Lee gives Zim hope
HARARE - Fears that Zimbabwe’s presence on the international swimming map will fade away when Kirsty Coventry retires have been put to rest by the emergence of Robyn Lee. The swimming star-in-making...
View ArticleChuma revels in charges' success
HARARE - Highlanders goalkeepers’ coach Tembo Chuma has every reason to be proud of his work in the three years he has been with the 2013 Mbada Diamonds Cup winners. The unassuming former Masvingo...
View ArticleBuffaloes' secret weapon
MUTARE - Army side Buffaloes survived relegation by the skin of the teeth after finishing the 2013 Castle Premiership season just one point above the drop zone. The main reason behind Watungwa...
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Gorowa to name squad
HARARE - Zimbabwe national football team coach Ian Gorowa is set to announce his 2014 African Nations Championship (Chan) provisional squad today. The tournament features home-based players and is set...
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Huge poll win for Chilean left
SANTIAGO - Left-wing candidate Michelle Bachelet has been elected Chilean president for a second time, defeating her run-off rival by a wide margin. With nearly 90% of the vote counted, Ms Bachelet...
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Nelson Mandela buried at ancestral home
QUNU - The coffin, draped in the South African flag, was placed beneath a lectern where speakers paid their tributes. Some guests sang and danced to celebrate Mr Mandela's life as the service began....
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Africa must learn from Mandela
HARARE - Yesterday South Africa and the world bade farewell to an icon, Nelson Mandela — who was buried in his ancestral Qunu village at the family shrine. His burial closed a chapter on the life of a...
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Museveni's Damascene moment
HARARE - Wananchi, would have been amused by Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s rumblings this week following his attendance of that great Nelson Mandela memorial in Soweto last Tuesday. To many, the...
View ArticleDad wants children in orphanage
HARARE - A Harare woman on Friday told the Civil court that her ex-husband wants their children checked into an orphanage because he could not fend for them. Plaxedes Masimba told magistrate Rebecca...
View ArticleLupane villagers appeal for food aid
LUPANE - Villagers here said they were facing mass starvation unless they received urgent food aid from the government. Food shortages have been a constant feature in Zimbabwe over the past decade...
View ArticleIn those 12 months they said it!
HARARE - This week we celebrate a little more than a year after the Guthrie Munyuki Interview launch and today brings you some of the “sound bites from the gem-packed interviews which have made this...
View ArticleBAT manager up for $17 000 fraud
BULAWAYO - Simba Chiriya, 36, a former regional manager with the British American Tobacco Zimbabwe (BAT) and Mandizvidza Biza, a marketing representative have been hauled before the courts on...
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Banking crisis: Causes, consequences, remedies
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has warned financial institutions to stop abusing depositors’ funds, but economists are blaming the collapse of local indigenous banks on worsening liquidity crunch...
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Disaster for lenders
HARARE - The Zimbabwe government is pushing for a suspension on the seizure of mortgaged property, a move that might hugely affect lending businesses, analysts have said. Government last week moved a...
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Tsvangirai attends Mandela send-off
HARARE - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday joined over 4 500 guests at Nelson Mandela’s ancestral home of Qunu for the a final farewell to the man who united South Africa when it teetered...
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'It's okay to have many wives'
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe yesterday said there was nothing wrong with local men taking many wives as long as it was done openly, raising questions on where exactly the president stands on...
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African Sun to delist?
HARARE - Hospitality concern African Sun Limited (ASL) may delist from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) after private equity group Brainworks Capital (Brainworks) increased its shareholding beyond...
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ABCH snubs ADC offer
HARARE - Africa-focused banking group ABC Holdings Limited (ABCH) has advised its shareholders to reject a mandatory offer by German-listed major shareholder, African Development Corporation (ADC)....
View ArticleAddress traffic congestion
EDITOR — I am concerned with the chaos characterising the streets of Harare which has been especially made worse by our overzealous law enforcement agents. Everyday, we see vendors clashing with...
View ArticleShelter is a basic human right
EDITOR — Chitungwiza Residents Trust (Chitrest) in its ongoing effort to avert government’s intended house demolitions yesterday successfully created a platform at Unit O in Seke, Chitungwiza in...
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