HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket assistant coach Stephen Mangongo is satisfied with the just-ended tour by Bangladesh that opened doors to a number of fringe players. The series saw fringe players Shingi Masakadza and Keegan Meth playing a key role with ball while also contributing significantly with the bat. Forgotten seamers, Tinashe Panyangara and Brian Vitori,…
HARARE – Senate yesterday passed a bill for a new constitution, paving the way for President Robert Mugabe to append his signature before it becomes law. There was jubilation after president of Senate Edna Madzongwe announced that the Bill had been given approval by two-thirds of the legislators present. She said 75 senators voted for…
HARARE – Zimbabwe, which has since reached universal goal of adult treatment for HIV/Aids, has been called upon to scale up treatment for children living with the disease. Currently, 95 percent of adults have access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) while only 42 percent of children living with the disease have access to treatment. Children only…
HARARE – If the last two years since the Daily News came back from its decade-long forced closure by President Robert Mugabe’s government are anything to go by, Zimbabweans can safely conclude that The Herald and the Sunday Mail, love the Daily News. Indeed, hardly a day passes by without these famed lickspittle bootlickers of…
HARARE – A state-run film school headed by a former television boss is blacking out the future of hundreds of its former students, some who have gone five years without certificates. Since its inception in 2007, the Zimbabwe Film and Television School in Southern Africa (Ziftessa) has not offered its students certificates, leaving many hard-pressed…
HARARE – Police have arrested two people found in possession of explosives in Manicaland Province’s Chipinge area while a manhunt for three others who escaped has been launched. National police spokesperson Charity Charamba said five people were travelling along Mount Selinda road in Chipinge when they were stopped by officers before a search was conducted…
HARARE – A chief executive with a local computing firm appeared in court yesterday after he allegedly used his company’s name to obtain a $54 000 loan while using a Nestle Zimbabwe purchase order. Saul Steenbok, 35, resigned from Broadnet Africa (Pvt) Ltd, a firm that is in the business of computer systems and communication…
HARARE – A 36-year-old man who raped his 14-year-old daughter while his son watched and whose step mother later told the child “don’t worry it happens in life” has been jailed. The man, whom we cannot name to protect the identity of the child, infected her with a sexually transmitted infection. He will spend the…
MUTARE – Manicaland provincial governor Christopher Mushowe has warned that the failure by firms mining in Marange to empower local communities will backfire. Mushowe was speaking at a ministry of Mines and Minerals Development policy draft workshop held in Mutare. He warned the diamond mining firms of unspecified action from the communities they operate from….
HARARE – High Court judge Felistas Chatukuta yesterday said she was not ready to deal with MDC youth leader Solomon Madzore’s bail appeal, since the papers were filed late. “I am not able to hear both of you. I did not get the response yesterday (Monday),” she told Sharon Fero from the Attorney General’s office…
