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Mon, Apr 12, 2010
HARARE – More than 50 condemned prisoners languish inside Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison on the outskirts of Harare today as they wait for their date with the hangman.
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Married woman becomes one of first to be charged with adultery after being caught having sex with her lover in New York park
Tue, Jun 08, 2010
A married woman has become one of the few people in America to be charged with adultery.
Chiyangwa will be prosecuted - Makone
Fri, Jul 23, 2010
HARARE - Political crimes won't be shelved... Cases of people implicated in political violence during the last ten years will not be swept under the carpet but will be handled in accordance with guidelines of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) , the co- Minister of Home Affairs, Theresa Makone has said.
Divorce? I don't care, Wayne Rooney tells friends
Tue, Sep 07, 2010
Wayne Rooney has told friends he will make no attempt to rescue his marriage if his wife decides to leave him.
Biti confirms US$50 billion loan linked to "Russian Mafia"
Wed, Sep 08, 2010
HARARE - Finance minister Tendai Biti has said one of the officials representing a South African financial firm which had offered Zimbabwe a failed US$50 billion loan deal was an arms dealer and might have links with a “Russian Mafia” reports the Daily News
Mugabe 'too old' to contest elections - Dr Madhuku
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
HARARE - National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) chairperson, Lovemore Madhuku says Zimbabweans must reject President Robert Mugabe’s candidature in any future elections as he is too old to rule
Ex-minister fights council for rented house
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
BULAWAYO - The fight for a Gwanda council house has taken a turn for the worst with Town Clerk George Mlilo now being the victim of death threats allegedly at the instigation of former foreign affairs deputy minister Abednico Ncube.
MDC vows to bar governors from attending Senate
Wed, Oct 13, 2010
HARARE - Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) senators have vowed to bar Zimbabwe’s controversially appointed provincial governors from taking part in the business of the Upper House, describing them as “bogus governors” and “intruders”.
Sinking ship: ZANU PF heir-achy reaching out to MDC
Mon, Jul 04, 2011
HARARE - Alarmed by the reality that it is impossible for Zanu PF to win free and fair elections in the near future, top party officials are reportedly planning life after the octogenarian leader by strategically and secretly reaching out to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to be accommodated.
Tsvangirai and Mugabe clash
Fri, Jul 08, 2011
HARARE - An "acrimonious" meeting between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday ended in a stalemate after they failed to agree on media reforms and civil servants salaries reports the Daily news
Vagrant prophetess draws huge crowds in Mbare
Mon, Aug 08, 2011
HARARE - A vagrant claiming to be a miracle worker is attracting hundreds of followers in Mbare after gaining fame as a wonder spiritual healer.
Moyo urges old guard to go
Mon, Aug 08, 2011
HARARE - Former Information minister and one of Zimbabwe’s most recognisable political turncoats Jonathan Moyo has attacked Zanu PF’s fear of leadership renewal, saying change is an imperative the ex-majority party has to embrace or face extinction.
Mujuru’s death: “Attempts to cook-up story accusing Israel diamond mafia rebuffed”
Thu, Sep 01, 2011
HARARE - An explosive Zanu PF indaba is in the offing tomorrow as it emerges that close associates of late army commander Retired General Solomon Mujuru are set to push for an explanation from the party on the circumstances that led to the former army boss’ death reports the Daily News
ZANU PF Sell-outs kept hanging
Thu, Sep 15, 2011
HARARE - Zanu PF sell-outs were yesterday left guessing on their future after President Robert Mugabe railed off discussion on WikiLeaks exposures, which show most of the party’s top officials told United States diplomats they wanted him out.
Et tu Robert: 'Mugabe feared war vets', Wikileaks
Mon, Sep 19, 2011
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe “feared” that war veterans who had invaded farms in 2000 could turn against his government if he attempted to have them forcibly removed from the farms they had occupied, it has emerged.
Mugabe fed up with Moyo
Thu, Oct 06, 2011
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe is beginning to lose patience with the truancy of serial political flip flopper Jonathan Moyo, Zanu PF insiders said yesterday reports the Daily News
Mystery: Mugabe' disappears'
Wed, Oct 26, 2011
HARARE - Confusion has gripped partners in the coalition circles following President Robert Mugabe’s decision to sneak out of the country without advising his cabinet colleagues on his intended destination and reasons for the trip.
FAT CAT:'Diamonds minister', Mpofu to buy bank
Mon, Mar 05, 2012
HARARE - In yet another indication that Mines minister Obert Mpofu is a man of significant means, the senior Zanu PF politician-cum-businessman is buying into one of the country’s struggling banks.
Chombo brags about riches
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
HARARE - The bare-faced display of suspiciously gotten wealth never bounced off a Zimbabwean government minister and chief architect of country-wide homelessness under the guise of cleaning up urban centres during Operation Murambatsvina six years ago.
Minister in hot soup over P.M's 'wife'
Fri, Dec 02, 2011
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, whose image has been battered by a badly-handled relationship, is under pressure from within the MDC to deal decisively with some of his top aides who stand accused of being at the heart of his still-birth “marriage” to Locadia Karimatsenga.
