HARARE – Harare is currently experiencing a large influx of people moving in from different parts of the country in search of a good living. Thus the value attached to Harare has led to a drastic increase in the number of people coming into the city. Every morning from 6:30am to 9am, all roads leading…
HARARE – Minibuses are causing unprecedented traffic congestion, lawlessness and mayhem in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, where life has become hell for other motorists, pedestrians and workers in the Central Business District. With reports that government is mulling an outright ban of kombis in the city centre to decongest the city, commuter omnibus drivers have become…
HARARE – Three members from Madzibaba Ishamea Mufani’s Johane Masowe Church, who battered police officers and journalists using their shepherd’s crooks, were denied bail yesterday over fears they would endanger public safety. Harare magistrate Vakayi Chikwekwe remanded Milton Murinda, Dennis Banda and John Mutasa in custody to June 16. The court could not ascertain the…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned to work yesterday after a week-long absence due to health scares. Tsvangirai, 62, met top officials at Harvest House, the MDC headquarters. He was briefly admitted to a top-notch Harare hospital for a battery of tests after his condition deteriorated and had a follow up exam to assess…
BULAWAYO – Two middle-aged police officers dressed up in service uniform linger around a bus shelter at Renkini main terminus downtown Bulawayo clutching small travel bags. Purposefully, they walk round the bus, patiently waiting for paying passengers to board before straggling on board to join commuters standing in the aisle. Three others already on the…
HARARE – Members of the Madzibaba Ishamea Mufani apostolic sect yesterday narrated the rampant abuse in their church, including forced marriages, virginity testing and the deity status enjoyed by their revered leader. Madzibaba Ishamea is on the run after his followers battered police officers and journalists at their shrine in Harare’s Budiriro suburb last Friday….
BULAWAYO – A coroner at an inquest into the death of the British soldier who was found hanging at his rented Bulawayo home concluded that Robert Wood committed suicide. This is despite suspicions by his brother that he was murdered by his Zimbabwean customary wife Henrietta Dube. In March 2012, Wood, 55, was found dead…
FREETOWN- A British firm has evacuated “non-essential” personnel from Sierra Leone following an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. The first company to go public on such a move, London Mining said production at its Marampa mine was unaffected. It said it was working with local and international agencies to monitor the situation. The incurable…
HARARE – Zimbabweans must not feel sad or shed any tear for Warriors coach Ian Gorowa, his pathetic players and the ever-blundering Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa). This trinity is just a bunch of worthless imposters that do not deserve to be associated with the Warriors brand that is loved by millions of Zimbabweans. In the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe football slumped to an all-time low at the weekend after the Warriors were booted out by Tanzania of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying first round stage. After having lost the first leg 1-0 away in Dar es Salaam two weeks ago, Ian Gorowa’s men had to come from behind…
