HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s administration has abandoned desperate villagers at Chingwizi transit camp, a faith-based aid agency has said. Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has warned that disaster was looming at the camp. In its monthly report, ZPP notes that the situation at Chingwizi Transit Camp is fast deteriorating as people are now consuming unhygienic…
HARARE – Charles Mukanhairi, a CAPS United midfielder, has been ordered by a Harare Civil Court magistrate to pay $70 monthly for the upkeep of his child. Magistrate Gamuchirai Siwardi gave the judgment after the footballer’s girlfriend Thelma Batsiao failed to produce proof that he earns $700 as she had alleged. Batsiao was demanding $250…
HARARE – A High Court judge has freed on $100 bail Sydney Chirombe, a councillor in Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, who is facing sodomy charges. Justice Esther Muremba condemned the decision by the lower courts to deny Chirombe bail. “The magistrate failed to apply his mind in deciding if the offence was a serious one, wherein…
HARARE – CAPS United coach Taurai Mangwiro has called for more consistency from his team ahead of the Green Machine’s Castle Premiership tie against bottom-of-the-table Chiredzi in the Lowveld on Sunday. Makepekepe’s away from has been far from impressive this season, recording just one win on the road, albeit in the capital against Harare City….
HARARE – Prop Nick Winwood has been ruled out of Zimbabwe’s Rugby World Cup qualifiers in Madagascar after failing to commit to the Sables’ 10-day training camp in Harare while eighthman Takunda Chifokoyo has withdrawn from the squad. Winwood – who plays for Blackheath RFC in England – has however been put on standby, with…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s economy is collapsing as a direct result of a leadership crisis, and the economic blueprint touted as a panacea to economic problems was a pie in the sky, analysts have said. They point out the need for an immediate renewal of the country’s leadership as part of solutions to revive and stimulate…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s preparations for the forthcoming tour here by Australia and South Africa have been dealt a blow following cancellation of the A side’s trip to Bangladesh, leaving ZC frantically searching for Plan B. Zimbabwe A were scheduled to travel to the subcontinent on June 28 for two four-day games and three one-dayers before…
MARONDERA – Marondera municipal workers have attached council property worth $200 000 over unpaid salaries dating back to 2010. This comes after the municipality failed to honour its pledge to pay 149 workers their outstanding salaries following a Labour Court ruling directing the local authority to pay them by April. Mugove Mazani of Tadiwa and…
BULAWAYO – A man who allegedly broke into 10 houses and stole laptops has accused police of brutalising him to extract a confession for crimes he says he did not commit. Michael Steven Nyoni, 26, pleaded not guilty to theft charges when he appeared before magistrate Crispen Mberewere, who remanded him in custody to July 13…
HARARE – Former Harare mayor Elias Mudzuri, is one of the candidates set to challenge MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai at their extra-ordinary congress expected this year and we applaud him for taking the democratic initiative to openly challenge his boss. True democrats remain civil even in the heat of political rivalry and the fact that…
