HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will from next week (September 8) embark on a constitutional campaign in which he will urge Zimbabweans to support the draft constitution. The PM yesterday told more than 50 civic society members at a meeting in Harare that he is set to travel around the country and inform citizens…
HARARE – Namibia stands between Zimbabwe and a fourth straight Under-19 African rugby title when the two sides clash in a potential thriller at Prince Edward School tomorrow. The winner of the match, the last of Group A action in the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Under-19 Championships, automatically qualifies for the 2013 Junior World…
HARARE – Harare councillors have expressed dissatisfaction over criterion used to select those of them who attend foreign meetings. The disgruntled councillors demanded clarity on the issue during a full council meeting on Tuesday. Ward 4 councillor Clement Chingombe asked Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda to explain the mechanism he uses to choose council delegates for…
HARARE – A battle is looming between Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC and minister of Local Government, Urban and Rural Development Ignatius Chombo over 12 recently expelled councillors from MDC. The 12 councillors were expelled on corruption charges. Chombo has in the past refused to act on expelled MDC councillors in Chitungwiza and a similar…
HARARE – A diverse product portfolio with modern standards is a key asset in the property market, but remains short of guaranteeing the best results without a quality client base. For a country like Zimbabwe, still recovering from a decade of hyper inflation and economic stagnation, tenants who are able to meet their obligations on…
HARARE – The Parliament-led constitutional review process in Zimbabwe is not a perfect process and the draft constitution released is a reflection of that. It was simply being too optimistic to think that a process led by three political parties would produce a “perfect” constitution. Yet what we have as a draft is something that…
HARARE – Turbulent CAPS United, winless in their last seven league games, have sacked goalkeeper Edmore Sibanda and defender Nyasha Mukumbi in a desperate bid to arrest the slide at the former Zimbabwe champions. Club president Twine Phiri last night confirmed the dismissal of the two former Makepekepe captains. “It is true, we have expelled…
LILONGWE – Malawi has withdrawn from the 2012 Paralympics due to lack of funding. Visually-impaired sprinters Chisomo Jeremani and Janet Shedani along with two guides and four officials were set to travel to London. Malawi’s Paralympic Committee has blamed the country’s government and potential corporate sponsors for a lack of support. The International Paralympic Committee…
HARARE – For decades now President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF has dominated Zimbabwe’s politics but now is the time for the two MDC formations in the unity government to put behind petty differences and stand firm against Zanu PF intransigence. It is unfortunate Zanu PF is determined on ensuring that the constitutional process is derailed…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s cricketers leave Sunday for a three-day team bonding camp in Matabeleland ahead of next month’s ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. Bowling coach Heath Streak will host the traveling party at his family farm in Esgodini, near the country’s second largest city. The farm also has a cricket ground. The team will…