Now its CIO v CIO
Sun, Dec 04, 2011
HARARE - In a spell-binding case, two suspended senior Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives have dragged the dreaded spy agency to court, demanding re-instatement on the basis that there is no law in Zimbabwe governing the operations of the organisation.
Allies turn on Zanu PF Chinese friends
Tue, Dec 06, 2011
HARARE - A labour federation that has for years vigorously defended Zanu PF has turned against some of President Robert Mugabe’s staunchest friends, the Chinese.
"No reforms, No elections" - Zuma
Wed, Dec 14, 2011
HARARE - Facilitators to Zimbabwe’s political crisis have reaffirmed that Zimbabwe cannot hold free and fair elections without necessary reforms, a development which flies in the face of President Robert Mugabe’s assertion that polls will be held next year.
Mutambara joins presidential race
Fri, Dec 16, 2011
HARARE - Buoyed by the recent defections of alleged legislators from the Welshman Ncube to his party and probably funded by Mugabe,Deputy Prime Minister Authur Mutambara has declared himself a candidate for the country’s next presidential elections.
'Mbuya Nehanda tree' at Heroes Acre
Wed, Dec 21, 2011
What next to the 'Heroes Acre' - Mugabe's toilet?
MDCs unite against terror chiefs Chihuri and Chiwenga
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
HARARE - The two MDC formations, though generally estranged, are ganging up to try and stop President Robert Mugabe from re-appointing Police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri and Defence Forces Commander General Constantine Chiwenga, whose terms of office expire soon.
Mugabe faces party revolt over elections
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe, who is clamouring for an early poll to beat advanced age and reported ill health, is faced with a similar situation that led to his defeat to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai in the March 2008 presidential elections.
Farm Workers evicted by new 'black' farmer
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
HARARE - A humanitarian catastrophe has engulfed Bromley Farm just outside Harare where more than 130 families are living along a railway line following their eviction from the farm compound by the new owner reports the Daily News.
Mad 'Chief' after Tsvangirai’s property
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s supposed marriage to Locadia Karimatsenga, has taken a new twist after a chief issued a warning to attach his residential property in Harare.
Zanu PF not ready for primary elections
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
HARARE - Zanu PF is reportedly unsure of the outcome of the constitutional outreach programme undertaken by Copac to a point that it is mulling postponing its primary elections to post-constitutional referendum period.
Zhanda wants Gono’s head
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
HARARE - The war between Zanu PF MP for Goromonzi North Paddy Zhanda and Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono has escalated with the legislator insisting that the parliamentary probe of the central bank is not yet over.
Food, cars duty shocker , Daily News
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
HARARE - Food prices and other basic commodities are set to increase following an announcement by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority that a 25 percent surtax would be charged on the commodities starting January 1.
Food, cars duty shocker , Daily News
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
HARARE - Food prices and other basic commodities are set to increase following an announcement by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority that a 25 percent surtax would be charged on the commodities starting January 1.
Tsvangirai, Biti face arrest
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
HARARE - Police and Zanu PF have launched a fresh campaign to crush the MDC in a plan which involves arresting Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Finance minister Tendai Biti and other top officials.
Madzore Incarceration Now a SADC issue
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
MASVINGO - The MDC is set to ratchet pressure on the State to release its youth wing president, Solomon Madzore from incarceration following revelations the matter is now set to be tabled with the regional grouping, Sadc.
Mujuru evidence destroyed
Thu, Jan 26, 2012
HARARE - Key evidence relating to the death of retired army General Solomon Mujuru is missing with an arson attack remaining a possibility, a fire expert told a Harare magistrate yesterday.
Mujuru fire mystery deepens
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
HARARE - An electrician ruled out the possibility that an electrical fault caused the fire that gutted the late Solomon Mujuru’s farm house in Beatrice last August.
Mujuru death crisis
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
HARARE - Revelations by the family of the late retired army general Solomon Tapfumaneyi Mujuru that it buried his body without confirming his identity, as well as sharply conflicting witness statements in the ongoing inquest, have raised fresh questions about whether he was in fact murdered.
Principals to discuss Chihure's fate
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
HARARE - Principals in the inclusive government meet tomorrow for a National Security Council (NSC) meeting that will discuss among other issues the fate of police commissioner-general, Augustine Chihuri, whose term of office expired on Tuesday.
PM nurses broken ankle
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai’s is nursing a broken ankle, forcing him to miss crucial engagements. The PM missed the first Cabinet meeting of the year and the National Security Council meeting which had to be postponed.
Was Mujuru done in?
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
HARARE - As the inquest into the death of General Solomon Mujuru comes to a close, evidence tendered in court so far has left most people that have been following proceedings to suspect “murder most foul”.
We'll find Mujuru's killer: Family
Mon, Feb 20, 2012
HARARE - The family of the late decorated war hero — Solomon Mujuru — says it will leave no stone unturned to find the “killer” of the former general who died in a mysterious fire that gutted part of his farmhouse in Beatrice last year.
