HARARE – Black Mambas and Harare City shared the spoils in a Castle Lager Premiership match of two halves yesterday. There was controversy before the start of the match after Mambas defender Sam Mutenheri was red- carded by fourth official Ruzive Ruzive for an altercation with City players during warm-up. Mutenheri was replaced in the…
HARARE – A number of empowerment programmes for women have emerged over the past years with conferences and workshops held to ensure that women and the girl child realise their power and break the proverbial glass ceiling. Seminars held at different forums including the church, educational institutions and some nite clubs were all aimed at…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) has endorsed the draft constitution saying it had been approved by the workers in the country. ZCTU secretary-general Japhet Moyo said the ZCTU supreme body, the general council approved the draft constitution arguing that it was a ‘better devil ‘as compared to the current constitution.’ He said…
HARARE – Amon Mvula’s product Ronnie Bere aka The O-Gee is set to release a gem urban-jazz album next week. The debut eight-track album My Turn is expected to redefine the local music scene. Bere told the Daily News that it is now his time to express himself musically. “I have been working for others…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate has slapped a convicted ex-soldier with another jail term after he was found guilty on charges of attempting to escape from prison. Allan Mutemachani, 32, was yesterday convicted on his own plea of guilt on charges of escaping from lawful custody. Harare magistrate Tayengwa Chibanda sentenced him to three more…
HARARE – Zimbabwe fringe cricketer Regis Chakabva is recovering from stab wounds he sustained during a recent robbery in South Africa. The 24-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman was attacked by an unknown assailant at the notorious Park Station bus terminus in central Johannesburg in late July and lost his mobile phone. Chakabva was coming from Durban where he…
HARARE – On January 30, 2009, the MDC National Council, by a narrow margin, made the bold decision of being part of the inclusive government pursuant to the execution by the political leadership of the three parties to the GPA on September 15, 2008. That the decision to participate in the GNU was marginal cannot…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s president has refused to intervene in the case of striking miners charged with the murder of 34 others shot dead by police last month. Lawyers for the 270 accused had written to Jacob Zuma demanding that the men be freed by 13:00 (11:00 GMT) on Sunday. They were charged under a…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF are so scared of a democratic society that they will do anything to strangle any such process, a member of the shaky coalition government has said. Zimbabwe’s constitution-making process is currently in limbo after Zanu PF made a volte face on a draft it had initially signed…
HARARE – On August 23, 1973, two men wielding machine guns forced their way into a bank in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. They held four hostages, three of them women, for five days until they were finally rescued. Incredibly, after they were rescued, the hostages displayed a shockingly positive attitude toward their captors,…
