High Court frees sodomy councillor
HARARE - A High Court judge has freed on $100 bail Sydney Chirombe, a councillor in Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, who is facing sodomy charges. Justice Esther Muremba condemned the decision by the lower...
View ArticleCAPS midfielder to pay $70 child support
HARARE - Charles Mukanhairi, a CAPS United midfielder, has been ordered by a Harare Civil Court magistrate to pay $70 monthly for the upkeep of his child. Magistrate Gamuchirai Siwardi gave the...
View ArticleGovt dumps Chingwizi villagers — Aid agency
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe’s administration has abandoned desperate villagers at Chingwizi transit camp, a faith-based aid agency has said. Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has warned that disaster...
View Article3 killed in luxury bus accident
HARARE - Three people died on the spot yesterday when a City Link luxury coach travelling from Bulawayo to Harare overturned near Norton. Five were seriously injured, while about 15 sustained minor...
View ArticleGovt boots out 600 orphans
HARARE - Government has dumped orphaned and disadvantaged children after seizing a farm from a non-governmental organisation (NGO) looking after the children and allocated it to Bindura University....
View ArticleCourts clear ANZ Editor
HARARE - Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) Group Editor, Stanley Gama, has been cleared of criminal defamation charges after a Harare magistrate today said that the law under which he was being...
View ArticleJnr Golf World Cup team looks to change fortunes
HARARE - Zimbabwe's leading junior golfers are optimistic of leaving an indelible mark at the Toyota World Junior Golf Championship in Nagoya, Japan, despite facing a daunting task to do so. The 72...
View ArticleSelector launches shock tirade against player
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Cricket chief selector Givemore Makoni has branded first-class cricketer Robertson Chinyengetere “mad” and a ‘failed lawyer” in a stunning outburst on a Facebook fan page. Makoni’s...
View ArticleMliswa slams Zifa's farming plans
HARARE - Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has slammed Zifa’s plans to venture into farming, labelling it ill-conceived, non-profitable and against the association’s core business. Sports enthusiast...
View ArticleRefs, please don't spoil the fun
HARARE - With the World Cup well and truly under way, the big talking point so far has been without doubt world champions’ Spain’s shock elimination at the first hurdle. One other talking point I...
View ArticleDJ Zinhle opts out of Harare show
HARARE - South African musician DJ Zinhle has pulled out of next month’s official opening concert of Radost Platinum Club which is based at Longcheng Plaza near the National Sports Stadium. The...
View ArticleMacheso to tour Chipinge, Chiredzi
HARARE - Sungura musician Alick Macheso and his Orchestra Mberikwazvo band will perform at Pick N Save in Mutare tonight before staging a rare concert in Chipinge at Dhonzai Night Club tomorrow. On...
View ArticleAfrica's curse of the hack
HARARE - In the early years of Africa’s independence from colonialism, most governments bought out all the newspapers and turned them into either party rags or government mouthpieces. In some...
View ArticleFind formula for sharing royalties
HARARE - The $300 000 that the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) is distributing to its members is encouraging. This a welcome respite to the country’s musicians that have been turned into...
View ArticleBiti charade gone to the dogs
HARARE - There must be a limit to everything, or a stage where someone must draw the line, even when there is a lot at stake. Because, some extents of hitting into the dark eventually erode...
View ArticleDalny weighs down Falgold
HARARE - Falcon Gold Zimbabwe Limited (Falgold) says its mothballed Dalny Mine (Dalny) weighed down profits for the half year to March 2014 due to revenue channelled to care and maintenance costs....
View ArticleKenya: 'Watch football at home'
NAIROBI - Kenya's government has urged people to watch World Cup football matches in the comfort of their homes instead of in "crowded and unprotected open places". The advice comes after two days of...
View ArticleGhanaian Prophetess for Victorious Ladies Convention
HARARE - Popular Ghanaian Prophetess, Anita Kusi Boateng, is expected to be the special guest at United Family International Church’s (UFIC) 3rd Annual Victorious Ladies Convention. The convention, a...
View ArticlePress groups applaud striking of libel law
HARARE - Media practitioners have applauded the Constitutional Court for ruling that criminal defamation is not a justifiable law in Zimbabwe and must be struck off the statutes. The Constitutional...
View ArticleCity Link apologises for fatal bus accident
HARARE - City Link Luxury Bus Company yesterday apologised for the loss of three passengers in an accident near Norton on Wednesday. The luxury coach, plying the Bulawayo-Harare route, overturned...
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