HARARE – Firebrand socialist leader Munyaradzi Gwisai has scored yet another victory against the Attorney General (AG)’s office after a High Court judge threw out the State’s appeal contesting his sentence in a public unrest case. Gwisai, along with five others, were convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit public violence on March 21 last…
HARARE – Zimbabwean football lovers have joined their peers across Africa who are enjoying the Africa Cup of Nations being hosted by neighbouring South Africa. Tragically, with Zimbabwe having failed to qualify for Africa’s biggest showpiece as has become the norm, local football followers have been forced to lend their support to other countries in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s party leaders, whose followers have been, for years, embroiled in political violence, rape, murder and forcing people to abandon their homes have once again, vowed to stop political violence “by pledging to follow a code of conduct created by the Organ on National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration (ONHRI)”. While I applaud this…
HARARE – Aspiring MDC Buhera West legislator and University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturer John Makumbe died yesterday morning. Makumbe, who suffered a heart attack, passed on at Arcadia Medical Centre in Harare. He was 63. He is survived by wife, Virginia, and five children. MDC spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora confirmed the death, saying the country has…
HARARE – Two men and a woman who allegedly robbed a taxi at gunpoint have appeared before a Harare magistrate. Chengetanai Muchenje, 28, Edward Makuni, 27, and Sphiwe Kundishora, 26, last week appeared before magistrate Noel Mupeiwa on charges of robbing a motor vehicle. The court heard, Muchenje and his accomplices hired Revai Mapuranga’s taxi,…
HARARE – The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA)’s multi-billion dollar project to construct a 1 600 megawatts hydropower station in Victoria Falls will soon commence following Zambia’s renewed interest in implementing the initiative. ZRA is a company jointly-owned by Zimbabwe and Zambia and has the sole authority in the running of the hydropower station. Assessment on…
HARARE – Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart must be licking his wounds. Two weeks after causing a storm in cricket following the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) notice to implement his new directives governing minority sports, Coltart been left bare, exposed and with nowhere to hide. Coltart had issued new directives which…
HARARE – Avowed government critic Raymond Majongwe is grooming his 14-year old daughter and nine-year-old son to position them to realise his music dreams that have been suffocated by the hostile political climate. Majongwe, who is set to release his 29th album Bhora Mudondo on which he collaborated with his daughter Ruvimbo and son Mzwakhe,…
HARARE – The finalisation of the constitution-making process on January 17, 2013 exactly six months after the initial agreement of the July 18, 2012 announcement by the three Principals of the GPA namely Welshman Ncube, Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai in the presence of Mugabe’s side kick Arthur Mutambara opens new opportunities for settlement of…
HARARE – A Harare woman lost more than $3 000 to a “miracle worker” who lied that he could multiply her money through traditional means, a Harare court has heard. Kudzai Kanyama, 25, lost the money to Square Batana, 32, who claimed he had powers to generate “miracle money”. The court heard Batana met Kanyama…
