HARARE – About two million international visitors are expected in Zimbabwe next year, with some spending at least a day at Victoria Falls, a top American diplomat has said. Sharon Hudson-Dean, the US Embassy Public Affairs head, said one third of those will be Americans. “Tourism is also a big growth sector in sub-Saharan Africa….
BERLIN – Robert Lewandowski will not be making his anticipated move to Bayern Munich, the European Cup winners and Bundesliga champions, in this transfer window, according to the Borussia Dortmund’s chief executive officer Hans-Joachim Watzke. Bayern, who have just completed a treble-winning season, were fully expected to poach Lewandowski after already persuading the Dortmund midfielder…
LONDON – India have decided to go ahead with their tour of Zimbabwe in July-August. The trip had been in doubt after India had decided to put it “on hold”. India will now go to Zimbabwe soon after finishing their tri-series in the West Indies, involving Sri Lanka as the third team, which ends on…
HARARE – Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah capped a fine display as he spearheaded the Pharaohs’ 4-2 destruction of Zimbabwe during Sunday’s 2014 World Cup qualifier. The FC Basel player delivered a phenomenal display, scoring a breath-taking hat-trick to lead the Pharaohs to just two points away from qualification to the final knockout stage while condemning Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Veteran gospel musician Charles Charamba says the Bulawayo music industry has the ability to wake up from its deep slumber if they receive support from City of Kings residents. The Machira Chete singer, who held a very successful gospel show in Bulawayo two weeks ago, urged thousands who attended his show to support…
HARARE – Zimbabweans should fight for their democratic voting right by registering as voters in the forthcoming watershed election. Education minister and Senator, David Coltart told citizens to take advantage of the second voter registration and inspection exercise which commences today nationwide. “The intensive national exercise of voter registration and inspection of the voters…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)’s plans to offload non-core businesses forge ahead with the institution seeking an evaluation of its property subsidiary Homelink Private Limited (Homelink). Yesterday, the central bank invited tenders from registered accounting firms to fully assess Homelink’s value as part of efforts to finalise disposal of the firm. In…
HARARE – Ex-Zanu PF stalwarts Dumiso Dabengwa and Simba Makoni have launched a final plan to “unseat” President Robert Mugabe’s party by uniting with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC. As discussions on the formation of a grand coalition against the Zanu PF strongman, Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) and Zapu leaders, among others, have strongly hinted that talks…
HARARE – A Zimbabwean gold mine has been taken to court after a fish farmer claimed he had lost business worth $200 000 following a cyanide spill into a river feeding into the aquatic venture’s dam. Douglyn Farm (Private) Limited filed a High Court application against Metallon Gold Zimbabwe’s Shamva mine demanding money for loss…
HARARE – A 49-year-old builder who was allegedly assisted by his wife to rape a 16-year-old prophet’s daughter has been arraigned before the courts. Kefasi Zvakandishatira’s wife is alleged to have held the teenager’s legs while her husband raped the girl in their one-roomed Glen View lodging. Zvakandishatira was not asked to plead when magistrate…
