JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma has dismissed claims that his deputy in government, Kgalema Motlanthe, will leave his post following his failed bid for the African National Congress (ANC) presidency in Mangaung last month. Having lost the presidential race, Motlanthe declined nomination to serve as an additional member of the ANC national executive…
HARARE – Dynamos midfield ace Denver Mukamba has completed his much-awaited switch to South African side Bidvest Wits after signing a two-year contract yesterday. Mukamba had medicals at the Johannesburg-based club last week and the former Kiglon and Dynamos playmaker passed the examination before penning the deal yesterday afternoon with an option of a two-year…
PARIS – The UN Security Council has unanimously backed France’s military intervention in Mali to fight Islamist rebels, officials have said. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he hoped the intervention would help restore “Mali’s constitutional order and territorial integrity”. Thousands of African troops are due to join Malian and French forces to help push…
HARARE – South African football giants Mamelodi Sundowns will play Dynamos, Highlanders and CAPS United on a month-end tour of Zimbabwe. Sundowns’ technical director Trott Moloto jetted into Harare yesterday for meetings with Dynamos and CAPS United officials. Today, Moloto is expected in Bulawayo to hold talks with Bosso representatives. According to the former Bafana…
HARARE – Police officers should shoot at armed suspects who open fire at them as a defence mechanism, Home Affairs co-minister Theresa Makone has said. Makone said in circumstances where officers’ safety is compromised, police officers should open fire. “As government we do not have a shoot-to -kill policy, but whenever criminals become dangerous they…
HARARE – A woman whose late husband has 26 children out of wedlock has taken her daughter and step-son to court seeking protection from the two. Miriam Mwashaireni claimed her step-son, Chengetai Mudondo, is not her husband’s child as he only appeared at the family house in Kambuzuma in 2006. “My husband died in 2000…
BULWAYO – Divorce cases are increasing at an alarming rate, putting a strain on the High Court, Judge President George Chiweshe has said. Speaking during the official opening of the 2013 judicial year at the Bulawayo High Court yesterday, Chiweshe said 519 divorce summons were issued in 2012, an increase of 113 cases from 2011….
HARARE – It is presently beyond any reasonable doubt that the promulgation of bad policies coupled with bad laws form the basis of a myriad of hardships facing the youths in Zimbabwe. Initially, since independence the incumbent government failed to take the youths seriously, only using lip service to milk votes from the young generation….
HARARE – As the clampdown on human rights activists continues, police yesterday descended on the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) offices purportedly looking for “documents.” Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) information officer Kumbirai Mafunda confirmed the raid yesterday. “Two members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police are currently searching ZimRights offices at their head office…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Platinum Mines Limited (Zimplats) says it now feels secure to continue operations in the country after complying with the indigenisation law. The miner said the compliance restored certainty. The future of country’s largest platinum producer had been bleak following rejection of its initial indigenisation proposal by government. Last Friday, Zimplats was indigenised,…
