MUTARE – CAPS United inflicted Buffaloes their first home defeat of the season at Sakubva Stadium on Sunday to keep their slim hopes of winning the Castle Premiership title alive. Playing a muddy and soaked pitch, United got the all-important goal in the 67th minute when midfielder Moses Muchenje beat an offside trap to fire…
HARARE – Zifa Northern Region Division One log leaders ZPC Kariba’s title celebrations were put on hold after they played to a one-all draw against Flame Lily at Chikurubi over the weekend. A win would have all but guaranteed ZPC Kariba’s promotion to the Castle Premiership league. With three games remaining in the league Jostein…
HARARE – Vice president Joice Mujuru seems to have taken a lead in the battle to succeed President Robert Mugabe ahead of next year’s Zanu PF’s elective congress. Mujuru is said to be battling Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa in a desperate bid to replace the 89-year-old Mugabe if he is incapacitated or retires. There has…
MASVINGO – A Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) student got himself in trouble for allegedly calling President Robert Mugabe a dog because he was failing to fullfill his election campaign promises. Honest Makasi, 34, of Majange high density suburb, was on Wednesday hauled before Masvingo magistrate Dorothy Mwanyisa facing charges of insulting the president. Makasi is…
HARARE – Former Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda said community projects should not be abandoned because there is new leadership at council. Masunda told journalists last week before a closed door meeting with other former mayors and the current Harare mayor, Bernard Manyenyeni. He said there was need for continuity in the number of community orientated…
HARARE – One thousand Zimbabwean smallholder farmers are set to benefit from a $3 million Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) project meant to improve and sustain households, and national food and nutrition security. The FAO project being spearheaded by the European Union (EU), the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) in conjunction with Soil Fertility Consortium for…
HARARE – In a desperate bid to ease his legal woes, embattled businessman-cum-musician Energy Mutodi has made overtures to fellow businessman Phillip Chiyangwa’s Pinnacle to re-organise his housing project. Mutodi’s National Housing Development Trust (NHDT) has partnered with Pinnacle in what Mutodi calls a memorandum of Understanding whereby NHDT will provide clients, while Pinnacle provides…
HARARE – A Harare businessman, Hanif Allana is entangled in a property wrangle with ex-lover Audrey Aisha James, who claims the tycoon used fake documents to sell her Avondale house. In the High Court application, James and Uniress Investments (Private) Limited, who are the applicants, cited Moosa Allana, Mohammed Ali Allana, Sevter Investments (Private) Limited…
HARARE – The centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) has called on government to reward women with senior positions to enable them to participate effectively in critical national processes. CCDZ programmes manager, Tinashe Chatira told a Chinhoyi residents stakeholders’ dialogue meeting last week that the low participation of women in national decision making processes…
HARARE – A community initiated project spearheaded by women is set to build 480 housing units in Dzivaresekwa Extension under a slum upgrading project. The project which is a partnership between the Harare City Council (HCC) and the Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation is being funded under a $5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda…
