HARARE – Zimbabwe’s fuel prices have gone down by an average of $0,08 after surging at least $0,10 following the hike of excise duty on the commodity. Petrol’s price, which had increased to as much as $1,60 per litre, has gone down to an average of $1,48 while diesel has eased to $1,34 per litre…
HARARE – Zimbabwe football coach Klaus-Dieter Pagels has welcomed the return of the Cosafa Cup, saying the regional championship presents him with a wonderful opportunity to widen his player base in the Warriors’ rebuilding phase. Speaking on the sidelines of the Cosafa launch in the capital yesterday, Pagels said the tournament, which is making a…
HARARE – A report carried in this paper last week – disclosing that an unnamed South African businessman had tabled a bid around $5 million for Zimbabwean football giants Dynamos – has broken deafening silence from a splinter faction which five years ago lost a bitter battle to take control of the club. The group,…
HARARE – Old Mutual Investment Group’s Property Investments has been hauled to court by one of its tenants that claims it lost $800 000 worth of drugs after the asset firm disconnected electricity from the business premises. The tenant was operating a pharmaceutical shop at Eastgate Complex, a building owned by Old Mutual. According to…
HARARE – Out-of-contract Midwest Rhinos medium pace bowler Richard Muzhange has signed a five-month summer contract with Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club in England. The 22-year-old from Kadoma, who has failed to cement a place in the Zimbabwe national side since showing promise in an official Twenty20 triangular series with South Africa and Bangladesh mid-last…
HARARE – Conflicting signals of disagreements on policy and intention emanating from the ruling elite or those coming out of political units have now reached tipping point and left the electorate’s confidence rankled. These ambiguous signals have apparently put public goodwill to its sternest test. Voters are told one thing by one political unit only…
HARARE – The notion of a charismatic authoritarian is, at first blush, perplexing because it is somewhat oxymoronic — a charismatic ruler ought to induce endearment than fear. But reading Laura Mixon’s treatise on Hugo Chavez, the late Venezuelan ruler, one begins to appreciate this awkward nexus. In parts, I found Mixon’s work and…
HARARE – The future has arrived. Tomorrow is now here. This is a call for action. The time for hate-mongering and mud-slinging is over. A New Zimbabwe is beckoning and this is our generational challenge to rise and shine. The politics of confrontation should be discarded to the dustbin of history where it now rightfully…
HARARE – Former State radio and TV personality Eric Knight, who is eyeing the Mbare Constituency, has fired warning shots, launching an election manifesto that could change the outlook of Harare’s oldest suburb. Knight wants to represent Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC in watershed elections expected later this year. He claims to have been hounded…
HARARE – Finance minister Tendai Biti has threatened to undo empowerment deals signed by Indigenisation minister Savior Kasukuwere, if his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party wins the forthcoming elections. Biti, also MDC’s secretary general, said Kasukuwere’s controversial policy would be replaced with a broad-based empowerment model. MDC’s presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai squares off with…
