HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe will today seek to get the Constitution making process back on track as they re-open negotiations to break the Copac impasse. Tsvangirai and Mugabe also met around 3pm yesterday afternoon to discuss the festering Copac deadlock at a principals meeting that ran for about two…
HARARE – Finance minister Tendai Biti says diamond leakages are expected to continue despite government recently appointing the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to supervise all mining operations and stop irregularities. He recently told businessdaily, Zimra’s involvement could help to an extent, but not enough to plug the diamond looting. “It should help. I mean if…
HARARE – Matabeleland Tuskers chief executive Stanley Staddon has bemoaned the departure of head coach Dave Houghton for Masvingo-based franchise Southern Rocks. Houghton, a former Zimbabwe Test captain and coach, guided the Tuskers to successive Logan Cup titles in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 seasons. The Bulawayo-based franchise reclaimed its title in style last year after…
HARARE – A clearing agent has been arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Court for allegedly swindling a businessman $60 000. Munyaradzi Hillary Murombedzi, 31, a clearing agent at Beitbridge Border Post appeared before magistrate Anita Tshuma on fraud charges. Prosecutor Tungamirai Chakurira alleges that during the period extending from 2010 to August this year, Rashid…
HARARE – There was drama in the Central Region Division One league over the weekend when the match between title chasing FC Strikers and FC Platinum Under-19s was delayed by 30 minutes after eight FC Strikers players were arrested for off-field violent conduct days before the match. The players were arrested before the match for…
HARARE – Ex-Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) senior staffer Munyaradzi Kereke has threatened the Daily News with another lawsuit for publishing in yesterday’s edition, a story sourced from New Zimbabwe.com. In his latest threat, Kereke claims the story headlined, “Gono, police ignored warning on Kereke” was malicious, false and defamatory. He demanded a “right to…
HARARE – A Harare man is languishing in remand prison after allegedly stabbing a fellow tenant who had tried to intervene in a domestic dispute. Zivanai Hakata, 32, allegedly stabbed Simbi Simbi, 35, three times on August 1 this year at their home in Harare’s Budiriro suburb in fury at being remonstrated from beating his…
HARARE – How Mine are back on top of the Southern Region Division One log standings after eking out a 1-0 away victory over Ntabazinduna on Saturday. The gold miners regained the top spot after ZPC Hwange, who went into the weekend as the log leaders, were held to a 1-1 draw by Railstars on…
HARARE – Fleecing by Zesa to continueThe re-introduction of pre-paid meters by Zesa Holdings (Zesa) has been touted in reports in the state media as a panacea to the persistent problems that consumers have expressed disgruntlement about for ages. An analysis of the facts, however, shows clearly that nothing could be further from the truth….
HARARE – Revelations that South Africa sold weapons to Zimbabwe between April and July this year, have the potential of stirring trouble in the inclusive government. They put South African President Jacob Zuma who is also Sadc facilitator and guarantor in the Zimbabwe political negotiations, into sharp focus. South Africa issued permits worth 2,26 million…
