HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket coach Alan Butcher fears traveling with specialist squads could backfire on the upcoming West Indies tour. The Zimbabwean side returns to international cricket this month with a full series of three ODIs, twoTwenty20 internationals and two Test matches in the Caribbean. For the first time in the history of Zimbabwean…
PRETORIA – Oscar Pistorius, the South African double amputee “Blade Runner” who inspired the world by competing as a sprinter in the London Olympics, is under police custody Thursday after allegedly shooting and killing his girlfriend, according to the South African news agency News24. Oscar Pistorius competed in the London Olympics and Paralympics. A Pretoria…
HARARE – Zimbabweans will go for a referendum on March 16, minister of Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Eric Matinenga has said. Matinenga said his ministry was embarking on a nationwide awareness and educational meetings to make sure Zimbabweans are aware of the “animal they are voting for or against.” “On my way back from Mvurwi…
HARARE – Police in riot gear yesterday tear-gassed a group of women protestors performing a ceremonial “love march” in Harare. Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) members were in for a shock as their “love march” was intercepted at the corner of Nelson Mandela Avenue and Second Street just as they approached Parliament. Five hundred Woza…
MASVINGO – Great Zimbabwe University has saved Mashava from becoming a ghost town after it acquired property belonging to Shabanie Mashava Mines (SMM). There could soon be a new buzz in Mashava, which had gone dead after the closure of SMM’s Gaths Mine. The previously vibrant asbestos mining town had fallen into a deep slumber…
HARARE – A Chinhoyi magistrate has referred to the Supreme Court the case of four MDC officials accused of labelling President Robert Mugabe a thief. The four Eddy Ndirayire, Abel Kasure, Luxmore Zintambila and Gabriel Japan are accused of undermining the authority and insulting the President as defined in Section 33 (2) (a) of the…
HARARE – Water Resources and Development minister Samuel Sipepa-Nkomo has been hospitalised at the Avenues Clinic from yet an unknown ailment. Nkomo was admitted at the upmarket hospital on Monday, which was his 69th birthday. Nkomo’s wife Roslyn was at the Avenues Clinic yesterday monitoring her husband’s health. “He is now feeling much better, but…
HARARE – A senior government official has ordered Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) operating in Murewa to submit monthly reports to the district administrator (DA)’s office. Phylis Mbwada, the assistant DA for Murewa, accused humanitarian groups of snubbing the DA’s office. Even NGOs which are currently not running any activities on the ground should submit reports, she…
BULAWAYO – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF has scoffed at the “NO” vote campaign being spearheaded by pro-democracy group National Constitutional Assembly (NCA). Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson Killian Sibanda told journalists at the Bulawayo Press Club at the weekend that NCA chairman Lovemore Madhuku is just a bitter man who is wasting his time….
HARARE – A Masvingo man ran amok, hacking his elder brother with a machete, slicing off his tongue and private parts, before knifing his wife’s left breast over alleged infidelity in a horror case that has left many stunned. Ephias Chikumbo, the alleged 42-year-old killer is currently held by police in Gutu facing murder charges….
