HARARE – While he looked forward to a “God-given victory” in elections next year, President Robert Mugabe revelled the win by Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. “Zanu PF shares their victory. It is our victory too and one against imperialism. He defeated the false hopes of imperialism against a hugely popular Bolivarian revolution. “The machinations of…
HARARE – Former Angola football team coach Oliveira Gonçalves says the Pelancas Negras must go on the offensive against Zimbabwe in tomorrow’s decisive African Nations Cup qualifier in Luanda. The Warriors carry a 3-1 lead from the first leg in Harare last month and will need to avoid defeat by a big margin to…
HARARE – The African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) says it will increase its lending capacity to Zimbabwe to $800 million as part of efforts to enhance economic growth of the southern African country. Jean-Louis Ekra, Afreximbank president, last week said the continental bank will continue with its mandate of supporting African economies. “We have…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and his bitter coalition partner Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai are battling pressure from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to put their houses in order. The electoral body has submitted a raft of demands that includes cars, cash, lifting of government job freeze, full-time jobs and adequate notice to ensure credible…
GWERU – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party is bleeding voters massively, losing almost 250 000 members over the past year. A central committee report tabled at the 13th national people’s conference that ended in Gweru last night, states that the party had sold a paltry 266 550 membership cards by October 31, 2012, down…
BULAWAYO – Welshman Ncube, leader of the smaller MDC faction, says despite years of President Robert Mugabe’s strong-hand rule, nothing can stop the collective will of the people from defeating the 88-year-old. Ncube who was addressing the civic society in Bulawayo yesterday, said dictators have an imminent end. “There is no dictatorship however powerful that…
HARARE – The United States Embassy in Harare yesterday joined hands with a Mufakose private voluntary organisation Blossoms Children’s Community to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child. Held at Glen View 1 High School under the theme “Educate a girl child change the world,” the celebrations focused at ending gender stereotyping, discrimination and…
HARARE – My maternal grandmother died a few years ago in her 90s. A few months before her death, she had heard what she called a familiar voice on ZBC TV, the voice of President Robert Mugabe; she was astonished to hear that the man was still in power. For many fortunate to have relatives…
HARARE – One of my fondest memories of Kevin Curran was his trademark restlessness during a flight to South Africa in 2005 for a week-long training camp with the Zimbabwe cricket side. For the duration of the flight, KC could hardly stay in his seat, constantly moving up and down the plane, from seat to…
HARARE – A Harare woman sought court protection after his husband discovered a text message in her mobile phone suspected to be from a boyfriend and tortured her using a water-boarding technique. Waterboarding is a form of torture in which water is poured over the face of an immobilised captive causing the individual to experience…
