HARARE – Midwest Rhinos chief executive Kenyon Ziehl believes the arrival of former Zimbabwe Test star Grant Flower at Kwekwe Sports Club will end the franchise’s three-year barren spell. Flower, who is also the Zimbabwe national side batting coach, has been appointed Rhinos coach to replace the former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie. Gillespie…
HARARE – Wars pitying Zanu PF militia and members of the security forces have exposed President Robert Mugabe’s patronage system as groups such as Chipangano mutate into dangerous groups. Two weeks ago rank marshals better known as Mandimbandimba an offshoot of the Zanu PF-linked Chipangano beat up two soldiers prompting a crackdown from the army….
HARARE – It is sad that the country’s constitution-making process, which should have been the opportunity to lay the marker for a new Zimbabwe, continues on the controversial path. Since the process, led by the Constitutional Parliamentary Committee (Copac) started, hardly has a day gone without rowing. The incessant haggling and bickering has taken the…
POLOKWANE – Four Polokwane businessmen handed themselves over to the anti-corruption task team on Tuesday, the Hawks confirmed. “They are going to appear in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court today on charges of fraud, corruption and money-laundering,” said spokesman McIntosh Polela. “This relates to government money running into tens of millions of rands.” Polela said the…
HARARE – Harare City Council currently owes various service providers $100 million, an official revealed yesterday. City Treasure Misheck Mubvumbi said the council was failing to clear the debt because its money was also held by consumers of its services who are not paying bills. “We can only clear (the debt) once government and industry…
HARARE – Financially-troubled Blue Ribbon Industries (Bri) is facing possible liquidation after it applied to the High Court to be placed under judicial management for an indefinite period. The company, which has a debt overhang of over $2 million, has been facing constraints due to lack of working capital. Early this year the company sent…
HARARE – Emirates, one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, has capitalised on the gap left by Air Zimbabwe becoming one of the favourite airlines in the country the businessdaily has learnt. Emirates, which began five-times-a-week flights to Zimbabwe via Zambia in February, coinciding with the decline of Air Zimbabwe, has picked up…
HARARE – The recent revelations about persons granted 25-year land leases in the Save Valley Conservancy only fuel the long-held apprehensions about the empowerment agenda. It is now public knowledge that the beneficiaries of the leases are elites associated with Zanu PF. Some community share schemes have been formed to present a veneer to what…
HARARE – Leaders of more than 10 pro-democracy civil society groups yesterday met a leader of Constitutional Parliamentary Committee (Copac) to iron out controversy surrounding the number of civil society delegates to the forthcoming Second All-Stakeholders’ Conference on a new constitution. The conference is scheduled for October 4 to 6 in Harare. Civil society officials…
BULAWAYO – Former Premier Soccer League campaigners Bantu Rovers have opened a two-point lead at the summit of the Southern Region Division One log standings after edging New West 2-1 at the weekend. Goals from veteran players Johannes Ngodzo and Abraham Mbaiwa propelled Reuben Tsengwa’s side to their 16th win of the season, which took…
