Warriors take on Morocco
HARARE - Following a chaotic 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign and a fourth straight failure to qualify for the African Cup of Nations, Zimbabwe are seeking some measure of redemption when they start...
View ArticleWarriors hold Morocco
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe began their 2014 African Nations Championship Group B campaign by holding Morocco to a goalless draw at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa on Sunday. Zimbabwe now need...
View ArticleZanu PF music group to launch DVD album
GWERU - Zanu PF-aligned Midlands Chimurenga IV is putting final touches to an eight-track DVD album of songs gleaned from their two recorded albums Gogo Goi Zimbabwe (2011) and Zimbabwe Yangu (2013)....
View ArticleBulawayo socialite releases single
BULAWAYO - After years of living in the shadows of many established artistes, long-time backing vocalist and Bulawayo socialite Rudo Amor Nyoni has finally released a gospel single in preparation for...
View ArticleZim Asset ignores arts, sport, culture
HARARE - The minister responsible for sport, arts and culture, Andrew Langa should in the first 24 months of his office source for funds to invest in the arts sector because the money he was recently...
View Article'Zim economy to grow by 3,4pc'
HARARE - Economic think tank, Business Monitor International (BMI), has forecast Zimbabwe’s economy to grow by 3,4 percent this year due to limited foreign direct investment in the country. It said...
View ArticleIMF extends Zim monitoring programme
HARARE - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has extended Zimbabwe’s Staff Monitored Programme (SMP) by six months following Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa’s request when he visited Washington...
View ArticleProphecy, an intent of the spirit
EDITOR — Revelation 19:10...for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Beloved brethren I hope you are doing fine in this year, if not I believe this epistle will enhance your efficiency...
View ArticleImprove teachers' welfare
EDITOR — I appeal to the minister of Primary and Secondary Education Lazarus Dokora to look into the welfare of teachers as a matter of urgency. This affects the teachers’ performance as well as other...
View ArticleGovt must avert teachers' strike
HARARE - Schools will open tomorrow under a cloud of uncertainty as teachers’ unions threaten strike action if their demands for salary adjustments are not met by Wednesday. Apart from the threats,...
View ArticleZim farming season under threat
HARARE - Zimbabwe's prospects of a good farming season might be in jeopardy following revelations that part of government’s $160 million inputs are yet to reach the intended farmers, while rains...
View ArticleCourier services company in trouble
HARARE - A local courier services company has been dragged to court on criminal charges for allegedly operating without a valid licence. Megapost International Freight, represented by its managing...
View ArticleGovt gazettes Wealth Fund Bill
HARARE - Government has gazetted the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Zimbabwe Bill and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Crimes Bill, clearing the way for the bills to be tabled in Parliament. Cabinet in...
View ArticleLife sentence for sea piracy
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has invoked the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) to amend the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act which will see life imprisonment for sea piracy. The...
View ArticleSA probes owners of Zim's Bokai Platinum
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s priority crime investigation unit, the Hawks, is investigating the company which owns Bokai Platinum in Zimbabwe following allegations that the emails of senior staff...
View ArticleAnother secessionist party formed in Byo
BULAWAYO - A new political party was officially launched at Presbyterian Church in Bulawayo on Saturday. Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) becomes the second party pursuing the agenda of dividing...
View ArticleKereke rape case back in court
HARARE - High Court judge Happias Zhou will on Thursday determine whether Member of Parliament for Bikita West, Munyaradzi Kereke should answer to rape charges reported against him by an 11 year-old...
View ArticleMDC provincial official acquitted of insulting Mugabe
BULAWAYO - A mainstream MDC Bulawayo provincial official who was arrested in November last year for denigrating President Robert Mugabe at a funeral was acquitted by the courts on Friday. Tsepiso...
View ArticleCrisis looms at schools
HARARE - Schools re-open tomorrow but a crisis is looming with teachers giving government up to Wednesday to review their salaries which they say fall way below the poverty datum line. In an interview...
View ArticleFrance's first lady hospitalized after report of Hollande's affair
PARIS - The first lady of France, Valerie Trierweiler, has been hospitalized since Friday following allegations that President Francois Hollande has been having an affair with a French actress, a top...
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