Mombeshora wins Sup8r award
HARARE - Shabanie Mine captain Tafadzwa Mombeshora received an early Christmas present after he was voted the2013 BancABC Sup8r Player of the Tournament. Mombeshora had an outstanding Sup8r tournament...
View ArticleCheetahs in disappointing tour
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Sevens rugby team completed a dispiriting run of form at the just ended South African leg of the IRB Sevens Rugby World Series after going down to Australia in the quarter finals...
View ArticleHome win for Gorowa
BULAWAYO - Ian Gorowa, the Zimbabwe national football team coach, won his first home game since taking charge of the side after Sunday’s 2-1 victory over Mozambique in an international friendly at...
View ArticleGorowa happy with performance
BULAWAYO - Zimbabwe national football team coach Ian Gorowa expressed satisfaction at the way his team dispatched Mozambique in an international friendly at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday. The...
View ArticleWell done Moyo, Supa
EDITOR — I applaud Media minister Jonathan Moyo and his deputy Supa Mandiwanzira on their swift action over the mess at Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH). Surely, how can one earn $40 000 or so at...
View ArticleDefining our corporate patriotism
HARARE - There are times when the sense of profligate entitlement among corporate heads of quasi-governmental institutions prompts ordinary people to ask for an intrinsic re-definition of patriotism....
View ArticleNelson Mandela: A life that inspires
HARARE - Madiba, you inspired us to believe and realise that freedom is possible in our life time. Yes, this life of ours. You taught us to manage and condition anger into a moral force and to deflate...
View ArticleChimanimani star releases second album
HARARE - Upcoming gospel musician Gift Mahlupeka has released a second album titled Warfare. The Chimanimani-raised musician says his new eight-track album demonstrates his new-found maturity....
View ArticleZim's history packed in one place
HARARE - Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences, formerly called the Queen Victoria Museum, provides a detailed insight into the country’s rich cultural heritage and history. Situated in the Zimbabwean...
View ArticleDancehall no match for sungura: Amuli
HARARE - Wakatumwa singer Gift Amuli says recent claims that dancehall music has overtaken sungura music are out of touch with reality. The Zvishavane-born singer, who has just released a new album...
View ArticleTop actors to grace revived ZIFF
HARARE - Award-winning South African actor Vusi Kunene and Burkina Faso film director Idrissa Ouedraogo are star guests at this year’s edition of the Zimbabwe International Film Festival (ZIFF) which...
View ArticleMugabe's call for transparency, accountability applauded
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) would like to applaud the President’s call for transparency and accountability in the wildlife and mining sectors. The President made these...
View ArticleStudent arrested for sex with girlfriend (15)
BULAWAYO - A 17-year-old local high school boy is to appear before the magistrates’ courts on Friday to answer allegations of having sexual intercourse with his 15-year-old girlfriend from Eveline...
View ArticleMinerva supervisor faces $250k fraud rap
HARARE - A finance supervisor with Minerva Risk Advisors — a short term insurance company — reportedly forged supplier quotations and defrauded the company of more than $250 000. Magaso Masiiwa, 38,...
View ArticleMan produces $36 payslip in court
HARARE - A Harare man yesterday produced a $36 payslip after his wife demanded more than $200 in maintenance. Lilian Murabowa dragged Stephen Magwa to the Harare Civil Court claiming $250 for their...
View ArticleMarginal rise in food prices
HARARE - Food prices rose slightly in November after stagnating for months, the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ ) said yesterday, amid declining disposable incomes. The marginal rise in prices last...
View ArticleByo needs $500m to finance masterplan
BULAWAYO - Bulawayo city council needs an estimated $500 million for a master plan to fix old and dilapidated water reticulation infrastructure that has become a major source of pollution in the city,...
View ArticleBogus lawyer indicted for $7 000 theft
HARARE - A 50-year-old Kuwadzana man was yesterday hauled before the courts for masquerading as a legal practitioner. Refiloe Chanaka, who is a clerk at Machaya and Associates Legal Practitioners,...
View ArticleOld Mutual to build 15 000 houses
HARARE - Fifteen thousand first time home - seekers are set to benefit from Old Mutual’s housing developments across the country in the next five years. The insurance giant has set aside $62 million...
View ArticleWoman mulled suicide after Gumbura abuse
HARARE - Independent End Time Message former congregant yesterday told the court how she contemplated committing suicide after a series of sexual abuses by the church founder Robert Martin Gumbura....
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