HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party has warned of desertification of the capital Harare which is being triggered by haphazard parcelling of wetlands. Obert Gutu, spokesperson for MDC Harare province, spoke as Cabinet trashes residents’ objections to the construction of a $100 million shopping mall in the leafy Borrowdale suburb. Another 300-room five-star…
HARARE – Starbrite talent show is headed for the finals and out of 7 000 initially auditioned contestants, only 45 remain. Starbrite auditions commenced in September last year in Harare, Bulawayo, Victoria Falls, Gweru, Masvingo, Mutare among others. Starbrite founder and director Barney Mpariwa said they were expecting the finals before the end of September….
HARARE – Zimbabwe Under-17 football coach Lloyd Chigowe says despite having very little knowledge of Mozambique, his charges are hugely motivated ahead of the African Youth Championship first leg qualifier at the weekend. Chigowe and his assistant, former Warriors striker Agent Sawu, have targeted a healthy lead at Gwanzura Stadium on Saturday ahead of the…
HARARE – Navigator Greg Stead made it a fourth straight podium finish for Zimbabwe in four years when he steered Zambia’s youthful driver Mohammed Essa to the FIA Africa Rally Championship(ARC) title on Sunday. The two were crowned ARC champions after winning the 2012 Puma Energy Tanzania International Rally held in Dar es Salaam this…
HARARE – Zimbabwean courts are getting tougher on police misconduct, which has remained an incessant problem. And courts are moving fast to act on police brutality by convicting rogue officers. With many people bearing the brunt of this rising phenomenon, quite a number of victims have dragged these abusive officers to court, often with the…
HARARE – Yesterday’s skirmishes between police and combative kombi crews in Chitungwiza are a sign of a dangerous mood by citizens who are tired of run-ins with law enforcement agents. Kombis were grounded in Chitungwiza as drivers protested against alleged police corruption and extortion. Production hours were lost in what turned out to be a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe and Botswana yesterday signed a P500 million ($63,4 million) Credit Line Facility Memorandum of Agreement aimed at reviving the country’s ailing industries. The conclusion of the deal comes more than three years after Botswana had pledged the funds following the formation of the inclusive government to support Zimbabwe’s Short-Term Emergency Recovery Programme…
BULAWAYO – The government should come up with a trust fund to bailout Bulawayo industries as the $40 million Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (Dimaf) has failed to bail the industry, an official has said. The Zimbabwe Confederation of Trade Unions (ZCTU) western regional officer Percy Mcijo said the economic situation in Bulawayo has…
HARARE – Diet and fitness experts are always telling their clients: “Do something now and repeat it consistently.” They will be hammering on the subject of building self-discipline for individuals to reach their weight-loss goals. A local fitness trainer Joseph Siyana said once an individual sets goals for the future, they absolutely must boil them…
HARARE – Two Pairtrade employees — a company responsible for the delivery of toxic chemicals at Morton Jaffray Water Works have been arrested. Appronalise Mupakaviri, 41 and Tiki Tarwirei are facing culpable homicide charges and yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Anita Tshuma who released them on $1 000 bail each. Mupakaviri is the company representative…
