HARARE – Controversial Masvingo provincial minister, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti, is at it again — this time allegedly working in cahoots with a private company in expropriating land at the Chingwizi transit camp owned by the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo. The contested ranch is registered in the name of the Development Trust of Zimbabwe (DTZ) which…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has scoffed at ex-secretary general Tendai Biti’s attempt to haul him before a disciplinary hearing, saying the former Finance minister should concentrate on his own party. Biti’s renewal team announced last week that it has set June 18, as the date for Tsvangirai’s disciplinary hearing following his reported controversial…
HARARE – ZIMBABWE says it is ready to normalise relations with Denmark and the European Union (EU) as part of wider efforts to grow the economy. Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa told journalists yesterday at a signing ceremony of the Danish commitment letter of $20 million earmarked for infrastructure development in the country, that Zimbabwe was…
HARARE – A man who was pictured wearing a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) official uniform was yesterday fined $100 after the courts found him guilty of criminal nuisance. Robert Boyiboyi, 36, of 5062-113 Street, Warren Park D, pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared before Harare magistrate Ndaba Tsatsawani. Tsatsawani sentenced Boyiboyi, also called…
HARARE – Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) group editor, Stanley Gama has applied for refusal of further remand during his next court appearance in a criminal defamation case. ANZ are the publishers of the Daily News and the Daily News on Sunday. Gama and senior writer Fungi Kwaramba are in court following a report filed…
HARARE – CAPS United’s latest away defeat to Chapungu United against a backdrop of player disgruntlement and financial meltdown are the latest problems to confront the country’s third biggest club. United lost 0-3 to the airmen on Saturday at Ascot stadium after players threatened industrial action over non-payment of outstanding bonuses. Utility player Hardlife Zvirekwi…
HARARE – CAPS United coach Taurai Mangwiro has expressed disappointment with the conduct of star midfielder Hardlife Zvirekwi , who went AWOL prior to Saturday’s PSL match against Chapungu. Zvirekwi missed Makepekepe’s last training ahead of the team’s departure to Ascot Stadium to face Chapungu on Saturday in protest over unpaid salaries and bonuses. The…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) convener of selectors Givemore Makoni is set to take over as franchise administrator for the Mutar- based Manicaland Mountaineers, the Daily News has been told. The Mountaineers’ chief post fell vacant after former chief executive officer Jon Brent was axed during the on-going restructuring exercise. Makoni, a former CEO for…
HARARE – When Chapungu returned to the Castle Premiership this season to end a six-year stint in the jungles of Division One football, very few gave them a chance to last the distance. But 10 matches into the season, Chapungu have surpassed a lot of expectations. The air force side have turned their home ground…
HARARE – Zimbabwe have given up in their pursuit of Golden Lions scrumhalf Ross Cronje for their World Cup qualification campaign, but remain hopeful over his twin brother and teammate Guy. The Sables’ efforts to assemble a strongest possible squad for the qualification tournament in Madagascar at the end of the month have been frustrated…
