HARARE – Harare City handed FC Platinum their second consecutive home defeat with a 1-0 win at Mandava Stadium yesterday. The Sunshine Boys inflicted revenge on the platinum miners, who beat them 4-1 in the reverse league fixture in Harare before crashing out of the Mbada Diamonds Cup in the first round at the hands…
CHINHOYI – Karoi, a town whose name is derived from a local river and which uses a symbol of a witch clutching onto a sweeping broom, is in shambles. The council is failing to clean up the mess clogging the town. The town, situated about 204 kilometres along Harare-Chirundu Road, is now a pale shadow…
HARARE – The Common Market for East and Southern Africa (Comesa) economic bloc of which Zimbabwe is a member, said local companies should be innovative if they are to survive when its regional customs union is launched. Economic experts had argued against the establishment of the customs union in 2009, fearing that Zimbabwe did not…
HARARE – Zanu PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are up in arms with the party’s Constitutional Parliamentary Committee (Copac) team, which they claim is flip-flopping on the party’s position on the Copac draft. A Zanu PF parliamentary caucus meeting held at the Zanu PF headquarters descended into chaos as MPs were up in arms against…
HARARE – While there are many definitions of sustainable tourism, it is important for Zimbabweans to know what they all mean. One wonders then if it possible to have sustainable tourism without responsible tourism or can there be sustainability without responsibility? According to the World Tourism Organisation, sustainable tourism development requires the informed participation…
HARARE – Given that the coalition government which came into being under the auspices of the Sadc – engineered Global Political Agreement (GPA) is towards its twilight, how will the future political scenario look like? Since attainment of Zimbabwe’s independence, Zanu PF has continued with the same campaigning thrust — the anti-colonial legacy and its…
HARARE – Hundreds of faithfuls are converging at the Appointed Time Ministries for healing services being offered by a Ghanaian celebrity preacher who is sending waves across Zimbabwe. Following his highly successful sermons in Bulawayo, Prophet Frank Asare Nyamekye, affectionately known as “Prophet Frank”, descended on Harare last week, drawing bumper crowds. They came…
HARARE – The local unit of London Stock Exchange-listed Reckitt Benkiser plc (RB) says it is still awaiting feedback on its indigenisation plan submitted to government. Although RB Zimbabwe managing director Agrippa Mandiwona could not be drawn to revealing the compliance plan, he hinted the world’s largest household cleaning products producer and major consumer healthcare…
HARARE – Hardbody had two players seriously injured but still managed to beat Motor Action at Ascot Stadium yesterday. Cornelius Simango and Nhlanhla Ncube were both rushed to hospital in separate incidents. Ncube fractured his left leg after colliding with a Motor Action defender and was quickly whisked away to hospital by paramedics. The…
HARARE – Zimbabwe national students union (Zinasu) secretary-general has been arrested ahead of a planned demonstration against government’s failure to pay university fees for students under the cadetship scheme. Zinasu secretary-general Tryvinne Musokeri was arrested whilst attending a court hearing at the Harare magistrates’ court on Friday. He was at the courts in connection with…
