HARARE – Sexual harassment in the newsroom continues to rob women of their legal right to live and work without being harassed. These sentiments were aired by former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (Zbc) employee Nyaradzo Makombe Hazangwi last week during the launch of a booklet that profiles sexual harassment in the media. The booklet entitled: Who…
PRETORIA – Serial jail-breaker Bongani Moyo had a difficult childhood in Zimbabwe, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday. Testifying in his sentencing proceedings, Moyo, 31, told Judge Natvarlal Ranchod he was raised in Bulawayo. His parents separated when he was five and his family struggled financially. “I was born in a…
HARARE – One of the weakest Zimbabwean football teams ever assembled leaves the country this afternoon for a tough World Cup qualifier against Egypt in Alexandria on Tuesday, with the players arriving in batches. In an unusual travel arrangement, Warriors coach Klaus-Dieter Pagels and his technical bench will leave Harare with just nine locally-based players….
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has vowed to fight on despite what the organisation yesterday described as politically-motivated crackdown on the constitutional body. Zacc spokesperson Goodwill Shana told a press conference yesterday that the commission was undeterred by the escalating onslaught. The blitz was precipitated by an attempt by Zacc to search and seize…
HARARE – The popular new head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, inaugurated his papacy on Tuesday with a rousing address calling for the defence of the weakest in society, saying that the alternative path was one of death and destruction. Addressing an estimated 200 000 people and many foreign leaders gathered under bright…
HARARE – A Zanu PF legislator yesterday stunned the court when she said the president’s office plays a hand in imposing candidates to represent the party in elections. During the on-going trial of businessman-cum-politician Temba Mliswa in Chinhoyi yesterday, Hurungwe East legislator Sarah Mahoka told the court that although her party had not yet asked…
HARARE – The culpable homicide trial of former Zimbabwe football captain Peter Ndlovu has been deferred to April 9 to allow the defence counsel sufficient time to study the forensic audit report. Ndlovu, 39, is facing two counts of culpable homicide for allegedly causing the death of his elder brother Adam and a female companion…
MASVINGO – Roman Catholic-run Bondolfi Teachers’ College has stopped 500 students from doing their attachments at various schools for allegedly refusing to pay a controversial teaching practice fee. The move has raised eyebrows as Bondolfi is the only teachers’ training college to charge the $484 teaching practice fee, a few months after students paid their…
HARARE – News that diamonds were discovered in Bikita, an area which is fast turning barren and desolate drifted in and out of my mind for the past week. Most people from that area are still gripped by anxiety as to what the discovery will mean for them. Most people are just pinning their hopes…
HARARE – Five local sportspersons have been nominated for this year’s Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (Zaa) to be held in England on April 28 at Grange Tower Bridge in London. Triathlete Chris Felgate, wheelchair tennis ace Nyasha Mharakurwa, Formula One aspirant Axcil Jeffries, top long distance runner Cuthbert Nyasango and German-based Zimbabwean international basketball player Vitalis…
