HARARE – Former Zimbabwe goalkeepers coach Emmanuel Nyahuma, who was slapped with a life ban alongside 14 other individuals found guilty of match-fixing and illegal betting, has given up in his bid to secure freedom after failing to pay a $6 000 appeals fee. The former Black Aces goalkeeper was one of 11 individuals who…
HARARE – Judge President George Chiweshe has postponed the matter in which excommunicated bishop Nolbert Kunonga is fighting to retain church property after a Supreme Court ruling declared him an illegal occupant. Kunonga’s lawyer Jonathan Samukange is trying to turn the tables against the Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) arguing the church…
HARARE – Harare residents are drinking recycled urine for water as cases of diarrhoea and typhoid continue to rise, officials have said. Researcher and water expert Christopher Magadza told journalists during a wetlands media tour that Harare, due to loss of wetlands, is being supplied with water containing 50 percent recycled urine. “Manyame used to…
HARARE – Mbiravolution, a community of mbira players and researchers will this Friday launch a photography exhibition, Let the Instrument Speak at the Book Café. Extra-Blessings Kuchera, one of the exhibition coordinators said the showcase seeks to give instruments an opportunity to tell their own story. “The mbira is one of the most unique instruments…
HARARE – Police yesterday raided the offices of a non-governmental organisation which offers support to victims of political violence and torture. Around midday yesterday about 20 police detectives wielding a search warrant raided the Counselling Services Unit (CSU) offices in Harare in search of “subversive material” with fear abound that there could be a sinister…
HARARE – South African house music disc jockey and producer Dj Cleo is returning to Zimbabwe for a concert in the sleepy town of Beitbridge on October 20. Gift Petro, show organiser told the Daily News that all is set for the Dulibadzimu Stadium (Beitbridge) showcase. “It will be a family showcase, so we are…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s coalition partners have rejected the Zanu PF leader’s March 2013 poll plan, with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai remonstrating against reports he has entered into a poll deal with the veteran leader. Tsvangirai and Welshman Ncube, leader of the smaller MDC party, yesterday said in as much as elections were overdue,…
MASVINGO – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has warned Zanu PF members against politicising and looting government food aid, warning they face jail for stealing. Responding to pleas from villagers who complained bitterly to him that Zanu PF officials were looting from the government’s grain loan scheme, Tsvangirai called on villagers to report the culprits as…
HARARE – Nearly a dozen African leaders and other global high-rollers are expected for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s September 15 wedding to Elizabeth Macheka, in a telling show of the MDC leader’s pulling power. Although Tsvangirai’s courtiers would not release the guest list citing security reasons and other protocols, his spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka would neither…
