HARARE – Iin-form CAPS United utility player Hardlife Zvirekwi and striker Tawanda Nyamandwe are set to miss the Green Machine’s Castle Premiership clash with Black Mambas tomorrow. The two, who have been in impressive form so far this season, have travelled with the Zimbabwe national team for a friendly match against Zambia in Lusaka on…
HARARE – As reported elsewhere in this paper, too many people are putting themselves at risk by having unsafe sex with figures from Bindura showing a disappointing number of new cases of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs). This is indeed worrying and stands as a sad reminder that as a nation we have to fashion new methods…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe cricket team is not underestimating Bangladesh ahead of the second and final Test of the Teletalk 3G series that starts today at Harare Sports Club. Zimbabwe leads the series 1-0 following a massive 335-run victory in the first Test at the same venue last week. The Tigers were criticised heavily back…
HARARE – Government is in the process of pushing through amendments to the Indigenisation Act due to flaws in the implementation process of several empowerment deals that would have resulted in the country losing out to foreign companies as exposed by the Daily News early this year. After the Daily Newsexposure of the dodgy deals,…
HARARE – As reported in our lead story of this issue, pending amendments to the Indigenisation Act of 2007 are most welcome. What is particularly interesting is that this comes in the aftermath of the Nieebgate Scandal which was exposed by the Daily News. We insist that we have nothing against indigenisation programmes because we…
HARARE – Spies drawn from across African countries will meet in Zimbabwe next month, with the country’s director of intelligence taking over the chairmanship of a body bringing together the continent’s secret service organisations. The Conference of the Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (Cissa), that will take place in Harare, from May 1 to…
NEW YORK – One of the Boston bomb suspects was added to a terrorism database 18 months ago at the request of the CIA, officials have told US media. The FBI has already said it investigated Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, but had found no evidence of a threat. Tsarnaev was killed during a police chase last…
HARARE – Welshman Ncube, leader of a breakaway MDC faction, has claimed he pulled out of the MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai because of intimidation and violence. Ncube said this led to the split of the MDC in 2005 after a vote to determine the party’s participation in the senatorial elections sparked a…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe national football team trooped into camp last night to prepare for their international friendly match against Zambia on Sunday. The match is part of commemorations to mark the 20th anniversary of the Gabon air crash that occurred on April 27, 1993. The crash off the coast of Gabon wiped out 18…
HARARE – Small to Medium Enterprises Development minister Sithembiso Nyoni says 25 percent of government tenders will be awarded to the informal sector, a move expected to bolster economic growth. “Our Bill is out and 25 percent of the tenders will be awarded to SMEs. If your tender application is rejected, you have the right…
