HARARE – Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (Econet) — the country’s largest mobile network operator — says it has reached eight million subscribers. George Barbaressos, Econet’s commercial director said demand for Econet’s lines remained “very, very strong”. “People have realised that we offer the best in terms of value for money, product range, coverage and customer service”…
HARARE – Reports that police yesterday swooped on Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (Zimrights) offices and took in for questioning director, Okay Machisa should have sent shivers down the spines of those who have given their lives to seeing a democratic Zimbabwe. What really scares us is the realisation that this could be the beginning of…
HARARE – I have noted the minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture David Coltart’s response to my criticism of his directives regarding the appointment of national team selectors through the Sports and Recreation Commission. While the minister attempts to camouflage the directives with the “national interest” punchline, his statement patently failed to mask that…
HARARE – Zimbabwe dancehall doctor Freeman has proudly taken delivery of his first ever car — a Mazda 6. The Bindura-bred Freeman, whose real name is Emegy Sylvester Chizanga, purchased the car in August last year during his tour of the United Kingdom but only received it late last month. Freeman is delighted to have…
MASVINGO – For a man who drives top-of-the range cars and owns a donated multi-million dollar wildlife conservancy and farming business, hunger is probably the last thing on Masvingo provincial governor Titus Maluleke’s mind. But many of the million plus residents in this perennially drought-ravaged province, where Maluleke is the top dog, feed on crumbs….
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top pole dancers Beverly Sibanda and Zoey Sifelani will headline a dancing competition involving 45 dance groups to be hosted by the City Sports Bar on January 22. The dance competition at the end of this month is the first of three linedup by the Mega Dance Fiesta that was launched in…
JOHANNESBURG – Former ANC Youth League president Julius Malema is facing bankruptcy following his fight with South African Revenue Services (Sars) over R16m ($1,9m) in outstanding taxes. Rapport reports that many of former friends and partners have forsaken him. In an exclusive interview with the Sunday paper, Malema told how he was being avoided as…
BULAWAYO – High Court Judge Justice Misheck Cheda on Friday reserved judgment in a case in which Education minister David Coltart and another Bulawayo school have been dragged to court by a Rastafarian family after their girl-child was expelled for spotting dreadlocks at school. Anele Makhiwa, 13, had been admitted at the Seventh Day Adventist…
HARARE – Primeinister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday expressed alarm at the high rate of deaths due to cancer in the country but remains optimistic that Zimbabwe will win the battle against the disease. In an address at the funeral wake of former University of Zimbabwe vice chancellor and president of the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers’ Association…
HARARE – Human rights campaigners have urged the Zimbabwean government to stop a police shoot-to-kill policy against criminals as the country sinks into worsening crime. Rights campaigners said the policy violates all laws and regulations, both Zimbabwean and international, and has demanded that the police immediately retract this faulty policy and replace it with reasonable…
