HARARE – An elderly woman in her late 60s is demanding compensation from an old people’s home where she resides, situated in Arcadia, Harare after she sustained serious injuries when a ceiling collapsed on her. Doreen Osmon described her ordeal at Carely Cottages in Arcadia to the Daily News saying: “I sustained injuries in…
HARARE – FC Platinum assistant coach Tendai Chikuni was keen to accentuate the positives from Saturday’s Castle Premiership draw with Monomotapa at Rufaro Stadium, saying his side had gained a point rather than dropping two. With that one all result, Platinum stayed on top of the standings, at least for 24 hours before Highlanders’ clash…
HARARE – Harare is becoming a transit point for high-value drug Ephedrine, with couriers smuggling it by air. Of late the Harare International Airport has seen a surge in cases of passengers trying to smuggle ephedrine. A total of eight women have been arrested trying to smuggle the profitable drug without authorisation. The narcotic substance…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will look to revisit laws that restrict foreign ownership of mining licences in the next two to three months, but will not seize mine assets from foreign investors, Mines deputy minister Gift Chimanikire has said. A review of the current so-called “indigenisation” law will take place after presidential elections in July, the…
HARARE – Devon Chafa’s first half penalty was enough for Dynamos to extend their dominance over city rivals CAPS United yesterday. The 19-time Zimbabwean champions, who last lost to the Green Machine back in 2009, continue to close the gap between them and the leading teams with a win in this lacklustre Castle Premiership Harare…
HARARE – Many considered Joseph Chiriseri a lucky man and it was for a good reason. At a time when the Civil Courts were swarmed with women seeking maintenance from men, Chiriseri won an order for maintenance. Very few men believed this was possible. This was way back in 2009 but the situation has hardly…
HARARE – While Zimbabwe has intensified efforts to have its minerals, particularly diamonds, further processed locally before export, licensed gem-polishing and cutting firms have dwindled from 29 to one this year due to exorbitant licence fees. Richard Mvududu, Diamonds Beneficiation Association of Zimbabwe (DBAZ) chairperson, told businessdaily that licence fees have increased five-fold to $100…
HARARE – Tsitsi Shungu has admirable skill as she passes the football to her team mates in fashionable style. The athletic 14-year-old girl who is currently signed up by a female football side dreams of one day representing her county as a member of the mighty warriors. The energy she exudes and her zeal…
BULAWAYO – A 27-year-old Lupane headman has been arraigned before the courts for helping cattle rustlers sell nine stolen beasts belonging to a villager. He allegedly gave them false documents purporting the rustlers were the rightful owners. Headman Fikenjani Mzizi Ndlovu of Mafa village in rural Lupane and three other suspects were released on $150…
HARARE – The raging debate on a proposal to award Bulawayo’s Freedom of the City honours to Prime Minister (PM) Morgan Tsvangirai by the current council has brought Bulawayo alive. A shortcoming of the debate is that it is being politicised from both ends of the pole. The argument being advanced on all platforms that…
