KAMPALA – Uganda’s Daily Monitor newspaper has reopened after being shut down by the authorities for more than a week. The privately owned paper was closed after publishing a letter alleging that President Yoweri Museveni was grooming his son to succeed him. The letter, purporting to be from an army general, said those who opposed…
HARARE – Eight people died while 12 others were seriously injured when a minibus travelling from Sanyati to Kadoma overturned five times, killing four people on the spot, police confirmed yesterday. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi told the Daily News the minibus carrying 19 passengers burst one of its tyres before overturning. According to Nyathi,…
HARARE – Finance minister Tendai Biti says companies mining diamonds in Marange have not remitted a single cent to Treasury this year. With the government financially crippled to bankroll fast approaching elections — Biti had hoped that remittances from the biggest alluvial diamond fields in Africa, would cushion the struggling economy — but government coffers…
HARARE – FC Platinum assistant coach Tendai Chikuni has insisted his side will bounce back from their two back-to-back Castle Premiership defeats in quest for their first league title. Platinum’s billing as serious title contenders was given weight by their early season form, winning their first four games of the term before losing their way…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe ushered in wide sweeping security sector reforms when he inked the new Zimbabwe Constitution last Wednesday. Eleven security sector clauses immediately kicked into operation, and ensures that the security sector’s power is controlled constitutionally to ensure that civilians retain control of the affairs of the State and stamps out dictatorship…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and his coalition partner Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai should agree on a poll date soon to salvage the economy which is bleeding because of continued bickering, Finance minister Tendai Biti said yesterday. In his state-of-the-economy address, Biti said uncertainty over poll dates has driven the country’s economy to the precipice….
HARARE – FC Platinum forward Nelson Maziwisa started the 2013 Castle Premiership season on a high note, netting five goals in the opening three matches. Maziwisa opened his account when he scored in the platinum miners’ 2-1 away win to Buffaloes in the first game of the season. The former Shabanie Mine forward then turned…
HARARE – Zimbabwean sports medicine physician Dr Austin Jeans broke new ground by becoming the first African to participate in a high profile international sport and medicine exercise symposium held in the United Kingdom recently. Dubbed the “From Pain to Performance 2013,” the conference took place at the London Heathrow Marriot Hotel on May 18….
HARARE – Black Rhinos assistant coach Ndega Matsika has warned Dynamos against underestimating his when the two teams clash in the Castle Premiership on Sunday. The army side made a return to the big boys league this season, having spent four seasons in division one. But Chauya Chipembere have since found the going tough thus…
HARARE – Zimbabwean football great Peter Ndlovu has dispelled rumours making the rounds he has declared his interest to stand for a parliamentary seat under a Zanu PF ticket. The social media rumour mill was in overdrive yesterday with reports that the country’s most capped international and record goal-scorer was considering vying for the…
