MDC investigating youth leader
BULAWAYO - The Matabeleland South MDC executive says it is investigating how its youth assembly came to pass a vote of no confidence on provincial chairperson Watchy Sibanda. The MDC Matabeleland...
View ArticleANZ hands out big prizes
HARARE - Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) yesterday drew the curtain on its hugely successful readers promotion with a colourful grand prize ceremony in the capital. ANZ publishes the Daily...
View ArticleZMC suffers $1,6m budget shortfall
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has a budget shortfall of $1,6 million this financial year, Parliament’s Media portfolio committee was told yesterday. Tafataona Mahaso, the chief...
View ArticleWater shortages hit Harare
HARARE - The current water shortages being experienced in Harare have been attributed to the ongoing upgrading of the Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Plant. Leslie Gwindi, Harare City Council...
View ArticleMangoma playing politics, alleged attacker says
HARARE - One of the five men accused of attacking MDC deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma has told the court that he is being targeted for being Morgan Tsvangirai’s follower. Francis Mafimbidzofa,...
View ArticleControversial Moyana reveals wretched childhood
HARARE - Until the release of his debut solo album Kana Muchitidako late last year, Jacob Moyana was an unknown musician who had struggled for 15 years to gain a foothold on the Zimbabwean music...
View ArticleTsvangirai, Mugabe in war of words
HARARE - A war of words between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai escalated yesterday, sparking fears of rising tensions as the opposition dusts up poll-rigging and...
View ArticleEx-Ukraine president 'seeks Russia protection'
KIEV - Deposed Ukraine president Yanukovych calls on Russia to ensure his personal safety.
View ArticleHifa must target more communities
HARARE - Annual arts jamboree — the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) — has defied all odds to become the main attraction in the industry. It has grown on the back of significant...
View ArticleForward planning vital
HARARE - The rainfall patterns in Zimbabwe this season have baffled many people — from laymen to climate experts. Areas that have received little or no rain for the last two decades suddenly received...
View ArticleSalaries must be revealed
EDITOR — Your story in yesterday’s paper that the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) is seized with the issue of executive salaries in the public sector and local government is worrying. It...
View ArticleWe need power outage schedule
EDITOR — I would like to reinforce complains made by several readers in your paper over Zesa’s unfair load-shedding. I also stay in Chadcombe where one of your readers recently wrote to voice...
View ArticleWe stand by Morgan — MDC youths
EDITOR — Following dangerous, brazen, divisive and unconstitutional attempts by the deputy treasurer-general in the MDC, Elton Mangoma, to effect a palace coup by using money as bait, the MDC youth...
View ArticleForeign investors eye SMM
HARARE - Foreign investors are keen on investing in the revival of dormant mines including Shabani-Mashava Mine (SMM), Mines minister Walter Chidhakwa said. Apart from the Zvishavane-based asbestos...
View ArticleComedian turns to football
HARARE - Stand up comedian Carl Joshua Ncube is putting together a team of local celebrities that will play Zimbabwean football legends in a charity match meant to raise funds to refurbish football...
View ArticleHifa clarifies Bagorro's return
HARARE - There is nothing peculiar about Manuel Bagorro bouncing back as the artistic director of Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) just a year after he quit, a spokesperson for the...
View ArticleNo joy for Makonese at Bosso
BULAWAYO - Former Zimbabwe international and Orlando Pirates defender Zvenyika Makonese will not be offered a contract by Bulawayo giants Highlanders. Makonese, who has been training with Highlanders...
View ArticleDeMbare moot advance party
HARARE - Dynamos are considering sending an advanced party to Kinshasa in preparation for their visit to face AS Vita in the second leg of an African Champions League first round qualifier. The two...
View ArticleBeefy wants goal harvest
BULAWAYO - How Mine coach Philani “Beefy” Ncube hopes his side will turn on the style to score an avalanche of goals over St Michel of Seychelles in the African Confederation Cup this weekend. The...
View ArticlePoliticians should stay out of sports
HARARE - Is it déjà vu all over again in Zimbabwean sports? This is a question that has been bothering a lot of sports fans in this country lately, myself included. For those who have been around long...
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