GABORONE – Botswana President Ian Khama has had stitches in his face after being scratched by a cheetah, officials say. The animal was reportedly being fed in its enclosure at an army barracks when it jumped up and scratched Mr Khama, who was standing nearby. The incident was “a freak accident, but not an attack”,…
HARARE – Resurgent Monomotapa picked up their second win in the Castle Premiership on the trot when Kuda Musharu’s second half strike helped them edge Shabanie Mine yesterday. Musharu scored the only goal of the match in the 53rd minute to ensure that his team register their third win this season following wins over Chicken…
HARARE – Hundreds of people who built houses on land illegally acquired in Chitungwiza are set to pay double. After buying land to build houses from a local housing cooperative, the residents are now being asked to fork out more by Chitungwiza Municipality for the settlement to be regularised. Chitungwiza has demanded $7 million from…
HARARE – South Africa (SA)’s fourth largest gold miner DRDGold Limited (DRDGold) says it has completed exploration in Zimbabwe and will soon commence surface mining. Niël Pretorius, DRDGold chief executive, said the miner only identified underground mining opportunities after finishing the exercise in five areas in the country and is instead focusing on surface excavation….
HARARE – Self-confessed President Robert Mugabe supporter and priest — Obadiah Msindo — has been filmed in an altercation with a car dealer in which he uses vulgar language to fend off demands for a debt settlement. Msindo heads the Destiny for Africa Network, an organisation which includes his church and housing projects for the…
HARARE – Hwange picked their first set of three points in the 2013 Castle Premiership season when they edged Chicken Inn at the Colliery yesterday. The coalminers came into yesterday’s match after having lost to Black Mambas and Buffalos while only picking up only three points after draws with How Mine, Black Rhinos and Motor…
MUTARE – The case in which two top Zanu PF provincial officials are in court for allegedly stealing 10 beasts meant for President Robert Mugabe’s birthday party has taken a new twist. Zanu PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa at the weekend made sensational claims that Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa is clamouring for the party…
HARARE – The heart-rending story by the Daily News a few days after the country commemorated 33 years of Independence has changed the life of 81-year-old Robert Siwa. Siwa lives with his wife Aquinata, 10 years younger, in the run-down settlement of Caledonia but disparagingly referred to as kwaBhobho (Bob’s) some 20km on the outskirts…
HARARE – Welshman Ncube, leader of the smaller MDC formation in terms of parliamentary representation, has accused Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of flip-flopping on election dates. Addressing journalists at Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) press freedom day celebrations in Harare yesterday, Ncube accused his former political comrade of making a U-turn regarding the timing…
HARARE – Co-Home Affairs minister Theresa Makone has accused the Registrar General (RG)’s office of manipulating the voters’ roll and claims she unearthed “massive irregularities” on her Harare North Constituency roll. Makone says according to copies of the voters’ roll she bought from the RG’s office, over 13 000 fresh voters had been included within…
