HARARE – Talent helps, but it won’t take you as far as ambition. The above is an age-old adage in the sporting world, but one that rings true to Hilton Toro, who has remarkably defied the extraordinary circumstances of his township upbringing in Mabvuku to become a well-respected coach at one of South Africa’s leading…
HARARE – Ignatius Chombo, the Zimbabwean Local Government minister, has written off all outstanding water bills nationwide in a move widely viewed as a “vote buying gimmick” by Zanu PF.
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has challenged his arch rival and partner in the coalition government, President Robert Mugabe to a live television debate to discuss their party policies ahead of elections scheduled for next week. Tsvangirai was speaking to thousands of people who attended the MDC rally at Mkoba Stadium in Gweru yesterday….
PRETORIA – Sadc is keeping pressure on Zimbabwe to hold free and fair elections next week despite attempts by President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF party to divert the region’s attention from important issues around the polls. The region’s organ for politics, defence and security said yesterday, after its emergency meeting in Pretoria to…
JOHANNESBURG – Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has denied receiving funding from ministers in Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s Cabinet in order to “destabilise” South Africa. This comes after the claim was made on the Facebook page of Baba Jukwa, a mysterious poster who claims to be a high-ranking yet disillusioned figure in Mugabe’s Zanu…
HARARE – There are new sensational claims that Zanu PF has come up with a deadly plot to rig next week’s elections, in a desperate bid to keep President Robert Mugabe in power. The claims by UK newspaper, the Daily Mail, come as shocking discrepancies in figures of people who voted in the special voting…
BULAWAYO – President Robert Mugabe and his party Zanu PF are constantly living in the fear they created for themselves since assuming power in 1980, former politburo member, Simba Makoni has said. The Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn president aired these sentiments during an MDC rally held at White City Stadium on Saturday. Makoni told tens of thousands of…
HARARE – Christmas comes once a year, but in 2013 some Zimbabweans will enjoy it twice as political contenders rush to splash goodies to an otherwise forgotten lot. Although elections in Zimbabwe since the turn of the millennium have been characterised by harassment, intimidation and a reign of terror, they have also brought temporary food…
MUTARE – A turf war between Housing and Social Amenities Minister, Giles Mutsekwa and top human rights lawyer, Arnold Tsunga for Dangamvura-Chikanga Constituency in Mutare is only going to be settled at the July 31 poll, Tsunga has said. The two remain MDC official candidates in spite of claims by MDC spokesperson, Douglas Mwonzora recently…
HARARE – In an article published in the Herald on Saturday, July 20, 2013, titled: “President pledges to resuscitate ailing industries”; President Robert Mugabe who addressed a star rally at Somholo Stadium in Lupane is reported as having lamented that Zimbabweans had been robbed of proper leadership during the last five years because of a…
