Spain princess summoned in fraud case
MADRID - A Spanish court has declared King Juan Carlos' youngest daughter Cristina a suspect in alleged tax and money-laundering crimes. Cristina, 48, has been linked to the business affairs of her...
View ArticleZim football: Not just a game
HARARE - Bill Shankly would have turned 100 years four months ago, but 32 years since his death at the age of 68, his strong views on the game continues to manifest themselves to this day. Time does...
View ArticleNjabulo Ncube dumps Highlanders
ZVISHAVANE - Njabulo Ncube became the latest player to dump Bulawayo giants Highlanders after signing for FC Platinum yesterday. Midfielder Masimba Mambare dominated headlines this week after making a...
View ArticleSt John's to tour SA
HARARE - St John’s College rugby team are hoping to get their season off to flying start when they take part in the St John’s Rugby Festival in South Africa over the Easter holiday. The Harare giants...
View ArticleWarriors fans trip postponed
HARARE - A leading Zimbabwean football supporters’ body had postponed the Warriors fans’ bus trip to Cape Town, South Africa, to next Tuesday after supporters failed to raise the required $250 fee on...
View ArticleCairns' leap of faith
HARARE - Ryan Cairns, part of a new generation of Zimbabwean golfers angling for a move up the world golfing map, has described his relocation to the United States in pursuit of a US PGA Tour card as...
View ArticleLocal coaches back Warriors
HARARE - Zimbabwe coach Ian Gorowa will steer the Warriors to the later stages of the Chan finals, former coach Sunday Chidzambwa believes, sentiments echoed by other local football coaches....
View ArticleTSL to acquire logistics firm
HARARE - Diversified group TSL Limited (TSL) says it plans to acquire a transport and logistics business through a share swap deal within the next two months. This comes as the group last year...
View ArticleCaledonia surpasses gold output target
HARARE - Toronto Stock Exchange-listed Caledonia Mining Corporation (Caledonia) says it surpassed its gold production target of 44 000 ounces for 2013 by 3, 4 percent spurred by investments in its...
View ArticleZim FDI nosedives
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Investment Authority (ZIA) approved foreign investment projects worth nearly $700 million last year, down from close to $1 billion recorded in 2012. Statistics from the authority...
View ArticleWe paid our fees, Telecel insists
HARARE - Telecel Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (Telecel) insists that it has paid its licence renewal fees to the government, but was “let down” by one of its bankers in the remittance of the funds. This...
View ArticleRed Cross gives Gwanda emergency aid
HARARE - Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS), has begun distributing food aid to drought ravaged Gwanda, according to the aid group’s spokesperson, a sign the economic crisis in Zimbabwe is having an...
View ArticleGovt spurns CFU overtures
HARARE - Government says it has no intention of re-engaging with the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), an independent membership-driven organisation which advances the interests of white farmers in...
View ArticleEpworth man charged for oral sex
HARARE - An Epworth man reportedly woke up to find his neighbour sucking his privates. The two had earlier been on a beer binge. Nathan Nyikadzino, 38, was facing indecent assault charges when he...
View ArticleNurse infanticide case resumes
BULAWAYO - A Mpilo Hospital nurse who allegedly suffocated her own baby soon after giving birth has again been hauled before the courts and remanded out of custody for the third time. Latifa Ndlovu,...
View ArticleSA drug mule jailed 15 years
HARARE - A South African woman who was nabbed at the Harare International Airport trying to smuggle more than 2kg of cocaine will spend the next 15 years in a Zimbabwean prison. Harare magistrate...
View ArticlePrimary school education too expensive: Parents
BULAWAYO - The nine-year primary education model introduced by the government is expensive and unnecessary, parents have said. Government recently introduced a new and compulsory education system for...
View ArticleFresh judgement day for Gumbura
HARARE - Independent End Times Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura, facing multiple rape charges, was yesterday furnished with a new judgment date. Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya remanded...
View ArticleBogus CIO man rapes 13 women
MUTARE - A suspected serial rapist yesterday appeared in court in the eastern Zimbabwean city of Mutare on charges of raping and abusing 13 women while posing as a member of the Central Intelligence...
View ArticleZimAsset inhospitable to youths: Mujuru
HARARE - Joice Mujuru, Zimbabwe’s acting President, said her Zanu PF party’s economic blueprint ZimAsset, is “inhospitable” to youths’ aspirations. Mujuru was addressing a handful of mourners...
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