HARARE – A High Court judge has ordered Obadiah Musindo’s Destiny of Africa Network (Dan) to pay $12 000 towards a vehicle they “purchased” in January last year. Justice Felistas Chatukuta ordered the church to pay for the car belonging to Fortune Sambo. In an urgent chamber application, Sambo cited the church and its representative…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa will today close what will go down as undoubtedly the best African Nations Cup tournament ever held, with the Rainbow Nation setting lofty standards for future hosts of the continent’s premier football showpiece. Following a successful hosting of the World Cup in 2010, the Afcon tournament has been a piece of…
HARARE – A 61-year-old pensioner lost more than $25 000 after being cajoled into a bogus farming business venture, the court heard. Thomas Scott, 36, allegedly fleeced John Hobard of his $26 410. Scott yesterday appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe on fraud charges. The court heard that Scott entered into a farming business venture with…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe youth international medium fast bowler Ethan Dube rues a knee injury for taking away his chance of representing the national team when it gained Test status in 1992. He however finds solace in that he was part of a ground breaking group of black cricketers, who broke onto the then white…
HARARAE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai hopes an election before the United Nations World Tourism Conference (UNWTO) slated for August would put fetters on Zanu PF’s violence machinery since world attention will be firmly trained on Zimbabwe. President Robert Mugabe, Tsvangirai’s coalition partner in the unity government, has made a major climb-down from his earlier…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe and Dynamos goalkeeper Gift “Umbro” Muzadzi has completed his switch to the newly promoted Castle Premiership side Triangle. Muzadzi, who has been at Northern Region Division One side Twalumba, signed a one and half-year contract with Triangle yesterday and will double-up as the club’s assistant coach and goalkeepers’ trainer. The club’s…
HARARE – Matches between the Mashonaland Eagles and the Mountaineers always seem to be close and exciting affairs. You need only think back and remember the nail biting final between the two teams back in the final of the Stanbic Twenty20 competition in 2011. The only disappointment of this final is that both teams will…
NEW DELHI – India’s famed Handicrafts and Gift Fair that opened in Utah Pradesh state on Friday will begin a series of international partnerships with other countries including Zimbabwe, secretary for Textiles Zohra Chatterjee has said. Officially opening the first of three annual festivals which was also attended by the Romanian ambassador to India Velerica…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF has proposed renaming Cyril Jennings Hall in Highfield to Leopold Takawira Hall in memory of the late former Zanu PF vice president and national hero who died in prison in 1970. Speaking at the memorial service and the laying of plaque for the two national heroes, Leopold Takawira…
HARARE – Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has squarely blamed the coalition government for the appalling Zimsec 2012 ‘O’ Level results. There is consternation in Zimbabwe that nearly 82 percent of students have failed their basic school leavers’ exams. Although Education minister David Coltart claims this is a marked improvement from 2009, when 86 percent…
