HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party is sharply divided over a moratorium to seize commercial farms protected under government-to-government agreements. The decree to stop seizures of foreign-owned farms protected under Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (Bippas) was issued after government was forced to fork out 16 million Euro by the Washington-based International…
HARARE – One of Zimbabwean football’s brightest young prospects, Ronald Chitiyo, began a week-long trial with South African champions Orlando Pirates on Tuesday. The Monomotapa midfield star will be hoping to impress Buccaneers coach Roger De Sa and his technical bench during his stint with the Soweto giants. Chitiyo had an outstanding season with the…
BULAWAYO – Mamelodi Sundowns technical director Trott Moloto yesterday warned Highlanders not to expect a friendly encounter when the wealthy South Africans clash with the Bulawayo giants month-end. Sundowns, who will be touring Zimbabwe for three friendly matches, will play Bosso first at Barbourfields Stadium on January 30. “We will not show any friendliness on…
HARARE – The move by the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board (NIEEB) to licence local indigenous companies is more of a fundraising campaign than a genuine cause to help the struggling firms. NIEEB, which was created to implement government’s indigenisation programme that compels foreign owned companies to cede 51 percent shareholding to local people,…
HARARE – Besieged Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) convenor of selectors Givemore Makoni has had bitter clashes with cricket stakeholders, including Alistair Campbell over Vusi Sibanda’s selection for a New Zealand tour, documents show. This comes as the Southern Rocks top official has been sucked into an alleged racism row with Education minister David Coltart over the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Platinum Mines Limited (Zimplats) says it is forging ahead with its multi-million dollar expansion project targeted at boosting production by almost a 100 000 ounces in the next two years. This follows the miner’s compliance with the country’s Indigenisation Act. Last Friday, the platinum group metals producer — 87 percent owned by…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is moving to break the constitution deadlock, and convened a meeting on Monday after rushing back home from his annual vacation in the Far East. As first reported by the Daily News, Mugabe was forced to cut short his travel to the Far East to return home to attend to…
HARARE – Flamboyant businessman Philip Chiyangwa’s penchant for controversy has reached new levels after his acquisition of a questionable degree from an “online university in the Philippines.” While Chiyangwa has defended his honorary doctorate on grounds that it was from an institution affiliated to the United Nations (UN) and Commonwealth, investigations by the Daily News…
HARARE – Police have moved to allay public fears following recent shoot-outs with armed robbers, saying firearms will only be used during civil unrest, mutiny and robbery cases. In a statement, police said officers are well-trained in handling firearms and appealed to the public to have confidence in the force. “As an organisation, we have…
HARARE – Has there ever been an economic tragedy simultaneously so profound and so disregarded as Zimbabwe? The situation is so much more tragic because it has raised so little attention in the capitals of the world. No outraged editorials in the New York Times; just vast, international indifference. Zimbabwe’s financial collapse resulted in an…
