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NewsDay Week in Pictures: May 13 to 17, 2013
NewsDay gives you the week in pictures.
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Alternative energy answer to power outages
Electricity load-shedding, for Sharon Tapera of Chitungwiza, has become a way of life.
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MULTIMEDIA: Zimbabwe Transition, from Strife to Compromise Part One
As Zimbabwe’s unity government teeters towards its end, NewsDay Online gives you a series of the highs and lows of this historical transitional set up
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MDC-T leaves it too late as Zanu PF regroups
THE MDC-T may have no one, but itself to blame for the situation it finds itself in.
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Things one needs for the Carnival
A LOT of questions have been coming in regard to the inaugural Zimbabwe International Carnival which runs from May 21 to 26 in Harare.
Youths embark on road maintenance
FAILURE by rural councils to repair gravel roads has forced youths in remote parts of Chizanga and Chidiya Villages in Murewa West to embark on a road maintenance exercise.
Jabulani Sibanda wreaks havoc
WAR veterans’ leader Jabulani Sibanda on Tuesday reportedly directed village heads in Lupane, Matabeleland North province, to instruct their subjects to burn MDC’s party cards
AirZim hits fresh lows
THE cash-strapped national airline Air Zimbabwe on Wednesday hit new lows as it reportedly flew with only 12 passengers on board the Boeing 737 from Harare to Johannesburg.
Star-studded Mutare festival comes alive
MUTARE Music Festival roars into life today with sungura ace Alick Macheso, Leonard Zhakata, Hosiah Chipanga, Sulumani Chimbetu and Peter Moyo clashing at Pick ‘n’ Save.
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NewsDay Week in Pictures: May 13 to 17, 2013
NewsDay gives you the week in pictures.
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A frog’s eye view of life in Nairobi
The gorgeous females stroll across the city streets in figure-hugging jeans, bums bopping to some slow rhythm, as their tiny tops, and welcoming micro-minis expose pert cleavages.
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Zim woman guns for top UN agency post
NYARADZAI Gumbonzvanda, a Zimbabwean, is in the running for the post of executive director of UN Women which fell vacant when the first head, Michelle, Bachelet resigned in March.
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Zanu PF mourners spurn meat donation
Zanu PF mourners attending their Midlands provincial executive committee member Maxwell Madharani’s funeral wake on Wednesday spurned a game meat donation from the police.
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Sex-related issues scare pastors
THE modern church,known as the Pentecostal movement, has been characterised by its outstanding call on subjects such as prosperity, healing, faith and deliverance.
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Alternative energy answer to power outages
Electricity load-shedding, for Sharon Tapera of Chitungwiza, has become a way of life.
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US ambassadors in cross-border promo ride
United States ambassadors to Zimbabwe and Zambia, Bruce Wharton and Mark Storella, will embark on a cross-border bike ride to promote international tourism.
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TN Bank tellers up for $19 000 theft
Three TN Bank employees accused of stealing over $19 000 from the institution have been granted $500 bail each and remanded to May 27 for trial.
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Delta innovation bears fruit
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed beverage entity Delta Corporation Limited recorded a 38% jump in after-tax profit to $104 million for the year ended March 31, 2013 as investments and innovation by the company bear fruit.
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Chamber of Mines holds 74th annual conference
THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe will today hold its 74th annual general conference in Nyanga at a time when consultations on the draft mining policy are underway throughout the country.
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‘Telecel management mere placeholders’
FRESH details have revealed that excessive shareholder control and lack of management autonomy pushed out former Telecel Zimbabwe CEO Francis Mawindi.
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‘No price wars’ in the tobacco industry
THE country’s tobacco industry has grown in leaps and bounds since 2009 when the country adopted the multicurrency system and the emergence of new small-scale growers.
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NSSA pension benefits to go up in August
NSSA minimum pensions go up from August 1, following government’s gazetting of increases in pension contribution rates from June 1 and its raising of the maximum insurable earnings from $200 to $700.
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The golden leaf lures the dollar, farmers
THE growing of the golden leaf has become the “in thing” in the country’s agricultural sector post dollarisation in 2009.
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MFI, Securities Bills pass
THE House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Micro Finance Bill and the Securities Amendment Bill which seek to deal with corruption among other issues in the financial sector.
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Lonmin workers strike for second day
Workers at platinum producer Lonmin’s (LONJ.J) (LMI.L) South African shafts continued a wildcat strike for the second day yesterday.
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India could send second-string side to Zim
MUMBAI — India will most likely rest its top stars for the short cricket tour to Zimbabwe scheduled in July.
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Lampard signs one year deal at Chelsea
LONDON — Frank Lampard has ended months of speculation by signing a new one-year contract with Chelsea.
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Ajax, Chippa in big fights
Ajax Cape Town will be looking to secure their Absa Premiership status when they host Golden Arrows, who are now safe from relegation, at the Athlone Stadium today, kick off is at 3pm.
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Farewells take centre stage on final day
With Champions League qualification the only major issue still to be decided, focus on the final day of the English Premier League football season tomorrow will fall on the characters bidding goodbye to English football.
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Bulls poised to take control
The Vodacom Bulls seem to think they still have it all to do and reckon they could still come unstuck.
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Arsenal want Rooney
LONDON — Arsenal have discussed a move for unsettled Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.
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Zim Davis Cup team reaches group stages
THE Zimbabwe Davis Cup team comfortably made it past the group stages to book a date with the winners of Group D in the finals of the 2013 Africa Zone Davis Cup Group III tournament at Cairo’s Smash Tennis Academy in Egypt today.
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Harare Derby: Fans appeal
THE 70th Harare Derby between Caps United and Dynamos at the National Sports Stadium has provided the perfect opportunity for fans from both sides to smoke the peace pipe.
The match, to be beamed live on Supersport 9, will kick-off at 1400hrs.
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Zim musician collaborates with Beres Hammond
UK-based urban grooves artist Shayne Ndingindwayo, aka Shayne Ndingz, has taken his music career a step further by collaborating with Jamaican reggae legend Beres Hammond.
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Book Café celebrates Carnival time
THE Book Café in Harare will be celebrating the Zimbabwe International Carnival with a week of events dubbed Carnival Time starting today.
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Somanje drummer dies
JOSPHAT Somanje’s drummer Affick Jones has died. He was 30.
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Soul singer Candice Glover wins ‘American Idol’
Candice Glover, a soul singer from rural South Carolina, was named “American Idol” on Thursday, becoming the first female singer to win the television singing competition since 2007.
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Maskiri releases single
AFTER riding high with his hit track Ndakawanikwa a few months ago, controversial urban grooves artiste Alishias “Maskiri” Musimbe has released another track titled Tapinda Pahasha.
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Things one needs for the Carnival
A LOT of questions have been coming in regard to the inaugural Zimbabwe International Carnival which runs from May 21 to 26 in Harare.
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Artistes celebrate cultural diversity
LOCAL female musicians will on Saturday come together at the Book Café for the Sistaz Open Mic to commemorate the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.
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Majome hails female photographers
DEPUTY Women’s Affairs Minister Jessie Majome on Tuesday evening hailed Zimbabwe Association of Female Photographers for their debut exhibition launch
