DeMbare bask in glory
HARARE - Following his team’s triumph in the just-ended 2013 Castle Premiership season in which Dynamos powered to a third successive title in stunning fashion, captain Murape Murape was “bursting...
View ArticleMDC election petitions dismissed
HARARE – High Court judge Chinembiri Bhunu has thrown out two election petitions filed by losing MDC candidates in the July 31 poll. The petitions are for Marondera East and Hurungwe West...
View Article'Rape pastor' freed on bail
HARARE - A High Court judge has freed on $500 bail Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura, accused of raping congregants, after the State consented to his release. Gumbura is...
View ArticleDJ Munya's court appeal thrown out
HARARE – A Harare magistrate has dismissed Star FM DJ Munyaradzi Milimo’s application for refusal of further remand. DJ Munya, as he is affectionately known, is accused of masterminding the kidnapping...
View ArticleLand baron Zvandasara jailed
HARARE - A Harare regional magistrate has jailed politician Justin Zvandasara for two years after convicting him of $4 million fraud. Magistrate Temba Kuwanda initially sentenced Zvandasara to four...
View ArticleMat North gets 1% of Youth Fund
HARARE - Youths in Matabeleland North received one percent of the Youth Development Fund, while youths in the capital Harare got 47 percent, bankers administering the fund have said. The fund is...
View ArticleStop it, Mutasa tells State media
HARARE - Didymus Mutasa, the minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Monday slammed the State media for taking sides in the Zanu PF succession drama. Mutasa, who is also Zanu PF secretary for...
View ArticleCongratulations Glamour Boys
EDITOR — Congratulations to Dynamos for winning the Castle Premiership title for the 20th time. You have made us so proud and I am so pleased to be associated with you. At a time when all hope was...
View ArticleThank you ACCZ
EDITOR — This letter goes to Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) and its leader Archbishop Johannes Ndanga. I would like to applaud you for banning Robert Gumbura’s church Independent End...
View ArticleLet's curb gender-based violence
EDITOR — It is my sincere hope that this year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence will go a long way in curbing this vice that is threatening our society especially the family...
View ArticleFocus on 'fierce urgency of now'
HARARE - In recent weeks, we have seen apparent jostling for power between rival camps in Zanu PF. It seems some senior figures in the party are angling to replace President Robert Mugabe after his...
View ArticleTsvangirai's nine days with Harare
HARARE - Four months after the disputed election, the country is engulfed in a legitimacy crisis and a crisis of expectation as Zanu PF dismally fails to inspire and poise the nation for growth while...
View ArticleMugabe must appoint AG
HARARE - Another step was made on the bumpy road to the full realisation of a new Zimbabwe with President Robert Mugabe approaching the 100th day of his new term. Amnesty International said in a fresh...
View Article'Enforce rights in new Constitution'
HARARE - Government must guarantee all human rights enshrined in the new Constitution, Amnesty International said in a Human Rights Agenda issued as President Robert Mugabe approaches the 100th day of...
View ArticleMutasa: Zanu PF kingmaker?
HARARE - Didymus Mutasa, the Zanu PF secretary for administration, has emerged as a kingmaker in the ruling party as his word seems to have become the law in the 50-year-old liberation movement....
View ArticleSamsung partners Zim firm
HARARE - Samsung Electronics (Samsung) has entered into partnership with Line Products and Services (LPS), confirming the local firm as an official distributor for the global technology company’s...
View ArticleGold leakages hit Zim
HARARE - Zimbabwean authorities should seriously engage their South African counterparts to plug gold leakages estimated to be between 100 kg and 300 kg, legislator Paradzai Chakona told Parliament....
View ArticleObama defends Iran nuclear deal
HARARE - US President Barack Obama has defended a deal between Iran and world powers on Tehran's nuclear programme. He acknowledged that obstacles remained but said "tough talk and bluster" did not...
View ArticleEgypt referendum set for January
CAIRO - A referendum on Egypt's amended constitution is likely to take place in January, the interim PM has said. Hazem Beblawi said the referendum would take place in the "second half of January" -...
View ArticleChina to launch first moon mission
BEIJING - China is launching its first lunar probe in early December, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday, just over a decade after the country first sent an astronaut into space. The...
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