'Army wields veto power over Zanu PF succession'
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s military will influence the outcome of the forthcoming Zanu PF congress to ensure their proxies triumph and secure their interests, analysts said yesterday. President Robert...
View ArticleRBZ rules out return of Zim dollar
HARARE - Zimbabwe will continue using multiple foreign currencies for the foreseeable future until production levels have increased, the central bank has said. This comes as various stakeholders in...
View ArticleZanu PF in tug of war over Grace
HARARE - First Lady Grace Mugabe is being betrayed by men in Zanu PF who are refusing to back her recent appointment, but she is not going away, Oppah Muchinguri, outgoing secretary for the Women’s...
View ArticleZanu PF crisis deepens
HARARE - As the succession war in Zanu PF escalates to unprecedented levels, the faction-ridden party has called for an emergency meeting at its headquarters today to try and put a lid on the damaging...
View ArticleMicInity lines up three shows
HARARE - Reggae star MicInity begins his hectic schedule tonight with a show at Misty’s Club in Newlands. Tonight’s concert is the second time the reggae artiste will be performing at the Harare Club...
View ArticleDoris Lessing's books given to Harare library
HARARE - More than 3,000 books from the personal collection of celebrated author Doris Lessing have been given to the city library in Harare, Zimbabwe, it's been reported. The winner of the Nobel...
View ArticleMokoomba to rock Alliance
HARARE - Afro-fusion band Mokoomba, which recently returned from a maiden tour of Canada and the United States of America, will perform at Alliance Francaise on Friday. The weekend concert will...
View ArticleSA gospel group to perform in Zim
HARARE - Top South African gospel group, Worship House, will hold their third concert in Zimbabwe at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on September 6. The popular 35-member group will...
View ArticleTuku to be honoured in UK
HARARE - Legendary musician and cultural ambassador, Oliver Mtukudzi, is to be honoured at a star-studded dinner to be held at a top London hotel on Saturday, November 29. Organised by exclusive...
View ArticleChiefs need law training: Makarau
HARARE - Justice Rita Makarau has said traditional chiefs need to undergo basic training in customary law. Makarau, who is secretary of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and Supreme Court Judge,...
View ArticleRBZ boss cracks whip on importers
HARARE - Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, John Panonetsa Mangudya, has made a huge statement of intent on stamping out capital flight and plugging leakages in the economy. In his maiden Monetary...
View ArticleKadungure gets bail reprieve
HARARE - Businessman Genius Kadungure, who is facing R1,5 million fraud charges, has been granted a bail reprieve after a Harare magistrate relaxed his police reporting conditions yesterday....
View ArticlePolice thwart MDC demo
HARARE - Baton-wielding police officers yesterday violently thwarted an MDC rally for jobs, indiscriminately beating up the youthful demonstrators and detaining 15. Paul Nyathi, police spokesperson,...
View ArticleTrial date for Vapositori set
HARARE - The Harare Magistrates’ Court has set September 15 as the trial date for 37 members of Madzibaba Ishamea Mufani’s Johanne Masowe apostolic sect, accused of assaulting police officers. Some of...
View Article'Screen truck drivers from DRC for Ebola'
HARARE - Legislators fear truck drivers plying the Zimbabwe-DRC route may bring the dreaded Ebola virus here. Lawmakers yesterday grilled Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa on the...
View ArticleMangudya speaks on 'special coins'
HARARE - Zimbabwe is set to introduce a new regime of “special coins” indexed at par with the United States coins by December, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe clarified yesterday. The coins, which are...
View ArticleZanu PF factions abuse First Lady
HARARE - Warring Zanu PF factions are openly abusing President Robert Mugabe’s wife Grace to settle political scores ahead of the decisive December congress, national chairman Simon Khaya Moyo heard...
View ArticleZC circus continues
HARARE - Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) was the laughing stock of world cricket yesterday after announcing they have suspended seamer, Tinashe Panyangara for the remainder of the on-going tri-series because of...
View ArticleBoost for 10 Zim athletes
HARARE - Sprinter Ngoni Makusha and swimming sensation Kirsty Coventry headline a list of Zimbabwean athletes who will receive financial and technical aid in their bid to qualify for the 2016 Rio...
View ArticleKieran Vincent wins Blake & Chitengwa Trophy
HARARE - Kieran Vincent emerged as the toast of the Bob Blake and Lewis Chitengwa trophy 2014 on Tuesday at Wingate Golf Club. The St John’s College pupil amassed a gross score win of 144 after the...
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