GNU will not be extended: PM
Mon, Feb 20, 2012
HARARE - Zimbabwe's shaky inclusive government will not be extended, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said.
Zuma's aide responds to Mugabe's madness
Tue, Feb 21, 2012
HARARE - South African President Jacob Zuma’s facilitation team has trashed threats by President Robert Mugabe to ditch them as Sadc-appointed mediators to Zimbabwe’s political crisis.
Biti hits back at Mugabe
Thu, Feb 23, 2012
HARARE - Zimbabwe's underperforming farmers have received over $2 billion since the formation of the coalition government in 2009, laying bare claims by President Robert Mugabe that Finance minister Tendai Biti is deliberately starving newly resettled farmers.
Hardliners want Gono arrested
Fri, Feb 24, 2012
HARARE - Despite president Robert Mugabe’s remarks that police needed to do a thorough job investigating Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over the purchase of a house in Highlands, Harare was awash with reports that Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono was also targeted.
Sikhala threatens Mugabe and Chihuri
Sun, Feb 26, 2012
HARARE - Zimbabwean opposition party Movement for Democratic Change 99 has announced its plan to oust President Robert Mugabe by June 2012 and vowed not to allow elections while Bob’s in power. Party president Job Sikhala says he will use whatever means necessary, but who will follow?
Mugabe savages African leaders
Mon, Feb 27, 2012
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has all but confirmed that he is increasingly getting isolated by Africa’s new crop of leaders, whom he has described as “naive and weak”.
PM, Mugabe discuss polls
Tue, Feb 28, 2012
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe and his arch rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai who are keen on ending their marriage of convenience are slowly moving towards clearing hurdles that might lead to elections.
Man in hot soup for insulting 'old' Mugabe
Wed, Feb 29, 2012
HARARE - A man is in trouble with the law in Mutare after questioning President Robert Mugabe’s ability to blow up his birthday balloons given his advanced age and reported ill-health.
'We want guns' - Chiefs
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
BULAWAYO - Zimbabwe's traditional chiefs have demanded guns saying they want to protect themselves from some people in the society, especially politicians whom they said have no respect for them, and are beating them up or threatening them daily.
Mugabe gets Gaddafi’s gown
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
BULAWAYO - A Kenyan traditional leader yesterday described President Robert Mugabe as a “great man” before presenting him with a gown he said once belonged to the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Ministers up for theft
Tue, Mar 13, 2012
HARARE - Two Zanu PF ministers close to President Robert Mugabe face arrest by the Anti-Corruption Commission of Zimbabwe (ACC) over theft of Constituency Development Funds (CDF), it has been established by the DAILY NEWS
Mugabe and wife the biggest defaulters on electricity bill
Sat, Mar 17, 2012
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace are some of the state-owned power firm Zesa Holdings’ biggest debtors.
PM, Mugabe discuss polls
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe and his arch rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai who are keen on ending their marriage of convenience are slowly moving towards clearing hurdles that might lead to elections.
Mugabe on the ropes
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
HARARE - A constitution-making process that started mundanely is turning out to be the buzz word in town.
Time running out for Generals: PM
Wed, Apr 04, 2012
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said time is running out for military officials who want to use the gun to subvert people’s will.
Leadership contest heats up within ZANU PF factiions
Tue, Apr 10, 2012
HARARE - Zanu PF’s main factions, one led by Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa and another by Vice-President Joice Mujuru have intensified their fierce battle to succeed President Robert Mugabe as the party leader and possibly president.
'Another OLD African leader to fall ill' - TB Josh is back!
Tue, Apr 24, 2012
HARARE - Another old African president will fall critically ill, hospitalised but will be saved from death, popular Nigerian prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua (TB Joshua), left, has reportedly said.
Mugabe's front military man enters the mining fray in Kwekwe
Thu, May 03, 2012
HARARE - An ownership row over a gold mine in Kwekwe has sucked in one of President Robert Mugabe’s top man as the fight for rich pickings exposes how the indigenisation programme is hollow.
Mugabe stuck with Tsvangirai - Daily News
Thu, May 03, 2012
HARARE - Political analysts say despite repeated threats by President Robert Mugabe to unilaterally call for elections this year, and effectively terminate the country’s stuttering coalition government in the process, the Zanu PF leader would be de-legitimising his own tenure.
Mujuru. The PM’s aides confirmed yesterday that he will attend the memorial service.
Sat, May 05, 2012
HARARE - Vice President Joice Mujuru has invited Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to today’s memorial service of retired army general Solomon Mujuru who was found dead after a mysterious fire at his farm last August reports the Daily News.
Deputy President talks of late husband's infidelity
Sun, May 06, 2012
HARARE - Vice President Joice Mujuru chose the memorial service of her late husband Solomon to lift the lid on his cheating and love life when she astonishingly described him as a womaniser
While ailing Mugabe sleeps - Zanu PF is sinking into oblivion
Tue, May 08, 2012
MASVINGO - The chaos marring Zanu PF district coordinating committee (DCC) elections has left the former ruling party potentially at its weakest in Masvingo Province
