CAIRO – One of Egypt’s top football clubs has excluded its striker from a competition for publicly showing support for ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Al Ahly said Ahmed Abdul Zaher would not go to next month’s Fifa Club World Cup in Morocco after he gave a four-fingered salute on Sunday. The striker was celebrating his…
WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State John Kerry has told the BBC that none of the differences between world powers and Iran over its nuclear programme are big enough to prevent agreement. He said they came “extremely close” to a deal at the weekend in Geneva. But he said the rest of the world had…
HARARE – Elias Mudzuri, the Warren Park MDC MP, is gunning for the MDC presidency where he is angling to fight for the opposition’s top post with former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Mudzuri confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that if the people decide he should be the next MDC leader, he will gladly accept….
HARARE – Fortune Chasi, deputy minister of Justice, allegedly used his political power to block the police and the messenger of court from evicting farm invaders who illegally settled on a privately-owned farm in Mashonaland Central. Alex Chatindo, owner of Plot 14 Esbank in Mazowe dragged Eneth Mudavanhu, Mhinduro Rushambwa, Leornard Dzakatira and Chipo Kangara…
MASVINGO – Chaos reigned supreme at Masvingo Teachers’ College on Friday after primary school teachers protested against a paltry $2 they were offered for marking this year’s Grade Seven national exams. The teachers flatly refused to accept the measly $2 from Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) officials, who in turn threatened the protesting teachers that…
HARARE – A House of Mana church pastor who sodomised his congregant has been jailed for 20 years. Harare magistrate Fadzai Mtombeni sentenced Tizora Kaitano to an effective 20 years in prison after the court found him guilty of two counts of aggravated indecent assault. Both counts were treated as one for purposes of sentencing….
HARARE – At least 211 000 women in Zimbabwe would like to postpone child-bearing but are not using contraceptives while one in 10 women die every day as a result of pregnancy-related complications, according to the United Nations. Speaking during a media sensitisation workshop on sexual reproductive health in Bulawayo last week, Basile Tambanashe, United…
HARARE – Zimbabweans should brace for four more years of power blackouts as normal electricity supplies are only expected in 2018 after the completion of the Kariba South Hydro Extension project funded by China’s Exim Bank. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa and Exim Bank vice president, Zhu Hongjie signed a $355 million deal yesterday in which…
HARARE – A Chinese national arrested at the Harare International Airport after being found in possession of 99kg of ivory worth $28 000 remains in custody waiting for the deliberation of his bail application on Thursday. Chen Guoliang is accused of contravening the Parks and Wildlife Act, after being found in illegal possession of ivory….
HARARE – Prices of basic commodities in rural areas have shot up beyond the reach of many. The National Incomes and Pricing Commission (NIPC) latest price monitoring report reveals that prices of basic commodities such as washing soap and mealie meal are selling for far much higher in poverty-stricken rural areas than in towns and…
