HARARE – Zimbabwe’s parliamentary assembly is expected to rubber-stamp a draft constitution by Thursday in what is ranking as one of the biggest frauds by ruling politicians since Independence in 1980. Coalition government Principals reached an agreement over a charter that paves the way for joint presidential and legislative elections this year. A full strength…
MASVINGO – A woman whose three sons died after she fed them with treated maize in hunger- stricken Bikita has escaped jail. Masvingo magistrate, Esther Muremba has sentenced Fungai Tafirenyika to five years in jail on culpable homicide charges but wholly suspended the prison term on compassionate grounds. The magistrate said Tafirenyika was trying to…
HARARE – Defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has wadded into a political storm with his stonewalling comments on military reforms. Addressing senior military personnel this week Mnangagwa, a potential successor to President Robert Mugabe, declared there will not be any security sector reforms as long as he remains in government leadership. “The current government is anxious…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe football captain Peter Ndlovu has been accused of trying to “unjustly enrich” himself by demanding $55 000 from former employer Twalumba Holdings. Cross-examining Ndlovu yesterday, Twalumba lawyer Pardon Makuwaza said the country’s most decorated footballer was not entitled to the money. Ndlovu is demanding $55 000 from Twalumba or a suburban…
HARARE – A commuter omnibus driver who hit a pedestrian while fleeing from cops has been slapped with a 15-month jail term. Albert Mawire, 42, will spend the next 12 months behind bars after Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe suspended three months on condition of good behaviour. Mawire was barred from driving for two years and…
HARARE – Chiefs who are seeking to derail the constitution- making process are out of line as the programme is now beyond individuals or groups, the Constitution Select Committee (Copac)) has said. Traditional leaders are particularly miffed by the new draft constitution because it whittles down their powers. They are also against the imposition of…
HARARE – Nelson Maziwisa reckons his goal-scoring form in the pre-season tour of Zambia at the weekend has shown he has the pedigree to shine at FC Platinum in the upcoming season. The country’s deadliest striker, who re-joined Platinum during the off-season from a loan spell at Zvishavane neighbours Shabanie Mine, bagged a brace in…
HARARE – Ajax Cape Town midfielder Tafadzwa Rusike said he is happy to bounce back into the Warriors’ fold after an extended spell on the sidelines. Rusike, who has seen very little playing time this season at his Super Diski club Ajax, is one of a number of players making an international comeback after getting…
HARARE – One in every four children counselled by a leading child rights group last year has been sexually abused. Childline said it counselled 8 136 children in 2012 and 62 percent of the calls came from the girl child. The group said 25 percent of the cases showed that the children would have been…
HARARE – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono yesterday took the unprecedented step of holding a joint presser with celebrity preachers Uebert Angel and Emmanuel Makandiwa, where flaws in the former’s “miracle money” were exposed. At the Harare event, Gono not only expressed fears of Angel’s “money” amplifying money laundering activities and feeding…
