HARARE – The leadership of Zimbabwe’s football fans has commended Mbada Diamonds Company for incentivising fans ahead of this year’s edition of the Mbada Diamonds Cup. Zimbabwe National Football Supporters (ZNFS) liaison officer Simeon Jamanda praised Mbada for slashing gate entrance charges for this year’s competition to $1. This year’s edition of the Mbada Diamonds…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has made sensational claims that President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF is sponsoring dissent within its ranks. MDC organising secretary Nelson Chamisa told the Daily News that the party had unearthed a plot hatched by Zanu PF to destroy the opposition movement, but hastened to add that “the party is…
HARARE – MDC chief election officer Morgen Komichi has been denied bail for the fourth time by Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe. Komichi is accused of fraud and contravening the Electoral Act, but denies the charge. He was arrested after he allegedly presented to Zec, a ballot paper that had been found in a dustbin at…
HARARE – Lovemore Madhuku is set to step down this week from National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) to form a new political party. Blessing Vava, the NCA’s director for information and publicity, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that there will be leadership change during the constitutional reform lobby group’s congress which is pencilled for September…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Brendon de Jonge ended his PGA Tour season with an 18th place finish at the Tour Champions by Coca-Cola at the East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta on Sunday. De Jonge, who carded a two-under 278, was tied for 18th together with Englishman Luke Donald. The Zimbabwean pocked $158 400 at the end…
HARARE – Harare residents groups have described the $144 million water deal as a dodgy development meant to benefit Town House managers and the Chinese government. Precious Shumba, the Harare Residents Trust director, accused the town clerk Tendai Mahachi of keeping ratepayers in the dark about the funds extended by the Chinese Export and Import…
HARARE – Deepak Hooda powered India Under-19s to 291 in their 50 overs before Kuldeep Yadav took four wickets to set up a massive 148-run win over Zimbabwe Under-19s. Hooda cut loose after a 77-run stand with Sarfaraz Khan was broken in the 45th over. India leaped from 219 for 6 to 291 as Hooda…
JOHANNESBURG – The mystery surrounding the unidentified body of a woman found on the grounds of Legae Gardens block of flats in Newtown, Joburg, has been solved. It has been established that preliminary police investigations reveal the murder could be a result of a love triangle gone wrong. The dead woman, found wrapped in blankets…
HARARE – Children living in farming areas are being married off at an early age, with approximately 50 percent being married below the age of 18. Moira Ngaru, director of Farm Orphan Support Trust of Zimbabwe (Fost) said early marriage was a form of violence against children that was rampant in the farming community. Ngaru…
HARARE – Peter Moyo, the Harare City Council chief whip, says the number of directors employed by Harare should be whittled down. Moyo told the Daily News yesterday that the local authority has 13 directors whose duties literally duplicate. “Of the 13, we just need six,” Moyo said. “Most of them do not have anything…
