HARARE – Finance minister Tendai Biti has said the picket by war veterans at his offices was politically motivated and said he will not be distracted in performing his national duty. He said the latest demonstrations, the 12th this year, was aimed at scoring cheap political goals. Biti told a news conference on Wednesday that…
HARARE – Clad in a red shirt and with a radiant smile, MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai walked up to the dais at the giant White City Stadium and the bumper crowd went into a frenzy. It was the MDC president’s first public appearance after naysayers had sought to malign and soil his image so as…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Zimplats) says it will miss all its set project deadlines due to funding constraints. This comes after the platinum miner announced last week that its decision to comply with a $33,8 million government tax bill will put pressure on its cash flows while impacting on its planned expansion. The company…
HARARE – It is that time of the year again when the small town of Norton vibrates to solo guitar sounds from performances by some of the country’s best known musicians. Taking place at Norton’s Pakare Paye Arts Centre, the annual SPAR Solo Fest Pakare Paye is always a joy to watch as established singers…
HARARE – Reckit Benkiser (RB) Zimbabwe managing director Agrippa Mandiwona (AM) spoke to businessdaily reporter Taurai Mangudhla (TM) in the side-lines of the company’s recent detergents donation to Chitungwiza Central Hospital. In this interview, Mandiwona talks about the company’s operations and future prospects in general as well as its plans to comply with the Indigenisation…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe basketball coach Ronald Garura has died. The former Kingdom Cavaliers and Mufakose Hawks coach passed away in South Africa yesterday morning. Garura coached the Zimbabwe national men’s basketball team before taking charge of the women side in the early 2000s. He was employed by a South African school, St Johns College,…
HOMS – The Syrian city of Homs has been subjected to its most severe bombardment in five months, activists say. Aircraft and artillery targeted the neighbourhood of Khaldiya, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. There are also reports of fresh violence across the country. Activists reported fierce clashes in the second city Aleppo, and…
HARARE – A few weeks ago I received a “tipoff” from a Mutare football fan concerned about what he called dubious appointment of referees in the Premier Soccer League. The reader claimed, almost convincingly enough, that he had evidence pointing to the fact that referees from Mutare and Masvingo were getting preferential treatment in…
HARARE – A Lagos High Court on Thursday dismissed Bharti Airtel application to set aside an award made in favour of Econet Wireless Limited (EWL) by an international commercial arbitration tribunal. Bharti Airtel had sort to prevent the tribunal from assessing a $3,1 billion claim by EWL, being the amount equitable as compensation and damages….
BULAWAYO – Bantu Rovers head coach Reuben Tsengwa has called upon his players to stay focused in their quest to win promotion back into the Premier Soccer League. The former top flight campaigners have a date with Hwange-based Mpumalanga at Luveve Stadium on Sunday and will bank on regular scorer Abraham Mbaiwa and the many…
