HARARE – Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede was yesterday grilled by Parliament over the issue of mobile voter registration and the registration of aliens. Mudede appeared before the parliamentary portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs briefing the legislators on the mobile registration which started yesterday and ends next month on July 9. Mudede who was…
HARARE – Human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has denied allegations of obstructing the course of justice as her trial opened yesterday at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Mtetwa, through her lawyer Harrison Nkomo told magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa that the prosecution’s charge sheet and State outline do not disclose an offence. She also denied having uttered any…
HARARE – Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe (Lafarge) says it plans to double output to one million tonnes per year within the next decade. The cement maker currently has an installed capacity of 450 000 tonnes per annum. “At some point we will have a brand new plant in place. Today in our industry we are one…
HARARE – Acting President Joice Mujuru was taken down memory lane on Wednesday when the official commissioning of Bakers’ Inn bread factory plant coincided with the day she got married to her late retired general Solomon Mujuru. Mujuru, who was the guest of honour, pointed out that Industry deputy minister and Chikomba West legislator Mike…
HARARE – Top gynaecologists have joined hands to educate Zimbabweans as 32 out of every 100 women are affected by cancer diseases in the country. Parirenyatwa Hospital head of gynaecological department Professor Chirenje and Sunanda Ray will descend on Book Café this Tuesday to speak on the importance of early regular check-ups and available treatment…
MAPUTO – President Robert Mugabe is not too keen on a regional meeting in Maputo this week, as pressure mounts on African leaders to tackle his attempt to fast-track an election without crucial reforms. Mugabe, who has been buoyed by a Constitutional Court ruling directing him to hold elections by July 31 amid renewed civil…
HARARE – Once again President Robert Mugabe has shown the kind of crafty statesman he is as he outwitted Sadc and the MDC formations over a Maputo weekend date. Instead, Mugabe gave an excuse saying he was busy with “pressing constitutional duties”, among them preparing for the elections set for next month. In wriggling out…
HARARE – There is always a great sense of enthusiasm and excitement when a new exceptional talent emerges onto the Zimbabwean schoolboy rugby scene. More so if that player is a prop, because in the last five years, Zimbabwe has produced two fine players in that position good enough, in their prime, to play for…
LONDON – Jason Gillespie believes Zimbabwean-born Gary Ballance can become the next Yorkshire player to earn full international honours after revealing the batsman spent yesterday training with England. The 23-year-old Zimbabwean-born has enjoyed an impressive start to the 2013 domestic season in both the Championship and YB40 cricket. In the four-day game, Ballance already has three…
HARARE – ZPC Kariba moved to the top of the Zifa Northern Region division one league after beating JMC Academy 4-0 over the weekend. The Kariba-based side took advantage of Commando Bullets’ slump. The Harare-based soldiers were held to a 2-2 draw against Starbill. The win means Kariba are now tied on 19 points with…
