HARARE – Four Telecel subscribers on Wednesday booked their places at the 2014 Fifa World Cup after they were presented with tickets to the football jamboree by the mobile operator. The World Cup will run from June 12 to July 13 in Brazil. Sophia Muchechetere, Dumisani Dumisani, Victor Chakasikwa and Loyed Chakanyuka are part of…
HARARE – There has been a long argument about how to tell “the real Zimbabwe” story. According to people who style themselves as patriots, the story does not include the 20 000 people killed during the mindless carnage that was Gukurahundi. It doesn’t even include a pronouncement by a VVIP that the people of what…
HARARE – Zimbabwe today celebrates 34 years of independence but there is little hope for the future in a country quickly receding into recession after three decades of President Robert Mugabe’s rule. At independence in 1980, Zimbabwe inherited an economy and infrastructure development described as a “Jewel of Africa” by the late president of Tanzania,…
HARARE – It is no secret that the last two and a half years have been years of turmoil for everybody who has a remote interest in the game of cricket in Zimbabwe. Players, administrators, staff and fans have all suffered hardships due to a chain of events that have left Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC), down…
HARARE – United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa is promising freedom, miracles, wonders and prosperity to hundreds of thousands who will attend the church’s much-awaited “Judgement Night 2” prayer session in Harare tomorrow. The session has been dubbed “Free at Last”, with organisers saying those living in bondage will be set free….
BULAWAYO – Leader of the smaller MDC faction, Welshman Ncube, who spent almost nine months in hibernation after losing resoundingly in last year’s harmonised elections, has re-emerged to pick up the pieces of his humiliating defeat. Ncube who had disappeared from the political radar appeared calm and confident as he addressed journalists at the Bulawayo…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF has warned party members not to work with independent legislators Munyaradzi Kereke and Jonathan Samukange, warning those defying the directive face censure. Rugare Gumbo, the Zanu PF spokesperson, told the Daily News that no party member, district chairperson or legislator was allowed to work with the two legislators. …
HARARE – The police have warned public transport operators against hiking fares during the Independence and Easter holidays, saying it was prejudicial to the public and will inconvenience those who want to visit their loved ones. Addressing journalists in the city, national police spokesperson, senior assistant commissioner Charity Charamba said public transport operators will not…
HARARE – The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has deployed 14 teams of traffic officers along the major highways to educate the public on road safety. TSCZ spokesperson Enerst Muchena told the Daily News that the campaign, being run in partnership with the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), will run over the Easter Holiday. “TSCZ…
HARARE – A Police officer has been forcing his girlfriend to perform oral sex on him at knife point, the court heard yesterday. Steven Manunure allegedly forced his girlfriend Tracy Maguri to perform oral sex on him threatening to kill her if she refuses. Maguri revealed this after Manurure hauled her before the Harare Civil…
