HARARE – NetOne managing director Reward Kangai has revealed the cellular network company’s ambitious plans to host another charity tournament to involve all 16 Premier Soccer League teams. Kangai expressed satisfaction over the just-ended four-team Charity Shield won by Chicken Inn at Mandava Stadium on Sunday. The Gamecocks held on to a 3-2 win against…
HARARE – Government has issued 365-day Treasury Bills to the National Social Security Authority and Old Mutual (OM) to raise $40 million. Tendai Biti, Finance minister, said the move was consistent with the prescribed asset requirements for pension funds and insurance companies. The bond will be at a negotiated coupon rate of seven percent. Biti,…
HARARE – The trial of seven Hurungwe men accused of killing a suspected cattle rustler has opened at the High Court, seven years after the incident allegedly took place. Temba Kasenga, Last Maponga, Masamba Kasenga, Verengai Mutanga, Lazarus Chaparira, Oden Nziradzemhuka and Standani Mangokwani are facing murder charges after they allegedly killed Givemore Murengwa in…
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe this Saturday goes for a much-anticipated referendum to determine the fate of a draft constitution largely negotiated by President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Hordes of people in the Matabeleland region will however, not be part of thousands expected to vote in the referendum and they are paying for a…
HARARE – In terms of paragraph 9 of the term sheet below, all arrangements relating to the vendor financing of the indigenisation shares, and the security to be offered to the vendor are to be governed and interpreted in accordance with English law. There has been considerable debate as to which law…
HARARE – Police want government to introduce night driving lessons for all motorists, saying more road accidents are occurring at night. According to recommendations made after analysing traffic accidents for the past festive season, police said most drivers are not trained to drive long distances at night resulting in more fatalities on the roads. “Most…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s preparations to host the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) assembly could be in shambles following revelations that government will not release funds towards the exercise. Finance minister Tendai Biti — who had earlier promised to allocate $6 million to finance the preparations — said government had other competing needs such as…
HARARE – With fear, apprehension and excitement we are standing on the cusp of a new era in Zimbabwe. We have the unique opportunity of starting again but this time we have the benefit of hindsight, learning from our own history. With just a few days left until the referendum this is an appropriate…
HARARE – It is now six years since the historic event on March 11, 2007 when police violently broke a peaceful prayer meeting at Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield that sadly led to the death of an MDC youth member, Gift Tandare. On this day in 2007, heavily armed riot police disrupted a peaceful prayer meeting…
HARARE – Highlanders are back in Bulawayo following a victorious pre-season tour of Botswana where they played a friendly against top-flight side Tafic FC, with coach Kelvin Kaindu tipping his new signings to be big hits in the upcoming new season. Tshilamoya won 1-0 at Francistown Stadium on Saturday thanks to returning strike Njabulo Ncube,…
