CAIRO – Outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, riot police sporadically clashed with protesters for a fourth straight day after a failed attempt to disperse them early Friday. Officers armed with shields and batons, backed by an armed personnel carrier, rushed a group of several hundred protesters shortly after dawn to quell a violent demonstration…
HARARE – Emirates, one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, has launched its daily service from Dubai to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). It is the seventh gateway for Emirates in the United States, and the 12th new route to join the airline’s international network in 2012. The new service means that passengers…
HARARE – Harare provincial magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi has revoked Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s marriage licence. More details to follow.
HARARE – Peterhouse College and St Johns College’s rugby teams were in top form in their respective United Kingdom tours that came to an end this week. Peterhouse went on a three-week tour which yielded three wins and two losses while the Rams camped in Scotland for two weeks. The Harare school amassed nine wins,…
HARARE – CAPS United, who have largely struggled for form this year in the Premiership, are bracing for a tough Mbada Diamonds Cup first round tie against last year’s losing finalists Motor Action at Trojan in Bindura tomorrow. Despite Makepekepe registering their first victory under Taurai Mangwiro since taking over as coach five games ago,…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said there was a grand political plot to scuttle his wedding to Elizabeth Macheka tomorrow. The PM has faced two interdicts from his ex-lovers seeking to stop his wedding at Raintree Gardens in Umwinsidale that will be preceded by a public wedding ceremony at Glamis Arena in Harare….
HARARE – The state-controlled Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) this week received its teeth to begin its work of butchering, devouring and turning back the clock on media freedoms in Zimbabwe. The ZMC, which had been wrongly commended for licensing newspapers in the past two years, had hitherto not constituted its media council as per the…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday suffered another setback ahead of his wedding to Elizabeth Macheka tomorrow after a South African woman filed an urgent lawsuit to stop proceedings, as his dramatic love-life continues to haunt him. Jilted ex-lover Nosipho Regina Shilubane, through her lawyer Wellington Pasipanodya of Manase and Manase law firm, filed…
HARARE – A half-century from Niall O’Brien and three wickets each from spinner George Dockrell and medium-pacer Alex Cusack helped Ireland beat Zimbabwe by 54 runs in a warm-up match in Colombo. Ireland were sent in to bat and made a quick start before losing their openers in successive overs. Niall O’Brien and Ed Joyce…
MUTARE – A woman who relieved herself at the Daily News’ reception area is causing chaos in Manicaland province where she is fighting to control a flea market space situated near Sakubva Stadium. Self-styled Zanu PF activist Sheila Mutsenhu bussed party youths yesterday to take over the lucrative business of selling second-hand clothing at the…
