HARARE – Political parties are torn between achieving gender equity and securing majority seats in the next harmonised election, female politicians have said. Roselyn Nkomo, Tsholotsho North candidate and wife to Water Resources minister Sipepa Nkomo and said the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC had progressed well towards achieving both goals. “In our party we are still…
HARARE – The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has re-registered Air Zimbabwe (Airzim) after an eight-month suspension. Munesu Munodawafa, the Transport ministry’s permanent secretary, yesterday said the national airline was re-admitted after passing the association’s operational safety audit (Osa). “Air Zimbabwe was deregistered after the airline had temporarily discontinued operations and therefore failed to conduct…
LONDON – A youthful India held their nerve to condemn England to more 50-over misery with their five-run victory in an enthralling finish to a rain-disrupted Champions Trophy final at Edgbaston on Sunday. In a match reduced to 20 overs a side having been in doubt for much of the day, a fifth-wicket partnership of…
HARARE – The recent court ruling ordering President Robert Mugabe to hold elections by July 31 has opened a plethora of constitutional cases as several other people are making various requests which has forced the Constitutional Court to sit on a continuous roll. Over the last years very few “rights” cases were referred to the…
JOHANNESBURG – Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer said his side performed the basics right, which allowed them to out-muscle Samoa. South Africa beat the spiteful Pacific Islanders 56-23 in the Final of the four-nation tournament at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday. “I thought Francois Louw and Willem Alberts brought a lot of physicality to the game,”…
HARARE – Zimbabwe cricket team coach Andy Waller has no qualms with working together with his son Malcolm in the same team. The Waller family wrote their own piece of history when Andy took over the reign of the national team from Englishman Alan Butcher, whose contract ran out earlier this year. Andy and Malcolm…
HARARE – Edward Chindori-Chininga’s family is vexed with lingering questions about circumstances surrounding the outspoken Zanu PF Guruve South legislator’s freak crash, demanding answers from responsible authorities. Amid conflicting statements coming from different quarters regarding who was with the ex-Mines minister in the car on the fateful night, family members who spoke to the Daily…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has promised to increase civil servants’ salaries in the event that they vote for him and Zanu PF in the forthcoming harmonised elections. Speaking at the launch of 21st Junior Parliamentary session yesterday in Harare at the Rainbow Towers, Mugabe pleaded with the civil servants to rally behind his party…
HARARE – CAPS United are now just three points off Castle Premiership log leaders Highlanders after defeating the Bulawayo giants 2-1 on Saturday courtesy of Leonard Fiyado’s late winner at the National Sports Stadium. The Green Machine is now in third place with 26 points while Highlanders remained on the summit of the log with…
HARARE – Edward Chindori-Chininga, the late Zanu PF legislator for Guruve South, died due to bleeding caused by internal injuries, a postmortem has stated. Police say Chindori-Chininga died on the spot when his vehicle was involved in an accident last Wednesday at the Guruve/Raffingora turn-off. Family spokesperson and brother to the late outspoken lawmaker, Jemister…
