HARARE – National Federation of Zimbabwe Bodybuilding and Fitness (NFZBBF) president Otis Goredema expressed satisfaction with the level of competition exhibited during the Mr Novice contest at Country Club at the weekend. The Mr Novice competition is a contest that is set aside for bodybuilders who are making their professional debut and kick started the…
HARARE – A pastor with the House of Worship Church has been arraigned before the courts on charges of aggravated indecent assault of one of his church members. Godfrey Badza (39) was remanded to April on $50 bail and also ordered not to apply for a travel document before his case was resolved. The court…
HARARE – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono says Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe Limited (Standard Chartered) will not be closed, despite threats by the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board (Nieeb) to shut down the financial institution. Nieeb recently threatened to shut down the British-owned bank until it complied with the country’s indigenisation…
HARARE – Lawyers representing three former MPs demanding elections are keeping the heat on President Robert Mugabe and have asked the Supreme Court to force the 89-year-old to gazette poll dates. Mugabe had appeared as if he was off the hook after High Court Judge President George Chiweshe granted an application in which he wanted…
HARARE – As political parties get their campaign a gear up, there has been an interesting development where Zanu PF is ambushing prayer meetings urging church members to vote for President Robert Mugabe. In recent weeks we have seen Zanu PF bigwigs donning the apostolic faith regalia, coercing members of the church to vote for…
HARARE – Dumiso Dabengwa has established new Zapu youth and women committees that he hopes will help him win the forthcoming polls. Zapu’s new women’s wing, the Zimbabwe African Women’s Union (Zawu) led by Getrude Makwila and the Mehluli Moyo-led national youth front were selected on Sunday at Pelandaba Hall in Bulawayo, and will be…
HARARE – The Sadc Parliamentary Forum (SPF) executive has insisted that Zimbabwe should hold free and fair elections. The call from SPF comes as the country prepares for a watershed election to be held during the course of the year. SPF, which groups MPs from the region, last week held an executive meeting in Namibia…
HARARE – Why must we have this perennial guessing game about when elections will be held? What’s the big secret? As we were in 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2008, the whole country has gone back into ‘hold’ mode. No one is spending money or making longterm decisions, no one is hiring or firing, businesses are…
KUALA LUMPAR – A general election will be held in Malaysia on 5 May, the Election Commission said, in what is seen as a major test for Prime Minister Najib Razak’s ruling coalition. The governing party has been in power for a 56-year period. However, the opposition has been gaining ground on a pledge to…
BULAWAYO – Mutare-based Michael Gutu won the Boys Under-18 final at the Bulawayo Open tennis tournament which ended here yesterday. Gutu beat Bulawayo’s Mzingaye Sibanda 2;6 6;4 6;0 to clinch the boys’ final. Sibanda again played second fiddle in the boys doubles final when he together with Takunda Dube lost 6;4 4;6 11;9 to Harare’s…
