HARARE – The Zambian and Zimbabwean football fraternities have been united in grief following the death of former Dynamos coach Keegan Mumba at a hospital in Lusaka yesterday, with Zambia legend Kalusha Bwalya among those who have paid tribute. A well-respected club coach in both countries, Mumba passed away in the early hours of yesterday…
HARARE – Zimbabwean football stakeholders feel Cuthbert Dube can only rectify the glaring oversights of his first term in office if he adopts a more hands on approach. Dube received an overwhelming seal of approval from the Zifa electorate to land the highest post in Zimbabwean football for a second term on Saturday. The wealthy…
MASVINGO – Cricket fans in Masvingo have hit out at Zimbabwe Cricket over reports of plans to disband the Southern Rocks franchise in a streamlining exercise aimed at tackling the association’s financial woes. ZC has been reeling under a severe financial crisis which resulted in the local cricket governing body securing a $3 million loan…
HARARE – As the economy continues to slide downwards towards collapse, President Robert Mugabe has come under immense pressure to reshuffle and change his Cabinet especially in key economic ministries. With government delaying in paying its workers, who include the security forces, political analysts say the 90-year-old leader must swiftly act before the country plunges…
HARARE – Female prisoners are set to benefit from an open prison system government intends to establish in Marondera for inmates with children amid concerns of serious food shortages at the country’s correctional facilities. Appearing before a parliamentary thematic committee on human rights to on the state of the justice delivery system in the country…
HARARE – Commuter omnibus operators in Zengeza have hiked their fares citing police roadblocks and VID officers who demand too much from them as the cause. Residents who are already hard pressed for money, owing to the liquidity crunch currently bedevilling the country, will now have to fork out $1.50 instead of $1 for a…
HARARE – Officials at Zimbabwe’s most elite private school, Peterhouse College, have dismissed a bullying video that has gone viral on the internet saying it is an initiative by competition to discredit the school. The video which former students and officials say was released five years ago and re-posted to put the school’s name in…
HARARE – Early marriages and child prostitution where minors charge as little as a $1 for a sexual encounter in Hwange have been recorded as the most prevalent cases of harmful practices against children. This unfortunate state of affairs was unearthed in a report entitled Harmful Social and Cultural Practices Affecting Children: Our Collective Responsibility…
HARARE – Primary school pupils in Matabeleland South have appealed to United Nations agency Unicef to assist them in accessing water and sanitation which are all fundamental human rights provided for in the Constitution. Thirteen-year-old Noleen Mlalazi, from ward 17 Manama, pleaded with Unicef officials to build toilets during the roll-out of the three year…
HARARE – Agriculture minister Joseph Made must address the nation to clarify his statement that Zimbabwe is set to enjoy a bumper harvest despite evidence on the ground suggesting otherwise. Made was basing this on his assertion that “farmers had put 2,2 million hectares of land under cereal crops, with staple maize taking up the…
