HARARE – Government’s plans to license 25 new radio stations within the next two months has been received with scepticism. George Charamba, Information, Media and Broadcasting Services permanent secretary told a parliamentary portfolio committee on Media, Information and Broadcasting Services last week that the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (Baz) was in the process of short-listing…
BULAWAYO – Two members of the neighbourhood watch committee here have been dragged to court after they were arrested for demanding a $40 spot fine from a man they had caught smoking dagga. Joseph Smart, 25, together with his colleague Pride Gomo, 22, were not asked to plead when they appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Abednico…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) needs approximately $600 million to fix ubiquitous potholes on the capital’s roads, an official has said. George Munyonga, the city council’s roads operations manager, told the Daily News the roads were in a very bad state hence the refurbishments going on, which have earned community buy-in. “Most of the…
HARARE – The trial date for Harare businessman and gospel musician Herman Chimusoro facing charges of swindling the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) of $192 000 has been set. Magistrate Donald Ndirowei set the trial date for Chimusoro, who is currently in remand prison, for February 26. Chimusoro, who imports and sells music instruments, is alleged…
HARARE – Two Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Service (ZPCS) officials have been hauled before a Harare magistrate for receiving a $16 000 bribe from two companies in a tender deal to supply prisoners’ equipment. Mehluli Dube, 39, who, is a principal prison officer and Samson Samson, 31, a prison officer class 1, last Friday appeared…
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe need to be composed against Burkina Faso on Monday if they are to reach the quarter-finals of the African Nations Championship (Chan), former internationals Stanford ‘Stix’ Mtizwa and Agent ‘Ajira’ Sawu have warned. The Warriors take on Burkina Faso this evening (kick-off 7pm) in a must-win match in Cape Town, eyeing a…
HARARE – Harare City coach Bigboy Mawiwi believes Silas Songani’s move to Danish top-flight side Sonderjyske furnishes ample proof of the winger’s rank as the finest player in the country for last year. Songani, who was pipped – controversially so in the eyes of many neutrals – to the 2013 Soccer Stars award by Dynamos’…
CAPE TOWN – Zimbabwe coach Ian Gorowa admits his Warriors now face an uphill task of qualifying for the quarterfinals of the ongoing African Nations Championship (Chan) finals in South Africa. The Warriors sit in a precarious position in Group B after back-to-back goalless draws against Morocco and Uganda. Both draws have left Zimbabwe in…
HARARE – A number of aspiring football players are set to travel to England in April for the Manchester United Soccer Schools UK Residential Camp. The trip, which will be facilitated by local sports agency, Friendly Academy, will run from April 11 to 17. The UK camp will see young players undergoing comprehensive courses covering…
HARARE – Tennis Zimbabwe (TZ) will next month send 10 junior players for the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Under-18 African Junior Championships in Morocco early next month. Zimbabwe will be represented by Nicole Dzenga, Zarha Finnigan, Latifah Yasini, Keren Muswere in the girls’ category while in the boys category rising star Courtney Lock will be…
