HARARE – Throughout the modern years of cricket, there have been those who have been determined to make cricket a game for the elite. They have gone out of their way to make it abundantly clear that they are not in favour of the game spreading or expanding. Why these people have such an undisguised…
HARARE – It is said that a prophet is never recognised in his own land. The phrase aptly describes the situation which Zimbabwe’s African Boxing Union (Abu) welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi is facing.Last month, the Masvingo pugilist knocked out Burkina Faso champion Patrice Sou Toke to claim the coveted Abu welterweight title in Ouagadougou. But…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe on Sunday warned Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai against prematurely announcing election results saying he risked being arrested for breaking the law. “In the whole of Africa, I have never heard of a prime minister who has threatened to break the law, but that happens when people have limited knowledge,” the…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government is “quivering” about Indian fraudster and fugitive Dinesh Pandey’s citizenship status after he obtained residency papers nearly 13 years ago, despite his chequered history. This also comes as the controversial businessman has upped a “smear campaign” and attacks on an ex-business partner Nandlal Goenka, including a spurious complaint to…
HARARE – Deputy minister of Transport, Morgen Komichi, was Sunday morning arrested at his Harare home after reporting to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) that special ballots cast by security forces on July 15 had been found in a rubbish bin. Komichi, who is also deputy national chairperson for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, was…
HARARE – Under President Robert Mugabe’s watch, Bulawayo and many other cities have lost manufacturing jobs yet it is significant that on Saturday, July 27 he said that Bulawayo would rise again to reclaim its place as the industrial hub of the country. Addressing a star rally of a crowd estimated by state-controlled media to…
HARARE – An Epworth man who was shot on both feet after hurling stones at a police officer has been remanded to August 8.Tapiwa Matambo was shot by a police reaction team as he was fleeing with 10,5 kg of copper cables worth $84. It is alleged on July 22, Matambo and his accomplice —…
HARARE – Harare West National Assembly MDC candidate Jessie Majome said Zimbabwe is wasting cash sending students to South African universities under the presidential scholarship scheme instead of bankrolling collapsing local facilities. Majome told a Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) gathering in Harare last Friday that an MDC government will invest heavily in the upgrading…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai makes his last throw of the dice tomorrow at a star rally in Harare dubbed the “Red Power Monday” that police had earlier attempted to ban citing shortage of manpower. Tsvangirai will make his final poll pitch before an expected 100 000-strong crowd, according to an MDC spokesperson, in…
HARARE – The reaction by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday to grave allegations by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party, the MDC, that special vote ballots cast in the premier’s favour were found dumped in dustbins in Harare boggles the mind. Shockingly, Zec looks like it is effectively s eeking to behead the bearer of…
