HARARE – Didymus Mutasa, the Zanu PF secretary for administration and Headlands aspiring parliamentary candidate, has sued Finance minister Tendai Biti for $5 million for allegedly accusing him of “murdering a 12-year-old Headlands boy”. In his High Court papers on Friday, the State minister for Presidential Affairs said Biti had damaged his reputation. Mutasa filed…
HARARE – On June 27, 2013 following a constitutional court order of June 26, 2013 ordering the Registrar General, Tobaiwa Mudede, to issue me with a national identity registration document (ID), I proceeded to register as a voter. It is significant that this election will provide me with first opportunity to vote since I have…
HARARE – Lovemore Madhuku’s cash-strapped National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) has failed to pay over a dozen former employees over $121 000 after donors ditched his organisation. NCA — a broad alliance of opposition parties, church groups, trades unions and civic organisations — acknowledged in court papers filed in the Harare magistrates Court that it was…
HARARE – Election campaigns often bring the worst in politicians as depicted by President Robert Mugabe’s out-of- sorts utterances denigrating South African diplomat Lindiwe Zulu by labelling her “a street woman”. Such a coarse description of women goes against the grain of modern trends that emphasise promotion and advocacy of gender-sensitivity in society. Zulu represents…
HARARE – When millions of Zimbabweans woke up to see that one little word “scrambled”, on their TV screens a few days ago it seemed suspiciously coincidental. Everyone knew it was coming one of these days, but why now? How could Botswana and South Africa scramble the satellite signal at a time like this, just…
HARARE – Labour unrest continues to rock NMB Bank Limited (NMB) with non-managerial staff giving the financial institution a fresh ultimatum after a botched strike attempt. The Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers’ Union (Zibawu) — representing the NMB workers — on Monday called off a meeting to prepare for a job action and gave the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe national football coach Klaus-Dieter Pagels says his team is taking the Cosafa Cup seriously and is ready to defend its title — won in 2009 on home soil. The Warriors are four-time Cosafa champions and were victorious at Rufaro Stadium when the competition was last held in Zimbabwe in 2009. The tournament…
BULAWAYO – Focus in the Southern Region Division One League on Wednesday shifts from the promotion race to the inaugural Machache Meats Tournament that will be contested by all the 16 teams in the league. League trailblazers Bulawayo Chiefs host Zimbabwe Saints in Plumtree in what is arguably the pick of the first round matches….
HARARE – Zimbabwe rugby coach Brendan Dawson on Tuesday named five new caps in the starting line-up to face hosts Madagascar in the Africa Cup opener in Antannarivo Wednesday afternoon. The Sables, who are the defending champions, must at least stay up in the Confederation of African Rugby (Car) Group 1A to keep their 2015…
POLOKWANE – Zimbabwe schools Under-18 rugby team will be looking to carry their good form into their second game of the Coca-Cola Craven Week on Wednesday morning when they face their nemesis Limpopo Blue Bulls. Coach Godwin ‘Jaws’ Murambiwa’s charges were in outstanding form on Monday when they put Griquas to the sword with a…
