HARARE – The Castle Premier Soccer League has launched an innovative SMS campaign that gives fans an opportunity to win a number of prizes in upcoming competitions starting with the BancABC Sup8r Cup semi-finals. The BancABC Sup8r Cup semi-finals will be played on August 31 and September 1 with Dynamos set to take on Shabanie…
HARARE – Only six out of 40 invited heads of State attended the swearing-in of President Robert Mugabe for a new five-year term in a massive stadium inauguration that was boycotted by his election rival. Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku administered the oath of office on Mugabe, who pledged “to observe, uphold and defend the Constitution…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe was sworn-in at the National Sports Stadium yesterday amid pomp and fanfare, promising to revive the economy and cooperating with his vanquished rivals. Mugabe, who is extending his 33-year-old rule with another five years, buried the hatchet with his political challengers as he delivered a sober speech that urged the…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai has appealed against Electoral Court judge Chinembiri Bhunu’s dismissal of his application and the push for the arrest of his legal practitioners. Bhunu threw out Tsvangirai’s application in which he was seeking permission to get electoral material and information from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in order to file a presidential…
LONDON – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has slammed critical Western nations as “vile” in an inauguration address after being sworn as president for another five years. Britain said the result of the Zimbabwe election was not credible without an independent investigation of alleged vote-rigging, as Mugabe was sworn in for another term as president on…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday took oath of office as Zimbabwe’s leader for a seventh five-year term at the National Sports Stadium amid pomp and fanfare. Thousands of jubilant Zanu PF supporters witnessed Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku administering the oath and Mugabe pledging “to observe, uphold and defend the Constitution of Zimbabwe”. With opposition…
BULAWAYO – A police officer here fatally assaulted his married girlfriend before dumping her corpse in a trench. Brighton Chagonda, 27, who was stationed at the ZRP Crime Prevention Unit in Luveve suburb, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Abednico Ndebele on Wednesday facing murder charges. Chagonda was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, who extended his 33 years in power yesterday, once quipped he would rule his country until he turned 100. Taking the oath for a fresh five-year term at 89-and-a-half, he is getting closer to reaching that goal. The inauguration ceremony at a 60 000-seater sports stadium is seen as…
HARARE – Twenty-one lawyers have been struck off the roll of the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) for unprofessional conduct. Llody Mhishi, the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) president, told the Daily News yesterday that the lawyers have lost their practising licences. “Every year we give practising certificates to our members that enable us to…
HARARE – A 54-year-old Harare cop has been convicted for stealing a sack of mbanje, which was part of a consignment being taken to court as an exhibit. Magistrate Anita Tshuma yesterday ruled that evidence against Shadreck Chingoma Mutota was overwhelming. “State managed to prove its case beyond any reasonable doubt,” Tshuma said. According to…
