JOHANEESBURG – While Thomas Sweswe is still waiting for his South Africa permanent residence permit (PRP), Wits have yet to register the defender with the league for the 2013-14 season. The Zimbabwean has applied for his PRP, and as it stands, Sweswe will not be able to play for Gavin Hunt’s side in a competitive…
HARARE – Victor “The Beast” Hungwe has withdrawn from the Mr Zimbabwe contest set for November to pursue a career at the international stage. The country’s premier bodybuilding contest, Mr and Ms Zimbabwe, returns on November 2 after a five-year absence. The contest was last staged in 2008 and won by Tarirai Chirume. Hungwe, who…
JOHANNESBURG – The completion of Khama Billiat and Mukuka Mulenga’s signings has ballooned to seven the number of new foreign signings at Mamelodi Sundowns – spilling way over the limit of five. Sundowns already have Zimbabwean striker Cuthbert Malajila and Togelese midfielder Dove Wome – both of whom were signed during the winter break, and…
HARARE – The Constitutional Court on Tuesday afternoon dismissed with costs Morgan Tsvangirai’s petition challenging President Robert Mugabe’s re-election, even though he had withdrawn the challenge. Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku ruled that Mugabe election for a seventh term of office was free, fair and credible.
HARARE – Morgen Komichi, the chief elections officer in Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, has been denied bail. Magistrate Anita Tshuma says there are no changed circumstances warranting his release.
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he is being forced to pursue the presidential election challenge, after the Constitutional Court yesterday insisted on making a ruling today despite his withdrawal of the petition last Friday. Tsvangirai’s application had stalled president-elect Robert Mugabe’s inauguration, despite being declared winner with 61,09 percent of the votes, while…
HARARE – Vice President Joice Mujuru says she does not belong to any faction in Zanu PF but is part of President Robert Mugabe’s faction. In an exclusive interview with the Daily News on the sidelines of a memorial service for her late husband retired general Solomon Mujuru, the vice president said anyone paddocking her…
HARARE – Legislators voted into the expanded 8th Zimbabwe Parliament will not fit into the Harare house — built 92 years ago. Austin Zvoma, the Clerk of Parliament, told a news conference yesterday that Parliament could not accommodate the 356 members. With the country’s legislature having been expanded from 210 to 356 members under the…
HARARE – Southern African leaders on Sunday endorsed the re-election of veteran President Robert Mugabe, brushing aside a campaign from Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC who said the July vote was rigged and its results should be overturned. The decision by the 15-nation Southern African Development Community (Sadc), which helped broker a power-sharing deal after disputed elections…
HARARE – Traditional chiefs in Midlands have been dragged to the Electoral Court for shepherding their subjects to polling stations under duress to vote for president-elect Robert Mugabe in the hotly-contested July 31 vote. Obert Gutu, a lawyer and senior member of Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, confirmed that his law firm was handling 14 petitions against…
