MAPUTO – A SADC summit on Zimbabwe, which was scheduled to be here on Sunday has been cancelled amid unconfirmed reports that President Robert Mugabe would not be available. But the summit is expected to be held early next week in Johannesburg. “The summit is off. We hope it will be moved to a new…
HARARE – A suspected armed soldier has gone berserk terrorising supporters of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC in Gokwe as the country hurtles towards watershed harmonised elections expected sometime this year. MDC supporters in Mapfungautsi constituency’s Ganyungu village told the Daily News they were living in fear after the suspected soldier only identified as Magwizi…
HARARE – AfrAsia Kingdom Zimbabwe Limited (AKZL)’s anchor shareholder AfrAsia Bank Limited (ABL) has won the African Banker Awards (ABA)’s best bank in southern Africa 2013 prize. The Mauritius-based regional banking group was acknowledged by ABA — at an annual ceremony held in Morocco last week — for its consistent performance, quality of financial products…
HARARE – We are alarmed by Zanu PF’s belittling of Sadc’s role in the country’s political and economic crises, when it is common knowledge that President Robert Mugabe owes his position in government today to the regional body. The former liberation party should also respect South Africa’s Jacob Zuma who was seconded by Sadc as…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF has issued a blistering attack on Sadc saying the regional bloc had no business in sticking its nose in matters that affect Zimbabwe. Zanu PF officials said this yesterday as the Sadc summit, which was expected to discuss the Zimbabwe political crisis, was postponed amid unconfirmed reports that…
HARARE – A 39-year-old man accused of downloading Gringo’s latest movie from Rainbow City Cinema in Harare has been hauled before the courts. Emmanuel Manyawi pleaded not guilty to charges of contravening the Copyright and Neighbouring rights Act. In his defence, Manyawi, through his lawyer Tapuwa Mudambanuki said Enock Chihombori and Gramma Records cannot base…
HARARE – The oldest schoolboy rugby derby in Zimbabwe is upon us again. The century old rivalry between St George’s College and Prince Edward explodes at Saints Saturday in a battle of two undefeated teams. St George’s head into this tie oozing confidence having beaten the Tigers twice in 2012. The Saints are currently having…
MOSCOW – Russians reeled on June 6 from the shock announcement by President Vladimir Putin that his 30-year marriage was over, a break-up that was long an open secret but few imagined would ever be made public. In a highly choreographed joint interview with state television after attending a ballet performance together, Putin’s wife Lyudmila…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s trade with the European Union (EU) has more than doubled in volume in the past four years with the European trade bloc now seeking ways to expand economic ties with the country. Aldo Dell Ariccia, the head of the EU delegation in Zimbabwe, yesterday told the businessdaily that trade between the country…
PRETORIA – Benni McCarthy has called time on his professional soccer career. Bafana Bafana’s record goalscorer, currently on the books of Orlando Pirates, announced the decision through his agency, saying: “I have been so blessed to have enjoyed a remarkable career that took me from the township fields of Nyanga Stadium, to winner’s medals in…
