HARARE – If you had approached a life-long member of the ECB and told him that it would be another 28 years before England would secure an away Test series win over India, you would have been met by a severe frown and a raising of eyebrows. And, if you had taken your courage in…
HARARE – Cabinet has restructured the People’s Own Savings Bank (POSB), with government retaining a 51 percent stake, while private players will get a 49 percent share, a Cabinet minister has said. Gorden Moyo, the State Enterprises and Parastatals minister, yesterday told journalists that government had decided to modernise the bank and improve its services….
BULAWAYO – Legendary Zimbabwean footballer Adam Ndlovu will be buried in Bulawayo on Saturday, his family revealed yesterday. Family spokesman, Madinda Ndlovu, told journalists at a media briefing held at MAP offices in the city that his young brother will be laid to rest at the weekend at a yet to be named cemetery. “It…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s dream for a March 2013 poll is effectively dead and buried after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) requested at least three months to carry out a comprehensive voter registration exercise. Officials from Zec — the body mandated with presiding over electoral processes in the country, last week met Prime Minister…
HARARE – The Zimbabwean rowing team put up an impressive show at the eighth African Rowing Championships held in Alexandria, Egypt, where rowers from nine countries competed. Led by Micheen Thornycroft, the Zimbabwean team scooped eight medals including three gold, three silver and two bronze. Thornycroft won the women’s single sculls whilst Amina Rouba of…
HARARE – The case of former Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya who is accused of masterminding the Asiagate scandal has been transferred to Chitungwiza Magistrates’ Courts. Rushwaya’s trial, which was being held at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts, was yesterday moved to Chitungwiza, where the presiding magistrate Esthere Chivasa is now based. Harare…
HARARE – “I am so grateful to be standing in front of you today. I know that I owe my life to God who gave his people the wisdom to manufacture life-prolonging drugs. “When I came here last year, I looked like I would not last the following day, my CD4 count was 14 and…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is making headway in indigenising the motoring industry, with authorities insisting every foreign-owned company should be majority-owned by locals. The National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board (Nieeb) — a vehicle created to implement the indigenisation programme and house assumed shares — said the motoring sector is not exempted. “The (indigenisation) Act does…
HARARE – Production on the once productive farms has sharply deteriorated and farm workers are bearing the effects of the change — going for months without wages — more than a decade after the Zanu PF-led government invaded farms. Not everyone has engaged in successful farming, and new forms of social differentiation are emerging on…
HARARE – Three Gwanda residents are in custody in a case of suspected ethnic violence involving gold mines in Matabeleland South Province. Police say the three suspects are now in custody after they allegedly unleashed violence claiming politics of exclusion in the running of gold claims in the province rich in metals. Police spokesperson Andrew…
