsessed with the game to the extent of “being unhealthy,” his partner of four years, Lettie Bradshaw, has revealed in a heart-opening interview with the Daily News. Curran, who...Read More
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News » Ndakaziva Majaka, Staff Writer
Thursday, 11 October 2012 12:26
HARARE - The draft constitution’s stance on the death penalty patronises women and depicts them as a weaker sex, civil society has said. Speaking at the commemorations of the European and World Day against the Death Penalty in the capital yesterday,...Read More
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Thursday, 11 October 2012 12:24
HARARE - Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Stan Mudenge’s sudden collapse and death in Masvingo has reportedly shifted the political ground for Zanu PF in Masvingo. Reports indicate that a faction aligned to the party’s presidential aspirant and Defence minister...Read More
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Wednesday, 10 October 2012 10:02
LONDON - The family of a Zimbabwean woman found dead in the shower in a small English town says it feels “let down” by an inquest which recorded an open verdict. Ntando Moyo, 35, was working as a live-in carer when...Read More
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Wednesday, 19 September 2012 13:11
HARARE - A Chitungwiza family is outraged and in grief after a routine arrest turned into a funeral, in a case that brings to the fore unchecked police brutality. Harrison Manyati was in perfect health when police arrested him on September...Read More
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Features » Gugulethu Nyazema, Staff Writer
Monday, 10 September 2012 09:34
HARARE - When Jennifer Kadonzvo, 43, went to Harare Central Hospital with a complaint of heavy menstrual flow and coughing blood, she thought her suffering would cease since she was now in the care of medical professionals. But that was not...Read More
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Sunday, 09 September 2012 13:12
CHINHOYI - It is mid-morning and a five-year-old Tamai routinely joins his age mates to make a plastic ball to toss around. The routine turns smelly when he grabs a black plastic bag dripping with human waste. The disgusting picture of...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Tuesday, 04 September 2012 13:09
HARARE - The death of Ethiopian prime minister, Meles Zenawi more than a week ago was the third loss of an African leader in the last few months. The strongman’s demise came less than a month after that of Ghanaian president,...Read More
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