Morocco fire warning shots
HARARE - Zimbabwe's African Nations Championship (Chan) Group B opponents Morocco are confident of topping the group, saying anything short of a semi-final berth will be a failure. The Atlas Lions...
View ArticleZC names provisional T20 squad
HARARE - Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has named a 30-man provisional squad for March’s ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh, although uncertainty remains over the players’ availability. The country’s cricketers...
View ArticleMusona joins Platinum
HARARE - Walter Musona, one of the country’s brightest football prospects, has joined FC Platinum from the Aces Youth Academy on a two-year deal. Musona, who is the young brother of Zimbabwe kingpin...
View ArticleTV presenter laid to rest
HARARE - A ZBC TV presenter who died after giving birth was buried on Saturday in Mvurwi. Family sources said Tendai Chitsinde, 24, would have survived the birth on Wednesday last week if the blood...
View ArticleTeen remanded for armed robbery
BULAWAYO - An 18-year-old New Lobengula teenager has been remanded in custody for stabbing and robbing a Form 3 student of his spectacles and cap. It is the State’s case that Daniel Moyo, on December...
View ArticleChief dresses down teens' scanty clothes
HARARE - A traditional leader has blamed parents for failing to enforce a decent dress code for female children, alleging this could be fuelling rape cases. Chief Enos Pfungwa Musarurwa, from...
View ArticleSA maize imports under threat
HARARE - The much-hyped maize import deal between South Africa and Zimbabwe might be threatened by estimates that the neighbouring country’s harvest could be insufficient to meet its national demands....
View ArticleNarrow escape for city council
BULAWAYO - A motorist who sued the Bulawayo City Council for injuries sustained during an accident on a potholed road was left nonplussed when the Civil Court magistrate Merylene Mutshina granted a...
View ArticleAFM members want defrocked pastor reinstated
HARARE - Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) members yesterday held a peaceful protest against the suspension of the Harare East province pastor who was suspended because he divorced his wife. AFM...
View ArticleIndustry budget dubbed 'paltry'
HARARE - Industry minister Mike Bimha says the $7,3 million allocated to his ministry in the $4,2 billion national budget is insufficient to resuscitate the country’s ailing industries. In an...
View ArticlePolice, municipalities disregard tobacco law
HARARE - Zimbabwean law enforcement agents and municipalities have been disregarding a 2002 directive prohibiting the sale of loose cigarettes, among other unpacked foodstuffs and consumable goods, it...
View ArticleMP in prostitution volte face
BULAWAYO - Tabitha Khumalo, the Bulawayo East MP, has denied calling for legalising prostitution saying she was merely trying to protect women from draconian laws which stipulates they have to be...
View ArticleTop govt officials used to launder billions
HARARE - Top government officials including ministers could be receiving millions of dollars in bribes from foreign businessmen who use local politicians to launder money from Zimbabwe, documents seen...
View ArticleKeep maize price in check
HARARE - What looks to be the worst drought in southern African has given rise to an old-fashioned commodity rally on markets, with key grain prices jumping to unprecedented levels thus causing food...
View ArticleTeachers should be ashamed
EDITOR — Teachers’ threats to go on strike nationwide as soon as schools open, in demand of $1 000 as a basic salary, is a move that should be condemned. It is shameful that when teachers really know...
View ArticleMajongwe must concentrate on unionism
EDITOR — I have lived in this country all my life but have never heard a single song from the Progressive Teachers of Zimbabwe secretary-general Raymond Majongwe. I was actually surprised that he has...
View ArticleTB Joshua predictions on African leaders unclear
EDITOR — I read with interest your article entitled, TB Joshua Strikes again, but the so-called prophesy or prediction left me with more questions that answers. I believe that if someone gives a...
View ArticleRBZ recapitalisation may ease liquidity crunch: Analysts
HARARE - Government’s decision to recapitalise the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and restore its lender-of-last-resort position will help ease liquidity constraints in the country, economic experts...
View Article'ZSE bearish trend to persist'
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)’s main industrial index ? which opened 2014 in the red — is expected to continue on the downward trend in the short-term due to absence of policy direction...
View ArticleMr President, I am a patriot too
HARARE - I hope you enjoyed your Christmas in the East were you usually spend your money Mr President, commander-in-chief of the Defence Forces and head of State. I hope this time you learnt one or...
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