HARARE – Those few Zimbabweans lucky enough to afford satellite dishes and pay television subscriptions will on Sunday evening watch the first part of President Robert Mugabe’s interview on SABC with Dali Tambo, the happy-go-lucky son of the late revered leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Oliver Tambo. The interview, clearly designed to try…
HARARE – Entries for this Sunday’s 88th Comrades Marathon are much the same as they were for the last “up run” from Durban to Pietermaritzburg in 2011. While this year’s race has attracted 19 722 entrants, the corresponding number in 2011 was 19 603, with male entrants totalling 15 383 (14 256) and female participants…
HARARE – One builder was killed while three others were seriously injured when a building they were roofing in Harare collapsed yesterday. Harare police spokesperson Tadious Chibanda confirmed the death of the worker. He said investigations were underway to determine what caused the collapse. The building is owned by Harare businessman Muhammad Mussa. “The workers…
HARARE – A Harare man who allegedly killed his daughter before burning the remains has been locked in remand prison. Patrick Mabvira yesterday approached the High Court for the second time seeking to be freed on bail after his earlier application in September last year was turned down. High Court Judge Felistas Chatukuta yesterday ruled…
HARARE – Remo Investment Brokers (Private) Limited (Remo) has taken its licence-cancellation war to the Supreme Court on the grounds that the Securities Commission of Zimbabwe (SecZim)’s actions were disputable on three key grounds. This comes as the High Court has upheld a June 2012 decision to annul the company’s operating licence on the basis…
HARARE – An alcohol-fuelled fight between two brothers-in-law turned fatal after one of the men was struck with a golf club and died. Taurai Dzingai, 35, was left to bleed to death by Shingirai Muneka, 26, when they had a misunderstanding over who was to pay a $10 taxi fare. Allegations are that on May…
HARARE – Finance minister Tendai Biti has said government secured $141 million to help ease water woes in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. “We are expecting the disbursement of the funds to start early June and this money will go towards the purchasing of pipes, filters and pumps for the city of Harare,” Biti told a news…
HARARE – An elderly Harare man will spend the next 10 years behind bars after he was convicted for raping and impregnating his teenage niece. Harare regional magistrate Sandra Mupindu initially sentenced 61-year-old John Handreck to 15 years in prison before suspending five years on condition of good behaviour for the next five years. According…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe gears for elections whose dates are yet to be announced this week in the Guthrie Munyuki Interview, our Senior Assistant Editor sought views of the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) a local civic group involved in the monitoring and observation of elections; below are the excerpts of an interview with its…
HARARE – Cricket powerhouse South Africa has extended a helping hand towards Zimbabwe’s quest to qualify for the 2014 Women Twenty20 World Cup to be held in Bangladesh. The South Africans returned home yesterday after a successful week-long tour of Zimbabwe, where they won both one-day matches and Twenty20s. Both teams were preparing for the…
