WASHINGTON – Barack Obama has arrived at the US Capitol, where he is soon to take the oath of office for his second term as president. Hundreds of thousands of supporters have gathered to see Mr Obama, 51, be sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts. Festivities include black-tie balls, a parade, and musical performances….
HARARE – Negotiators to Zimbabwe’s recently agreed draft constitution are fearing that Zanu PF might pull another Houdini act and derail the democratic reform process. Regional Integration minister Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga said they were now on tender hooks awaiting the politburo decision. President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Industry minister Welshman Ncube and Deputy Premier…
HARARE – The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has reportedly offered chief executive Kennedy Ndebele a new three-year deal. The former Highlanders chairperson has been working on part-time basis for the top-flight league, but the league’s board of governors had resolved to engage him permanently. Ndebele’s contract expired on December 31, and PSL chairperson Twine Phiri…
HARARE – The church is sacred and should be treated as such because it is a place of prayer. As a Christian nation, we should strive by all means to ensure these places of prayer remain just that. But we have noted with sadness how Zanu PF has shamelessly used these places of worship for…
HARARE – A 95-year-old church leader commanding a million-plus followers has crossed swords with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, which accuses him of undermining the party amid concerns that Zanu PF is abusing churches. The MDC is denouncing Paul Mwazha, leader of the massively-followed African Apostolic Church, for allegedly propping President Robert Mugabe and Zanu…
HARARE – University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) are set to partner and become the first state institutions in the country to offer nanotechnology, Professor Levy Nyagura said. The UZ vice chancellor, Nyagura revealed this at CUT’s 10th anniversary celebrations in Chinhoyi last week. Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems…
HARARE – National Parks and Wildlife Management has advertised for the post of director-general following the untimely death of Vitalis Chadenga in September last year. Chadenga collapsed and died in Bulawayo while attending a Zimbabwe-Botswana joint permanent commission. The deceased assumed the post of director-general in May 2010 after the incumbent Morris Mutsambiwa’s tenure had…
HARARE – Despite not having been able to hold down a regular first team jersey at CAPS United last season, defender Luckson Kaisa is delighted to have bought his first car, a Mazda 6. Kaisa proudly delivered the car from the United Kingdom last year at a price tag of $7 200. It has since…
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe’s industry recovery, particularly in Bulawayo, is minimal in 2013 due to challenges which are likely to persist, a leading independent economist Eric Bloch said. “Nationwide, industry is confronted with grievous insufficiency of working capital, catastrophically decimated financial resources exacerbated by money market illiquidity and miniscule investor interest,” Bulawayo-based Bloch said. Zimbabwe’s industries…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has dropped one place on the latest Coca Cola/Fifa rankings released yesterday. The Warriors fall from position 101 to 102and thanks to their 2-0 loss to Angola in their decisive African Nations Cup qualifier in October. Klaus-Dieter Pagels’s men also dropped two places on the continental rankings, from number 26 to…
