HARARE – Netherlands this week celebrated the Queen’s day and on the occasion the Daily News staff writer John Kachembere (JK) caught up with Barbara Joziasse ((BJ), Netherlands ambassador to Zimbabwe to discuss various issues concerning the relations between her country and Zimbabwe. Below are the excerpts of the interview. JK: How has it been…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has thrown its weight behind Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC in the forthcoming make-or-break harmonised elections. Addressing the Workers’ Day commemorations at Gwanzura Stadium in Harare yesterday, ZCTU president George Nkiwane urged workers to vote for the MDC in the elections saying it was a party that…
HARARE – Highlanders came from behind to beat Tripple B in a subdued Castle Premiership match at Mandava Stadium yesterday. Bosso got their goals from Njabulo Ncube’s penalty on 53 minutes, Mthulisi Maphosa in the 69th minute and Cleopas Dube’s assurance goal 10 minutes later. Tripple B, using their adopted home ground for the running,…
HARARE – Opposition Zapu president Dumiso Dabegwa has said the beneficiaries of President Robert Mugabe’s land seizures will not lose the land if he wins the forthcoming elections. Addressing a rally attended by hundreds of people in Jotsholo, 30km from Lupane along Hwange in Matebeleland North Province on Tuesday, Dabengwa said there will be no…
HARARE – EgyptAir, which is returning to Zimbabwean skies in June after a nine-year absence, plans to partner struggling national airline Air Zimbabwe (AirZim). Hamdy Elghaffar, EgyptAir country general manager, said they have proposed to lease their planes to AirZim. “We have no problem in assisting Air Zimbabwe. In fact we have asked them to…
HARARE – The Harare International Festival of Arts (Hifa) promised an opening show awash with legendary music, dance and visuals and that is exactly what they delivered on Tuesday night. Directed by Asa Jogi, graduates from Zimbabwean talent search show Starbrite took the packed Telecel Main Stage on a scintillating musical journey from the 1960s…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will increase mining royalties soon to raise $132 million to bankroll the forthcoming elections, Finance minister Tendai Biti (pictured) has said. In an economy expected to grow by five percent this year, mining and agriculture are the two major economic drivers and Biti is mulling introducing new taxes for miners to bankroll…
HARARE – The trial of a Bulawayo woman arrested for sending a nude picture of President Robert Mugabe via the WhatsApp social networking site to a friend was yesterday deferred to May 14. Shantel Rusike, whose case has been on court records since December last year, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Witness Mtwetwa facing charges of…
HARARE – Rebel Mozambican group Renamo, whose leader earlier this year retreated to the bush after a near two-decade lull, does not pose a security threat to Zimbabwe “just yet”. This was said by the director general of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Happyton Bonyongwe yesterday. Bonyongwe was addressing a rare press briefing ahead of…
HARARE – Zimbabwean golfers Micky Hough and Greg Bentley failed to reach the Investec Royal Swazi Open tournament that tees off today after missing the cut at the pre-qualifier yesterday. Hough, who won the Sunshine Big Easy Tour Observatory tournament last week, missed out on one of the 10 places up for grabs after finishing…
