HARARE – Seven cops accused of murdering a Shamva resident after a brutal attack that left 11 others hospitalised have begun answering to murder charges at the High Court. The trial entered its second day yesterday. All stationed at Shamva Police Station, the cops are Aspias Shumba, Motion Jakopo, Simon Mafunda, Michael Makwalo, Lee Makope,…
HARARE – European Investment Bank (EIB) officials arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday for a week-long mission to assess funding opportunities in the country’s struggling industry. This comes on the back of Zimbabwean industry and businesses struggling to access lines of credit. The EIB, in collaboration with the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC), has invited…
HARARE – A Masvingo man allegedly murdered a fellow Zimbabwean residing in Botswana before looting his property and fleeing back to the country, a Harare court has heard. The 28-year-old Munyaradzi Willias Mapurisa yesterday appeared before Magistrate Tendai Mahwe on allegations of killing Vivian Monced Moyo. Mapurisa allegedly approached Moyo at his house while he…
HARARE – Motor Action coach Joey Antipas will next month leave for a one-month coaching attachment with German champions Borussia Dortmund and Danish top flight outfit Brondy FC. The ex-Zimbabwe national team assistant coach will be returning to Europe for the second time in two years following a similar arrangement in 2011, where he had…
HARARE – Chitungwiza South legislator Misheck Shoko claims he found a bullet in his letter box on January 15, allegedly from his MDC counterparts as rivalry escalates in the party over primary elections. The MP, who is also a veteran of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle and former Chitungwiza mayor, said his son found the bullet in…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is serious. There will be no violence in this year’s elections. If there is, he will not be responsible. People might ask why? After all the country has never held any elections that were free of violence since its independence! The answer is simple. Mugabe is fighting for legitimacy…
HARARE – Cement maker Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) says it is pursuing additional buy out opportunities in Africa to help unlock shareholder value and increase its presence in the continent. Last year, the South Africa-based company hinted that it could spend about $300 million on funding more acquisitions in the continent this year. In its…
HARARE – A High Court judge has granted bail to ZimRights director Okay Machisa after ruling that a magistrate who previously denied him freedom was “misdirected”. Justice Felistas Chatukuta yesterday ordered Machisa to surrender title deeds to an immovable property with a “considerable value” as well as pay $500 cash. Machisa should report to police…
HARARE – Race remains an overriding issue in Zimbabwean cricket, a sport that was a keystone of white Zimbabwean identity in the past. But times have changed. Most cricket players in Zimbabwe now are black – as are around 98 per cent of the population – although national representative teams from age-groups to the senior…
HARARE – Instead of the joyful scenes that normally characterise the summer rains in Zimbabwe, the heavy downpour the country is experiencing since January 7 has brought misery to communities. An estimated 4 475 people across the country have been affected, with their houses having either been submerged in water or destroyed. The rains have…
