HARARE – Harare Sports Club will provide a thrilling stage for the National Rugby League (NRL) final on Saturday as the host battle for supremacy with Matabeleland Warriors for the right to be called champions of Zimbabwean rugby. Matabeleland Warriors, formally called Busters, had a roller coaster season and achieved a milestone by reaching their…
HARARE – A casket-making company director who allegedly swindled Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church’s accountant of $170 000 has appeared before a Harare magistrate. Alphius Chikazhe, 34, who is the director of Fuji Caskets was yesterday arraigned before magistrate Anita Tshuma on fraud charges. He is jointly charged with Martha Maureen Munotyaani, 29. The court…
HARARE – Four bullets and two spent cartridges have reportedly gone missing in a case involving a gun-toting soldier who fired shots at his wife and in-laws during a marital dispute, the court has heard. A police officer, Louis Terera who attended to the scene of the crime told Harare regional magistrate Clever Tsikwa while…
HARARE – Thirty-five South African companies are expected in the country for the fourth Investment and Trade Initiative (ITI) led by the country’s trade and industry deputy minister Elizabeth Thabethe. The delegation will comprise of companies in sectors such as agriculture, agro-processing infrastructure, manufacturing, mining and mining capital equipment, as well as Information and Communication…
HARARE – Prominent show organiser Partson Chimboza of Chipaz Promotions was injured and hospitalised after hurting his arm on Sunday while playing social soccer. He was admitted at West End Hospital in Harare. His friend and fellow music promoter Josh Hozheri of Jazz 105 said Chimboza is recuperating. “I visited him yesterday (Monday) and he…
BEIJING – A Chinese-owned firm in the US is suing President Barack Obama after he blocked a wind farm deal on national security grounds. Ralls Corp, a private firm, acquired four wind farm projects near a US naval facility in Oregon earlier this year. Mr Obama signed the order blocking the deal last week. The…
HARARE – It is the world’s wonder story, moving from a slow-paced economy 30 years ago to a global giant that has leaped German and Japan to become the world’s second-biggest economy. From Europe to Africa, most governments cannot do without the Chinese and with such economic giants as the United States struggling, some analysts…
HARARE – Celebrations to mark 13 years of MDC existence demystified the Public Order and Security Act (Posa) myth that Zimbabweans are incapable of enjoying freedom of association and assembly without police keeping a watchful eye on them. All too often, activities by the MDC and other civic gatherings have been stopped by the police…
HARARE – Proctor and Associates says fraud has cost the world $3,5 trillion per year while business losses owing to fraud increased by 20 percent over the last 12 months. The company estimates that 75 percent of companies surveyed experienced at least one incident of fraud in the past year and that 60 percent of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe still has the capacity to licence new players in the mobile telephone service industry, a Cabinet minister has said. Speaking at the sidelines of the e-Tech Exhibition 2012 in the capital yesterday, Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister, Nelson Chamisa said what determines the licensing of licences in the industry is the demand…
