HARARE – As schools got down to business after opening yesterday, the future of dozens of farm children is in jeopardy — thanks to a land reform programme vaunted by its campaigners as Zimbabwe’s next best thing to the liberation struggle. A female senior prison officer, Angela Chisora has ganged up with the ministry of…
HARARE – Blue Rangers coach Partson Ndabambi was left fuming at his players after they let Monomotapa off the hook in yesterday’s drawn Castle Premiership match. After falling behind to Kuda Musharu’s first half goal, Rangers rallied back in the second half and deservedly got their equaliser through Norest Mkwezaramba. Ndabambi’s team, however, failed to…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday reportedly stood up his coalition partners and later re-scheduled a crucial meeting to get the constitution-making process back on track. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Welshman Ncube, leader of the smaller MDC by legislative representation, waited for Mugabe for more than an hour at a meeting scheduled after Cabinet…
HARARE – Analysts say poor economic policies, dilapidated infrastructure and political bickering in the Government of National Unity (GNU) have triggered Zimbabwe to remain one of the least competitive countries in the world. The economy, which had been on a free-fall until the formation of the coalition government, has failed to significantly grow despite the…
HARARE – The European Union says it is worried by current chaos in the Save Valley Conservancy but is not planning to slap implicated Zanu PF officials with punitive measures. Acting head of the EU mission Carl Skau told the Daily News they will continue with dialogue and engagement processes with the inclusive government. “There…
HARARE – Borrowdale Brooke Golf Club — Wednesday Golf Section better ball Stableford winners were: 1. B. leipe and B. Dale – 51 points; 2. R. Davenport and S. Mclellian – 48; 3. c/o F. Busanya and M. Chifodya – 47; 4. C. Morgan and B. Leipe – 47; 5. c/o G. Muteiwa and N….
HARARE – A bus terminus right at the doorstep of Zimbabwe’s biggest police station has become the scene of lawlessness as violence between soldiers and Chipangano, a Zanu PF-aligned militia, takes root. Police, accused of turning a blind eye to the violence, finally moved yesterday and arrested soldiers accused of assaulting Chipangano members. Police spokesperson…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s goal to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 is off-target, according to a Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) report by United Nations. The MDGs comprise eight international development goals that all 192 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organisations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015. Of the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket captain Brendan Taylor says the team will target a win against hosts Sri Lanka in their opening Group C match of the ICC World Twenty20 next Tuesday. The African side will kick-start its campaign against the host nation next Tuesday before winding up their pool programme with a date against neighbouring…
HARARE – Fear and panic have gripped Chinamhora communal lands after two people were murdered and their eyes gorged out in a suspected case of ritual murder. This happened at the Showground Chirodzero Business Centre. Four people are lucky to be alive after they were assaulted at Mverechena Business Centre in similar ritualistic acts. The…
